CN108845621B - Electronic device and information processing method - Google Patents
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Abstract
The embodiment of the invention discloses electronic equipment and an information processing method. The electronic device includes: a first module; a second module comprising: a display screen; the first module is connected with the second module through a rotating shaft; the display screen includes: a flexible display area; the flexible display area at least has a bending axis, the bending axis and the rotation axis of the rotating shaft meet the parallel condition, and the flexible display area is used for unfolding or folding the display screen through self bending.
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Technical Field
The present invention relates to the field of electronic technologies, and in particular, to an electronic device and an information processing method.
Background
With the development of electronic technology, foldable flexible display screens appear in electronic equipment, so that the electronic equipment is convenient to carry by folding the flexible display screens; meanwhile, when the display screen is used, a larger display area is ensured through the unfolding of the flexible display screen. On one hand, the flexible display device provided in the related art may be a projection display screen that is flexible, and the display effect of projection display is poor and greatly affected by the environment (for example, the effect of projection display is poor when the ambient brightness is increased).
Disclosure of Invention
The embodiment of the invention provides electronic equipment and an information processing method.
The technical scheme of the invention is realized as follows: an embodiment of the present invention provides an electronic device, including:
a first module;
a second module comprising: a display screen;
the first module and the second module are connected through a rotating shaft module;
the display screen includes: a flexible display area; the flexible display area is at least provided with a bending axis, the bending axis and a rotating shaft module line of the rotating shaft module meet the parallel condition, and the flexible display area is used for unfolding or folding the display screen through bending of the flexible display area.
Optionally, in an unbent state of the flexible display area, different display portions of the display screen are located in the same plane;
when the flexible display area is in a bent state, different display parts of the display screen are positioned in different planes.
Optionally, the display screen comprises: the flexible display area divides the display screen into at least two display areas.
Optionally, the flexible display region is capable of bending towards a first direction and/or bending towards a second direction;
wherein the first direction is opposite to the second direction.
Optionally, if the flexible display area is bent towards the first direction, after the flexible display area is bent, the display screen can surround two opposite sides of the first module.
Optionally, if the flexible display area is bent in the second direction, after the flexible display area is bent, the display screen can be folded on one side of the first module.
Optionally, the first module comprises: a first housing;
the second module includes: a second housing;
the display screen is located in the second casing, just the second casing includes: a first accommodating area corresponding to the flexible display area and a second accommodating area outside the first accommodating area;
the electronic device further includes:
a rigid component located within the first housing or within the second receiving area of the second housing.
Optionally, the first receiving area comprises:
one or more bending mechanisms are used for bending corresponding to the flexible display area.
Optionally, the electronic device comprises:
the detection component is used for detecting the bending gesture of the flexible display area;
and the processing assembly is connected with the detection assembly and used for determining display parameters based on the bending posture of the flexible display area and/or the rotation angle of the rotating shaft module and controlling the display of the display screen according to the display parameters.
Optionally, the display parameters include at least one of:
a display mode, wherein the display mode comprises: a full screen display mode and a partial display mode; in the full-screen display mode, the display screens are in a display state; in the partial display mode, at least one display portion of the display screen is in a non-display state; or
A display position for determining a display area in a display state; or
A display resolution; or
The direction is displayed.
A second aspect of the present invention provides an information processing method, including:
detecting the bending gesture of a flexible display area of a display screen;
determining display parameters of the display screen according to the bending posture of the flexible display area;
and controlling the display of the display screen according to the display parameters.
According to the electronic equipment and the information processing method provided by the embodiment of the invention, the display screen included by the second module comprises the flexible display area, so that the display screen can be unfolded and folded integrally through bending of the flexible display area; therefore, a user can conveniently unfold the display screen when in the use state and the like, so that the whole electronic equipment provides a larger display area, and the display requirements of the user are met; when a user needs to carry the electronic equipment, the form of the electronic equipment can be changed by folding the display screen, so that the electronic equipment enters a portable state to be convenient for the user to carry, and different requirements of the user during display and carrying are met. Meanwhile, in the embodiment, the display screen only needs to comprise a flexible display area, and the whole screen is not required to be the flexible display area; therefore, the folding display screen can be folded through the local flexible display area, the whole screen is not required to be flexible, the problems of high manufacturing process difficulty and difficult volume production caused by the fact that the whole screen is flexible are solved, the manufacturing of electronic equipment is simplified, and the production process difficulty of the electronic equipment is reduced. In addition, the display screen provided by the embodiment can be various non-projection display screens, for example, various display devices such as a liquid crystal display screen and an OLED display screen, and has the characteristic of good display effect.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a first electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a second electronic device according to an embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 3 is an expanded view of a display screen according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a third electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a fourth electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 6 is a schematic view illustrating an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention being bent in one direction;
fig. 7 is a schematic view illustrating an electronic device according to an embodiment of the invention being bent in another direction;
fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a fifth electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 9 is a schematic view illustrating a display screen of an electronic device being switched from a folded state to an unfolded state according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a fifth electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of a sixth electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 12 is a flowchart illustrating an information processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
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The technical solution of the present invention is further described in detail with reference to the drawings and the specific embodiments of the specification.
