CN112771467A - Bendable mobile terminal and screen switching method thereof - Google Patents

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CN112771467A
CN112771467A CN201880096000.2A CN201880096000A CN112771467A CN 112771467 A CN112771467 A CN 112771467A CN 201880096000 A CN201880096000 A CN 201880096000A CN 112771467 A CN112771467 A CN 112771467A
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The application discloses a bendable mobile terminal, which comprises a processor, a flexible display screen and a screen bending sensor; the flexible display screen can be bent into at least two sub-screens along at least one bending line; the screen bending sensor senses whether the flexible display screen is bent or not; and when the screen bending sensor senses that the flexible display screen is bent, the processor determines at least one of the at least two sub-screens as a target screen and controls the flexible display screen to be switched and displayed on the target screen. The application also discloses a screen switching method. According to the method and the device, the screen can be controlled to be switched according to the change of the folding state of the screen of the flexible display screen, and better user experience is achieved.

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Bendable mobile terminal and screen switching method thereof Technical Field
The present disclosure relates to a screen switching method of a mobile terminal, and more particularly, to a bendable mobile terminal and a screen switching method thereof.
Background
The screen switching method of the existing mobile terminal is mainly realized by adding an entity key, adding a virtual setting option and other manual switching, face recognition and other automatic switching modes on the equipment. However, adding physical keys requires adding structural members; adding virtual setup options requires manual setup.
Disclosure of Invention
The embodiment of the application discloses a bendable mobile terminal and a screen switching method thereof, and aims to solve the problems.
The embodiment of the application discloses a bendable mobile terminal, which comprises a processor, a flexible display screen and a screen bending sensor; the flexible display screen has bendability along at least one bending line; the screen bending sensor senses whether the flexible display screen is bent or not; the processor switches a target screen under the condition that the screen bending sensor senses that the flexible display screen has a bending angle change, wherein the target screen is the flexible display screen or a part of the flexible display screen and is used for displaying content.
The screen switching method is applied to a bendable mobile terminal, and the mobile terminal comprises a flexible display screen and a screen bending sensor; the flexible display screen has bendability along at least one bending line; the screen switching method comprises the following steps: the screen bending sensor senses whether the flexible display screen is bent or not; switching a target screen under the condition that the screen bending sensor senses that the flexible display screen has a bending angle change, wherein the target screen is the flexible display screen or a part of the flexible display screen and is used for displaying content.
According to the bendable mobile terminal and the screen switching method thereof, the target screen can be switched under the condition that the screen bending sensor senses the bending angle change of the flexible display screen, so that whether screen switching is needed or not can be intelligently judged according to the bending behavior of a user on the flexible display screen, the screen switching is more intelligent, and the user experience is enhanced.
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Fig. 1 is a block diagram of a bendable mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present application.
Fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a mobile terminal in an unfolded state according to an embodiment of the present application.
Fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a mobile terminal in a bent state according to an embodiment of the present application.
Fig. 4 is a block diagram schematically illustrating modules of a mobile terminal according to another embodiment of the present application.
Fig. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a screen switching method according to an embodiment of the present application.
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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.
The terms "comprises" and "comprising," and any variations thereof, in the description and claims of this application and the drawings described above, are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions. For example, a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or elements is not limited to only those steps or elements listed, but may alternatively include other steps or elements not listed, or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. The terms "first," "second," and "third," etc. in the description and claims of this application and the above-described drawings are used for distinguishing between different objects and not for describing a particular order.
Referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 is a block diagram of a flexible mobile terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present application. The mobile terminal 100 may be, but is not limited to, a bendable electronic terminal such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer, an electronic reader, a wearable electronic device, and the like. The mobile terminal 100 includes, but is not limited to, a processor 10, and a memory 20, a flexible display 30 and a screen bending sensor 60 electrically connected to the processor 10, respectively. It should be understood by those skilled in the art that the mobile terminal 100 shown in fig. 1 is only an example of the mobile terminal 100 and does not constitute a limitation to the mobile terminal 100, and that the mobile terminal 100 may include more or less components than those shown in fig. 1, or may combine some components, or different components, for example, the mobile terminal 100 may further include an input and output device, a network access device, a data bus, etc.
The Processor 10 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. The general-purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the general-purpose processor may be any conventional processor or the like, and the processor 10 is a control center of the mobile terminal 100 and connects various parts of the entire mobile terminal 100 using various interfaces and lines.
The memory 20 may be used to store the computer programs and/or modules, and the processor 10 implements various functions of the mobile terminal 100 by running or executing the computer programs and/or modules stored in the memory 20 and calling data stored in the memory 20. The memory 20 may mainly include a program storage area and a data storage area, wherein the program storage area may store an operating system, application programs (such as a sound playing function, an image playing function, etc.) required by a plurality of functions, and the like; the storage data area may store data (such as audio data, image data, etc.) created according to the use of the mobile terminal, etc. In addition, the memory 20 may include a high speed random access memory, and may also include a non-volatile 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.
