CN114077281A

CN114077281A - Electronic device, display method and device, and storage medium

Info

Publication number: CN114077281A
Application number: CN202010839357.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 倪强
Original assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-08-19
Filing date: 2020-08-19
Publication date: 2022-02-22

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an electronic device, a display method and apparatus, and a storage medium; wherein, the electronic equipment includes: an apparatus body; the first screen is a hard screen and covers the equipment body; a reel mounted on the apparatus body; the second screen is a flexible screen; the first end of the flexible screen is fixed on the reel; the flexible screen is in a hidden state, is curled on the scroll and is positioned in the equipment body; the flexible screen is in an unfolded state, the distance between the second end of the flexible screen and the first end is increased, at least part of the flexible screen extends out of the equipment body, and the second end of the flexible screen is the opposite end of the first end. Therefore, due to the fact that the two types of screens are arranged, display convenience is improved, different display effects can be achieved based on opening and closing of the different types of screens, and use scenes are enriched.

Description

Electronic device, display method and device, and storage medium

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of information technologies, and in particular, to an electronic device, a display method and apparatus, and a storage medium.

Background

Along with the popularization of smart phones, portable smart phones with expandable screens are more and more favored by people. The flexible screen is used as an expandable screen of the terminal, and the flexible screen is smaller in size, more convenient to carry and more suitable for use scenes of people, and better in user experience. However, the existing flexible screen terminal has the defects that the screen is easy to damage, and various information can be seen only when the flexible screen is unfolded, so that the screen is not flexible to use, inconvenience is brought to users, and the using effect is influenced.

Disclosure of Invention

The disclosure provides an electronic device, a display method and apparatus, and a storage medium.

According to a first aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided an electronic device, including:

an apparatus body;

the first screen is a hard screen and covers the equipment body;

a spool mounted within the device body;

the second screen is a flexible screen; the first end of the flexible screen is fixed on the reel;

the flexible screen is in a hidden state, is curled on the scroll and is positioned in the equipment body;

the flexible screen is in an unfolded state, the distance between the second end of the flexible screen and the first end is increased, at least part of the flexible screen extends out of the equipment body, and the second end of the flexible screen is the opposite end of the first end.

Optionally, the second screen includes: two flexible screens;

the two flexible screens are wound on the same reel at different positions in opposite winding directions;

or,

two of the flexible screens are connected to different reels.

Optionally, the two flexible screens are in an unfolded state, with the roller located on an opposite side of the first screen.

Optionally, the apparatus body includes: a plate-shaped housing comprising: a set of parallel long sides and a set of parallel short sides; the length of the long side is greater than that of the short side;

the two flexible screens are positioned on different long sides.

Optionally, the apparatus body includes: a cylindrical housing;

the first ends of the two flexible screens fixedly penetrate through two sides of the intersection of the plane where the central point of the cylindrical shell is located and the cylindrical shell.

Optionally, the second end of the flexible screen has a grip;

the flexible screen is in a hidden state, and the holding part is exposed outside the equipment body.

Optionally, the method further comprises:

and the driving assembly is positioned in the equipment body, is connected with the reel and is used for driving the reel to rotate to control the flexible screen to be switched between the hidden state and the unfolded state.

Optionally, the reel has a housing cavity therein;

the driving assembly is installed in the accommodating cavity.

Optionally, the accommodating cavity includes: a fixing member fixed in the reel;

the driving assembly is detachably connected with the fixing piece through a clamping piece.

Optionally, the method further comprises:

the processing module is located in the equipment body, includes: at least two display interfaces; the display interface is connected with the first screen or the second screen;

and the processing module is used for controlling the first screen to be lightened or extinguished according to the state of the second screen and controlling the second screen to be lightened or extinguished.

Optionally, the first screen includes: two hard screens;

and the two hard screens are respectively covered on two opposite surfaces of the equipment body.

According to a second aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a display method applied to the electronic device of any one of the first aspects, including:

determining a state of a second screen in the electronic device;

when the second screen is in an unfolded state, determining the unfolding degree of the second screen;

and determining a display area for displaying information on the second screen according to the expansion degree.

Optionally, the method further comprises:

when detecting that a driving component in the electronic equipment is in a working state, determining a rotation parameter of the driving component;

the determining the expansion degree of the second screen comprises:

and determining the unfolding degree of the second screen according to the circumference of one rotation of the scroll in the electronic equipment and the rotation parameter.

Optionally, the rotation parameters include: the rotation angle, the rotation duration and/or the rotation speed;

the determining the unfolding degree of the second screen according to the circumference of one rotation of the scroll in the electronic equipment and the rotation parameter comprises:

determining the rotation length according to the circumference of one rotation of a reel in the electronic equipment and the rotation angle; determining a degree of expansion of the second screen based on the rotation length;

or,

determining the rotation length according to the rotation speed and the rotation duration of a rotor in the driving assembly; determining a degree of expansion of the second screen based on the rotation length.

Optionally, the method further comprises:

determining the scaling of the second screen according to the area of the display area of the second screen and the total area of the second screen;

zooming the information to be displayed on the second screen according to the zooming proportion;

and displaying the information after the zooming processing in the display area.

Optionally, the method further comprises:

determining a ratio of an area of the display region of the second screen to an area of the first screen;

determining first information to be displayed on the first screen and second information to be displayed on the second screen according to the ratio; the first information and the second information are information at different positions of the same frame picture;

displaying first information on the first screen and second information within a display area of the second screen.

Optionally, the method further comprises:

when the second screen is in a hidden state, lightening a first screen in the electronic equipment;

and displaying information based on the first screen.

