Mobile electronic device with an adaptively responsive flexible display

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2019179372-A1
Application number	US-201916280916-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Feb 20, 2019
Priority date	Aug 4, 2008
Publication date	Jun 13, 2019
Grant date	—

Abstract

A mobile electronic device having a flexible display device is disclosed. A request to retrieve information from a server over a wireless network is triggered based on flexing the flexible display device and other gestures.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An electronic device comprising:
a foldable display; a plurality of sensors configured to detect folding of the foldable display; and circuitry configured to resize an image displayed on the foldable display in response to the plurality of sensors detecting folding of the foldable display.

2 . The electronic device defined in claim 1 , wherein the plurality of sensors are configured to detect folding of the foldable display into a given shape and wherein the circuitry is configured to resize the image displayed on the foldable display based on the given shape.

3 . The electronic device defined in claim 1 , wherein the plurality of sensors are configured to detect folding of the foldable display into a given shape and wherein the circuitry is configured to resize the image displayed on the foldable display to fit the given shape.

4 . The electronic device defined in claim 1 , wherein the plurality of sensors are configured to detect that a shape of the foldable display has been altered and wherein the circuitry is configured to resize the image displayed on the foldable display in response to the plurality of sensors detecting that the shape of the foldable display has been altered.

5 . The electronic device defined in claim 4 , wherein the circuitry is configured to resize the image displayed on the foldable display to fit the shape of the foldable display in response to the plurality of sensors detecting that the shape of the foldable display has been altered.

6 . The electronic device defined in claim 1 , wherein the foldable display is an organic light-emitting diode display.

7 . An electronic device comprising:
a housing; a first display coupled to the housing; a second display coupled to the housing; one or more sensors configured to obtain sensor data; and circuitry configured to turn off the first display and display content on the second display in response to the sensor data.

8 . The electronic device defined in claim 7 , wherein the one or more sensors comprises a sensor selected from the group consisting of: a motion sensor, a light sensor, a heat sensor, a radio frequency identification (RFID) sensor, a face recognition sensor, a shape sensor, and a voice recognition sensor.

9 . The electronic device defined in claim 7 , wherein the one or more sensors comprises a motion sensor.

10 . The electronic device defined in claim 9 , wherein the circuitry is configured to turn off the first display and display content on the second display in response to the motion sensor detecting rotation of the electronic device.

11 . The electronic device defined in claim 7 , wherein the one or more sensors comprises a light sensor.

12 . The electronic device defined in claim 7 , wherein the one or more sensors comprises a face recognition sensor.

13 . The electronic device defined in claim 7 , wherein the one or more sensors comprises a voice recognition sensor.

14 . The electronic device defined in claim 7 , further comprising:
a third display coupled to the housing.

15 . The electronic device defined in claim 14 , wherein the first and second displays are configured to collapse into the housing and wherein the third display is viewable when the first and second displays are collapsed into the housing.

16 . The electronic device defined in claim 14 , wherein the first and second displays are configured to roll up into the housing and wherein the third display is viewable when the first and second displays are rolled up into the housing.

17 . The electronic device defined in claim 7 , wherein the first display is a first flexible display and the second display is a second flexible display.

18 . The electronic device defined in claim 7 , wherein the first display is positioned on a first side of the electronic device and the second display is positioned on a second, opposing side of the electronic device.

19 . An electronic device having a front and a back, the electronic device comprising:
a first display configured to display content at the front; a second display configured to display content at the back; one or more sensors configured to detect rotation; and circuitry configured to load content on the second display and stop displaying content on the first display in response to the one or more sensors detecting rotation.

20 . The electronic device defined in claim 19 , wherein the one or more sensors comprises a motion sensor.

Assignees

• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Vartanian Harry

Classifications

• H04W4/12

  Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements · CPC title

• G06F1/1652 Primary

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

• G09G2370/02

  Networking aspects · CPC title

• G06Q30/0261

  based on user location · CPC title

• H04W4/18

  Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals · CPC title