As shown in fig. 1 and fig. 3, the present embodiment provides an electronic device, including:
a first module 101;
a second module 102, comprising: a display screen 1021;
the first module 101 is connected with the second module 102 through a rotating shaft module 103;
the display 1021 includes: a flexible display region 1022; the flexible display region 1022 has at least one bending axis, the bending axis and the rotation axis of the hinge module 103 satisfy a parallel condition, and the flexible display region 1022 is configured to unfold or fold the display 1021 through its own bending.
The electronic device may be various types of electronic devices including a display 1021 in this embodiment. The display 1021 may be a liquid crystal display 1021, an Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) display 1021, an electronic ink display 1021, or other type of display 1021. The electronic equipment can be a notebook computer, a tablet computer or electronic equipment integrating a notebook computer and a tablet computer. In summary, the electronic device provided in the present embodiment may be various types of electronic devices, and is not limited to the above examples.
The first module 101 and the second module 102 may be two relatively independent modules, for example, the first module 101 and the second module 102 have different housings. In some embodiments, the first module 101 may be a support module of the second module 102, and in other embodiments, the first module 101 may be a peripheral module of the second module 102. The support module may include: the support frame or the support plate of the first module 101. The peripheral module may include at least: a keyboard and/or a touch pad of the second module 102. In fig. 2, the second module 102 includes a keyboard. The keyboard shown in fig. 2 may include a keyboard with physical keys instead of a virtual keyboard formed by projection and the like.
In some embodiments, the first module 101 may also be a slave module of the second module 102. For example, the display 1021 included in the second module 102 is a main display 1021; the first module 101 may also include a display 1021, but the display 1021 may be a slave display 1021 of the master display 1021. In some embodiments, the size of the primary display is larger than the size of the second display 1021.
The first module 101 may be a flexible module or a rigid module, and optionally a rigid module having a size smaller than the size of the second module 102 in the deployed state.
In this embodiment, the first module 101 and the second module 102 are connected by a hinge module 103, and the hinge module 103 may include one or more hinges. These spindles allow at least the first module 101 and the second module 102 to rotate around the axis of rotation of the spindle module 103. The rotatable angle between the first module 101 and the second module 102 may include: 90 degrees, 135 degrees, 175 degrees, 180 degrees, 270 degrees, 360 degrees, or the like. In some embodiments, the rotation of the hinge module 103 may allow at least 120 degrees of relative rotation between the first module 101 and the second module 102.
In this embodiment, the hinge module 103 may be an odd hinge module 103 or an even hinge module 103.
The odd number pivot module 103 includes: odd numbers of rotating shafts coupled with each other. The even number hinge module 103 includes: even number of the rotating shafts are mutually coupled.
If the spindle module 103 includes a plurality of spindles coupled to each other, each spindle has its own rotation axis; the rotation axis is the surrounding axis when the rotating shaft rotates. The axes of rotation between the mutually coupled shafts are generally parallel to each other.
In this embodiment, the hinge module 103 is a multi-hinge module 103 including a plurality of hinges, such that the multi-hinge module 103 can realize the basic functions of the hinges by cooperating with each other, and meanwhile, due to the interaction of the multi-hinge module 103, for example, by a caliper embedded in the surface of the hinge, or coupling the tracks of two adjacent hinges, the hinge torque of the entire hinge module 103 can be enhanced, so as to support the first module 101 and/or the second module 102 with sufficient mass in a smaller volume. In short, the multi-hinge module 103 can reduce the volume of the hinge module 103 and/or change the shape of the hinge module 103 by the mutual coupling force between the multiple hinges, compared to the single hinge module 103, in the case of providing the same hinge torque, so as to achieve the light weight and thin profile of the electronic device.