Referring to fig. 2, fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of the mobile terminal 100 in an unfolded state according to an embodiment of the present application. The flexible display 30 is bendable along at least one bending line EF. The screen bending sensor 60 senses whether the flexible display screen 30 is bent at a changed angle. The processor 10 switches a target screen when the screen bending sensor 60 senses a change in a bending angle of the flexible display screen 30, wherein the target screen is the flexible display screen 30 or a part of the flexible display screen 30 and is used for displaying content.
Therefore, the present application can switch the target screen and control the display content of the target screen when the screen bending sensor 60 senses the change of the bending angle of the flexible display screen 30. Therefore, whether screen switching is needed or not can be judged intelligently according to the bending behavior of the flexible display screen 30 by a user, the screen switching is more intelligent, and the user experience is enhanced.
The processor 10 further determines the screen folding state of the flexible display screen 30 at the corresponding bending line EF according to the bending angle at each bending line EF sensed by the screen bending sensor 60. Wherein the screen folded state is one of a bent state and an unfolded state. The bending state is a state where the flexible display 30 is bent at a position corresponding to the bending line EF. The unfolded state is a state in which the flexible display 30 is completely unfolded without being bent at the corresponding bending line EF. The processor 10 further switches the target screen when the bending angle of the flexible display screen 30 changes at the position corresponding to the bending line EF and the screen folding state changes, such as the screen folding state is switched from the unfolded state to the bent state or from the bent state to the unfolded state.
The processor 10 determines that the screen folding state corresponding to each bending line EF of the flexible display screen 30 is an unfolded state, that is, when the flexible display screen 30 is in the unfolded state at each bending line EF, it is determined that the whole screen of the flexible display screen 30 is the target screen, and the display content of the target screen is controlled.
The flexible display 30 is bent along at least one bending line EF to form at least two sub-screens. The divided screens refer to screen portions currently located on the same continuous plane, for example, when the flexible display 30 has two bending lines and is bent along the two bending lines, respectively, the flexible display 30 includes three divided screens, but if the flexible display 30 is bent along only one of the bending lines, the flexible display 30 includes only two divided screens, and thus the divided screens are a dynamic concept, that is, the number of the divided screens and the size of each divided screen of the flexible display 30 are both related to the screen folding state according to each bending line.
Further, when the included angle between two adjacent sub-screens of at least two sub-screens formed by bending the flexible display screen 30 along the bending line in opposite directions is smaller than or equal to a preset threshold, the processor 10 determines that the two adjacent sub-screens are both non-target screens. The phrase "the flexible display screen 30 is bent towards each other along the bending line" means that the flexible display screen 30 is folded inwards so that the display surfaces of the adjacent sub-screens after bending are opposite to each other, so that the flexible display screen 30 is prevented from being damaged when not in use. In one non-limiting embodiment, the predetermined threshold is 90 degrees or 60 degrees.
Specifically, the at least two sub-screens include a first screen 31 and at least one second screen 33. In this embodiment, the flexible display 30 includes a second screen 33. The second screen 33 extends from one side of the first screen 31, and in the expanded state shown in fig. 2, the first screen 31 and the second screen 33 are located on the same plane and oriented in the same direction; in the bending state not shown in fig. 2, the first screen 31 and the second screen 33 can be bent along a bending line EF connecting the first screen 31 and the second screen 33 as an axis, that is, the first screen 31 and the second screen 33 are formed by bending large screens along the corresponding bending line EF. It will be appreciated that in other embodiments the first screen 31 is connected to the second screen 33 on one side, i.e. the first screen 31 and the second screen 33 are connected by two separate screens.
The screen bending sensor 60 is disposed between the first screen 31 and the second screen 33 corresponding to each bending line EF. The screen bending sensor 60 senses a bending angle between the first screen 31 and the second screen 33. The processor 10 can determine the screen folding state between the first screen 31 and the second screen 33 corresponding to each folding line EF according to the folding angle sensed by the screen folding sensor 60. As described above, the screen folded state includes the unfolded state and the folded state. It can be understood that, in an embodiment, the unfolded state refers to a state where the bending angle is between 0 to 30 degrees, and at this time, the first screen 31 and the second screen 33 are substantially completely unfolded and located on the same plane. The bending state is a state in which the bending angle is 30 to 180 degrees, and at this time, the first screen 31 is bent relative to the second screen 33. The bending angle is an angle between the display surfaces of the first screen 31 and the second screen 33. It is understood that, in other embodiments, the angle ranges defined for the bending state and the unfolding state may be adjusted according to actual needs, and are not limited herein.
Further, the mobile terminal 100 further includes a sensing unit for sensing a status parameter of each sub-screen of the flexible display screen 30, respectively. When the bending angle of the target screen at the corresponding bending line EF changes and the screen folding state at the bending line EF is switched from the unfolded state to the bent state, the processor 10 determines the sub-screen with the minimum state change as the target screen according to the initial state and the final state of each sub-screen sensed by the sensing unit, and controls the display content of the target screen.
