CN112639677A

CN112639677A - Foldable electronic device and operation state control method

Info

Publication number: CN112639677A
Application number: CN201880094147.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 付洋
Original assignee: Shenzhen Royole Technologies Co Ltd
Current assignee: Shenzhen Royole Technologies Co Ltd
Priority date: 2018-09-25
Filing date: 2018-09-25
Publication date: 2021-04-09
Also published as: WO2020061782A1

Abstract

The application discloses an operation state control method, which is applied to a foldable electronic device (100), wherein the foldable electronic device (100) comprises a direction sensor (1) and an angle sensor (2); the method comprises the following steps: detecting direction information related to the placement direction of the foldable electronic device (100) through a direction sensor (1); detecting the folding angle of the foldable electronic device (100) through the angle sensor (2); and controlling the foldable electronic device (100) to enter a corresponding running state according to the direction information detected by the direction sensor (1) and the folding angle detected by the angle sensor (2). The present application also discloses a foldable electronic device (100). According to the foldable electronic device, the foldable electronic device (100) is folded, and the foldable electronic device (100) is placed in the specific placing posture, so that the foldable electronic device can be controlled to enter the corresponding running state, and the convenience of state control is improved.

Description

Foldable electronic device and operation state control method

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to display control technologies, and particularly to a foldable electronic device and a state control method for the foldable electronic device.

Background

At present, electronic devices such as mobile phones and tablet computers are widely applied, and the life of people is facilitated. In the prior art, when people do not need to use the electronic device, one mode is to automatically turn off and lock the screen after waiting for a preset waiting time, however, the mode causes unnecessary electric energy waste. In another existing mode, a screen lock can be triggered by operating a corresponding physical key, for example, a power key, and in this mode, when a user places the electronic device on a desktop and finds that the screen is unlocked, the user often operates the corresponding physical key to control the screen lock, which results in tedious operation.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application discloses a foldable electronic device and a state control method, which can quickly control the foldable electronic device to enter a corresponding state.

The embodiment of the application discloses a foldable electronic device, which comprises a direction sensor, an angle sensor and a processor. The direction sensor is used for detecting direction information related to the placement direction of the foldable electronic device. The angle sensor is used for detecting the folding angle of the foldable electronic device. The processor is electrically connected with the direction sensor and the angle sensor and used for controlling the foldable electronic device to enter a corresponding running state according to the direction information detected by the direction sensor and the folding angle detected by the angle sensor.

The embodiment of the application also discloses an operation state control method, which is applied to a foldable electronic device, wherein the foldable electronic device comprises an angle sensor and a direction sensor; the display control method includes the steps of: detecting direction information related to the placement direction of the foldable electronic device through a direction sensor; detecting the folding angle of the foldable display screen through an angle sensor; and controlling the foldable electronic device to enter a corresponding running state according to the direction information detected by the direction sensor and the folding angle detected by the angle sensor.

According to the foldable electronic device and the operation state control method, the foldable electronic device is folded and placed in the specific placing posture, so that the foldable electronic device can be controlled to enter the corresponding operation state, and convenience of state control is improved.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application, the drawings needed to be used in the embodiments will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a block diagram of a foldable electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 2 is an overall schematic view of a foldable electronic device in an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 3 is a schematic view of a coordinate system established by an area formed by bending the foldable electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 4 is an overall schematic view of a foldable electronic device in another embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 5 is an overall schematic diagram of a first folding implementation of a foldable electronic device in an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 6 is an overall schematic diagram of a second folding implementation of the foldable electronic device in an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 7 is an overall schematic diagram illustrating an implementation structure of an angle sensor in a foldable electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 8 is an overall schematic diagram illustrating an infrared sensor of the foldable electronic device in an embodiment of the present application.

Fig. 9 is a flowchart of an operation state control method according to an embodiment of the present application.

FIG. 10 is a sub-flowchart of step S95 in FIG. 9 in one embodiment.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present application, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.

Referring to fig. 1 and fig. 2 together, fig. 1 is a block diagram of a foldable electronic device 100 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Fig. 2 is an overall schematic diagram of the foldable electronic device 100. As shown in fig. 1, the foldable electronic device 100 comprises a foldable display screen 10, a direction sensor 1, an angle sensor 2 and a processor 3.

The direction sensor 1 is configured to detect direction information related to a placement direction of the foldable electronic device 100. The angle sensor 2 is used for detecting the folding angle of the foldable display screen 10. The processor 3 is electrically connected to the direction sensor 1 and the angle sensor 2, and is configured to obtain direction information detected by the direction sensor 1 and a folding angle detected by the angle sensor 2, and control the foldable electronic device 100 to enter a corresponding operating state according to the direction information detected by the direction sensor 1 and the folding angle detected by the angle sensor 2.