For example, the plurality of spindles of the multi-spindle module 103 are sequentially arranged, and when the relative angle between the first module 101 and the second module 102 is 180 degrees, the plurality of spindles are arranged in a line shape. When the relative angle between the first module 101 and the second module 102 is 0 or 360 degrees, the relative positions of the plurality of spindles change, and the multi-spindle module 103 is viewed from the side to have a curved shape, for example, a "U" shape. When the first module 101 and the second module 102 are at angles other than 0, 180, and 360 degrees, the side surfaces of the multi-pivot module 103 are switched between the "one" shape and the "U" shape.
Typically, the odd spindle module 103 may include: the single-spindle module 103, the single-spindle module 103 includes only one spindle. The spindle module 103 comprises only one axis of rotation. For example, the single hinge module 103 includes: a hub and a drum, one of the first module 101 and the second module 102 being connected to the hub and the other being connected to the drum, the hub and the drum being rotatable relative to each other, such that relative rotation of the first module 101 and the second module 102 is allowed by the rotation of the hub and the drum.
In summary, in the present embodiment, the hinge module 103 can be various structures providing rotation capability. At least one of the first module 101 and/or the second module 102 is detachably connected to the hinge, for example, the second module 102 can be connected to the hinge module 103 in a fixed manner, and the first module 101 can be detached from the hinge module 103, so that the first module 101 and the second module 102 can be detachably connected to each other, and a user can detach or assemble the first module 101 and the second module 102 according to his or her needs.
In this embodiment, the display 1021 in the second module 102 includes a flexible display region 1022, and the flexible display region 1022 is a bendable or twistable region. The devices used for the flexible display region 1022 may be flexible devices. For example, the display 1021 includes: two bases and a display layer located between the bases; to implement a flexible display, the substrate may be a flexible substrate, and a typical flexible substrate may include: a flexible plastic substrate can be substituted for the rigid glass. The display layer may also be a flexible display layer, e.g. the display layer is a liquid crystal, which is obviously flexible and bendable due to the liquid properties of the liquid crystal itself. Thus, if the substrate is a flexible substrate, flexible bending can be realized. The substrate is a supporting structure and a mounting structure of the display layer. Of course, in other embodiments, the display layer may also be a display layer composed of OLEDs, and may also be an electronic ink display layer.
In some embodiments, if the display 1021 is fully unfolded, the surface area of the second module 102 is larger than that of the first module 101, for example, the display 1021 is fully unfolded and then is fastened to the first module 101, and the first module 101 is fastened to only a partial area of the display 1021; the display area of the display 1021 is at least 2 times the area of the largest surface of the first module 101. In some embodiments, the display area is 3 times, 4 times, or 5 times or more the area of the largest surface of the first module 101. In this embodiment, the flexible display region 1022 and the rotation axis of the hinge module 103 satisfy a parallel condition. Satisfying the parallelism condition may include at least one of:
the flexible display region 1022 is parallel to the rotation axis of the hinge module 103;
the flexible display region 1022 is substantially parallel or approximately parallel to the rotation axis of the hinge module 103. The substantially parallel or approximately parallel includes: a central line of the flexible display region 1022 is extended from the rotation axis, and if the two intersect, a minimum included angle formed by the intersection is within a preset range, for example, the preset range may be 10 degrees, 5 degrees, or 3 degrees.
In some embodiments, the entire display area of the display 1021 may be a flexible display area 1022, and as such, the display 1021 may be a purely flexible display 1021. In other embodiments, the display 1021 is a hybrid display 1021, comprising: a flexible display region 1022 and a rigid display region.
In this embodiment, regardless of whether the display 1021 is a pure flexible display 1021 or a hybrid display 1021, in short, the display 1021 can be switched between an unfolded state and a folded state based on the bending of the flexible display region 1022. If the display screen 1021 is unfolded (i.e., in the unfolded state), the display area exposed by the display screen 1021 may be larger than the display area exposed by the display screen 1021 when the display screen 1021 is folded (i.e., in the folded state).
As such, by introducing the flexible display region 1022 in the display screen 1021 in the present embodiment, the expansion and folding of the display screen 1021 itself can be realized. Since the flexible display screen 1021 and the rotation axis satisfy the parallel condition, the unfolding or folding direction of the display screen 1021 and the rotation axis of the hinge module 103 are consistent.