Optionally, the second screen is a touch screen;

the method further comprises the following steps:

when the second screen is in an expanded state, displaying an input interface for inputting information on the second screen;

acquiring input information based on detection of touch operation on the input interface;

and displaying the input information on a first screen of the electronic equipment.

According to a third aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a display device including:

a processor;

a memory for storing processor-executable instructions;

wherein the processor is configured to: the method of any two of the above first aspects is implemented when executable instructions stored in the memory are executed.

According to a fourth aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, implement the steps of the method provided by any one of the second aspects above.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the disclosure can have the following beneficial effects:

the electronic equipment provided by the embodiment of the disclosure comprises two types of screens and a scroll, wherein the two types of screens are respectively as follows: the flexible screen is fixed on the scroll at a first end and comprises a hidden state and an unfolded state, and in the hidden state, the flexible screen is curled on the scroll and is positioned in the equipment body; when the flexible screen is in the unfolded state, the distance between the second end and the first end of the flexible screen is increased, and at least part of the flexible screen extends out of the equipment body. Therefore, due to the fact that two types of screens exist at the same time, when the second screen (flexible screen) is in a hidden state, the first screen (hard screen) can be used as common hard screen equipment; the screen area can be increased when the second screen (flexible screen) is in the unfolded state, and the second screen (flexible screen) can be used as a large screen. Therefore, the use scenes of the electronic equipment can be enriched based on the opening and closing of different types of screens, the use requirements of different application scenes are met, and the user experience is improved.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the disclosure.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the invention and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 2 schematically shows the electronic device with the flexible screen hidden.

Fig. 3(a) is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device including two reels according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 3(b) is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device including a reel according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device according to an exemplary embodiment.

Fig. 5 exemplarily shows a structural diagram of a grip portion of the electronic device in a deployed state of the flexible screen.

Fig. 6 exemplarily shows a structural diagram of a grip portion of the electronic device in a hidden state of the flexible screen.

Fig. 7 exemplarily shows a structural diagram of the electronic device.

FIG. 8 is a flow diagram illustrating a display method according to an exemplary embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a flow diagram illustrating a display method according to an example embodiment.

Fig. 10 is a block diagram illustrating a display apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to the exemplary embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the accompanying drawings, like numbers in different drawings represent the same or similar elements unless otherwise indicated. The implementations described in the exemplary embodiments below are not intended to represent all implementations consistent with the present disclosure. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatus and methods consistent with certain aspects of the present disclosure, as detailed in the appended claims.

The embodiment of the present disclosure provides an electronic device, and fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device according to an exemplary embodiment, as shown in fig. 1, the electronic device 100 includes:

an apparatus body 101;

a first screen 102, wherein the first screen 102 is a hard screen and covers the device body 101;

a reel 103 mounted in the apparatus body 101;

a second screen 104, the second screen 104 being a flexible screen; the first end 1041 of the flexible screen is fixed to the spool 103;

the flexible screen is in a hidden state, is curled on the scroll 103 and is positioned in the equipment body 101;

when the flexible screen is in the unfolded state, the distance between the second end 1042 of the flexible screen and the first end 1041 is increased, at least a part of the flexible screen extends out of the device body 101, and the second end 1042 of the flexible screen is the opposite end of the first end 1041.

It should be noted that the electronic device at least includes a mobile electronic device, such as a smart phone, a smart watch, a tablet computer, or a wearable device. The electronic device may be a rectangular parallelepiped or cylindrical display device, for example, a bar phone or a cylindrical phone, and when the second screen (flexible screen) is in the expanded state, a large screen display effect may be presented by using the second screen.

Fig. 1 is a front view of a cylindrical handset.

The device body refers to a component set having multiple functions such as a communication function, a playing function, a game function, and the like, and includes, but is not limited to, core components such as a Central Processing Unit (CPU), a memory, a sensor, a camera, and a graphics processor.

In the disclosed embodiment, the electronic device has two screens, namely a first screen (hard screen) and a second screen (flexible screen). The hard screen covers the equipment body and can be exposed to the outside. The flexible screen can be unwound from a reel as required, namely: when the flexible screen is unfolded, the exposed area of the flexible screen is increased by increasing the distance between the second end and the first end of the flexible screen, and the effect of large screen is presented; or the flexible screen can be wound on the reel and is not exposed to the outside, and the electronic equipment can be used as common hard screen equipment. Thus, due to the fact that the two screens are provided, user experience can be enriched through multiple using modes brought by the two screens.

The reel comprises a cylindrical reel or a square reel, is arranged in the equipment body and is used for containing the flexible screen in a hidden state.

It should be noted that, when the flexible screen is in a hidden state, the hard screen on the device body can be used independently, and at the moment, the device body is small in size and convenient to carry.

Here, when the flexible screen is in a hidden state and the hard screen on the device body is used alone, the first screen (hard screen) can be used for displaying information, and simple information processing and application such as displaying time and date, sending short messages, playing audio and video can be performed.

Alternatively, the display surface of the flexible screen may face the same side as the display surface of the rigid screen when the flexible screen is in the expanded state. At this time, the application scenario of the electronic device may include: the flexible screen and the hard screen are both used as display screens for displaying different content information, for example, the flexible screen plays multimedia information, and the hard screen displays a social interface and the like. Or one of the flexible screen and the hard screen is used as a display screen, and the other is used as an operation screen; for example, the flexible screen may be used as an operation screen, and the hard screen may be used as a display screen, for example, the hard screen displays a video picture, and the flexible screen displays controls such as a play key, a pause key, and/or a progress bar. For another example, the flexible screen displays content as a display screen, while the hard screen displays a virtual keyboard for use as a keyboard.

Therefore, the application scenes of the electronic equipment are enriched by setting the first screen (hard screen) and the second screen (flexible screen), the use requirements of users at different moments can be met, the technological sense is enhanced, and the user experience is improved.