Therefore, in the present application, by folding the foldable electronic device 100 and placing the foldable electronic device 100 in a specific placing posture, the foldable electronic device 100 can be controlled to enter a corresponding operating state, so that convenience of state control is improved.

In some embodiments, the processor 3 determines a placing direction of the foldable electronic device 100 according to the direction information detected by the direction sensor 1, and controls the foldable electronic device 100 to enter a corresponding operating state according to the determined placing direction of the foldable electronic device 100 and the folding angle detected by the angle sensor 2.

The step of the processor 3 controlling the foldable electronic device 100 to enter the corresponding operating state according to the determined placing direction of the foldable electronic device 100 and the folding angle detected by the angle sensor 2 may include: the processor 3 controls the foldable electronic device 100 to enter the first operation state when it is determined that the placing direction of the foldable electronic device 100 is the preset direction and the folding angle detected by the angle sensor 2 is within the preset angle range.

In some embodiments, the processor 3 controls the foldable electronic device 100 to enter the second operation state when it is determined that the placement direction of the foldable electronic device 100 is not the preset direction or the folding angle detected by the angle sensor 2 is outside the preset angle range.

The folding angle refers to an angle between two portions formed when the foldable electronic device 100 is folded. In some embodiments, the preset direction is a vertical direction, the preset angle range is a range smaller than or equal to a first preset angle and larger than or equal to 0 degree, the first operating state is a screen locking state or a screen extinguishing state, and the second operating state is a screen lightening state or a screen unlocking state. Wherein the first preset angle may be 60 degrees.

Therefore, when the user vertically places the foldable electronic device 100 and the folding angle of the foldable electronic device 100 is within the preset angle range, the electronic device 100 can be quickly controlled to enter a screen locking or screen extinguishing state. When the user places the foldable electronic device 100 in another direction or posture, or changes the folding angle of the electronic device 100 to an angle outside the preset angle range, the electronic device 100 can be quickly controlled to switch to the bright screen state or the screen unlocking state.

In other embodiments, the predetermined direction may be other directions, for example, a direction at an angle of 45 degrees with the vertical direction, and the first predetermined angle may be other angles, for example, an angle of 145 degrees.

In some embodiments, the direction sensor 1 is disposed at a predetermined position of the foldable electronic device 100, and is configured to detect a placement direction of the predetermined position to obtain direction information including the placement direction of the predetermined position, and the processor 3 further determines, when it is determined that the folding angle detected by the angle sensor 2 is greater than or equal to a predetermined value, the placement direction of the predetermined position in the direction information detected by the direction sensor 1 is the placement direction of the foldable electronic device 100, that is, determines the placement direction detected by the direction sensor 1 is the placement direction of the foldable electronic device 100.

For example, as shown in fig. 2, the direction sensor 1 may be disposed at a portion of the foldable electronic device 100 near the non-folding side B1. In this way, when the foldable electronic device 100 is folded, the portion where the direction sensor 1 is disposed is not in the folded position because of being close to the non-folded edge, and thus, the portion where the direction sensor 1 is disposed is maintained in a flat state.

In some embodiments, the direction sensor 1 may be an acceleration sensor. The direction sensor 1 may establish a three-dimensional coordinate system in advance with a plane where a portion where the direction sensor 1 is located, and then determine a gravitational acceleration value along a direction of each three-dimensional coordinate with the three-dimensional coordinate system, where the detected gravitational acceleration value may be the aforementioned direction information including the placement direction of the preset portion.

As shown in fig. 3, when the foldable electronic device 100 is folded, the direction sensor 1 is located on one of the areas Y1 formed after folding, and the plane of the area is a plane formed by XY directions, and a XYZ rectangular coordinate system is established with the plane perpendicular to the plane as a Z direction. The direction sensor 1 can detect the acceleration value of the region Y1 in the X, Y, Z direction in real time, and the acceleration values in the X, Y, Z direction are respectively represented as a, b and c. When the region Y1 is placed horizontally, i.e., the region Y1 is placed parallel to the plane XY, | a | b | 0, | c | 9.98m/s²(ii) a When the region Y1 is erected along the Y axis, | b | c | 0, | a | 9.98; when the region Y1 is erected along the X axis, | b | ═ 9.98, | a | ═ c | ═ 0.

Therefore, when a + b >2 c, the region Y1 can be considered to be in a vertical direction, i.e., the plane of the region Y1 is approximately parallel to the Z axis.

Therefore, the processor 3 can determine the placing direction of the preset portion where the direction sensor 1 is located according to the gravity acceleration values in all directions detected by the direction sensor 1. Further, when it is determined that the folding angle detected by the angle sensor 2 is smaller than or equal to the predetermined value, the processor 3 determines that the two areas formed by folding the foldable electronic device 100 are almost in the attached state, and therefore, the placing direction of the predetermined portion where the direction sensor 1 is located can represent the placing direction of the foldable electronic device 100. Therefore, at this time, the processor 3 determines that the placement direction in the direction information detected by the direction sensor 2 is the placement direction of the foldable electronic device 100.