Specifically, the processor 10 obtains an initial state parameter and a final state parameter of a corresponding sub-screen sensed by each sensing unit in real time; and calculating the difference value between the initial state parameter and the final state parameter of each sub-screen, determining the sub-screen with the minimum difference value as the target screen, and controlling the display content of the target screen.
Specifically, the at least two sensing units include a first sensing unit 40 and at least one second sensing unit 50. The first sensing unit 40 is connected to the first screen 31 and senses the state of the first screen 31 in real time. The at least one second sensing unit 50 is respectively disposed on the at least one second screen 33, and senses the state of the corresponding second screen 33 in real time. In this embodiment, the second sensing units 50 are disposed in one-to-one correspondence with the second screens 33. As can be appreciated. In other embodiments, at least one second sensing unit 50 is disposed on a second screen 33.
It is understood that the first sensing unit 40 and the second sensing unit 50 referred to herein generally refer to a set of respective sensing devices for sensing a screen state, and do not specifically refer to a certain one or a certain kind of sensing devices. Specifically, the first sensing unit 40 and/or the second sensing unit 50 may include a sensor for sensing an orientation of the first screen 31 and/or the second screen 35 and a sensor for sensing a gravitational acceleration of the first screen 31 and/or the second screen 35. As above, for exemplary purposes only, the first sensing cell 40 and/or the second sensing cell 50 may also include more or fewer sensing devices.
When the screen bending sensor 60 senses that the bending angle of the flexible display screen 30 changes, the processor 10 determines whether the screen folding state at the bending line is switched from the unfolded state to the bending state according to the bending angle, and if so, acquires the initial state parameters of the corresponding sub-screen sensed by each sensing unit in real time. When the screen bending sensor 60 senses that the flexible display screen 30 stops bending, the processor 10 obtains the final state parameters of the corresponding sub-screen sensed by each sensing unit in real time; and determining the sub-screen with small state change as a target screen according to the initial state parameter and the final state parameter of each sub-screen, controlling the flexible display screen 30 to switch the target screen, and controlling the target screen to display content.
Specifically, the processor 10 acquires the initial state parameters of the first screen 31 sensed by the first sensing unit 40 in real time and the initial state parameters of the second screen 33 sensed by the second sensing unit 50 in real time when the bending angle between the first screen 31 and the second screen 33 starts to change and the screen folding state at the bending line is switched from the unfolded state to the bent state. The processor 10 also acquires the final state parameter of the first screen 31 sensed by the first sensing unit 40 in real time and the final state parameter of the second screen 33 sensed by the second sensing unit 50 in real time when the bending angle between the first screen 31 and the second screen 33 stops changing.
It should be noted that the initial state parameter and the final state parameter mentioned above include at least one of the following parameters: acceleration of gravity, direction, degree of obstruction.
The processor 10 determines a screen with a small change in state as a target screen based on the initial state parameter and the final state parameter of the first screen 31 and the initial state parameter and the final state parameter of the second screen 33. It is understood that the target screen may be one of the first screen 31 and the second screen 33; in the embodiment where the second screen 33 is multiple, the target screen may also be one or more sub-screens of the multiple second screens 33, or the first screen 31 and one or more sub-screens of the multiple second screens 33. The processor 10 also controls the target screen display content.
Thus, the sub-screen with a small change in state is determined as the target screen from the initial state parameter and the final state parameter of the first screen 31 and the initial state parameter and the final state parameter of the second screen 33, and the target screen is controlled to display the contents. Therefore, the screen can be switched according to the change of the screen state, and more interesting and convenient interactive experience is brought to the user; the screen switching can be dynamically realized without manual operation, and in the state that the screen is not bent, the first sensing unit 40 and the second sensing unit 50 do not need to sense the screen state, so that the screen switching device is convenient for users and saves energy consumption.
Specifically, the processor 10 calculates a first difference between an initial state parameter and a final state parameter of the first screen 31, calculates a second difference between the initial state parameter and the final state parameter of the second screen 33, further determines the first screen 31 or the second screen 33 corresponding to the smaller difference as a target screen according to the first difference and the second difference, and controls the target screen to display content.
Accordingly, the processor 10 can determine the state changes of the first screen 31 and the second screen 33 according to the first difference value representing the state change of the first screen 31 and the second difference value representing the state change of the second screen 33, determine the screen with the small state change as the target screen, and control the display content of the target screen, thereby performing the screen switching according to the small state change of the screen, being more consistent with the use behavior of the user, being capable of understanding the requirements of the user, and having a good user experience.