Here, fig. 2 exemplarily shows a structural diagram of the electronic device in a hidden state of the flexible screen. Not only the spool is located this internally of equipment, and the flexible screen of winding on the spool also is located this internally of equipment, and the equipment body has the effect of shielding and protection to flexible screen. When the flexible screen is in a hidden state, the exposed flexible screen cannot be seen in appearance, and only the first screen can be observed at the moment.

As shown in fig. 1, fig. 1 exemplarily shows a structural schematic diagram of an electronic device in a deployed state of a flexible screen. When the flexible screen is in the expansion state, the first end of the flexible screen is connected to the reel, the second end is in the suspension state, the flexible screen can be expanded by pulling the second end, at least part of the flexible screen extends out of the equipment body, and therefore the flexible screen is exposed.

Optionally, the distance between the second end and the first end of the flexible screen can be increased by pulling the second end, and the distance between the second end and the first end of the flexible screen can be increased by controlling the driving assembly to work based on the control instruction. The specific implementation is described in detail later.

In some embodiments, the second screen comprises: two flexible screens;

the two flexible screens are connected with the same scroll;

or,

two of the flexible screens are connected to different reels.

When two flexible screens, can correspond in this equipment body and set up two reels, two flexible screens are connected with the reel that corresponds respectively. When wound, the two flexible screens are wound on different reels.

It should be noted that when two reels are provided, the unfolding and the hiding of the two flexible screens can be performed separately, that is, when one flexible screen is unfolded, the other flexible screen can still be in a hidden state.

When there are two flexible screens, can also be only setting up a spool in this equipment body, two flexible screens all connect on same spool.

Here, when only one reel is provided, the two flexible screens are wound at different positions on the same reel in opposite winding directions when the flexible screens are in a hidden state. For example, when the scroll is cylindrical, the cylindrical scroll is divided according to the central axis, and the two flexible screens are respectively located on two opposite surfaces of the cylindrical scroll.

It should be noted that when a single roller is provided, the concealment and deployment of the two flexible screens occur simultaneously.

Here, when a reel is provided, the reel may be provided in the form of a conveyor belt, with two flexible screens one on the upper surface of the conveyor belt and the other on the lower surface of the conveyor belt, in order to better match the areas of the flexible screens, and the two flexible screens may be extended along the upper or lower surfaces, respectively, when the conveyor belt is rotated clockwise or counterclockwise.

In some embodiments, both of the flexible screens are in an extended state, with the roller located on opposite sides of the first screen. Specifically, the two flexible screens are in an unfolded state, and first ends of the two flexible screens are located on opposite sides of the first screen through the reels.

When a reel is provided, the first ends of the two flexible screens are located on opposite sides of the first screen through the same reel.

When two reels are provided, the first ends of the two flexible screens are located on opposite sides of the first screen through different reels.

Fig. 3(a) is a schematic structural diagram illustrating an electronic device including two reels according to an exemplary embodiment, and as shown in fig. 3(a), the second screen 104 includes: two flexible screens; the two flexible screens are in an unfolded state, with first ends 1041 of the two flexible screens being located on opposite sides of the first screen 102 by different spools 103.

Here, the first screen 102 includes: two parallel and opposite side edges, a first side edge 1021 and a second side edge 1022. As shown in fig. 3(a), the first side 1021 and the second side 1022 are parallel to the spool 103. The two flexible screens are adjacent to the first side edge 1021 and the second side edge 1022, respectively, when unfolded.

Here, if the first side and the second side are considered as the left and right sides of the first screen, the two flexible screens may also be considered as being positioned on the left and right sides of the first screen, respectively, after being unfolded.

So, when two flexible screen, expand two flexible screen to the opposite side of first screen respectively, just can realize bigger screen area based on two flexible screens.

Alternatively, as shown in fig. 3(a), the reel 103 includes: towards the first reel side 1031 outside the device body and towards the second reel side 1032 inside the device body. When there are two reels, the two reels may be placed in parallel and in the same horizontal plane, and the first ends 1041 of the two flexible screens may be connected to the first reel sides 1031 of the two reels, respectively, so that the unfolded flexible screens may be located on the opposite sides of the first screen 102, and since the two reels are in the same horizontal plane, the thickness of the electronic device may be reduced.

Optionally, when there are two reels, the two reels may be placed in parallel and not in the same horizontal plane, for example, the two reels are respectively in two parallel horizontal planes, and are oppositely disposed, and the first ends of the two flexible screens are respectively connected to the first reel sides of the two reels, so that the unfolded flexible screen may be located on the opposite side of the first screen, but at this time, the thickness of the electronic device may be thicker, and the area of the first screen may be smaller, which is more suitable for the cylindrical electronic device.

Optionally, when there are two reels, the two reels are placed in parallel and not in the same horizontal plane, and may also be: the two reels are respectively positioned on two parallel horizontal planes, but are not oppositely arranged, namely, are in a staggered parallel state. In this case, the thickness of the electronic device is thinner than that of two reels oppositely disposed at different levels, but thicker than that of two reels disposed at the same level.

Fig. 3(b) is a schematic structural diagram illustrating an electronic device including a scroll according to an exemplary embodiment, and as shown in fig. 3(b), the second screen 104 includes: two flexible screens; the two flexible screens are in an unfolded state, with first ends 1041 of the two flexible screens being located on opposite sides of the first screen 102 by the same spool 103.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, the placement positions of the two reels are not limited, and can be selected according to actual needs.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 3(a), the apparatus body 101 includes: a plate-shaped housing, the plate-shaped housing comprising: a set of parallel long sides and a set of parallel short sides; the length of the long side is greater than that of the short side; the two flexible screens are positioned on different long side sides.

