EP2500898A1 - Système et procédé d'écran pliable - Google Patents

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EP2500898A1
EP2500898A1 EP11158915A EP11158915A EP2500898A1 EP 2500898 A1 EP2500898 A1 EP 2500898A1 EP 11158915 A EP11158915 A EP 11158915A EP 11158915 A EP11158915 A EP 11158915A EP 2500898 A1 EP2500898 A1 EP 2500898A1
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  • This technology relates generally to display devices, and more particularly to foldable display devices used for display of visual information.
  • Foldable displays are now becoming available for use in displaying visual information such as text, video or graphics.
  • the availability of these foldable displays is providing opportunities for innovative new display systems that can offer many advantages over conventional rigid displays.
  • FIGS. 1A and 1B are schematic illustrations of a display system according one embodiment of the present technology.
  • FIG. 2 illustrates a foldable display device with fold detection devices according to one example embodiment of the present technology.
  • FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an example method and computer program suitable for determining the folding of a display device, according to one example embodiment of the present technology.
  • FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an example method and computer program to control the format of the display according to one example embodiment of the present technology.
  • FIGS. 5A and 5B illustrate the changing of the display format from one format to another format, according to one example embodiment of the present technology.
  • FIGS. 6A , 6B and 6C illustrate several example embodiments of devices incorporating a display system according to the present technology.
  • FIG. 7 illustrates in schematic form a computing platform suitable for use in certain example embodiments of the present technology.
  • FIG. 8 illustrates the integration of a display system into a further computing environment.
  • a display unit of the display device has at least some flexible portions that allow it to be folded in one or more locations.
  • the fold may be any substantial deformation.
  • the fold may be along one or more substantially fixed lines in the display unit, such as may be the case where a display unit is capable of folding at some places but not others.
  • the fold may be, but need not be, a substantially sharp crease.
  • the display unit in one example embodiment, is deformed along a line of the fold, compromising the display of visual information in the deformed area.
  • the display format of displayed visual information such as but not limited to the configuration, characteristics, size, form, position, brightness, layout, shading, spacing, perspective, coloration or design, are altered, modified or changed in order to adapt the visual information to the deformed area caused by the folding or unfolding of the display unit.
  • the display format is changed in order to avoid distortion, illegibility, imperceptibility or sub-optimal presentation of the visual information in such deformed areas or locations of the display unit.
  • display system 10 including a display device 12 having a display element, which may also be referred to as unit 11 or display unit 11 or foldable display unit 11, capable of displaying visual information.
  • display unit 11 is a component of display device 12, which may include additional components to provide physical support to the display unit 11 or complementary electronic functionality such as connectors or circuits to drive the display unit 11.
  • display unit 11 is contained in a housing of display device 12, or is self-supporting or contained in a separate housing from other components of display device 12.
  • Display unit 11, or optionally the entire display device 12, is flexible or foldable to provide for folding 13 of the display unit 11 along at least one axis 15.
  • the display unit 11 displays visual information using, for example but not by way of limitation, liquid crystal display elements, organic or inorganic light emitting diode elements, and/or plasma display technology, through, for example, a display surface or screen of the unit 11.
  • display unit 11 When folded, as illustrated in FIG. 1B , display unit 11 has at least one fold, along an axis 15, that creates a deformation 17 in the display, along the axis 15.
  • the deformation 17, in some cases, takes the form of a fold line, crease or an elbow turn, and results in impairment or compromising of the ability of display unit 11 to display visual information, or impairment of the ability of a viewer to clearly see visual information displayed on or near the deformation 17.
  • Such impairment may be caused, for example, by distortion, blocking, compression, pinching, overlap, compromised viewing angles, and/or obfuscation of visual information displayed on or near the deformation 17.
  • references to "folding" of the display unit 11 shall mean folding the display unit 11 from a substantially planar (or default) configuration to a folded configuration, or from a folded configuration to a planar configuration, or between different degrees of folded states of the display unit 11.
  • the deformation 17 of the display includes that area of the display unit 11 that is curved, compressed, pinched and/or has a discontinuity where the plane of the display changes from one orientation to another partially or fully transverse orientation on the other side of the deformation 17.
