Electronic device, display processing method and non-transitory computer readable storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10782878-B2
Application number	US-201916459370-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 1, 2019
Priority date	Jun 30, 2015
Publication date	Sep 22, 2020
Grant date	Sep 22, 2020

Abstract

An electronic device and a display processing method where the device includes a first body having a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other; a connecting body having a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other; a second body having a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other, which is connected to the first body through the connecting body. The electronic device has a first outer surface and a second outer surface; a first display arranged on at least a part of region on the first outer surface of the display having at least two modes of a second mode and a third mode; and a processor operative to control a third interface having at least a first sub interface and a second sub interface to be displayed on the third region in the third mode.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electronic device, comprising:
a first body having a first front surface and a first back surface opposite to the first front surface;
a connecting body having a connecting front surface and a connecting back surface opposite to the connecting front surface;
a second body having a second front surface and a second back surface opposite to the second front surface, wherein: the second body is connected to the first body through the connecting body, the first front surface and the second front surface are connected by the connecting front surface to form a front-side surface of the electronic device;
a first sensor sensing a first parameter indicating a configuration mode of the electronic device and a second parameter indicating a switching manner of the electronic device switching between two modes, wherein the configuration mode corresponds to a plurality of different configurations of the first body, the second body, and the connecting body with different portions of the first front surface, the second front surface, the second back surface, and the connecting front surface being display screens, the plurality of configuration modes including a first folded mode, wherein the connecting body is bent toward the front-side surface in a first folded position to cause a projection of the second body to overlap with a lower portion of the first front surface and leave a first upper portion of the first front surface to be uncovered in the first folded mode, and the switching manner is selected from a first switching manner and a second switching manner, wherein during the electronic device switching between two modes using the first switching manner, the second body makes a sliding movement relative to the first body and an angle formed between the second body and the first body remains constant and below an angular threshold, and during the electronic device switching between two modes using the second switching manner, the second body makes a rotation movement relative to the first body and the angle formed between the second body and the first body reduces or increases continuously; and
a processor configured to:
in response to detecting the electronic device being switched to the first folded mode with the first switching manner, control a front-side display screen on the front-side surface to display a first content in a first display area, the first display area corresponding to a first upper portion of the first body; and
in response to detecting the electronic device being switched to the first folded mode with the second switching manner, control the front-side display screen on the front-side surface to display a second content in the first display area, the second content being different from the first content.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , the plurality of configuration modes further including:
a second folded mode, wherein the connecting body is bent toward the front-side surface in a second folded position to cause the projection of the second body to cover a portion of the connecting surface and leave a second upper portion of the first front surface to be uncovered, the second upper portion being larger the first upper portion; and
an unfolded mode, wherein the first front surface, the connecting surface, and the second front surface are all uncovered;
wherein the processor is further configured to:
in response to detecting that the electronic device is in a second folded mode, control the front-side display screen on the front-side surface to display a second interface in a second display area, the second display area corresponding to a second upper portion of the first body and being larger than the first display area; and
in response to detecting that the electronic device is in an unfolded mode, control the front-side display screen on the front-side surface to display a third interface on the complete front-side display screen.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 , the plurality of configuration modes further including a backward-folded mode, wherein the connecting body is bent toward the back-side surface in a backward folded-position;
wherein:
in response to detecting the electronic device being in the backward-folded mode, the processor is configured to control the front-side display screen to display a fourth interface on a fourth display area corresponding to the first front surface and the connecting front surface; and
the fourth interface includes an input sub-interface displayed on the connecting front surface.

4. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the input sub-interface is configured to receive a sliding action from a user to instruct the electronic device to perform one of: adjusting a volume of a video playback, zooming in or out an image display, and controlling a page turning.

5. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein:
the electronic device further comprises a second sensor operative to sense a movement parameter indicating an orientation the electronic device; and
the processor is further configured to:
in response to the electronic device being in the unfolded mode and detecting a change in the orientation of the electronic device, change a display orientation of the third interface; and
in response to the electronic device being in the second folded mode and detecting a change in the orientation of the electronic device, keep a display orientation of the second interface.

6. The electronic device of claim 2 , further comprising:
a back-side input unit arranged at least on the second back surface; and
a back-side display screen arranged at least on the second back surface in conjunction with the back-side input unit;
wherein when the electronic device is in the second folded mode, the processor is further configured to: control the back-side display screen to display a user input interface, and determine a user input from the back-side input unit and display the user input in the second interface.

7. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein:
the connecting body further comprises three or more rotary members arranged in parallel positions; and
each rotary member has a self-rotary shaft.

8. The electronic device according to claim 7 , wherein the first sensor includes a bending detector configured to detect rotation of the self-rotary shafts in the connecting body, and the processor is further configured to:
in response to the bending detector detecting some but not all self-rotary shafts in the connecting body rotate in a sequence, determining a mode switching to be in the first switching manner; and
in response to the bending detector detecting all self-rotary shafts in the connecting body rotate, determining the mode switching to be in the second switching manner.

9. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein:
the connecting body further comprises two rotary member groups and a non-rotary member between the two rotary member groups;
each rotary member group includes two or more rotary members arranged in parallel to each other; and
each rotary member has a self-rotary shaft.

10. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the third interface includes a first sub-interface and a second sub-interface.

11. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the second interface is a first invoked interface of an application, the third interface is a second invoked interface of the application, and the second interface corresponds to the first sub-interface in the third interface.

12. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the second interface is an invoked interface of a first application, and the third interface is an invoked interface of a second application d

Assignees

• Lenovo Beijing Co Ltd

Inventors

• Gao Ge
• Gao Yan
• Xia Jie

Classifications

• G06F1/1677

  for detecting open or closed state or particular intermediate positions assumed by movable parts of the enclosure, e.g. detection of display lid position with respect to main body in a laptop, detection of opening of the cover of battery compartment · CPC title

• G06F1/1681

  Details related solely to hinges (hinge details related to the transmission of signals or power are classified in G06F1/1683) · CPC title

• G06F1/1652

  the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable · CPC title

• G06F3/04886 Primary

  by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus · CPC title

• G06F1/1615

  with several enclosures having relative motions, each enclosure supporting at least one I/O or computing function (constructional details of portable telephones comprising a plurality of mechanically joined movable body parts H04M1/0206) · CPC title