TWI633538B - Electronic device and display controlling method - Google Patents

Abstract

An electronic device includes: a display screen, the display screen includes at least one corner, the corner is formed by a non-arc shape formed by intersecting at least two edges of the display screen, and the display screen further includes a first display area a second display area connecting the two edges of the corner, the second display area being located between the first display area and the third display area, The second display area is adjacent to the first display area and adjacent to the third display area; the first display area includes a first color, the third display area includes a second color; and a processor And a color for setting the second display area according to the first color and the second color. By implementing the present invention, the edge display effect of the display screen can be improved.

Description

Electronic device and display control method thereof

The present invention relates to an electronic device and a display control method thereof.

As the individualized demands of people increase, the display screen of the electronic device is not limited to a regular rectangle, and an irregular display screen can also be used. In the prior art, there are two main methods for manufacturing the irregular display screen: the first method is to produce a display screen with special specifications according to a normal production process by opening a photomask having a special shape and size; The two methods are to industrially cut the regular display screen to form an irregular display screen. For example, industrial cutting of the four corners of the regular rectangular display screen. However, the corners of the displayed display screen are too sharp, which affects the display of the edge of the display screen, giving the user a poor experience.

In view of the above, it is necessary to provide an electronic device and a display control method thereof that can improve the display effect of the display edge of the screen and improve the user experience.

An electronic device includes: a display screen, the display screen includes at least one corner, the corner is formed by a non-arc shape formed by intersecting at least two edges of the display screen, and the display screen further includes a first display area a second display area connecting the two edges of the corner, the second display area being located between the first display area and the third display area, The second display area is adjacent to the first display area and adjacent to the third display area; the first display area includes a first color, and the third display area includes a second color And a processor configured to set a color of the second display area according to the first color and the second color.

A display control method for an electronic device, the method comprising: setting a first color of a first display area in a display screen of the electronic device, wherein the display screen includes at least one corner, the corner is displayed by the display The at least two edges of the screen intersect to form a non-arc shape, the display screen further includes a second display area and a third display area, the second display area connecting the two edges of the corner, the second display An area is located between the first display area and the third display area, and the second display area is adjacent to the first display area and adjacent to the third display area; acquiring the third display a second color of the region; and setting a color of the second display region according to the first color and the second color.

Compared with the prior art, the electronic device and the display control method thereof provided by the present invention can facilitate the user to set the second display area of the display screen by combining the colors of the first display area and the third display area in the display screen. s color. Thereby, the corner formed by the intersection of at least two edges in the display screen is modified into a smooth arc, so that the edge of the display screen is no longer sharply visualized, which enhances the display effect and enhances the user experience.

1‧‧‧Electronic device

10‧‧‧Battery

20‧‧‧ Display screen

30‧‧‧storage unit

40‧‧‧ processor

50‧‧‧ non-display area

200‧‧‧First display area

201‧‧‧Second display area

202‧‧‧ Third display area

31‧‧‧Display Control System

310‧‧‧Setup module

311‧‧‧Get Module

312‧‧‧Display Control Module

1 is a schematic diagram of an electronic device in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a schematic diagram of an electronic device with a display screen in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 3 is a partial enlarged view of the upper left corner of the screen shown in Figure 2.

Figure 4A is a schematic illustration of an unmodified display screen.

Figure 4B is a schematic diagram of the modified display screen.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a display control method of an electronic device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

1 and 2 are schematic views of an electronic device 1 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. The electronic device 1 can be a smart terminal such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer, or a smart watch. In this In an embodiment, the electronic device 1 includes, but is not limited to, a battery 10, a display screen 20, a storage unit 30, and a processor 40. The above various components are electrically connected. The electronic device 1 also includes a non-display area 50. The non-display area 50 may be an outer casing, a camera, or the like of the electronic device 1.

In the present embodiment, the battery 10 is used to supply power to the electronic device 1. The battery 10 can be a lithium battery or a nickel hydrogen battery.