  • the foldable display unit 11 and/or device 12 may be foldable along any line or location or orientation of the display unit 11 and/or device 12, or only along predetermined lines or axes.
  • deformation of visual information in an area of the display is avoided by automatically dividing the display area into display sub-areas, for example areas 11A and 11B (which may be thought of as display areas on opposite sides of the fold along axis 15), that do not contain the deformation 17, and moving the display of visual information from the original display area into the sub-areas.
  • a display control unit 14 receives display data 16 from a data source 18 and produces one or more display control signals 20 for application to one or more display control inputs 24 of display device 12, in order to produce visual information on the display unit 11 of display device 12.
  • Display unit 11 is operative to display (i.e., is capable of displaying) the visual information, based at least in part on display data 16.
  • display data 16 conveys or holds or encodes the visual information to be displayed.
  • display control unit 14 includes at least one additional input 26 to receive a fold signal 30, from fold detection system 54, that is indicative of the folding or unfolding of at least some portion of display unit 11, and optionally the location(s) of fold deformations.
  • Display control unit 14 receives display data 16 and at least one fold signal 30, indicative of a fold in display unit 11, and generates as output one or more display control signals 20 that cause display 11 unit to display the visual information.
  • Signal 30 may take the form of one or more analog signals, or digital signals or data.
  • Fold detection system 54 receives one or more load signals 51 from load cells 50, shown and described with respect to FIG. 2 , used to detect a fold in the display unit 11.
  • display control unit 14 takes the form of an integrated circuit responsible for generating the timing of display control signals 20, such as, for example, horizontal and vertical synchronization signals, and a blanking interval signal.
  • the data source 18 is a video random access memory (RAM), or other storage device, such as but not limited to a magnetic or optical storage device, or a processing device.
  • display control unit 14 is a video display processor (VDP).
  • the display control unit 14 is a video display controller that may take the form of a video shifter, a cathode ray tube controller (CRTC), a video interface controller, or a video code processor.
  • the display control unit 14 may be mounted on a central processing unit (CPU) motherboard, or integrated into a microprocessor chip.
  • the display control signals 20 may be analog or digital, for example but not limited to component video, digital visual interface (DVI), video graphics array (VGA) or high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) video control signals.
  • the display system of the present technology includes data source 18, display control unit 14, display device 12 (including any fold detection devices associated therewith) and fold detection system 54, as illustrated for example in FIGS. 1A , 1B and 2 .
  • the display system may include fewer than all of these components, such as, in one embodiment, the system may only include display control unit 14, or, in another example embodiment, the system may only include fold detection system 54 or, in yet another example embodiment, the system may only include fold detection system 54 and display control unit 14.
  • the methods and computer program products described herein may also, in alternative embodiments, include or encompass only the operations or functionality of the alternate system embodiments described herein,
  • the fold signal 30 may be obtained or derived from one or more fold detection devices, which in one example embodiment comprise load cell(s) 50, mounted or integrated with display unit 11 and/or display device 12, that produce fold detection signals, for example in one embodiment, load cell signal(s) 51 (also shown in FIG. 1A ).
  • the load cell(s) 50 are bonded onto display unit 11 and/or display device 12 such that folding of the display unit 11 and/or display device 12 produces corresponding analog (or, in an alternate embodiment, digital) load cell signal(s) 51 in one or more of the load cell(s) 50.
  • the load cell signal(s) 51 from load cell(s) 50 are conveyed on signal paths 52 to the fold detection system 54 ( FIG. 1A ) taking, for example, the form of a computing platform having a programmable computer or other electronic device capable of interpreting the signal(s) 51 to generate fold signal 30.
  • signal(s) 51 are analog signals, and are converted to digital signals or data and processed in fold detection system 54 to determine the location of folds in the display device 12.
  • separate analog to digital circuits may be employed to digitize the signal(s) 51, if in analog form, prior to delivery to fold detection system 54.
  • load cell(s) 50 are oriented fully or partially transversely to one another in order that folds in display unit 11 and/or device 12 can be ascertained in both directions or diagonally using the signal(s) 51.