In another embodiment, a threshold value X is set for the first difference value and the second difference value mentioned above, and when both the first difference value and the second difference value are smaller than the threshold value X, the processor 10 controls not to adjust the state of the first screen 31 and/or the second screen 33. In particular, in practical applications, a user often performs fine adjustment on the bending angle of the first screen 31 and/or the second screen 33 for a comfortable hand feeling during the operation of the mobile terminal 100, in this case, the user does not aim to adjust the screen of the mobile terminal 100 but only aims to hold the mobile terminal 100 more comfortably, and therefore, when the first difference and the second difference are detected to be smaller than the threshold X, the target screen is not determined, and the control switching screen is not displayed. That is, when the flexible display screen 30 is in the bent state before and after bending, the processor 10 controls the flexible display screen 30 not to perform screen switching.
Referring to fig. 2 again, the display surfaces of the first screen 31 and the second screen 33 are facing upwards, and the first screen 31 and the second screen 33 are located in the same horizontal plane, that is, the first screen 31 and the second screen 33 are in the unfolded state, and therefore, the first screen 31 and the second screen 33 have substantially the same state, and therefore, the first screen 31 and the second screen 33 can be in the lighting state at the same time.
Referring to fig. 3, the second screen 33 is bent downward from the bending line EF, such that the second screen 33 is bent relative to the first screen 31 and located right below the first screen 31, in other words, the second screen 33 rotates clockwise 180 degrees along the bending line EF with the Y-axis as the viewing direction. In the process of bending the second screen 33, the display surface of the second screen 33 is turned from the upward direction to the downward direction, and the state of the second screen 33 is greatly changed compared with the state before bending, however, in the process, the display surface of the first screen 31 is always upward, and the state of the first screen 31 and the state before bending are basically unchanged. Accordingly, the first screen 31 is determined as a target screen, and the switching of the display with the first screen 31 is controlled, and the second screen 33 is closed. That is, when the flexible display 30 is switched from the unfolded state to the folded state, the processor 10 determines a target screen and controls the flexible display 30 to switch the target screen.
The second screen 33 is restored from the state shown in fig. 3 to the state shown in fig. 2, that is, the second screen 33 rotates 180 degrees counterclockwise along the bending line EF with the Y axis as the viewing direction, so that the second screen 33 gradually rotates to the plane where the first screen 31 is located until the second screen 33 and the first screen 31 are located in the same plane and the display surface of the second screen 33 faces upward, and the first screen 31 and the second screen 33 are controlled to be simultaneously lighted. That is, when the flexible display 30 is in the unfolded state or switched from the folded state to the unfolded state, the processor 10 controls all of the at least two screens to be lit.
In one embodiment, when the target screen is changed, the size of the display content of the mobile terminal 100 is adaptively displayed in all the lighted screens. For example, the mobile terminal 100 includes a first screen 31 and a second screen 33, and the initial state is that both screens are unfolded to face the same plane and are both lighted, when the display contents are displayed in the total screen composed of both screens; when the first screen 31 is determined as the target screen, the second screen 33 is controlled to be closed, and the display content is dynamically reduced to an appropriate scale and displayed in the first screen 31; similarly, when the second screen 33 is also confirmed as the target screen and is lighted, the display content is enlarged to an appropriate scale and displayed in the total screen composed of the two screens.
Specifically, the initial state parameters of the first screen 31 include an initial gravitational acceleration and an initial direction, and the final state parameters include a final gravitational acceleration and a final direction. That is, the first sensing unit 40 senses an initial gravitational acceleration and an initial direction of the first screen 31, and also senses a final gravitational acceleration and a final direction of the first screen 31. The processor 10 calculates a gravitational acceleration difference between the initial gravitational acceleration and the final gravitational acceleration of the first screen 31, and calculates a direction difference between the initial direction and the final direction. That is, the first difference value includes a gravity acceleration difference value and a direction difference value of the first screen 31.
Specifically, the initial state parameters of the second screen 33 include an initial gravitational acceleration and an initial direction, and the final state parameters include a final gravitational acceleration and a final direction. That is, the second sensing unit 50 senses the initial gravitational acceleration and the initial direction of the second screen 33, and also senses the final gravitational acceleration and the final direction of the second screen 33. The processor 10 calculates a gravitational acceleration difference between the initial gravitational acceleration and the final gravitational acceleration of the second screen 33, and calculates a direction difference between the initial direction and the final direction. That is, the second difference value includes the gravity acceleration difference value and the direction difference value of the second screen 33.
Further, the difference between the initial state parameter and the final state parameter is positively correlated with the absolute value of the difference between the initial gravitational acceleration and the final gravitational acceleration, and/or with the absolute value of the difference between the initial direction and the final direction.
The processor 10 compares the gravity acceleration difference and the direction difference of the first screen 31 with the gravity acceleration difference and the direction difference of the second screen 33, respectively, or performs weight distribution on the respective gravity acceleration difference and the direction difference, calculates a comprehensive difference representing the state change of the screen, and determines the sub-screen with small state change as the target screen according to the comprehensive difference.