In this embodiment, the display screen 20 can have a touch function, such as a liquid crystal display (LCD) display screen or an Organic Light-Emitting Diode (OLED) display screen. The display screen 20 is used to display information such as pictures and video images, as shown in FIG. 2 . The upper left corner, the upper right corner, and the top middle of the display screen 20 are cut as shown in FIG. Specifically, the upper left corner and the upper right corner of the display screen 20 are cut by a tangential line, and the top middle of the display screen 20 is cut by a half arc. The display screen 20 after cutting includes corners (e.g., upper left and upper right corners) formed by the intersection of the three straight edges of the display screen 20. For example, the upper left corner of the display screen 20 is formed perpendicularly to each other by a straight line a and a straight line b before cutting, and when the upper left corner is cut by a straight line c at an angle of 45° to the horizontal line, three straight edges are formed ( A corner formed by the intersection of the straight line a, the straight line b, and the straight line c). The display screen 20 after cutting further includes two corners (in the middle of the top) formed by the intersection of the straight edge of the display screen 20 and the half arc edge. It will be understood that the display screen 20 further includes uncut right-angled corners (e.g., lower left and lower right corners) formed by the intersection of two mutually perpendicular straight edges of the display screen 20.

In the prior art, the corners generated after the display screen 20 is cut are too sharp in the display process, which may bring a poor user experience. The present invention enhances the user experience by modifying the above-mentioned corners so that they are visually no longer sharp in the display process.

In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, FIG. 3 can be regarded as an enlarged view of the upper left corner of FIG. 4B, and the display screen 20 includes at least one corner, and the corner is composed of at least two edges of the display screen 20. The non-arc shape formed by the intersection. The display screen 20 further includes a first display area 200, a second display area 201, and a third display area 202. Wherein, the second display area 201 connects the two edges of the corner. For example, when the corners are formed by the intersection of three straight edges of the display screen 20 (such as the upper left corner in FIG. 2), the second display area 201 connects the corners perpendicular to each other. Two straight edges.

In this embodiment, the first display area 200 is located between the non-display area 50 and the second display area 201, and the second display area 201 is located in the first display area 200 and the first Between the three display areas 202, the third display area 202 is located on a side of the second display area 201 away from the non-display area 50. Meanwhile, the second display area 201 is adjacent to the first display area 200 and adjacent to the third display area 202. In the present embodiment, the second display area 201 has an arc shape.

In the embodiment, the first display area 200 includes a first color, and the first color is the same as the color of the non-display area 50. For example, when the non-display area 50 is a white frame, the first color is white; when the non-display area 50 is a black camera, the first color is black.

The third display area 202 includes a second color. It can be understood that the third display area 202 can include a plurality of colors, and the second color is a color of the third display area 202 that is adjacent to the second display area 201 portion. For example, when the third display area 202 displays a color picture, the third display area 202 includes colors such as red, green, blue, and purple, and the third display area 202 is adjacent to the second When the color at the display area 201 is purple, the second color is purple.

The color of the second display area 201 is set to an intermediate color between the first color and the second color. For example, we use RGB color scale values to represent the first color of the first display area 200, the color of the second display area 201, and the second color of the third display area 202. When the color of the non-display area 50 is white, the first color of the first display area 200 is also white, and its RGB color scale value is (255, 255, 255). And when the second color of the third display area 202 is black, its RGB color scale value is (0, 0, 0). Then, the RGB color scale value of the color of the second display area 201 is (128, 128, 128), that is, the color of the second display area 201 is gray. It should be noted that the intermediate color may include a plurality of different colors. For example, when the first color of the first display area 200 is white, and when the second color of the third display area 202 is black, the intermediate color of the second display area 201 includes a plurality of grays of different shades. (such as light gray And dark gray). For example, when the first color of the first display area 200 is red, and when the second color of the third display area 202 is yellow, the intermediate color of the second display area 201 includes a plurality of changes from red to The orange then turns yellow into a number of different colors. In other embodiments, the color of the second display area 201 may also be set to the first color or the second color.