  • fold detection system 54 determines the approximate or exact degree of folding of display unit 11, or alternatively only whether the display unit 11 is folded or not, and if more than one fold axis is possible, the location of the fold axis.
  • fold detection system 54 may determine the location of each axis, as well as the degree of folding at each axis.) In one example embodiment, the determination of the foregoing is made using the relative magnitude of the signals from load cell(s) 50.
  • the signal(s) 51 generated from load cell(s) 50 are proportional to or at least can be correlated to the amount of or degree of fold in the display unit 11 and/or device 12. Such correlations may be established, for example, by storing predetermined or known signal characteristics of the load cell(s) 50, for example in the form of coefficients or other parameters stored in a memory or storage device, that are used to translate load cell signals 51 into the degree of fold in the display unit.
  • the fold detection system 54 records fold data representing the degree of folds and location of the fold axis, or axes if more than one fold is present, in a storage device or memory, on or off-board, the fold detection system 54. According to one example embodiment, if the folding of the display unit 11 and/or device 12 is restricted to folding along one or a limited number of fold lines, a single load cell 50 may be appropriately positioned along the preset fold line in order to detect the fold along that particular line.
  • the folding or unfolding of display unit 11 or display device 12 may be determined using other means such as from images of the display device 12 captured from one or more cameras, wherein the images are processed in order to determine the folding of the display unit 11 or device 12.
  • a signal source such as an infra-red source on one side of the display device 12 may be detected by a detector, such as an infra-red detector, on the opposite side of the display device 12, wherein the detection or magnitude of the signal detected may indicate folding or the degree of folding.
  • the fold detection devices may be integrated with the display unit 11, or fastened or integrated with the back (non-display) side of the display unit 11 or display device 12.
  • the fold detection signal may be generated from user input without the use of a fold detection device.
  • load cell signal(s) 51 serving as fold detection signals
  • the method 100 determines the relative degree of strain or load on the load cell(s) 50 and the location of the fold, from signal(s) 51 (114).
  • method 100 determines the fold, degree of fold and/or location of the fold in display unit 11 and/or device 12 (116), and generates or produces, in one example embodiment, the fold signal 30 that is conveyed to the display control unit 14. In another example embodiment, method 100 continuously monitors the signal(s) 51 and continuously re-determines the fold signal 30.
  • the determination of fold signal 30 from signal(s) 51 is on-demand from a viewer, in response to a change in the load cell signal(s) 51, and/or made from time-to-time but not continuously.
  • the method 100 operates on a central processing unit and is stored in a memory device or storage device on-board or off-board fold detection system 54.
  • Fold detection system 54 may include, in one embodiment, the computing system 700 of FIG. 7 , wherein the computer program implementing method 100 may be stored and executed, for example, as described with respect to program 725.
  • method 170 operates to control the display format of visual information on display unit 11 in response to display data 16 and the fold signal 30.
  • Method 170 in one example embodiment, continuously monitors for folding of the display, either from an unfolded state to a folded state, from one degree of folding to another degree of folding, or from a folded state to an unfolded state (172).
  • method 170 operates only in response to detection of a folding action of the display by the fold detection devices, and/or in response to a user input that is conveyed to display control unit 14.
  • Method 170 is responsive to fold signal 30, received from the fold detection system 54, to input and receive the fold and/or the degree of fold of the display unit 11 and/or device 12 (174). Using the fold signal 30 and the display data 16, method 170 determines the display format to be used for displaying visual information on display unit 11 (176). Based on the determined format, the visual information presented on display unit 11 are altered or modified, for example by adapting (e.g., altering or modifying) the display data 16 and/or the one or more display control signals 20, or an intermediate form of the signals and/or data, to change the format or use of the display area in which visual information is presented (178).
  • adapting e.g., altering or modifying
  • the display format may be a default format to display visual information on a substantially planar display area that is substantially the full displayable area of the display unit 11, while in a second mode of operation, the planar display area may be divided into two or more sub-areas that avoid a deformed area of the display caused by folding of the display unit 11, and the format of the visual information is adapted for this sub-divided configuration of the display unit 11.