Here, the plate-shaped housing assumes a square shape.

When the housing is plate-shaped, the first screen covering the apparatus body is a square flat screen. Such as a display screen on a typical square cell phone.

The reels located inside the apparatus body are parallel to the long sides of the plate-like casing. The first side edge and the second side edge of the first screen are also parallel to the long edge of the plate-shaped shell; wherein the first side edge is adjacent to one long edge and the second side edge is adjacent to the other long edge. So, these two flexible screens can be located different long avris respectively after expanding, and are adjacent with first side and second side, and two flexible screens based on different long avris expandes can realize bigger screen area.

In some embodiments, the first ends of the two flexible screens may extend outwardly from different openings in the cylindrical housing when the flexible screens are in the unfolded state.

Namely, the apparatus body includes: a cylindrical housing;

the first ends of the two flexible screens are fixed on two sides of the intersection of the plane passing through the central point of the cylindrical shell and the cylindrical shell.

Here, the plane of the central point of the cylindrical shell is provided with openings at two sides of the intersection of the plane and the cylindrical shell, and the flexible screen extends outwards from the openings.

Here, the cylindrical housing may be thicker in thickness than if it intersects with a plate, but is easy to hold because of its long strip shape.

When the shell is cylindrical, the first screen covered on the equipment body is a curved screen. The curvature of the curved screen is the same as the cylindrical housing.

When the shell is cylindrical, in order to enable the two flexible screens on the opposite sides of the first screen to be on the same horizontal plane after being unfolded, the first ends of the flexible screens can penetrate out from the two sides of the plane where the central point of the cylindrical shell is located and the two sides of the cylindrical shell, which are intersected with each other, so that the two flexible screens on the two sides of the first screen can be ensured to be on the same horizontal plane as far as possible, and better visual experience can be provided for users when the users watch information.

In other embodiments, the first ends of the two flexible screens may also extend outward from the same opening in the cylindrical housing when the flexible screens are in the unfolded state. That is, as shown in fig. 4, the first ends of the two flexible screens may also be fixed to the same side of the cylindrical housing, where the plane passing through the center point of the cylindrical housing intersects with the cylindrical housing.

Fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device according to an exemplary embodiment, and in fig. 4, an opening 400 in a cylindrical housing is shown in dashed lines. First ends 1041 of both flexible screens 104 extend outwardly from opening 400.

Here, when the first ends of the two flexible screens extend outwards from the same opening on the cylindrical housing, the first ends of the two flexible screens may specifically extend out from an opening on the back surface of the cylindrical housing where the first screen is located. Thus, the opening 400 may be located on the cylindrical housing at a position directly opposite to the central axis of the first screen on the back of the position of the first screen.

In some embodiments, fig. 5 and 6 are schematic structural diagrams of an electronic device according to an exemplary embodiment, where fig. 5 exemplarily illustrates a structural diagram of a grip portion of the electronic device in a deployed state of a flexible screen; as shown in fig. 5, the holding portion 401 is cylindrical, and the second end of the flexible screen has the holding portion 401. The grip 401 is parallel to the apparatus body 101 of the electronic apparatus.

Here, the grip portion may have any shape that is convenient for a user to grip, for example, a cylindrical shape, a hook shape, a circular hole shape, or the like.

Based on this portion of gripping, can convenience of customers pull out this flexible screen at any time and show when needs. And, also, when there is no driving assembly for providing rotating force for the reel, the user can pull the flexible screen to be unwound along with the rotation of the reel through the holding part.

Fig. 6 schematically illustrates a structure of a grip portion of the electronic device in a hidden state of the flexible screen; as shown in fig. 6, the holding portion is a cylindrical schematic view, the flexible screen is in a hidden state, and the holding portion is exposed outside the device body 101.

Because the holding part is directly exposed outside, a user can conveniently and directly contact the holding part, and the flexible screen is pulled.

In some embodiments, the electronic device further comprises:

and the driving assembly is positioned in the equipment body, is connected with the reel and is used for controlling the flexible screen to be switched between a hidden state and an unfolded state by driving the reel to rotate.

Here, the flexible screen can be unfolded along with the rotation of the reel also based on the driving of the driving assembly, that is, the driving assembly is arranged to be connected with the reel, and the reel is driven to rotate by providing power, so that the flexible screen is unfolded or coated on the reel.

The user can make the spool rotate through opening drive assembly to drive flexible screen to launch or the cladding is on the spool.

Based on this drive assembly, can realize automatic expansion or hiding of flexible screen, so, alleviate user's work load, more possess the intelligence.

In some embodiments, fig. 7 exemplarily shows a structural schematic diagram of an electronic device, as shown in fig. 7, the reel 103 has a housing chamber 1031 therein;

the driving assembly 105 is installed in the accommodating chamber 1031.

Here, the reel may have a hollow structure with an accommodating chamber to facilitate storage of objects. For example, the drive assembly may be stored in the receiving cavity.

The receiving chamber may be the entire inner cylindrical portion of the spool or a partial inner cylindrical portion. The specific setting can be according to needs.

The driving assembly is embedded into the accommodating cavity of the reel, so that the driving assembly and the reel form an integral structure, parts are reduced, and the electronic equipment is convenient to assemble.

So, when possessing drive assembly, just also can place this drive assembly through the holding chamber for drive assembly can not place other positions in the equipment body, thereby has saved the space. And due to the existence of the accommodating cavity, the taking and the use of the user are more convenient.

Alternatively, the driving assembly and the reel can be in a split structure and can be arranged at other positions in the equipment body. But relatively occupy some space within the device body, and the location of the drive assembly is not limited by the disclosed embodiments.

