Method and device for providing an alert

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2017102786-A1
Application number	US-201615000759-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jan 19, 2016
Priority date	Oct 10, 2015
Publication date	Apr 13, 2017
Grant date	—

Abstract

One embodiment provides a method, including: determining a first bending angle of a flexible body of an electronic device; deriving a timing duration in accordance with the first bending angle of the flexible body; controlling the first bending angle of the flexible body until the first bending angle of the flexible body gradually becomes a target bending angle at the end of the timing duration; and providing an alert upon the first bending angle of the flexible body becoming the target bending angle at the end of the timing duration. Other aspects are described and claimed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method, comprising:
determining a first bending angle of a flexible body of an electronic device; deriving a timing duration in accordance with the first bending angle of the flexible body; controlling the first bending angle of the flexible body until the first bending angle of the flexible body gradually becomes a target bending angle at the end of the timing duration; and providing an alert upon the first bending angle of the flexible body becoming the target bending angle at the end of the timing duration.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining a target moment starting at a current moment and which will be achieved at the conclusion of the derived timing duration; and setting a clock reminding event which outputs reminding at the target moment.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein setting the clock reminding event comprises setting the clock reminding event to the conclusion of the derived timing duration.

4 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
displaying a parameter of the clock reminding event set based on the derived timing duration, wherein the parameter comprises the timing duration or the reminding moment; receiving a modification operation of a user on the parameter; and adjusting the parameter in the clock reminding event to a target parameter adjusted by the modification operation.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein determining a timing duration in accordance with the first bending angle of the flexible body, comprises:
controlling the first bending angle based on a duration from a current moment to a reminding moment.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the controlling comprises reducing the first bending angle as time progresses.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the flexible body comprises a flexible screen.

8 . An electronic device, comprising:
a processor; a display device; a flexible body; an alerting device; and a memory device comprising instructions executable by the processor to: determine a first bending angle of the flexible body to derive a timing duration in accordance with a first bending angle of the flexible body; control the first bending angle of the flexible body dependent upon the timing duration until the first bending angle of the flexible body gradually becomes a target bending angle at the end of the timing duration; and activating the alerting device to provide an alert.

9 . The device of claim 7 , further comprising:
a moment reckoning unit which determines a target moment started from a current moment and achieved after the timing duration to be set; and a reminding setting unit which sets a clock reminding event and which outputs reminding at the target moment.

10 . The device of claim 7 , further comprising:
a timing setting unit for setting the derived timing duration.

11 . The device of claim 8 , further comprising:
a parameter display unit which displays a parameter of the clock reminding event set based on the determined timing duration, wherein the parameter comprises a parameter selected from the group consisting of the derived timing duration and the reminding moment; a modification receiving unit which receives a modification operation of a user on the parameter; and a parameter adjusting unit which adjusts the parameter in the clock reminding event to a target parameter adjusted by the modification operation.

12 . The device of claim 7 , further comprising:
a duration determining unit which determines a timing duration to be set according to a relationship between the first bending angle and the derived timing duration; an output angle determining unit which determines a target bending angle; and an angle presentation control unit which controls the first bending angle of the flexible body to achieve the target bending angle.

13 . The device of claim 7 , further comprising:
an angle obtaining unit which obtains a bending angle of a flexible screen bent by a user at a current moment when detecting a preset operation used for setting clock reminding.

14 . A product, comprising:
a storage device having code stored therewith, the code being executable by a processor and comprising: code that determines a first bending angle of a flexible body of an electronic device; code that derives a timing duration in accordance with the first bending angle of the flexible body; code that controls the first bending angle of the flexible body until the first bending angle of the flexible body gradually becomes a target bending angle at the end of the timing duration; and code that provides an alert upon the first bending angle of the flexible body becoming the target bending angle at the end of the timing duration.

15 . The product of claim 14 , further comprising:
code that determines a target moment starting at a current moment and which will be achieved at the conclusion of the derived timing duration; and code that sets a clock reminding event which outputs the alert at the target moment.

16 . The product of claim 15 , wherein the code that sets the clock reminding event comprises code that sets the clock reminding event to the conclusion of the derived timing duration.

17 . The product of claim 15 , further comprising:
code that displays a parameter of the clock reminding event set based on the derived timing duration, wherein the parameter comprises the timing duration or the reminding moment; code that receives a modification operation of a user on the parameter; and code that adjusts the parameter in the clock reminding event to a target parameter adjusted by the modification operation.

18 . The product of claim 14 , wherein the code that controls the first bending angle of the flexible body, comprises:
code that determines the timing duration to be set corresponding to a bending angle of a flexible screen according to a corresponding relationship between a present angle and the timing duration; code that controls the flexible screen to present a target bending angle based on a target duration from a current moment to a reminding moment; code that determines the target bending angle corresponding to the target duration from the current moment to the reminding moment; and code that controls the flexible screen to achieve the target bending angle.

19 . The product of claim 18 , further comprising:
code that upon detecting a preset operation used for setting clock reminding, obtains a bending angle of the flexible screen bent by a user at the current moment.

20 . The product of claim 14 , further comprising:
code that displays a parameter of the clock reminding event set based on the derived timing duration, wherein the parameter comprises the timing duration or the reminding moment; code that receives a modification operation of a user on the parameter; and code that adjusts the parameter in the clock reminding event to a target parameter adjusted by the modification operation.

Assignees

• Lenovo Beijing Ltd

Inventors

• Xu Ben

Classifications

• G04F1/005

  using electronic timing, e.g. counting means (pulse time delay arrangements H03K5/13; modifications of electronic switches for introducing a time delay before switching H03K17/28) · CPC title

• G06F1/1652

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

• G06F3/017

  Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures (interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883) · CPC title

• G06F1/14 Primary

  Time supervision arrangements, e.g. real time clock · CPC title

• G06F1/1694

  the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer · CPC title