When the folding angle of the foldable electronic device 100 is smaller than or equal to the preset value, it can be considered that two parts formed by folding the foldable electronic device 100 are attached to each other, that is, the foldable electronic device 100 is in a fully folded state.

Referring to fig. 4, in another embodiment, at least two direction sensors 1 are provided, and the at least two direction sensors 1 are disposed at different portions of the foldable electronic device 100 and are used for respectively detecting the placing directions of the different portions of the foldable electronic device 100 to obtain direction information including the placing directions of the different portions of the foldable electronic device 100. When it is determined that the deviation of the placing directions in the direction information detected by the at least two direction sensors 1 is smaller than the preset difference value, the processor 3 determines the placing direction of the foldable electronic device 100 according to the direction information detected by the at least two direction sensors 1.

As shown in fig. 4, two direction sensors 1 may be provided, respectively, near two symmetrical non-folding edges B1 of the foldable electronic device 100.

Generally, when the folding occurs, two symmetrical sides B1 of the foldable electronic device 100 will be located at different areas Y1 formed due to the folding.

When the processor 3 determines that the deviation of the placement directions in the direction information detected by the at least two direction sensors 1 is smaller than the preset difference, it indicates that the two regions formed by folding the foldable electronic device 100 are almost in the attached state, and therefore, the processor 3 may determine the placement direction of the foldable electronic device 100 according to the placement directions in the direction information detected by the at least two direction sensors 1 whose deviation is smaller than the preset difference, that is, determine the placement direction of the foldable electronic device 100 according to the placement directions detected by the at least two direction sensors 1 whose deviation is smaller than the preset difference.

In some embodiments, the processor 3 sums the placing directions in the direction information detected by the at least two direction sensors 1 with the deviation smaller than the preset difference to obtain a target placing direction, and determines the target placing direction as the placing direction of the foldable electronic device. Thus, in some embodiments, when the deviation is smaller than the preset difference, the accuracy of determining the placing direction of the foldable electronic device can be further improved by summing vectors for each placing direction.

In other embodiments, the processor 3 sets a placing direction in the direction information detected by any one of the at least two direction sensors 1 with the deviation smaller than a preset difference value as a target placing direction, and determines the target placing direction as the placing direction of the foldable electronic device 100. That is, in other embodiments, when it is determined that the deviation of the placement directions in the direction information detected by at least two direction sensors 1 is smaller than the preset difference, it indicates that two areas formed by folding the foldable electronic device 100 are completely attached together, that is, the foldable electronic device 100 is in a completely folded state, the placement direction detected by any one of the direction sensors 1 may be regarded as the overall placement direction of the foldable electronic device 100, and the placement direction in the direction information detected by one of the direction sensors 1 may be arbitrarily selected as the placement direction of the foldable electronic device 100.

Similarly, the two direction sensors 1 may be acceleration sensors, and an XYZ rectangular coordinate system may be established with a plane of a region where each of the two direction sensors is located as a plane formed in the XY direction and a plane perpendicular to the plane as the Z direction. The two direction sensors 1 may determine the gravitational acceleration value along the direction of each three-dimensional coordinate through a three-dimensional coordinate system established in advance by the plane of the portion where the direction sensor 1 is respectively located, and the detected gravitational acceleration value may be direction information including the placement directions of different portions, respectively.

More details can be found in relation to fig. 3, among others. The preset difference may be an angle difference, which may be 10 degrees in equivalence.

As mentioned above, in the present application, the folding angle of the foldable electronic device 100 is an angle between two portions formed when the foldable electronic device 100 is bent.

In other embodiments, the processor 3 may further determine, directly according to the direction information detected by the direction sensor 1, that is, the detected gravitational acceleration in each direction, that the placing direction in the direction information detected by the direction sensor 1 is the placing direction of the foldable electronic device 100, without considering information such as a folding angle, that is, without considering whether two regions formed by folding the foldable electronic device 100 are almost in a fit state. That is, the direction information detected by the direction sensor 1 represents the placing direction of the foldable electronic device 100.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the foldable electronic device 100 further includes a foldable display screen 10, the foldable display screen 10 is disposed on one side of the foldable electronic device 100, and the side on which the foldable display screen 10 is disposed constitutes a display surface S1 of the foldable electronic device 100.

As shown in fig. 2, the foldable electronic device 100 includes the display surface S1 and a non-display surface S2 opposite to the display surface S1, and the display surface S1 and the non-display surface S2 are opposite surfaces. The display surface S1 further includes two sub-surfaces, and the non-display surface S2 also includes two sub-surfaces. The folding angle of the foldable electronic device 100 is specifically an included angle between two sub-surfaces of the non-display surface S2. The folding angle detected by the angle sensor 2 is correspondingly the included angle between the two sub-surfaces of the non-display surface S2. That is, after the foldable display panel 1 is folded, the display surface S1 is located outside and can be viewed at all times. Obviously, in some embodiments, the folding angle of the foldable display screen may also be the included angle between the two sub-surfaces of the display surface S1.