In some embodiments, the receiving chamber comprises: a fixing member fixed in the reel;

the driving assembly is detachably connected with the fixing piece through the clamping piece.

Here, the fixing element is fixed to the inner chamber wall of the receiving chamber in the reel. The driving assembly can be detachably connected with the fixing piece through the clamping piece, so that the driving assembly is convenient to maintain or move out when needing to be maintained.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 7, the electronic device further comprises:

the processing module 106, located in the apparatus body 101, includes: at least two display interfaces 1061; wherein, the display interface 1061 is connected with the first screen or the second screen;

the processing module 106 is configured to control the first screen 102 to be turned on or off according to the state of the second screen 104, and control the second screen 104 to be turned on or off.

Here, the processing module includes: a processor or a processor and its peripheral circuits.

The processing module further comprises: the display device comprises at least two display interfaces, wherein the display interfaces are used for being connected with a first screen or a second screen and used for providing information for display for the corresponding screens.

At least two display interfaces are arranged to be connected with the first screen or the second screen respectively, so that the first screen and the second screen can display different information under the action of different display interfaces, and the use by a user is facilitated. For example, while the first screen displays video information, the second screen displays social chat information.

Optionally, the processing module may further include only: and the display interface is simultaneously connected with the two types of screens, so that the same content can be displayed, and the users at different positions can watch the content conveniently.

In some embodiments, the first screen comprises: two hard screens;

Namely, the electronic device is an electronic device for front and rear double-screen display.

The two opposing faces of the device body may be:

when the equipment body comprises a plate-shaped shell, two opposite surfaces of the equipment body are a front surface and a rear surface of the plate-shaped shell, and the second screen is positioned on the left surface and the right surface of the plate-shaped shell after being unfolded. The hard screen is a plane screen and is attached to the front face and the rear face of the plate-shaped shell.

When the equipment body comprises a cylindrical shell, two opposite surfaces of the equipment body are two surfaces obtained by dividing the cylindrical shell by the plane where the center of the cylindrical shell is located. At this time, the hard screen is a curved screen, and the curvature is the same as that of the cylindrical housing.

Therefore, by arranging the two hard screens, more display angles can be provided, and users at different positions can use the electronic equipment conveniently.

Features disclosed in several of the product embodiments provided in this disclosure may be combined in any combination to yield new product embodiments without conflict.

The embodiment of the disclosure discloses an electronic device with two types of screens, and due to the two types of screens, when a second screen (a flexible screen) is in a hidden state, the electronic device can be used as a common hard screen device based on a first screen (a hard screen); the screen area can be increased when the second screen (flexible screen) is in the unfolded state, and the second screen (flexible screen) can be used as a large screen. Therefore, the use scenes of the electronic equipment can be enriched based on the opening and closing of different types of screens, the use requirements of different application scenes are met, and the user experience is improved.

Fig. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a display method according to an exemplary embodiment, as shown in fig. 8, the display method including:

step 701, determining the state of a second screen in the electronic equipment;

step 702, determining the expansion degree of the second screen when the second screen is in the expansion state;

and 703, determining a display area for displaying information on the second screen according to the expansion degree.

The method is applied to the electronic device of any one of the above embodiments.

The second screen is a flexible screen; the first end of the flexible screen is fixed on the scroll; the flexible screen is in a hidden state, is curled on the scroll and is positioned in the equipment body; the flexible screen is in an unfolded state, the distance between the second end and the first end of the flexible screen is increased, at least part of the flexible screen extends out of the equipment body, and the second end of the flexible screen is the opposite end of the first end.

When the electronic equipment is used, whether the second screen is started to display or not is determined, and when the second screen is needed to display, the state of the second screen in the electronic equipment is determined.

The states of the second screen include: a hidden state or an expanded state.

Here, the state of the second screen may be determined by the coating amount of the second screen on the reel, that is, the outer diameter of the reel after coating the second screen. And when the outer diameter of the reel coated with the second screen is smaller than the outer diameter threshold value, the second screen is considered to be in an unfolded state.

The state of the second screen may also be determined by detecting a distance between a grip portion of the second end of the second screen and the apparatus body. When the distance between the holding part and the equipment body is more than 0, the second screen is considered to be in an unfolded state. Here, when the second screen is in the hidden state, the distance of the grip portion from the apparatus body is 0.

The degree of expansion may be determined by the ratio of the expanded area to the total area.

Optionally, in step 702, when the second screen is in the unfolded state, the unfolding degree of the second screen is determined, the unfolding length may be determined by detecting the distance between the holding part and the device body, the unfolding area of the second screen is further determined by the unfolding length and the unfolding width, and the unfolding degree of the second screen is determined based on the ratio of the unfolding area to the total area of the second screen.

Here, the width of the side of the second screen parallel to the scroll is spread out to have a square width. The edge of the second screen which is unfolded to be square and is vertical to the scroll is exposed out of the length of the equipment body.

Optionally, in step 702, when the second screen is in the unfolded state, the unfolding degree of the second screen is determined, and may also be determined by detecting an outer diameter of a reel wrapped around the second screen, that is, determining an unfolded length based on a variation of the outer diameter, further determining an unfolded area of the second screen by the unfolded length and the unfolded width, and determining the unfolding degree of the second screen based on a ratio of the unfolded area to a total area of the second screen.

Here, the detection of the distance between the holding portion and the device body or the outer diameter of the reel covered with the second screen may be realized by providing a distance sensor on the electronic device.

Optionally, in step 702, when the second screen is in the unfolded state, the unfolding degree of the second screen is determined, and the unfolding degree of the second screen may also be determined according to the circumference of one rotation of the reel in the electronic device and the rotation parameter of the driving component.

