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US 10,095,346 B2Granted
Electronic device and control method thereof
AssigneeLenovo (Beijing) Limited
InventorsYan Gao, Jie Xia
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Abstract
An electronic device and a control method are described where the electronic device includes a first body having a first end and a second end; a connecting body having a third end and a fourth end, the third end being connected to the second end; a second body having a fifth end and a sixth end, the fifth end being connected to the fourth end, the second body being capable of rotating round the first body through the connecting body. The connecting body includes a connecting sub-input unit configured to acquire an input operation.
Claims9
An electronic device, comprising:
- a first section comprising a first end and a second end;
- a connecting section comprising a third end and a fourth end, the third end being connected to the second end;
- a second section comprising a fifth end and a sixth end, the fifth end being connected to the fourth end, the second section being capable of rotating round the first body through the connecting section;
- a sensor disposed on the connecting section and configured to determine a mode in which the electronic device is currently in according to a deformation state of the connecting section;
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- a processing unit;
- wherein the connecting section comprises a connecting sub-input unit which comprises a touch sensing unit and is configured to acquire an input operation,
- the electronic device comprises a third mode in which the first section, the connecting section, and the second section approximately form a single plane, and a fourth mode in which the connecting section and the connecting sub-input unit are bent,
- wherein if the electronic device is in the third mode, the processing unit responds to an input acquired by the connecting sub-input unit according to an instruction in a third instruction set, the third instruction set makes the connecting sub-input unit, the first sub-input unit, and the second sub-input unit as an input unit in common;
- and if the electronic device is in the fourth mode, the processing unit responds to an input acquired by the connecting sub-input unit according to an instruction in a fourth instruction set to control the first section and/or the second section, the fourth instruction set only makes the connecting sub-input unit as an input unit,
- wherein the connecting section comprises a rotary shaft through which the second section can rotate relative to the first section, and
- wherein the processer determines an input of the touch sensing unit, when a determination result shows that the input is a slide input along a rotary shaft direction, a prescribed processing is executed.
9 more elements
A control method for an electronic device that comprises a first section comprising a first end and a second end;
- a connecting section comprising a third end and a fourth end, the third end being connected to the second end;
- a second section comprising a fifth end and a sixth end, the fifth end being connected to the fourth end, the second section being capable of rotating around the first section through the connecting section;
- the connecting section comprising a connecting sub-input unit configured to acquire an input operation, wherein the connecting sub-input unit comprises a touch sensing unit;
- and a sensor disposed on the connecting section and configured to determine a gesture which the electronic device is currently in according to a deformation state of the connecting section;
- and the electronic device at least comprising a third mode in which the first surface of the first section, the first surface of the connecting section body, and the first surface of the second section approximately form a single plane, and a fourth mode in which the connecting section and the connecting sub-input unit are bent and the second surface of the first section faces the second surface of the second section, wherein the connecting section comprises a rotary shaft through which the second section can rotate relative to the first section;
- wherein the method comprises:
- determining a mode which the electronic device is currently in by the sensor;
- if the electronic device is in the third mode, responding to an input acquired by the connecting sub-input unit according to an instruction in a third instruction set, the third instruction set makes the connecting sub-input unit, the first sub-input unit, and the second sub-input unit as an input unit in common
- if the electronic device is in the fourth mode, responding to an input acquired by the connecting sub-input unit according to an instruction in a fourth instruction set to control the first section and/or the second section, the fourth instruction set only makes the connecting sub-input unit as an input unit,
- wherein the third instruction set and the fourth instruction set are at least partially different, wherein the method further comprises:
- determining a touch input on the touch sensing unit, when a determination result shows that the input is a slide input along a rotary shaft direction, executing a prescribed processing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.