Specifically, referring to fig. 1 again, the first sensing unit 40 includes a first gravitational acceleration sensor 41 and a first direction sensor 42 disposed on the first screen 31. The first gravitational acceleration sensor 41 senses gravitational acceleration of the first screen 31. The first direction sensor 42 senses the direction of the first screen 31. The second sensing unit 50 is disposed on the second screen 33 at a second gravity acceleration sensor 51 and a second direction sensor 52. The second gravitational acceleration sensor 51 senses gravitational acceleration of the second screen 33. The second direction sensor 52 senses the direction of the second screen 33.
Specifically, the first gravitational acceleration sensor 41 can sense the change of the acceleration force of the first screen 31, where the acceleration force is the force acting on the first screen 31 during the acceleration process of the first screen 31, and various movement changes such as shaking, falling, rising, and falling can be converted into an electrical signal by the first gravitational acceleration sensor 41, and then the gravitational acceleration value of the first screen 31 is obtained after calculation and analysis by the processor 10. Alternatively, the first gravitational acceleration sensor 41 is a three-axis gravitational acceleration sensor. The first gravitational acceleration sensor 41 is capable of sensing the gravitational acceleration of the first screen 31 on three axes X, Y, Z. The first direction sensor 42 can sense a direction of the first screen 31, which is a usage direction of the first screen 31 and at least includes a right vertical direction, an inverted vertical direction, a left horizontal direction, a right horizontal direction, a pitch direction, and a pitch direction.
Specifically, the second gravity acceleration sensor 51 can sense a change of an acceleration force, where the acceleration force is a force acting on the second screen 33 during acceleration of the second screen 33, and various movement changes such as shaking, falling, rising, and falling can be converted into an electrical signal by the second gravity acceleration sensor 51, and then the gravity acceleration value of the second screen 33 is obtained through calculation and analysis by the processor 10. Alternatively, the second gravitational acceleration sensor 51 is a three-axis gravitational acceleration sensor. The second gravitational acceleration sensor 51 can sense the gravitational acceleration of the second screen 33 on three axes X, Y, Z. The second direction sensor 52 can sense the direction of the second screen 33, which is the direction of the first screen 31, and includes at least a right vertical direction, an inverted vertical direction, a left horizontal direction, a right horizontal direction, a pitch direction, and a pitch direction.
The present application can determine the target screen in combination with the respective gravitational acceleration values and the use directions of the first screen 31 and the second screen 33, and control the target screen to display the content.
Referring to fig. 4, fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a mobile terminal 100a according to another embodiment of the present application. Among them, the flexible display 30 includes a first screen 31 and two second screens 33. The two second screens 33 are located at two sides of the first screen 31, and the second screen 33, the first screen 31 and the second screen 33 are formed by bending a large screen along two corresponding bending lines.
It is understood that other components of the mobile terminal 100, 100a, such as the front case, the middle frame, the rear case, the circuit board, etc., may be bent at the bending line, and may be bent at a position corresponding to the bending line along with the bending of the flexible display 30, so that the mobile terminal 100 may be bent.
Optionally, in an embodiment, the mobile terminal 100 further includes a face recognition camera 70. When the processor 10 determines that the bending angle of the flexible display screen is changed according to the bending angle of the flexible display screen 30 sensed by the screen bending sensor 60, the processor controls the face recognition camera 70 to be turned on and to recognize a partial screen facing the face of the user, and determines the partial screen as the target screen, and controls the target screen to display content.
Further, when it is determined that the bending angle of the flexible display screen 30 changes and the folding state of the screen changes, the processor 10 controls to determine the partial screen facing the face of the user, which is opened and recognized by the face recognition camera 70, as the target screen, and controls the target screen to display the content.
Therefore, when the processor 10 determines that the bending angle of the flexible display screen 30 changes and the folding state of the screen changes, the face recognition camera 70 is controlled to be turned on and recognize the partial screen facing the face of the user as the target screen, and in other cases, the face recognition camera 70 is controlled to be turned off. Thus, energy consumption can be reduced.
It can be understood that, in another embodiment, the mobile terminal 100 further includes a sub-screen size obtaining module 80, the sub-screen size obtaining module 80 is configured to obtain an area of each sub-screen, and when the processor 10 determines that the bending angle of the flexible display screen 30 changes according to the bending angle of the flexible display screen 30 sensed by the screen bending sensor 60, the processor determines the sub-screen with the largest size as the target screen according to the size of each sub-screen obtained by the sub-screen size obtaining module 80, and controls the target screen to display content.
Further, when it is determined that the bending angle of the flexible display screen 30 changes and the screen folding state changes, the processor 10 determines the sub-screen with the largest size as the target screen according to the size of each sub-screen acquired by the sub-screen size acquisition module 80, and controls the display content of the target screen.