Since it is a concentric circle, the deployment length can be calculated based on a circumference calculation formula of the circle.

After the expansion degree of the second screen is determined, a display area for displaying information on the second screen can be determined according to the expansion degree, and then the information is displayed on the display area.

Here, the display area is an area represented by an expanded area determined by the expanded length and the expanded width.

In this way, whether the second screen is used or not can be determined through the determination of the expanded state or the hidden state of the second screen, when the second screen is determined to be used, the expanded degree of the second screen is further determined, and then the display area is determined to realize the display on the basis of the expanded degree.

In some embodiments, the display method further comprises:

when detecting that a driving assembly in the electronic equipment is in a working state, determining a rotation parameter of the driving assembly;

determining a degree of expansion of the second screen, comprising:

and determining the unfolding degree of the second screen according to the circumference of one rotation of the scroll in the electronic equipment and the rotation parameters.

Here, when the electric unfolding mode is used, whether a driving component in the electronic device is in an operating state is detected, when the driving component is detected to be in the operating state, a rotation parameter of the driving component is determined, and the unfolding degree of the second screen is determined according to the circumference of one rotation of the scroll and the rotation parameter.

In some embodiments, the rotational parameters include: the rotation angle, the rotation duration and/or the rotation speed; here, the rotation angle may include: the rotating shaft forms an included angle with the current position from the position where the rotating shaft starts to rotate.

Determining the unfolding degree of the second screen according to the circumference and the rotation parameters of the reel in the electronic equipment, wherein the unfolding degree of the second screen comprises the following steps:

determining the rotation length according to the circumference and the rotation angle of a reel in the electronic equipment rotating for one circle; determining the expansion degree of the second screen based on the rotation length;

or,

determining the rotation length according to the rotation speed and the rotation duration of a rotor in the driving assembly; based on the rotation length, the degree of expansion of the second screen is determined.

Since the driving force of the driving assembly can be constant, and further the rotating speed is constant, the rotating angle can be determined by timing the rotating time, the number of rotating turns can be determined based on the ratio of the rotating angle to 360 degrees, and the unfolding degree of the second screen can be determined based on the product of the number of rotating turns and the circumference of one rotation of the scroll. For example, if the rotation angle is 90 degrees and the circumference of one rotation of the reel is 20mm, the second screen is unfolded 1/4 × 20 — 5 mm.

Based on this, the degree of deployment can be determined by directly detecting the rotation angle. The deployment degree can also be determined indirectly by detecting the rotation time length and acquiring the rotation speed.

Here, the direct detection of the rotation angle may be determined by comparing the current position of the rotor with the position at the previous detection time. The reference object and the comparison point on the rotor can be preset, the position of the rotor is determined based on the comparison of the position of the reference object and the position of the rotor, and then the included angle between the two positions is determined, namely the rotation angle.

Optionally, determining the unfolding degree of the second screen according to the circumference of one rotation of the scroll in the electronic device and the rotation parameter, further comprising:

determining the ratio of the total unfolding length of the second screen to the total rotating angle of the rotating shaft required to rotate when the second screen is completely unfolded;

the degree of expansion of the second screen is determined based on the product of the rotation angle and the ratio.

Here, assuming that the total expansion length of the second screen is D and the total rotation angle of the rotation shaft required to rotate when the second screen is fully expanded is R, the expansion length D1 of the second screen is R1 (D/R), where R1 is the rotation angle of the rotation shaft.

Therefore, the unfolding degree of the second screen can be determined based on various rotation parameters of the driving module, and automatic unfolding and displaying are achieved.

In some embodiments, the display method further comprises:

Here, since the second screen may be in a partially expanded state, the scaling of the information to be displayed needs to be correspondingly adjusted according to the expansion degree of the second screen, so as to achieve complete display of the information. For example, when the ratio of the area of the display region to the total area of the second screen is 1/2, that is, the second screen is in the half-spread state, the information to be displayed on the second screen is scaled 1/2, so that the information to be displayed is completely displayed by the screen area of 1/2.

The zooming processing here refers to a process of reducing or enlarging information to be displayed, and the information amount is not changed but the area presented by the information is correspondingly reduced or enlarged. For example, assuming that the information to be displayed is a person screen, if the zoom ratio is 1/2, the reduction processing of 1/2 is performed for the person screen.

In this way, through the corresponding scaling processing, the complete display of the information on the second screen can be realized.

In some embodiments, the display method further comprises:

determining the ratio of the area of the display area of the second screen to the area of the first screen;

determining first information to be displayed on a first screen and second information to be displayed on a second screen according to the ratio; the first information and the second information are information at different positions of the same frame picture;

first information is displayed on a first screen and second information is displayed within a display area of a second screen.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, the first screen and the second screen can be used together to complete the display of the same frame of picture. For example, in a frame of a picture including one train, if 2 second screens exist in the electronic device and are all in the expanded state, the head of the train may be displayed on the second screen located on the left side of the first screen, the middle several trains of cars of the train may be displayed on the first screen, and the tail of the train may be displayed on the second screen located on the right side of the first screen.

Here, since the second screen is expanded to a different extent, it may correspond to a different expanded area, that is, there may be a difference in the area of the display region of the second screen. Then, the distribution of the display content of one frame of picture on the first screen and the second screen can be determined according to the areas of the display areas of the first screen and the second screen, namely:

according to the ratio, determining first information to be displayed on the first screen and second information to be displayed on the second screen, including:

determining a distribution ratio based on a ratio of a first area of a display area of the second screen to a second area of the first screen;

and dividing the information to be displayed according to the distribution ratio to obtain first information to be displayed on the first screen and second information to be displayed on the second screen.

Here, the information to be displayed is presented in the form of a picture frame.