Here, the non-display surface S2 is a surface viewed from below to above in the view angle of fig. 2.

Referring to fig. 5, in some embodiments, the foldable electronic device 100 includes a rotation axis R1, the foldable display screen 10 includes a first sub-display 11 and a second sub-display 12, a portion of the foldable electronic device 100 corresponding to the first sub-display 11 is fixedly connected to the rotation axis R1, and a portion of the foldable electronic device 100 corresponding to the second sub-display 12 is rotatably connected to the rotation axis R1, so as to rotate around the rotation axis R1, thereby changing a folding angle of the foldable electronic device 100. Fig. 5 is a schematic view, the rotation axis R1 may include a sleeve and a rotation rod penetrating through the sleeve, a portion of the foldable electronic device 100 corresponding to the first sub-display 11 may be fixedly connected to the sleeve, a portion of the foldable electronic device 100 corresponding to the second sub-display 12 is fixedly connected to the rotation rod, and the portion of the foldable electronic device 100 corresponding to the second sub-display 12 may be bent/folded relative to the portion of the foldable electronic device 100 corresponding to the first sub-display 11 by rotating the rotation rod relative to the sleeve.

The angle sensor 3 may be a resistance-type angle sensor, a capacitance-type angle sensor, a hall-type angle sensor, or the like disposed on the rotation axis R1, and determines the folding angle by detecting the rotation angle of the rotation axis R1 relative to the portion of the foldable electronic device 100 corresponding to the second sub-display 12. For example, the rotation angle when the portion of the foldable electronic device 100 corresponding to the first sub-display 11 and the portion of the foldable electronic device 100 corresponding to the second sub-display 12 are attached together is zero, that is, the folding angle is zero, and then the rotation angle when the portion of the foldable electronic device 100 corresponding to the second sub-display 12 is rotated relative to the rotation axis R1 is detected to be used as the folding angle.

Referring to fig. 6, in some embodiments, the foldable display screen 10 may be an Organic Light-Emitting Diode (OLED) display screen, which has the characteristics of being bendable, twistable, and foldable, and has the characteristics of better color and contrast, and being ultra-thin. The foldable electronic device 100 is integrally formed of a flexible circuit board and a flexible substrate, and also has characteristics of being bendable, twistable, and foldable. The folding angle of the foldable electronic device 100 can be detected by the processor 3 through the angle sensor 2 by distributing a plurality of capacitive sensors (not shown) in the foldable display screen 10 or other components of the foldable electronic device 100, such as a substrate, and the folding line L can be obtained by determining the position where the display screen is folded through the voltage variation generated by the capacitive sensors at the bending position of the foldable electronic device 100 or the path variation between pre-buried contact points.

Thus, in the embodiment shown in fig. 6, the foldable electronic device 100 may not be limited to being folded at a fixed position, and may be folded at any suitable place.

After obtaining the folding line L, the processor 3 further divides the foldable electronic device 100 into two parts by the folding line L, and divides the foldable display screen 10 into a first sub-display 11 and a second sub-display 12 by the folding line L. That is, the processor 3 logically divides the foldable display screen 10 into a first sub-display screen 11 and a second sub-display screen 12 by a folding line L.

In the drawings, the rotating shaft R1 or the folding line L is located at the top of the foldable electronic device 100, that is, the foldable electronic device 100 is bent downward in the drawings of the foldable electronic device 100.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 7, when the foldable display screen 10 is a flexible display screen and the foldable electronic device 100 is a flexible device, the angle sensor 2 may include a plurality of infrared transmitters 21 and a plurality of infrared receivers 22 respectively disposed on four sides of the foldable electronic device 100. As shown in fig. 7, each side of the foldable electronic device 100 may be provided with a plurality of infrared emitters 21 and a plurality of infrared receivers 22, and the infrared emitters 21 disposed on one side correspond to the infrared receivers 22 disposed on the other side one by one. The processor 3 may also control the infrared emitter 21 near the folding line L on the side perpendicular to the folding line L to emit infrared light toward the direction of one side of the folding line L after determining the folding line L; when the infrared receiver 22 receiving the infrared light changes along with the change of the folding angle, the processor 2 may determine the corresponding folding angle according to the infrared receiver 22 receiving the infrared light. The infrared transmitters 21 and the infrared receivers 22 are disposed on the non-display surface S2 of the foldable electronic device 100.