Because the use habit of the user generally selects the largest screen for use after the screen is folded, the split screen with the largest screen size can be determined as the target screen, namely the screen facing the face of the user, so that the behavior habit of the user is met, and the judgment process is simple.
In summary, it can be understood that, in an embodiment, when the processor 10 controls the target screen to display content, other parts of the flexible display screen 30 except the target screen are also controlled to be turned off or in a standby state. Thereby, other parts of the flexible display screen 30 except for the target screen are controlled to be turned off or in a standby state to save energy consumption.
Please refer to fig. 5, which is a flowchart illustrating a screen switching method of the mobile terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present application. The screen switching method is applied to the aforementioned mobile terminal 100, and the execution order of the screen switching method is not limited to the order shown in fig. 5. The method comprises the following steps:
step 501, the screen bending sensor 60 senses whether the flexible display screen has a bending angle change, if so, the process goes to step 502, otherwise, the process is ended.
Step 502, switching a target screen when the screen bending sensor 60 senses a change in a bending angle of the flexible display screen 30, wherein the target screen is the flexible display screen 30 or a part of the flexible display screen 30 and is used for displaying content.
Therefore, the present application can switch the target screen and control the display content of the target screen when the screen bending sensor 60 senses the change of the bending angle of the flexible display screen 30. Therefore, whether screen switching is needed or not can be judged intelligently according to the bending behavior of the flexible display screen 30 by a user, the screen switching is more intelligent, and the user experience is enhanced.
Specifically, "in the case that the screen bending sensor 60 senses the change of the bending angle of the flexible display screen, the switching target screen" specifically includes: judging the screen folding state of the flexible display screen 30 at the corresponding bending line EF according to the bending angle at each bending line sensed by the screen bending sensor 60, wherein the screen folding state is one of a bending state and an unfolding state; and when the bending angle of the corresponding bending line of the flexible display screen changes and the folding state of the screen changes, switching the target screen.
Further, in an embodiment, the mobile terminal 100 further includes a sensing unit for respectively sensing a status parameter of each sub-screen of the flexible display screen 30, and in a case that the screen bending sensor 60 senses that the bending angle of the flexible display screen 30 changes, the switching target screen "specifically includes: when the bending angle of the target screen at the position corresponding to the bending line EF changes and the screen folding state at the position of the bending line is switched from the unfolding state to the bending state, determining the sub-screen with the minimum state change as the target screen according to the initial state and the final state of each sub-screen sensed by the sensing unit.
Further, in an embodiment, the screen switching method further includes: and when the included angle between two adjacent sub-screens in at least two sub-screens formed by oppositely bending the flexible display screen 30 along the bending line EF is smaller than or equal to a preset threshold value, determining that the two adjacent sub-screens are non-target screens. Thereby, the flexible display 30 is protected from injury in the closed state when not in use.
Further, in an embodiment, the screen switching method further includes: when the screen folding state at the corresponding bending line of the target screen is switched from the unfolding state to the bending state, determining the sub-screen with the minimum state change as the target screen according to the initial state and the final state of each sub-screen sensed by the sensing unit.
Further, in an embodiment, the screen switching method further includes: acquiring initial state parameters and final state parameters of corresponding sub-screens sensed by each sensing unit in real time; and calculating the difference between the initial state parameter and the final state parameter of each sub-screen, and determining the sub-screen with the minimum difference as the target screen.
Specifically, the initial state parameter includes at least one of an initial gravitational acceleration and an initial direction; the final state parameter includes at least one of a final gravitational acceleration and a final direction, and a difference between the initial state parameter and the final state parameter is positively correlated with an absolute value of a difference between the initial gravitational acceleration and the final gravitational acceleration and/or with an absolute value of a difference between the initial direction and the final direction.
Further, in an embodiment, the screen switching method further includes: and determining the partial screen facing the face of the user as the target screen when the bending angle of the flexible display screen 30 is determined to be changed according to the bending angle of the flexible display screen 30 sensed by the screen bending sensor 60.
Further, the steps are as follows: and determining that the partial screen facing the face of the user is the target screen when the bending angle of the flexible display screen 30 is changed and the folding state of the screen is changed according to the bending angle of the flexible display screen 30 sensed by the screen bending sensor 60.
Further, in an embodiment, the screen switching method further includes: and when the bending angle of the flexible display screen 30 is determined to be changed according to the bending angle of the flexible display screen 30 sensed by the screen bending sensor 60, obtaining the size of each sub-screen, and determining the sub-screen with the largest size as the target screen.
Further, the steps are as follows: and determining the size of each sub-screen when the bending angle of the flexible display screen 30 changes and the folding state of the screen changes according to the bending angle of the flexible display screen 30 sensed by the screen bending sensor 60, and determining the sub-screen with the largest size as the target screen.
Further, in an embodiment, when controlling the target screen to display the content, other parts of the flexible display screen 30 except the target screen are also controlled to be turned off or in a standby state. Thereby, other parts of the flexible display screen 30 except for the target screen are controlled to be turned off or in a standby state to save energy consumption.