The edge shape of the display screen 20 can be modified by setting the color of the second display area 201. As shown in FIG. 4A, it is an unmodified display screen 20, and FIG. 4B is a modified display screen 20. As can be seen from the figure, the corner of the top portion of the display screen 20 in FIG. 4A is modified to have a rounded curve in FIG. 4B, so that the edge of the display screen 20 is visually no longer sharp, improving user use. Experience.

In other embodiments, right angle corners formed by intersecting two mutually perpendicular straight edges (eg, displaying the lower left and lower right corners of the screen 20) may also be modified into a smooth arc.

In this embodiment, the storage unit 30 may be a memory of the electronic device 1 itself, or may be an external storage device such as a security digital card or a smart media card. A first operation mode and a second operation mode for operating the electronic device 1 are stored in the storage unit 30. The mode of operation includes executing an application in the electronic device 1. For example, browse through the photos in the gallery. In the present embodiment, the second color changes as the operating mode changes. For example, when the first operation mode is a browsing photo, the second color is a color in a photo; when the second operation mode is playing a video, the second color is a color in a video.

In the present embodiment, the shape of the second display area 201 may change as the operation mode changes. Specifically, in the first operation mode, the color displayed by the first display area 200 includes the first color, and the color of the content displayed by the third display area 202 includes the second color . The corners in the display screen 20 are modified into a rounded arc shape by setting the color of the second display area 201 to an intermediate color between the first color and the second color. At this time, the shape of the second display area 201 is a circular arc shape. In the second operation mode, the color of the content displayed by the third display area 202 includes the second color, and the colors displayed by the second display area 201 and the first display area 200 are The color of the extended portion of the content displayed by the third display area 202. Thereby, the corners in the display screen 20 may not be modified. At this time, the shape of the second display area 201 may be a non-circular shape.

Also stored in the storage unit 30 is a display control system 31 for changing the edge display effect of the display screen 20. The display control system 31 can be divided into one or more modules, the one or more modules are stored in the storage unit 30, and configured as one or more processors (this embodiment is a The processor 40) executes to complete the present invention. For example, the display control system 31 is divided into a setting module 310, an acquisition module 311, and a display control module 312. The module referred to in the present invention is capable of completing a program segment of a specific function, and is more suitable for describing the execution process of the software in the electronic device 1 than the program. The detailed functions of each module will be described in the flowchart of FIG. 5 later. Specifically described in the middle.

The processor 40 can be a central processing unit or other data processing wafer capable of executing the display control system 31.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing a display control method of an electronic device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. The order of the steps in the flowchart may be changed according to different requirements, and some steps may be omitted or combined.

Step S51. The setting module 310 sets a first color of the first display area 200 in the display screen 20. The display screen 20 includes a first display area 200, a second display area 201, and a third display area 202. Wherein, the second display area 201 connects the two edges of the corner. The first display area 200 is located between the non-display area 50 and the second display area 201, and the second display area 201 is located between the first display area 200 and the third display area 202. The third display area 202 is located on a side of the second display area 201 away from the non-display area 50. Meanwhile, the second display area 201 is adjacent to the first display area 200 and adjacent to the third display area 202. The first color is the same as the color of the non-display area 50.

In step S52, the obtaining module 311 acquires the second color of the third display area 202 in the display screen 20. The third display area 202 may include a plurality of colors, and the second color is a color of the third display area 202 that is adjacent to the second display area 201 portion.

In step S53, the display control module 312 sets the color of the second display area 201 according to the first color and the second color. In this embodiment, the color of the second display area 201 is set. An intermediate color between the first color and the second color is set. In other embodiments, the color of the second display area 201 may also be set to the first color or the second color.

Through the above steps S51 to S53, the edge shape of the display screen 20 can be modified, thereby visually making the edge shape of the display screen 20 no longer sharp, improving the user experience.

It can be understood that before the step S51, the step of determining whether to change the edge display effect of the display screen 20 can be further included. In the embodiment, the display effect of the edge of the display screen 20 is different in the different operation modes of the electronic device 1. When the edge display effect of the display screen 20 is changed, step S51 to step S53 are performed; when the edge display effect of the display screen 20 is not changed, the flow ends.