As mentioned above, regardless of whether the foldable electronic device 100 is in a hinge connection manner or the foldable electronic device 100 is a flexible device, and the foldable display screen 10 is in a flexible display screen manner, when the foldable electronic device 100 causes the foldable display screen 10 to bend correspondingly during the bending process, the foldable display screen 10 will form the first sub-display 11 and the second sub-display 12 separated by the folding line L or the hinge. Therefore, when the foldable electronic device 100 is two parts including the first sub-display 11 and the second sub-display 12 connected by the hinge R1, the processor 3 may determine the screen areas on both sides of the hinge as the first sub-display 11 and the second sub-display 12. When the foldable display screen 10 is a flexible display screen, the processor 3 may determine two sides of the folding line L1 as the first sub-display screen 11 and the second sub-display screen 12 according to the folding line L.

In some embodiments, the processor 3 is further configured to control to display a content to be currently displayed on one of the first sub-display 11 and the second sub-display 12 when it is determined that the folding angle detected by the angle sensor 2 is less than or equal to a second preset angle; and controlling the content to be displayed at present to be displayed on the whole screen area of the foldable display screen 10 when it is determined that the folding angle detected by the angle sensor 2 is smaller than the second preset angle.

Wherein the second preset angle is a value outside the aforementioned preset angle range. For example, the predetermined angle range is 0 to 60 degrees, and the second predetermined angle range may be 120 degrees. Therefore, when the folding angle is smaller than the second preset angle, the processor 3 controls the content to be displayed currently to be displayed on one of the first sub-display 11 and the second sub-display 12, and when the folding angle continues to decrease and is within the preset angle range, the processor 3 controls the foldable electronic device 100 to enter the first operation state, such as the screen locking state or the screen blanking state.

In some embodiments, when it is determined that the folding angle detected by the angle sensor 2 is less than or equal to the second preset angle, the processor 3 determines that the first sub-display 11 or the second sub-display 12 closest to the human body is the target sub-display, and controls to display the content to be displayed currently on the target sub-display.

Referring to fig. 8, in some embodiments, a plurality of infrared sensors H1 are further distributed on the display surface S1 of the foldable electronic device 100, that is, the foldable display screen 10, the plurality of infrared sensors H1 are used for detecting a distance of a human body directly facing the display surface S1, the processor 3 determines that the infrared sensor H1 with the minimum detected distance is located on the first sub-display 11 or the second sub-display 12 as a target sub-display closest to the human body according to the distance detected by the plurality of infrared sensors H1, and controls to display a content to be currently displayed on the target sub-display when it is determined that the folding angle detected by the angle sensor 2 is greater than a second preset angle.

For example, as shown in fig. 8, when the processor 3 determines that the first sub-display 11 is the target sub-display, the content a to be currently displayed is controlled to be displayed on the first sub-display 11, and the second sub-display 12 is not displayed, so as to save energy consumption.

As shown in fig. 1, the foldable electronic device 100 further includes a memory 4, and the memory 4 may store the preset angle range, the preset value, the first preset angle, the second preset angle, the preset difference, and other data.

The preset angle range, the preset value, the first preset angle, the second preset angle and other preset values can be default of the system or can be generated by subsequent setting of a user.

In some embodiments, the memory 4 further stores program instructions for the processor 3 to call to perform the aforementioned functions.

The memory 4 may include a high-speed random access memory, and may also include a nonvolatile memory, such as a hard disk, a memory, a plug-in hard disk, a Smart Media Card (SMC), a Secure Digital (SD) Card, a Flash memory Card (Flash Card), a plurality of magnetic disk storage devices, a Flash memory device, or other volatile solid state storage devices.

The Processor 3 may be a Central Processing Unit (CPU), other general purpose Processor, a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) or other Programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic device, discrete hardware component, etc. A general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor may be any conventional processor or the like, which is the control center of the foldable electronic device 100 and connects the various parts of the entire foldable electronic device 100 using various interfaces and lines.

The foldable electronic device 100 may be an electronic device such as a foldable mobile phone, a foldable tablet computer, a foldable display, and the like.

Please refer to fig. 9, which is a flowchart illustrating an operation status control method according to an embodiment of the present application. The operation state control method can be applied to the foldable electronic device 100, and the direction sensor 1 and the angle sensor 2 of the foldable electronic device 100. The steps and sequence of the display control method are not limited to the steps and sequence of fig. 9. As shown in fig. 9, the display control method may include the following steps.

The direction information related to the placement direction of the foldable electronic device 100 is detected by the direction sensor (S91).

The folding angle of the foldable electronic device 100 is detected by the angle sensor 2 (S93).

The foldable electronic device 100 is controlled to enter the corresponding operation state according to the direction information detected by the direction sensor 1 and the folding angle detected by the angle sensor 2 (S95).