Fig. 3 is an expanded state of the display 1021, and the display shown in fig. 3 includes three non-flexible display regions, i.e., two flexible display regions 1022 and two flexible display regions 1022.
Fig. 4 is a schematic view illustrating the display 1021 being folded around two sides of the first module 101.
Fig. 5 is a schematic view of the first module 101 and the second module 102 rotating through the hinge module 103, and the display screen in the second module 102 being in an unfolded state. In fig. 5, the first module 101 is a supporting module of the second module 102.
In this embodiment, since the display screen 1021 is provided with the flexible display region 1022, the posture of the display screen 1021 can be changed by bending the flexible display region 1022, so as to meet different requirements of a user when using the electronic device and when carrying the electronic device, for example, when the user uses the electronic device, the display screen 1021 can be unfolded, and the display screen 1021 has the largest display area to meet the requirement of large-screen display of the user; when the electronic device is carried, the display 1021 is folded to change the overall shape of the electronic device, so that the electronic device is convenient for a user to carry.
Optionally, in the non-bent state of the flexible display region 1022, different display portions of the display 1021 are located in the same plane;
when the flexible display region 1022 is in the bent state, different display portions of the display 1021 are located in different planes.
When the different display portions of the display 1021 are in different planes, the display 1021 is viewed from the side, and the different display portions of the display 1021 are at an angle, e.g., between 0 and 180 degrees, etc.
Optionally, the display 1021 includes: at least one of the flexible display regions 1022 is disposed in parallel, and the flexible display region 1022 divides the display 1021 into at least two display regions.
For example, the display 1021 may include N flexible display regions 1022 arranged in parallel, where the N flexible display regions 1022 divide the remaining portion of the display 1021 into N +1 display regions. As shown in fig. 3, two flexible display regions 1022 are provided in the display screen 1021, and the two flexible display regions 1022 divide the display screen 1021 except for the flexible display regions 1022 into three display regions.
In some embodiments, the number of the flexible display regions 1022 may be 1 or more, and if the number of the flexible display regions 1022 is 1, the flexible display regions 1022 divide the other regions of the display 1021 into 2 display regions. As such, the display 1021 includes in common: 3 display areas. For example, if the N flexible display regions 1022 divide the other display regions of the display 1021 into N +1 display regions, the display 1021 includes N + (N +1) ═ 2N +1 display regions. For example, the display 1021 includes N flexible display regions 1022 and N +1 rigid display regions.
In some embodiments, the flexible display region 1022 is adapted to a width of the first module 101 or the hinge module 103 in a first dimension. The first dimension may be a dimension in which the rotation axis of the spindle module 103 is located. That is, the width of the flexible display region 1022 in the first dimension may be equal to the width of the first module 101 or the hinge module 103, where the adapting may include: equal or approximately equal.
In some embodiments, the widths of the N flexible display regions 1022 in a second dimension perpendicular to the first dimension exhibit a certain regularity, for example, the widths of the flexible display regions 1022 in the second dimension, which are closer to the hinge module 103, are smaller, and the widths of the flexible display regions 1022 in the second dimension, which are farther from the hinge module 103, are larger. Thus, if the remaining N +1 display regions are rigid display regions, the more rigid display regions that need to be bypassed after the flexible display region 1022 farther away from the hinge module 103 is bent, the more rigid display regions need to be folded in a wider manner.
In some embodiments, the flexible display region 1022 can be capable of bending in a first direction and/or a second direction; wherein the first direction is opposite to the second direction.
If the first direction is clockwise, the second direction is anticlockwise; and if the first direction is the anticlockwise direction, the second direction is the clockwise direction.
The flexible display region 1022 may support only one-way bending or may support two-way bending in some embodiments. The display 1021 is installed in the housing of the second module 102, and if the housing of the second module 102 also has a flexible bending region, but if the region may support bidirectional bending according to its mechanical configuration, it may only support unidirectional bending. For example, a bi-directional bend may be provided if the flexible bend region of the housing is provided by a folded sheet to provide a flexible bend; alternatively, the flexible bends may be provided by a flexible plastic, and the bi-directional bends may be provided as well.
Optionally, if the flexible display region 1022 is bent toward the first direction, after the flexible display region 1022 is bent, the display 1021 can surround two opposite sides of the first module 101.