Therefore, according to the bendable mobile terminal and the screen switching method thereof, the target screen can be switched under the condition that the screen bending sensor 60 senses the change of the bending angle of the flexible display screen 30, the display content of the target screen is controlled, whether screen switching is needed or not is intelligently judged according to the bending behavior of the flexible display screen 30 by a user, the screen switching is more intelligent, and the user can conveniently save energy consumption.
It should be noted that, for simplicity of description, the above-mentioned embodiments of the method are described as a series of acts or combinations, but those skilled in the art should understand that the present application is not limited by the order of acts described, as some steps may be performed in other orders or simultaneously according to the present application. Further, those skilled in the art should also appreciate that the embodiments described in the specification are preferred embodiments and that the acts and modules referred to are not necessarily required in this application.
In the above embodiments, the descriptions of the respective embodiments have respective emphasis, and for parts that are not described in detail in a certain embodiment, reference may be made to the related descriptions of other embodiments.
The steps in the method of the embodiment of the application can be sequentially adjusted, combined and deleted according to actual needs.
It will be understood by those skilled in the art that all or part of the processes in the methods of the embodiments described above may be implemented by a computer program to instruct associated hardware, where the program may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, and when executed, the program may include the processes of the embodiments of the methods described above, and specifically include at least: the screen bending sensor senses whether the flexible display screen is bent or not; when the screen bending sensor senses that the flexible display screen is bent, determining at least one of the at least two sub-screens as a target screen; and controlling the flexible display screen to be switched and displayed on the target screen. In some embodiments, the computer storage medium is the Memory, and may be a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), or the like.
The foregoing detailed description of the embodiments of the present application has been presented to illustrate the principles and embodiments of the present application, and the above description of the embodiments is only provided to help understand the method and the core concept of the present application; meanwhile, for a person skilled in the art, according to the idea of the present application, there may be variations in the specific embodiments and the application scope, and in summary, the content of the present specification should not be construed as a limitation to the present application.

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  1. A bendable mobile terminal is characterized by comprising a processor, a flexible display screen and a screen bending sensor; the flexible display screen has bendability along at least one bending line; the screen bending sensor senses whether the flexible display screen is bent or not; the processor switches a target screen under the condition that the screen bending sensor senses that the flexible display screen has a bending angle change, wherein the target screen is the flexible display screen or a part of the flexible display screen and is used for displaying content.
  2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the processor further determines a screen folding state of the flexible display screen at each bending line according to the bending angle at each bending line sensed by the screen bending sensor, the screen folding state being one of a bending state and an unfolding state, and the processor further switches the target screen when the bending angle of the flexible display screen at the corresponding bending line changes and the screen folding state changes.
  3. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the processor determines that the entire screen of the flexible display screen is the target screen when it is determined that the screen folding state corresponding to each bending line of the flexible display screen is the unfolded state.
  4. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the processor determines that both of at least two adjacent split screens formed by bending the flexible display screen along the bending line towards each other are non-target screens when an included angle between the two adjacent split screens is smaller than or equal to a preset threshold.
  5. The mobile terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the mobile terminal further comprises a sensing unit for sensing a state parameter of each sub-screen of the flexible display screen, respectively, and the processor determines the sub-screen with the smallest state change as the target screen according to the initial state parameter and the final state parameter of each sub-screen sensed by the sensing unit when the bending angle of the target screen at the corresponding bending line changes and the screen folding state at the bending line is switched from the unfolded state to the bent state.
  6. The mobile terminal of claim 5, wherein the processor acquires initial state parameters and final state parameters of the corresponding sub-screen sensed in real time by the sensing unit; and calculating the difference value between the initial state parameter and the final state parameter of each sub-screen, and determining the sub-screen with the minimum difference value as the target screen.
  7. The mobile terminal of claim 6, wherein the sensing unit comprises a gravity acceleration sensor and/or a direction sensor; the initial state parameters include at least one of an initial gravitational acceleration and an initial direction; the final state parameter includes at least one of a final gravitational acceleration and a final direction.
  8. The mobile terminal according to claim 7, wherein the difference between the initial state parameter and the final state parameter is positively correlated with the absolute value of the difference between the initial gravitational acceleration and the final gravitational acceleration and/or with the absolute value of the difference between the initial direction and the final direction.
  9. The mobile terminal of claim 7, wherein the gravitational acceleration sensor is a three-axis gravitational acceleration sensor; the initial gravitational acceleration and the final gravitational acceleration are both triaxial gravitational accelerations.
  10. The mobile terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the mobile terminal further comprises a face recognition camera, and the processor determines the partial screen facing the face of the user as the target screen when the processor determines that the bending angle of the flexible display screen changes according to the sensing of the bending angle of the flexible display screen by the screen bending sensor.