In some embodiments, the foldable electronic device 100 includes a display surface S1 and a non-display surface S2, the non-display surface S2 includes two sub-surfaces, and the detecting the folding angle of the foldable electronic device 100 by the angle sensor 2 may include: the folding angle of the foldable electronic device 100 is obtained by detecting an included angle between two sub-surfaces of the non-display surface S2 of the foldable electronic device 100 by the angle sensor 2.

In some embodiments, the foldable electronic device 100 is in an initial state when in a flat state, and the folding angle is 0 degree, and the folding angle of the foldable electronic device 100 is an angle relative to the angle of bending in the flat state.

Please refer to fig. 10, which is a sub-flowchart of step S95 in fig. 9 according to an embodiment. As shown in fig. 10, in an embodiment, the step S95 may specifically include the following steps.

The placing direction of the foldable electronic device 100 is determined according to the direction information detected by the direction sensor 1 (S951).

In some embodiments, the direction sensor 1 is disposed at a predetermined portion of the foldable electronic device; the detecting the direction information by the direction sensor in step S91 may specifically include: the placing direction of the preset part is detected by the direction sensor 1 to obtain direction information comprising the placing direction of the preset part. The step S951 of determining the placement direction of the foldable electronic device according to the direction information detected by the direction sensor 1 includes: when the folding angle detected by the angle sensor 2 is determined to be smaller than the preset value, the placing direction in the direction information detected by the direction sensor 1 is determined to be the placing direction of the foldable electronic device 100.

In other embodiments, the number of the direction sensors 1 is at least two, and at least two of the direction sensors 1 are disposed at different positions of the foldable electronic device 100; the detecting of the direction information by the direction sensor 1 in step S91 includes: the direction sensors 1 respectively detect the placing directions of different parts of the foldable electronic device 100 to obtain direction information including the placing directions of the different parts of the foldable electronic device 100. The step S951 of determining the placement direction of the foldable electronic device 100 according to the direction information detected by the direction sensor 1 includes: when it is determined that the deviation of the placement directions in the direction information detected by the at least two direction sensors 1 is smaller than the preset value, the placement direction of the foldable electronic device 100 is determined according to the direction information detected by the at least two direction sensors 1, where the deviation is smaller than the preset difference value.

In some embodiments, when it is determined that the deviation of the placement direction in the direction information detected by the at least two direction sensors 1 is smaller than the preset value, determining the placement direction of the foldable electronic device 100 according to the direction information detected by the at least two direction sensors 1 includes: calculating a vector sum of the placing directions in the direction information of the at least two direction sensors 1 with the deviation smaller than a preset difference value to obtain a target placing direction, and determining the target placing direction as the placing direction of the foldable electronic device 100; or, the placing direction in the direction information detected by any one of the at least two direction sensors 1 with the deviation smaller than the preset difference value is taken as the target placing direction, and the target placing direction is determined as the placing direction of the foldable electronic device 100.

And controlling the foldable electronic device 100 to enter a corresponding operation state according to the determined placing direction of the foldable electronic device 100 and the folding angle detected by the angle sensor 2 (S953).

Wherein, the controlling the foldable electronic device 100 to enter the corresponding operation state according to the determined placing direction of the foldable electronic device 100 and the folding angle detected by the angle sensor 2 includes: when the placing direction of the foldable electronic device 100 is determined to be a preset direction and the folding angle detected by the angle sensor 2 is within a preset angle range, controlling the foldable electronic device 100 to enter a first running state; further, when it is determined that the placing direction of the foldable electronic device 100 is not the preset direction or the folding angle detected by the angle sensor 2 is outside the preset angle range, the foldable electronic device 100 is controlled to enter the second operation state.

In some embodiments, the preset direction is a vertical direction, the preset angle range is greater than or equal to 0 degrees and smaller than or equal to a first preset angle range, the first operating state is a screen locking state or a screen extinguishing state, and the second operating state is a screen lightening state or a screen unlocking state.

In some embodiments, the foldable electronic device 100 further includes a foldable display screen 10, and the operation state control method further includes: when the foldable electronic device 100 is bent, determining a first sub-display 11 and a second sub-display 12 formed by bending the foldable display 10; and controlling the content to be displayed currently to be displayed on one of the first sub display screen 11 and the second sub display screen 12 when it is determined that the folding angle detected by the angle sensor 2 is smaller than a second preset angle. The second preset angle may be an angle outside the preset angle range, for example, the preset angle range is 0 to 60 degrees, and the second preset angle may be 120 degrees, so that when the foldable display screen 10 is bent to make the first sub-display 11 and the second sub-display 12 start to be smaller than the preset angle, for example, 120 degrees, the content to be displayed is controlled to be displayed on one of the first sub-display 11 and the second sub-display 12.

When it is determined that the folding angle detected by the angle sensor 2 is smaller than the second preset angle, controlling to display the content to be displayed on one of the first sub-display 11 and the second sub-display 12 includes: when the folding angle detected by the angle sensor 2 is smaller than a second preset angle, determining a first sub-display screen 11 or a second sub-display screen 12 closest to the human body as a target sub-display screen; and controlling the content to be displayed currently to be displayed on the target sub-display screen.