Thus, the flexible display region 1022 is bent, so that at least the other region of the display 1021 is divided into two regions by the flexible display region 1022, and the two regions are disposed on two opposite sides of the first module 101, and thus the first module 101 is enclosed inside the display 1021. If the display 1021 is at least located on two opposite sides of the first module 101, the first module 101 is wrapped inside the second module 102, and thus the first module 101 does not generate a large unnecessary change with the second module 102 through the rotation shaft of the rotation shaft module 103 due to an unexpected external force.
In other embodiments, if the flexible display region 1022 is bent in the second direction, after the flexible display region 1022 is bent, the display 1021 can be folded at one side of the first module 101.
Of course, in some embodiments, the hinge module 103 has a rotation angle of 360 degrees, so that the second module 102 can rotate in both the first direction and the second direction to allow the second module 102 to wrap around the two sides of the first module 101 or fold on either side of the first module 101.
For example, the display 1021 may be folded at a single side of the first module 101 based on the bending of the flexible display region 1022.
Fig. 6 and 7 are schematic diagrams illustrating the display 1021 being folded in different directions. It is obvious that these two directions can be reversed. After being folded in one direction in fig. 6, the display 1021 can be wrapped around both sides of the first module 101.
The display 1021 shown in fig. 7 can be folded on one side of the first module 101. It should be noted that, if the hinge module 103 is a 360-degree hinge, the display 1021 can be folded on any side of the first module 101. For example, the first module 101 includes a keyboard, and the display 1021 may be folded at a side of the keyboard where the keys are disposed, or may be folded at a back of the keys.
Optionally, the first module 101 includes: a first housing; the second module 102 includes: a second housing;
the display 1021 is located in the second casing, and the second casing includes: a first accommodating area corresponding to the flexible display area 1022 and a second accommodating area other than the first accommodating area; the electronic device further includes: a rigid component located within the first housing or within the second receiving area of the second housing.
The rigid assembly may include: it is not possible to produce components which are bent or bent to a small extent, which, if necessary, can lead to damage to the components.
The rigid assembly may include: the image Processing system comprises a main board, a rigid device located on the main board, for example, a Central Processing Unit (CPU) and/or a Graphic Processing Unit (GPU), an image capturing component (e.g., a camera), a storage medium (a hard disk or a cache), and the like.
In this embodiment, in order to avoid affecting the bending of the flexible display region 1022 corresponding to the device region, if the rigid component is located in the first housing of the first module 101 or in the second receiving region of the second housing, the interference of the rigid component in the first receiving region to the flexible bending of the flexible display region 1022 is avoided. Of course, in some embodiments, the flexible display region 1022 may be provided with a flexible component, such as a flat cable of the display 1021, which may be a flexible wire or a flexible circuit board that can be bent, etc. In other embodiments, the second receiving area may not secure other components besides the flexible display area 1022, so as to avoid interference with bending of the flexible display area 1022, and if the second receiving area is further provided with a remaining space, the remaining space may be filled with various flexible fillers, such as an inflatable airbag and/or a flexible foam, so as to maintain stable installation of the flexible display area 1022 and flexibility thereof.
Optionally, the first receiving area comprises:
one or more of the bending mechanisms are used for bending corresponding to the flexible display region 1022.
The bending mechanisms are disposed in the flexible display area 1022, and bending properties corresponding to the bending mechanisms can meet the bending requirement of the flexible display area 1022. For example, if the flexible region requires a 360 degree bend, the bending mechanism also needs to support the 360 degree bend.
The first housing and the second housing may be housings of the electronic devices, the housings being cases constituting outer surfaces of the electronic devices.
The bending mechanism may include: the shell made of flexible material is self-provided, and can also comprise: the bendable mechanism is formed by folding or rotating shafts.
Optionally, the electronic device comprises:
a detection component for detecting a bending gesture of the flexible display region 1022;
and the processing component is connected with the detection component and is used for determining display parameters based on the bending posture of the flexible display area 1022 and/or the rotation angle of the rotating shaft module 103 and controlling the display of the display screen 1021 according to the display parameters.
In this embodiment, the detection component may be various sensors for detecting the bending state of the flexible display region 1022, for example, a flexible sensor disposed in the flexible display region 1022, for example, a capacitance sensor, and if the flexible display region 1022 is bent, a state parameter of the capacitance sensor, for example, a distance between two electrode plates of the capacitance sensor and/or a medium between the two electrode plates, is changed, so that a capacitance value induced by the capacitance sensor is changed, and thus the bending posture of the flexible display region 1022 is detected.