For example, if there are 2 second screens in the electronic device and all the second screens are in the unfolded state with the same unfolding degree, assuming that the ratio of one second screen to the first screen is 1:2, the distribution ratio is: 1:2:1. The picture frame to be displayed is divided at the allocation ratio of 1:2:1 and the display of the corresponding portion is performed on the corresponding screen.

Therefore, the display of the same frame of picture can be completed together based on the cooperation of the first screen and the second screen, and more application scenes are provided. In some embodiments, the method further comprises:

when the second screen is in a hidden state, lightening the first screen in the electronic equipment;

and displaying information based on the first screen.

Here, when the second screen is in the hidden state, the second screen cannot provide the user with the display of the information, and at this time, the first screen in the electronic device is lit up, and the information display is performed through the first screen.

Thus, when some simple information (such as time, date and the like) needs to be displayed, the information can be displayed based on the hard screen (the first screen), and the functions of the common hard screen device are realized.

In some embodiments, the second screen is a touch screen;

the display method further comprises:

the input information is displayed on a first screen of the electronic device.

Here, as the second screen of the touch screen, a touch operation may be performed on a display area of the second screen, and the touch operation may trigger a corresponding control instruction.

The input interface can display a keyboard or various operation controls. The keyboard is used for inputting various letters, numbers and symbols, and the operation control is used for inputting various control instructions.

Here, when the second screen is in the expanded state, the second screen may also be used to provide information display, and at this time, the second screen may be used as an operation screen, and the first screen is used as a display screen, that is, input information corresponding to a touch operation is determined by detecting the touch operation on the second screen, and then the input information is displayed on the first screen of the electronic device, for example, the first screen displays a video frame, and the second screen displays controls such as a play key, a pause key, and/or a progress bar.

Optionally, when the second screen is in the expanded state, the input information in the display area of the first screen may also be acquired; and displaying the input information on a second screen of the electronic equipment. That is, the second screen is used as a display screen, and the first screen is used as an operation screen.

Thus, a plurality of application functions can be provided by switching the application states of the second screen and the first screen.

The disclosed embodiments also provide the following embodiments:

fig. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a display method according to an exemplary embodiment, as shown in fig. 9, the display method including:

step 801, judging the state of a second screen according to the position of a screen mechanical structure in the current electronic equipment;

step 802, judging whether the second screen is in an expanded state;

step 803, obtaining the display length of the second screen;

step 804, determining a display area on the second screen based on the expansion length;

and step 805, displaying information according to the display area.

It should be noted that the display area of the second screen includes a display touch node, and the display touch node is in an activated state based on the trigger of the touch operation. When the display touch node is in an activated state, the display of information can be performed on the display area. Here, optionally, the position of the screen mechanical structure may be characterized by a positional relationship between the grip portion of the second screen and the device body, and when the distance between the grip portion of the second screen and the device body is greater than 0, the second screen is considered to be in the unfolded state.

And then, based on the circumference and the rotation parameters of one rotation of the scroll in the electronic equipment, determining the expansion length of the second screen, based on the expansion length, determining a display area for displaying information on the second screen, and further determining a display touch node on the display area, and setting the display touch node on the area to be in an activated state so as to display the information on the display area.

As such, the disclosed embodiments decide whether to use the second screen by determining the expanded state or the hidden state of the second screen; after the second screen is determined to be used, the unfolding degree of the second screen is further determined based on various rotation parameters of the driving module, and automatic unfolding and displaying are achieved. And then, determining a display area to realize display on the basis of the expansion degree. Therefore, when the information is displayed on the second screen, the corresponding display can be carried out based on the expansion degree, and the integrity of the information on the second screen is ensured as much as possible. In addition, due to the display realized by the electronic equipment with the two types of screens, when some simple information (such as time, date and the like) needs to be displayed, the information can be displayed on the basis of the hard screen (the first screen), so that the function of the common hard screen equipment is realized, the flexible screen does not need to be unfolded for display, the display convenience is improved, and the system power consumption is reduced. In addition, the screen area can be increased when the flexible screen is in the unfolding state, and the flexible screen can be used as a large screen. Therefore, the use scenes of the electronic equipment can be enriched based on the opening and closing of different types of screens, the use requirements of users at different moments are met, and the user experience is improved.

With regard to the apparatus in the above-described embodiment, the specific manner in which each module performs the operation has been described in detail in the embodiment related to the method, and will not be elaborated here.

Fig. 10 is a block diagram illustrating a display device 1800 according to an exemplary embodiment. For example, the apparatus 1800 may be a mobile phone, computer, digital broadcast terminal, messaging device, game console, tablet device, medical device, fitness device, personal digital assistant, and so forth.

Referring to fig. 10, the apparatus 1800 may include one or more of the following components: a processing component 1802, a memory 1804, a power component 1806, a multimedia component 1808, an audio component 1810, an input/output (I/O) interface 1812, a sensor component 1814, and a communications component 1816.

The processing component 1802 generally controls the overall operation of the device 1800, such as operations associated with display, telephone calls, data communications, camera operations, and recording operations. The processing component 1802 may include one or more processors 1820 to execute instructions to perform all or part of the steps of the methods described above. Further, the processing component 1802 may also include one or more modules that facilitate interaction between the processing component 1802 and other components. For example, the processing component 1802 can include a multimedia module to facilitate interaction between the multimedia component 1808 and the processing component 1802.

The memory 1804 is configured to store various types of data to support operation at the apparatus 1800. Examples of such data include instructions for any application or method operating on the device 1800, contact data, phonebook data, messages, pictures, videos, and so forth. The memory 1804 may be implemented by any type or combination of volatile or non-volatile storage devices, such as Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), read-only memory (ROM), magnetic memory, flash memory, magnetic or optical disks.