  • the visual information presented is text, and the format is changed from or between a first format in which substantially the entire display area of display unit 11 is used, and another format in which the display is divided into display sub-areas, such as illustrated in FIGS. 5A and 5B , wherein the display area in or near the deformation 17 (shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B ) is not used for display, to avoid impairment in the display of information in or near the deformation 17.
  • visual information continues to be displayed along and in the area of the deformation 17 in the display, but is altered or changed in order to improve the perceptibility or display characteristics of the visual information, for example by performing any of the operations to alter the display as otherwise described herein, such as increasing the size of visual information, such as fonts, in the area of the deformation, or changing the color or brightness of visual information.
  • the portion of the video image coinciding with the deformed area of the display may be altered to diminish any actual or perceived distortion in the image, while still enabling the video image to be displayed entirely or substantially across the deformed area, or in sub-portions of the deformed area that provide the appearance of continuous image display across the deformed area.
  • the display images are shifted or moved from a first display area that is separated by a fold, to an area of the display that is smaller and on only one side of the fold, and the scale of the images is reduced to fit into the reduced display area.
  • a computer program implementing method 170 ( FIG. 4 ) operates on a central processing unit and is stored in a memory device or storage device on-board or off-board display control unit 14.
  • Display control unit 14 may include, in one embodiment, the computing system 700 of FIG. 7 , wherein the computer program may be stored and executed, for example, as described with respect to program 725.
  • compensation for impairment or distortion in the fold deformations may include, for example, avoiding the display of visual information in the deformed area, changes in format including stretching, narrowing, enlarging, shrinking, tilting, rotating, obliterating, replicating, interpolating or changing the color of an image or part of an image.
  • Such compensation may be performed, for example, by substituting alternative display data or modifying the display data, by transforming the display data, and/or by adapting or modifying the generation of display control signals independently of the display data.
  • compensation for impairment or distortion may include, for example, substituting or modifying fonts for text, such as fonts specifically adapted to reduce distortion experienced from proximity to a deformation 17.
  • compensation or correction for impairment or distortion may reduce or eliminate one or more undesirable effects associated with the impairment or distortion. Any technique for compensation or correction may be applied.
  • the method 170 may, in one example embodiment, mathematically determine the kinds and degrees of distortion that may be experienced by a viewer, for example assuming the display device 12 is viewed from a particular, typical, viewing angle.
  • FIG. 5A and FIG. 5B A change of display format from a single display area format 190 to a dual display area format 192 is illustrated in FIG. 5A and FIG. 5B .
  • visual information displayed in the single display area format 190 of FIG. 5A is automatically reformatted to the dual area 192 of FIG. 5B upon detection of a fold along axis 194.
  • the display area formats 190 and 192 delineated by the dashed lines, do not overlap or coincide with the fold axis 194 or any deformation resulting therefrom.
  • the reformatting may take place in response to a viewer-initiated input that is conveyed to display control unit 14.
  • multiple predetermined display formatting options or display templates may be stored in the memory or storage device for display control unit 14, and used, respectively, for different fold states or configurations.
  • folding of the display device 12 along the center of the display unit 11 would invoke a format providing two display sub-areas in which information is displayed, while folding the display along two fold axes may invoke a format providing for display of visual information in three display sub-areas, each within a separate plane or substantially planar area of the display.
  • the display templates are based on the type of visual information to be displayed, such as text, pictures, images or video, such that method 170 (or any computer program implementing the method) changes the display format based on the type of information as well as in response to the folding state or configuration of the display.
  • visual information such as text, pictures, images or video
  • method 170 or any computer program implementing the method
  • video such as a movie might not be split between two different sides of the display, but for example be shifted to display only in the display area on one side of a fold.
  • the display format or template provides a privacy mode of display in which only one, or certain ones, of the sub-areas of the folded display are used to display visual information, such that a viewer of the display device 12 can shield visual information displayed on the display device 12 from the view of others located near the display device 12.
  • the privacy mode of display is initiated by a user input to system 10.