  11. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the processor determines a partial screen facing the face of the user recognized by the face recognition camera as the target screen when it is determined that the bending angle of the flexible display screen is changed and the screen folding state is changed.
  12. The mobile terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the mobile terminal further comprises a sub-screen size obtaining module, the sub-screen size obtaining module is configured to obtain an area of each sub-screen, and when the processor determines that the bending angle of the flexible display screen changes according to the bending angle of the flexible display screen sensed by the screen bending sensor, the processor determines the sub-screen with the largest size as the target screen according to the size of each sub-screen obtained by the sub-screen size obtaining module.
  13. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein the processor determines the sub-screen with the largest size as the target screen according to the size of each sub-screen acquired by the sub-screen size acquisition module when it is determined that the bending angle of the flexible display screen is changed and the screen folding state is changed.
  14. A screen switching method is applied to a bendable mobile terminal, and the mobile terminal comprises a flexible display screen and a screen bending sensor; the flexible display screen has bendability along at least one bending line; the screen switching method is characterized by comprising the following steps:
    the screen bending sensor senses whether the flexible display screen is bent or not;
    switching a target screen under the condition that the screen bending sensor senses that the flexible display screen has a bending angle change, wherein the target screen is the flexible display screen or a part of the flexible display screen and is used for displaying content.
  15. The screen switching method of claim 14, wherein the screen switching method further comprises:
    judging the screen folding state of the flexible display screen at the corresponding bending line according to the bending angle at each bending line sensed by the screen bending sensor, wherein the screen folding state is one of a bending state and an unfolding state;
    and when the bending angle of the corresponding bending line of the flexible display screen changes and the folding state of the screen changes, switching the target screen.
  16. The screen switching method of claim 15, wherein the screen switching method further comprises:
    and when the bending angle of the corresponding bending line of the target screen is changed and the screen folding state of the bending line is switched from the unfolding state to the bending state, determining the sub-screen with the minimum state change as the target screen according to the initial state and the final state of each sub-screen sensed by the sensing unit.
  17. The screen switching method of claim 14, wherein the screen switching method further comprises:
    and when the included angle of two adjacent sub-screens in at least two sub-screens formed by oppositely bending the flexible display screen along the bending line is smaller than or equal to a preset threshold value, determining that the two adjacent sub-screens are non-target screens.
  18. The screen switching method of any one of claims 14 to 17, wherein the mobile terminal further comprises a sensing unit for sensing a status parameter of each sub-screen of the flexible display screen, respectively, the screen switching method further comprising:
    when the screen folding state at the corresponding bending line of the target screen is switched from the unfolding state to the bending state, determining the sub-screen with the minimum state change as the target screen according to the initial state and the final state of each sub-screen sensed by the sensing unit.
  19. The screen switching method of claim 18, wherein the screen switching method further comprises:
    acquiring initial state parameters and final state parameters of corresponding sub-screens sensed by each sensing unit in real time; and
    and calculating the difference value between the initial state parameter and the final state parameter of each sub-screen, and determining the sub-screen with the minimum difference value as the target screen.
  20. The screen switching method of claim 19, wherein the initial state parameter includes at least one of an initial gravitational acceleration and an initial direction; the final state parameter includes at least one of a final gravitational acceleration and a final direction, and a difference between the initial state parameter and the final state parameter is positively correlated with an absolute value of a difference between the initial gravitational acceleration and the final gravitational acceleration and/or with an absolute value of a difference between the initial direction and the final direction.
  21. The screen switching method according to any one of claims 14 to 17, further comprising:
    and determining a partial screen facing the face of the user as the target screen when the bending angle of the flexible display screen is determined to be changed according to the bending angle of the flexible display screen sensed by the screen bending sensor.
  22. The screen switching method according to claim 21, wherein determining the partial screen toward the face of the user as the target screen when the bending angle of the flexible display screen is determined to be changed according to the bending angle of the flexible display screen sensed by the screen bending sensor further comprises:
    and determining a partial screen facing the face of the user as the target screen when the bending angle of the flexible display screen is determined to change and the folding state of the screen is determined to change according to the bending angle of the flexible display screen sensed by the screen bending sensor.
  23. The screen switching method according to any one of claims 14 to 17, further comprising:
    and when the bending angle of the flexible display screen is determined to be changed according to the bending angle of the flexible display screen sensed by the screen bending sensor, the size of each sub-screen is obtained, and the sub-screen with the largest size is determined as the target screen.
  24. The screen switching method according to claim 23, wherein "when the bending angle of the flexible display screen is determined to be changed according to the bending angle of the flexible display screen sensed by the screen bending sensor, the size of each acquired sub-screen and the sub-screen with the largest size is determined as the target screen" further comprises:
    and determining the size of each sub screen when the bending angle of the flexible display screen changes and the folding state of the screen changes according to the bending angle of the flexible display screen sensed by the screen bending sensor, and determining the sub screen with the largest size as the target screen.
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