Power components 1806 provide power to various components of device 1800. The power components 1806 may include: a power management system, one or more power sources, and other components associated with generating, managing, and distributing power for the apparatus 1800.

The multimedia component 1808 includes a screen that provides an output interface between the device 1800 and a user. In some embodiments, the screen may include a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) and a Touch Panel (TP). If the screen includes a touch panel, the screen may be implemented as a touch screen to receive an input signal from a user. The touch panel includes one or more touch sensors to sense touch, slide, and gestures on the touch panel. The touch sensor may not only sense the boundary of a touch or slide action, but also detect the duration and pressure associated with the touch or slide operation. In some embodiments, the multimedia component 1808 includes a front facing camera and/or a rear facing camera. The front-facing camera and/or the rear-facing camera may receive external multimedia data when the device 1800 is in an operating mode, such as a shooting mode or a video mode. Each front camera and/or rear camera may be a fixed optical lens system or have a focal length and optical zoom capability.

Audio component 1810 is configured to output and/or input audio signals. For example, the audio component 1810 includes a Microphone (MIC) configured to receive external audio signals when the apparatus 1800 is in operating modes, such as a call mode, a recording mode, and a voice recognition mode. The received audio signals may further be stored in the memory 1804 or transmitted via the communication component 1816. In some embodiments, audio component 1810 also includes a speaker for outputting audio signals.

I/O interface 1812 provides an interface between processing component 1802 and peripheral interface modules, which may be keyboards, click wheels, buttons, etc. These buttons may include, but are not limited to: a home button, a volume button, a start button, and a lock button.

The sensor component 1814 includes one or more sensors for providing various aspects of state assessment for the apparatus 1800. For example, the sensor assembly 1814 can detect an open/closed state of the device 1800, the relative positioning of components such as a display and keypad of the device 1800, a change in position of the device 1800 or a component of the device 1800, the presence or absence of user contact with the device 1800, orientation or acceleration/deceleration of the device 1800, and a change in temperature of the device 1800. The sensor assembly 1814 may include a proximity sensor configured to detect the presence of a nearby object without any physical contact. The sensor assembly 1814 may also include a light sensor, such as a CMOS or CCD image sensor, for use in imaging applications. In some embodiments, the sensor assembly 1814 may also include an acceleration sensor, a gyroscope sensor, a magnetic sensor, a pressure sensor, or a temperature sensor.

The communication component 1816 is configured to facilitate communications between the apparatus 1800 and other devices in a wired or wireless manner. The device 1800 may access a wireless network based on a communication standard, such as WiFi, 2G, or 3G, or a combination thereof. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 1816 receives a broadcast signal or broadcast associated information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 1816 further includes a Near Field Communication (NFC) module to facilitate short-range communications. For example, the NFC module may be implemented based on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, infrared data association (IrDA) technology, Ultra Wideband (UWB) technology, Bluetooth (BT) technology, or other technologies.

In an exemplary embodiment, the apparatus 1800 may be implemented by one or more Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), Digital Signal Processors (DSPs), Digital Signal Processing Devices (DSPDs), Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs), Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), controllers, micro-controllers, microprocessors or other electronic components for performing the above-described methods.

In an exemplary embodiment, a non-transitory computer readable storage medium is also provided, such as the memory 1804 including instructions that are executable by the processor 1820 of the apparatus 1800 to perform the above-described method. For example, the non-transitory computer readable storage medium may be a ROM, a Random Access Memory (RAM), a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage device, and the like.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, wherein instructions in the storage medium, when executed by a processor, enable performance of the method of the above embodiments.

Other embodiments of the disclosure will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the disclosure disclosed herein. This disclosure is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the disclosure following, in general, the principles of the disclosure and including such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice within the art to which the disclosure pertains. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the disclosure being indicated by the following claims.

It will be understood that the present disclosure is not limited to the precise arrangements described above and shown in the drawings and that various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the present disclosure is limited only by the appended claims.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

an apparatus body;

the first screen is a hard screen and covers the equipment body;

a spool mounted within the device body;

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the second screen comprises: two flexible screens;

or,

two of the flexible screens are connected to different reels.

3. The electronic device of claim 2,

the two flexible screens are in an unfolded state and are located on opposite sides of the first screen through the reels.

4. The electronic device of claim 2,

the apparatus body includes: a plate-shaped housing comprising: a set of parallel long sides and a set of parallel short sides; the length of the long side is greater than that of the short side;

the two flexible screens are positioned on different long sides.

5. The electronic device of claim 2,

the apparatus body includes: a cylindrical housing;

6. The electronic device of claim 1 or 2,

the second end of the flexible screen is provided with a holding part;

7. The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising:

8. The electronic device of claim 7, wherein the spool has a receiving cavity therein;

the driving assembly is installed in the accommodating cavity.

9. The electronic device of claim 8,

the accommodating cavity comprises: a fixing member fixed in the reel;

10. The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising:

11. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first screen comprises: two hard screens;

12. A display method applied to the electronic device according to any one of claims 1 to 11, comprising:

determining a state of a second screen in the electronic device;

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

the determining the expansion degree of the second screen comprises:

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the rotational parameters comprise: the rotation angle, the rotation duration and/or the rotation speed;

or,

15. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

16. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

17. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

and displaying information based on the first screen.

18. The method of claim 12, wherein the second screen is a touch screen;

the method further comprises the following steps:

19. A display device, characterized in that the device comprises at least: a processor and a memory for storing executable instructions operable on the processor, wherein:

the executable instructions, when executed by a processor, perform the steps of the method as set out in any of the preceding claims 12 to 18.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, perform steps in a method as provided by any of claims 12 to 18.