  • any unused portion of the display may be automatically, semi-automatically or manually (by user input), under control of method 170 (or any computer program implementing the method), deactivated and power to that area of the display reduced or eliminated, for example by directly reducing power or by altering the display data to substitute display data that causes the deactivated display area to be dimmed or darkened.
  • display system 10 may be incorporated in a reading device 200, such as an e-reader, that may be held in a user's hands and have a form factor such as that illustrated.
  • a reading device 200 such as an e-reader
  • display system 10 may be incorporated in a handheld mobile device such as a mobile telephone and/or smart phone 210.
  • system 10 may be used in a personal computing system 220 with a foldable display 222 allowing the user to fold the display, for example to increase privacy in viewing the display in a crowded setting.
  • Other devices that may incorporate the display system 10 include laptop computers, notebook computers, tablet computers, and display systems.
  • System 700 includes a central processing unit 710 including a processing unit 702 and memory 704, removable memory storage 712, and non-removable storage 714.
  • Memory 704, which stores computer instructions or a computer program 725, may include volatile memory 706 and non-volatile memory 708.
  • System 700 may include or have access to a computer environment that includes a variety of computer-readable (or machine-readable) media, such as volatile memory 706 and non-volatile memory 708, removable memory storage 712 and non-removable storage 714.
  • Computer storage includes random access memory (RAM), read-only memory (ROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM) and electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), flash memory or other memory technologies, compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM), digital versatile discs (DVD) or other optical disc storage, magnetic cassettes, magnetic tape, magnetic disc storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other tangible and physical medium capable of storing computer-readable instructions.
  • System 700 may include or have access to a computing environment that includes input 716, output 718, and a communications connection 720. The system 700 may operate in a networked environment using communications connection 720 to connect to one or more remote computers.
  • the remote computers may include a personal computer (PC), server, router, network PC, a peer device or other common network node, or the like.
  • the communications connection 720 may include a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN) and other networks.
  • Computer-readable instructions or program 725 is stored on a tangible and physical computer-readable medium in non-transitory form and executable by the processing unit 702 of the system 700. Instructions or program 725 may be stored in one or more different tangible, physical and non-transitory articles including computer-readable mediums such as memory 704 and storage 712 or 714.
  • display system 10 is further integrated in a computer environment 800, wherein environment 800 uses system 10 in order to display visual information requested by environment 800 for display, for example in response to a user selection of information or in response to a computer program executing in environment 800.
  • computer environment 800 includes a computing platform such as that described with respect to FIG. 7 .
  • the display device 12 may be a foldable, wrappable, moldable plastic display, for example, available from the Hewlett-Packard (HP) corporation.
  • display device 12 might be a folding display, for example as available from Philips Corporation.
  • the foldable display may be obtained from Plastic Logic, Inc., for example as used in their Plastic Reader device.
  • the display control unit 14 is a graphics processing unit (GPU) that is a specialized microprocessor system that offloads and accelerates 3D or 2D graphics rendering from a general purpose microprocessor system in which the display control unit 14 is used.
  • the display control unit 14 is integrated on the central processing unit of a general processing computer, or is deployed on a separate dedicated video card that may be installed in a slot of a personal computer or server system.
  • the display control unit 14 is a hybrid of the above described solutions.
  • the display control unit 14 may use stream processing and general purpose GPUs.
  • the functionality of display control unit 14 and fold detection system 54 may be combined or rearranged so that all of the functions may be in a single unit or accomplished by a single computer program or method, or so that functions of one may be substituted or added to functions of the other. Further, such functionality of unit 14 and system 54 may, in one example embodiment, be combined in whole or in part with display device 12, or another component of the system, such as a software utility or application operating on a processing system separate and apart from the display unit 14, fold detection system 54 or display device 12. In addition, according to other example embodiments, the various functionalities described herein may be implemented in hardware, software or combinations thereof.
  • a display system, method and computer program product for a foldable display wherein the format of the display is adjusted to avoid or compensate for impairment or distortion in the display of visual information on or near a deformation in the display resulting from folding the display. Also described, among other things, is a system, method and computer program product for detection of folds in a display unit.
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