The flexible sensor may further include: the torsion sensor, whether the flexible display region 1022 is bent or not, changes the torsion value detected by the torsion sensor, so that the torsion sensor detects the bending posture of the flexible display region 1022 through the detection of the torsion value.
Here, a capacitance sensor is exemplified, and there are various specific devices for detecting the bending posture, and the device is not limited to any of the above.
Detecting the bending gesture of the flexible display area 1022 of the display 1021 may specifically include:
detecting whether the flexible display area 1022 is in the unfolded posture or the bent posture, that is, detecting whether the flexible display area 1022 is in the bent posture;
and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,
the bending degree, e.g., bending angle, of the flexible display region 1022 in the bending posture is detected.
In the embodiment of the present invention, the electronic device includes a display 1021 having at least a portion of a display area being a flexible display area 1022, so that the single display 1021 of the electronic device can be unfolded or folded.
Optionally, the display parameters include at least one of:
a display mode, wherein the display mode comprises: a full screen display mode and a partial display mode; in the full screen display mode, the display 1021 is in a display state; in the partial display mode, at least one display portion of the display 1021 is in a non-display state; or the like, or, alternatively,
a display position for determining a display area in a display state; or the like, or, alternatively,
a display resolution; or the like, or, alternatively,
the direction is displayed.
The local display mode is a display area exposed on the outer surface of the electronic equipment in the display state, and the display area in the non-display state is a hidden display area. For example, after the display screen 1021 is folded, only one rigid display area faces outwards, the exposed display area is displayed in the local display mode, and other display areas are not displayed, so that the display requirement of a user is met by using the area for displaying, and on the other hand, the embarrassment that the user cannot see inside part of the display due to the display of other areas is avoided by using other non-display areas, and unnecessary power consumption is reduced by the display of the local area on the other hand.
A display position may be used to indicate the display area currently in a display state, e.g., in a full-screen display mode, to indicate that all of the display area is displayed, in a partial display mode, to indicate only the display of the revealed display area, which further indicates that the revealed display area is displayed, which may indicate only the display of the rigid display area, while the flexible display area 1022 providing the bend may not be displayed. Alternatively, the flexible display region 1022 providing the bend and the rigid display region are in different display sub-modes, for example, the exposed flexible display region 1022 is in the control display sub-mode, and the rigid display region is in the content display sub-mode. In the control display sub-mode, the flexible display region 1022 displays one or more controls, such as a sound adjustment control, a switch control of the electronic device, a power control of the display 1021, and the like. The rigid display area in the content display sub-area can be used for dynamically displaying an application interface or a desktop of a currently opened application. In this manner, separation of display control of the flexible display region 1022 and display control of the rigid display region is achieved. The display content of the exposed flexible display region 1022 may not change when the display content of the rigid display region is switched. In other embodiments, the flexible display region 1022 may also be used to display date information, time information, and/or reminder information for a background-running application, such as a message reminder for a background-running instant messaging application.
When the flexible display region 1022 is in the bent state, the display 1021 in any display mode may include: and (3) associated display modes and/or independent display modes of different display areas.
The display resolution is: the resolution of the display is typically related to the number of pixels comprised by a row or column of the current display area of the display, e.g. 1366 by 768, meaning that a row comprises 1366 pixels and a column comprises 768 pixels. Due to the difference of the current display areas, the display resolution needs to be adaptively adjusted, so that a content needing to be completely displayed is completely displayed in the current display area. When the display resolution is low, the actual two pixels can be combined into one display pixel for control. One side of the folded electronic device close to the supporting surface may be the side where the rotating shaft module 103 is located, or the opposite side of the side where the rotating shaft module 103 is located; in this case, where display is also required, it may be necessary to determine the display orientation to ensure that the current display orientation appears positive to the user, avoiding the display being reversed.
In some embodiments, the detecting component further disposed on the first module 101 or the second module 102 may be: the support posture detection component such as the pressure sensing component is arranged, and can detect the support posture of the electronic equipment, for example, the current positions of the first module 101 and the second module 102 with the support table or the support point held by the user are detected, so that the display direction is determined. If the electronic equipment is supported on the supporting surface, the electronic equipment has at least one strip-shaped area which detects the pressure or deformation and the like generated by the gravity of the electronic equipment; thereby defining a support on a support surface (e.g., a desktop) such that the bottom surface of the display orientation faces one side of the support surface. If the detection component detects that a certain dot-shaped interval or block-shaped interval of the electronic equipment detects the supporting force, the electronic equipment can be considered to be in a handheld posture of a user, and when the user generally holds the handheld posture, the bottom surface of the display direction can be close to the position of the dot-shaped interval or block-shaped interval.