Specifically, when the edge display effect of the display screen 20 is changed in the first operation mode of the electronic device, the setting module 310 sets the first color of the first display area 200, and the acquisition module 311 acquires the location. The second color of the third display area 202, the display control module 312 sets the color of the second display area 201 to be an intermediate color between the first color and the second color, thereby visually The corners of the display screen 20 formed by the intersection of at least two edges are modified to have a rounded arc shape. When the edge display effect of the display screen 20 is not activated in the second operation mode of the electronic device, the color of the content displayed by the third display area 202 includes the second color, and the second display The color displayed by the area 201 and the first display area 200 is the color of the extended portion of the content displayed by the third display area 202. Thereby, the corners formed by the intersection of at least two edges in the display screen 20 may not be modified.

It will be appreciated that the second color may change as the mode of operation changes. For example, when the operation mode is to view a photo, the second color is a color in a photo; when the operation mode is a play video, the second color is a color in a video.

The above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present invention and are not intended to be limiting, and the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the preferred embodiments thereof, and those skilled in the art should understand that the technical solutions of the present invention may be modified or substituted. Neither should the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the present invention be deviated.

Claims (16)

An electronic device, comprising: a display screen, the display screen comprising at least one corner, the corner being formed by a non-arc shape formed by intersecting at least two edges of the display screen, the display screen The first display area, the second display area and the third display area, the second display area is connected to two edges of the corner, and the second display area is located in the first display area and the third Between the display areas, the second display area is adjacent to the first display area and adjacent to the third display area, the first display area includes a first color, and the third display area includes a first a second color; and a processor, configured to set a color of the second display area according to the first color and the second color, wherein a color of the second display area is the first color, second a color, or an intermediate color between the first color and the second color. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the electronic device further comprises a non-display area, the first color being the same color as the non-display area. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the first display area is located between the non-display area and the second display area, and the third display area is located in the second display area. Far from the side of the non-display area. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the second display area has an arc shape. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the shape of the second display area changes as a function of an operation mode of the electronic device. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the second color changes as a function of an operation mode of the electronic device. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein, in the first mode of operation of the electronic device, the color displayed by the first display area comprises the first color; In the second operation mode, the color displayed by the first display area is the color of the extended portion of the content displayed by the third display area. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the corner is provided by The at least two straight edges of the display screen are formed to intersect, or the corners are formed by intersecting the straight edges of the display screen with the arc edges. A display control method for an electronic device, the method comprising: setting a first color of a first display area in a display screen of the electronic device, wherein the display screen includes at least one corner, the corner is a non-arc shape formed by intersecting at least two edges of the display screen, the display screen further comprising a second display area and a third display area, the second display area connecting the two edges of the corner, the a second display area is located between the first display area and the third display area, the second display area is adjacent to the first display area and adjacent to the third display area; a second color of the display area; and setting a color of the second display area according to the first color and the second color, wherein a color of the second display area is the first color, the second a color, or an intermediate color between the first color and the second color. The display control method of an electronic device according to claim 9, wherein the first color is the same as a color of a non-display area of the electronic device. The display control method of the electronic device of claim 10, wherein the first display area is located between the non-display area and the second display area, and the third display area is located in the The second display area is away from a side of the non-display area. The display control method for an electronic device according to claim 9, wherein the second display area has an arc shape. The display control method of the electronic device of claim 9, wherein the shape of the second display area changes as the operation mode of the electronic device changes. The display control method of an electronic device according to claim 9, wherein the second color changes as the operation mode of the electronic device changes. The display control method of the electronic device of claim 9, wherein, in the first operation mode of the electronic device, the color displayed by the first display area includes the first color; In the second operation mode of the electronic device, the color displayed by the first display area The color is the color of the extended portion of the content displayed by the third display area. The display control method for an electronic device according to claim 9, wherein the corner is formed by intersecting at least two straight edges of the display screen, or the corner is a straight line of the display screen The edge is formed by intersecting the edge of the arc.