The operation state control method of the present application is applied to the foldable electronic device 100, and the executed method steps correspond to the functions executed by the foldable electronic device 100, and for a more detailed description, reference may be made to the related contents of the foldable electronic device 100.

The display control methods provided herein may be implemented in hardware, firmware, or as software or computer code that may be stored in a computer readable storage medium such as a CD, ROM, RAM, floppy disk, hard disk, or magneto-optical disk, or as computer code that is originally stored on a remote recording medium or a non-transitory machine readable medium, downloaded over a network, and stored in a local recording medium, so that the methods described herein may be presented using a general purpose computer or special purpose processor, or as software stored on a recording medium in programmable or dedicated hardware such as an ASIC or FPGA. As can be appreciated in the art, a computer, processor, microprocessor, controller or programmable hardware includes a memory component, e.g., RAM, ROM, flash memory, etc., which can store or receive software or computer code when the computer, processor or hardware accesses and executes the software or computer code implementing the processing methods described herein. In addition, when a general-purpose computer accesses code for implementing the processing shown herein, execution of the code transforms the general-purpose computer into a special-purpose computer for performing the processing shown herein.

The computer readable storage medium may be a solid state memory, a memory card, an optical disc, etc. The computer-readable storage medium stores program instructions for a computer to perform the state control method shown in fig. 9-10 when called.

The computer readable storage medium may also be the aforementioned memory 4.

Therefore, according to the foldable electronic device 100 and the display control method of the present application, by folding the foldable electronic device 100 and placing the foldable electronic device 100 in a specific placing posture, the foldable electronic device 100 can be controlled to enter a corresponding running state, so that convenience of state control is improved.

The foregoing is a preferred embodiment of the present application and it should be noted that modifications and embellishments could be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the principle of the present application and these are considered to be within the scope of the present application.

Claims

A foldable electronic device, comprising:

a direction sensor for sensing direction information related to a placement direction of the foldable electronic device; the angle sensor is used for detecting the folding angle of the foldable electronic device;

and the processor is electrically connected with the direction sensor and the angle sensor and is used for controlling the foldable electronic device to enter a corresponding running state according to the direction information detected by the direction sensor and the folding angle detected by the angle sensor.
The foldable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor determines a placement direction of the foldable electronic device according to the direction information detected by the direction sensor, and controls the foldable electronic device to enter a corresponding operation state according to the determined placement direction of the foldable electronic device and the folding angle detected by the angle sensor.
The foldable electronic device of claim 2, wherein the processor controls the foldable electronic device to enter the first operating state when it is determined that the placement direction of the foldable electronic device is a predetermined direction and the folding angle detected by the angle sensor is within a predetermined angle range.
The foldable electronic device of claim 2, wherein the processor controls the foldable electronic device to enter the second operating state when it is determined that the placement direction of the foldable electronic device is not a predetermined direction or the folding angle detected by the angle sensor is outside a predetermined angle range.
The foldable electronic device of claim 3, wherein the predetermined direction is a vertical direction, the predetermined angle range is greater than or equal to 0 degrees and less than or equal to a first predetermined angle range, and the first operating state is a screen-locking state or a screen-off state.
The foldable electronic device of claim 2, wherein the direction sensor is disposed at a predetermined position of the foldable electronic device for detecting a placement direction of the predetermined position, and the processor further determines that the placement direction detected by the direction sensor is the placement direction of the foldable electronic device when it is determined that the folding angle detected by the angle sensor is greater than or equal to the predetermined value.
The foldable electronic device of claim 2, wherein the number of the direction sensors is at least two, at least two of the direction sensors are disposed at different portions of the foldable electronic device for respectively detecting the placement directions of the different portions of the foldable electronic device, and the processor determines the placement direction of the foldable electronic device according to the placement directions detected by the at least two of the direction sensors, the placement directions of which are less than a predetermined difference value, when it is determined that the deviation of the placement directions detected by the at least two of the direction sensors is less than the predetermined difference value.
The foldable electronic device of claim 7, wherein the processor sums the placing directions detected by the at least two direction sensors with the deviation smaller than a predetermined difference to obtain a target placing direction, and determines the target placing direction as the placing direction of the foldable electronic device; or the processor takes the placing direction detected by any one of the at least two direction sensors with the deviation smaller than the preset difference value as a target placing direction, and determines the target placing direction as the placing direction of the foldable electronic device.
The foldable electronic device according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the foldable electronic device further comprises a foldable display screen, the processor is further configured to determine a first sub-display and a second sub-display of the foldable display screen due to bending when the foldable electronic device is bent, and the processor controls to display a content to be currently displayed on one of the first sub-display and the second sub-display when it is determined that the folding angle detected by the angle sensor is smaller than or equal to a second preset angle.
The foldable electronic device of claim 9, wherein the processor determines the first sub-display or the second sub-display closest to the human body as the target sub-display and controls the content to be displayed on the target sub-display when it is determined that the folding angle detected by the angle sensor is less than or equal to a second preset angle.
An operation state control method is applied to a foldable electronic device, and is characterized in that the foldable electronic device comprises an angle sensor and a direction sensor; the display control method includes the steps of:

detecting direction information related to the placement direction of the foldable electronic device through a direction sensor;

detecting the folding angle of the foldable display screen through an angle sensor; and

and controlling the foldable electronic device to enter a corresponding running state according to the direction information detected by the direction sensor and the folding angle detected by the angle sensor.
The method for controlling operating status according to claim 11, wherein the controlling the foldable electronic device to enter the corresponding operating status according to the direction information detected by the direction sensor and the folding angle detected by the angle sensor comprises:

determining the placing direction of the foldable electronic device according to the direction information detected by the direction sensor; and

and controlling the foldable electronic device to enter a corresponding running state according to the determined placing direction of the foldable electronic device and the folding angle detected by the angle sensor.
The method for controlling operating status according to claim 12, wherein the controlling the foldable electronic device to enter the corresponding operating status according to the determined placement direction of the foldable electronic device and the folding angle detected by the angle sensor comprises:

and when the placing direction of the foldable electronic device is determined to be a preset direction and the folding angle detected by the angle sensor is within a preset angle range, controlling the foldable electronic device to enter a first running state.
The method for controlling operating status according to claim 13, wherein the step of controlling the foldable electronic device to enter the corresponding operating status according to the determined placement direction of the foldable electronic device and the folding angle detected by the angle sensor further comprises:

and controlling the foldable electronic device to enter a second running state when the placing direction of the foldable electronic device is determined not to be the preset direction or the folding angle detected by the angle sensor is out of the preset angle range.
The operation state control method according to claim 14, wherein the preset direction is a vertical direction, the preset angle range is a range greater than or equal to zero degrees and less than or equal to a first preset angle, the first operation state is a screen-lock state or a screen-off state, and the second operation state is a screen-on state or a screen-off state.
The operation state control method according to claim 12, wherein the direction sensor is provided at a predetermined portion of the foldable electronic device; the detecting direction information related to the placing direction of the foldable electronic device through the direction sensor comprises: detecting the placing direction of the preset part through a direction sensor;

the determining the placing direction of the foldable electronic device according to the direction information detected by the direction sensor comprises:

and when the folding angle detected by the angle sensor is smaller than the preset value, determining that the placing direction detected by the direction sensor is the placing direction of the foldable electronic device.
The operation state control method according to claim 12, wherein the number of the direction sensors is at least two, and at least two of the direction sensors are provided at different portions of the foldable electronic device; the detecting direction information by the direction sensor includes: respectively detecting the placing directions of different parts of the foldable electronic device through at least two direction sensors;

the determining the placement direction of the foldable electronic device according to the direction information detected by the direction sensor comprises:

when it is determined that the deviation of the placing directions in the direction information detected by the at least two direction sensors is smaller than a preset difference value, the placing direction of the foldable electronic device is determined according to the placing directions detected by the at least two direction sensors with the deviation smaller than the preset difference value.
The operation state control method according to claim 17, wherein determining the placement direction of the foldable electronic device according to the placement directions detected by the at least two direction sensors when it is determined that the deviation of the placement directions in the direction information detected by the at least two direction sensors is smaller than a preset difference value comprises:

calculating a vector sum of the placing directions detected by the at least two direction sensors with the deviation smaller than a preset difference value to obtain a target placing direction, and determining the target placing direction as the placing direction of the foldable electronic device; or

And taking the placing direction detected by any one of the at least two direction sensors with the deviation smaller than a preset difference value as a target placing direction, and determining the target placing direction as the placing direction of the foldable electronic device.
The operation state control method according to any one of claims 11 to 18, wherein the foldable electronic device further includes a foldable display screen, the display control method further comprising:

when the foldable electronic device is bent, determining a first sub-display screen and a second sub-display screen which are formed by bending the foldable display screen; and

and when the folding angle detected by the angle sensor is determined to be smaller than or equal to a second preset angle, controlling to display the content to be displayed currently on one of the first sub-display screen and the second sub-display screen.
The operation state control method according to claim 19, wherein the controlling of displaying the content to be currently displayed on one of the first sub-display and the second sub-display upon determining that the folding angle detected by the angle sensor is less than or equal to a second preset angle comprises:

when the folding angle detected by the angle sensor is determined to be smaller than or equal to a second preset angle, determining a first sub-display screen or a second sub-display screen closest to the human body as a target sub-display screen; and

and controlling to display the content to be displayed currently on the target sub-display screen.