For example, if the display screen 1021 is located at two sides of the first module 101, at least two display areas of the display screen 1021 bounded by the flexible display may face away from the display area of the first module 101, and at this time, if the display screen is in an independent display mode, display contents of the two exposed display areas are independent of each other, and display control is also independent of each other. For example, assuming that the two regions are respectively referred to as a first display region and a second display region, the first display region displays an interface of application a, the second display region can display an interface of application B, and application a and application B are different applications, so that one electronic device can be used by two users. For example, app a may be a gaming app and app B may be a social app such as WeChat.
In some embodiments, if the number of the remaining display areas of the display 1021 except for the flexible display area 1022 is 2, if the two display areas are located at two sides of the first module 101, the two display areas each display its own content if in an independent display mode. In summary, 1 flexible display region 1022 divides the other display regions of the display 1021 into 2 segments, and if the 2 segments are back-to-back, the 2 segments can all be displayed, but the display orientations are opposite, i.e. 2 users relatively see their respective screens; the screen area in the past can also be extinguished, i.e. 1 user is using it.
In other embodiments, if there are more than 2 display areas of the display 1021 except the flexible display area 1022, when the display 1021 surrounds two sides of the first module 101, some display areas are hidden, and two display areas may be exposed. At this time, the display screen 1021 may enter the partial display mode, where the hidden display region is in a non-display state, and the two exposed display regions are in a display state, and the two display regions in the display state may be in an independent display mode or an associated display mode.
If a certain display area is in a non-display state, the method comprises the following steps: the display power of the display area is turned off, and no display data is input to the display area.
For another example, the 2 flexible display regions 1022 divide other regions of the display 1021 into 3 segments, where segment 1, segment 2, and segment 3 (one segment corresponds to one display region) are respectively arranged from the outside to the hinge module 103, and when segment 1 is simply turned over, the front surfaces (i.e., display surfaces) of segment 1 and segment 2 are fastened, and then turned over to the back surface (opposite surface to the display surface) of segment 3, that is, segment 1 and segment 2 are not displayed (in a non-display state), and segment 3 is displayed; the back surfaces of the section 1 and the section 2 are buckled and then turned to the back surface of the section 3, at the moment, the section 1 is not effectively displayed, and the section 2 and the section 3 form a display scene with back-to-back display.
As shown in fig. 12, the present embodiment provides an information processing method including:
step S110: detecting the bending gesture of a flexible display area of a display screen;
step S120: determining display parameters of the display screen according to the bending posture of the flexible display area;
step S130: and controlling the display of the display screen according to the display parameters.
The electronic device provided by this embodiment may be any one of the electronic devices described above.
Optionally, if the flexible display area is in a bent state and the display screen is in a display state, the display mode is the local display mode, at least one display portion exposed from the display surface is in a display state, and at least one display portion hidden from the display surface is in a non-display state.
Optionally, the display parameters include at least one of:
a display mode, wherein the display mode comprises: a full screen display mode and a partial display mode; in the full-screen display mode, the display screens are in a display state; in the partial display mode, at least one display portion of the display screen is in a non-display state;
a display position for determining a display area in a display state;
a display resolution;
the direction is displayed.
In some embodiments, the display parameters may further include: the display relationship between the display regions may include, for example: the aforementioned independent display mode and/or the associated display mode.
An example is provided below in connection with any of the embodiments above:
as shown in fig. 8, the present example provides an electronic device including:
a first module comprising a keyboard;
a second module, the second module comprising a display screen; the display screen is provided with a flexible screen bending area (the flexible screen bending area corresponds to the flexible display area), and the flexible screen bending area can be bent and comprises one or more bending axes;
and the rotating shaft module is connected with the first module and the second module. The hinge module comprises a rotation axis, wherein the rotation axis is parallel or approximately parallel to the bending axis of the flexible display area.
Fig. 9 is a process of unfolding the screen of the electronic device shown in fig. 8 from a folded state, and the display screen can be used as an electronic device such as a notebook or a tablet computer equipped with a keyboard, and is supported on a desktop for use.
Fig. 10 shows the front and back of the electronic device. The front surface of the electronic equipment comprises a display surface of a display screen; the second module of the electronic equipment is provided with a bending structure area corresponding to the position of the bending area of the flexible screen so as to keep the synchronous bending with the flexible screen when the bending area of the flexible screen is bent.
Fig. 11 shows a schematic view of the electronic device after bending, and it is apparent that the bending structure region corresponding to the bending region of the flexible screen provides the flexibility required for bending.
In the several embodiments provided in the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed apparatus and method may be implemented in other ways. The above-described device embodiments are merely illustrative, for example, the division of the unit is only a logical functional division, and there may be other division ways in actual implementation, such as: multiple units or components may be combined, or may be integrated into another system, or some features may be omitted, or not implemented. In addition, the coupling, direct coupling or communication connection between the components shown or discussed may be through some interfaces, and the indirect coupling or communication connection between the devices or units may be electrical, mechanical or other forms.
The units described as separate parts may or may not be physically separate, and parts displayed as units may or may not be physical units, that is, may be located in one place, or may be distributed on a plurality of network units; some or all of the units can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the embodiment.
In addition, all the functional units in the embodiments of the present invention may be integrated into one processing module, or each unit may be separately used as one unit, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit; the integrated unit can be realized in a form of hardware, or in a form of hardware plus a software functional unit.
Those of ordinary skill in the art will understand that: all or part of the steps for implementing the method embodiments may be implemented by hardware related to program instructions, and the program may be stored in a computer readable storage medium, and when executed, the program performs the steps including the method embodiments; and the aforementioned storage medium includes: a mobile storage device, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk, and other various media capable of storing program codes.
The above description is only for the specific embodiments of the present invention, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily conceive of the changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present invention, and all the changes or substitutions should be covered within the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention shall be subject to the protection scope of the appended claims.
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1. An electronic device, comprising:
a first module;
a second module comprising: a display screen;
the first module and the second module are connected through a rotating shaft module;
the display screen includes: a flexible display area; the flexible display area is at least provided with a bending axis, the bending axis and a rotating shaft module line of the rotating shaft module meet the parallel condition, and the flexible display area is used for unfolding or folding the display screen through bending of the flexible display area;
the flexible display area can be bent towards a first direction and a second direction; wherein the first direction is opposite the second direction; if the flexible display area is bent towards the first direction, the display screen can surround two opposite sides of the first module after the flexible display area is bent.
2. The electronic device of claim 1,
when the flexible display area is in a non-bending state, different display parts of the display screen are positioned in the same plane;
when the flexible display area is in a bent state, different display parts of the display screen are positioned in different planes.
3. The electronic device of claim 1,
the display screen includes: the flexible display area divides the display screen into at least two display areas.
4. The electronic device according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein if the flexible display region is bent in the second direction, the display screen can be folded at one side of the first module after the flexible display region is bent.
5. The electronic device of claim 1, 2 or 3,
the first module includes: a first housing;
the second module includes: a second housing;
the display screen is located in the second casing, just the second casing includes: a first accommodating area corresponding to the flexible display area and a second accommodating area outside the first accommodating area;
the electronic device further includes:
a rigid component located within the first housing or within the second receiving area of the second housing.
6. The electronic device of claim 5,
the first accommodation region includes:
one or more bending mechanisms are used for bending corresponding to the flexible display area.
7. The electronic device of claim 1, 2 or 3,
the electronic device includes:
the detection component is used for detecting the bending gesture of the flexible display area;
and the processing assembly is connected with the detection assembly and used for determining display parameters based on the bending posture of the flexible display area and/or the rotation angle of the rotating shaft module and controlling the display of the display screen according to the display parameters.
8. The electronic device of claim 7,
the display parameters include at least one of:
a display mode, wherein the display mode comprises: a full screen display mode and a partial display mode; in the full-screen display mode, the display screens are in a display state; in the partial display mode, at least one display portion of the display screen is in a non-display state; or
A display position for determining a display area in a display state; or
A display resolution; or
The direction is displayed.
9. An information processing method applied to the electronic device according to any one of claims 1 to 8, the method comprising:
detecting the bending gesture of a flexible display area of a display screen;
determining display parameters of the display screen according to the bending posture of the flexible display area;
and controlling the display of the display screen according to the display parameters.
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