Determining device curvature in smart bendable systems
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsYuri I. Krimon, David I. Poisner, Reinhard R. Steffens
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Abstract
Systems and methods may provide for determining an amount of physical bend in an electronic device and comparing the amount of physical bend to a threshold. Additionally, a warning may be generated if the amount of physical bend exceeds the threshold. In one example, one or more values representing the amount of physical bend are stored to a nonvolatile memory on the device and retrieved in accordance with one or more of a diagnostic push event or a diagnostic pull event.
Claims24
An electronic device comprising:
- a flexible display;
- a first sensor to sense first stress data indicative of a first stress of the flexible display due to bending a first portion of the flexible display;
- a second sensor to sense second stress data indicative of a second stress of the flexible display due to bending a second portion of the flexible display;
- at least one processor to:
- in response to determining that the first stress data meets a first threshold, present a first alert corresponding to the first portion and increase a sampling rate of collecting the first stress data;
- and
- in response to determining that the second stress data meets a second threshold, present a second alert corresponding to the second portion, the second threshold different from the first threshold.
A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause an electronic device to at least:
- sense first stress data indicative of a first stress of a flexible display due to bending a first portion of the flexible display;
- sense second stress data indicative of a second stress of the flexible display due to bending a second portion of the flexible display;
- in response to determining that the first stress data meets a first threshold, present a first alert corresponding to the first portion and increase a sampling rate of collecting the first stress data;
- and
- in response to determining that the second stress data meets a second threshold, present a second alert corresponding to the second portion, the second threshold different from the first threshold.
A method to operate an electronic device, the method comprising:
- sensing first stress data indicative of a first stress of a flexible display due to bending a first portion of the flexible display;
- sensing second stress data indicative of a second stress of the flexible display due to bending a second portion of the flexible display;
- in response to determining that the first stress data meets a first threshold, presenting a first alert corresponding to the first portion and increasing a sampling rate of collecting the first stress data;
- and
- in response to determining that the second stress data meets a second threshold, presenting a second alert corresponding to the second portion, the second threshold different from the first threshold.
An apparatus comprising:
- display means for displaying information, the means for displaying being bendable;
- first means for sensing first stress data indicative of a first stress of the display means due to bending a first portion of the means for displaying;
- second means for sensing second stress data indicative of a second stress of the display means due to bending a second portion of the means for displaying;
- and
- means for determining that the first stress data meets a first threshold, the determining means to, in response to determining that the first stress data meets the first threshold, cause the display means to present a first alert corresponding to the first portion and increase a sampling rate of collecting the first stress data and the determining means to, in response to determining that the second stress data meets a second threshold, cause the display means to present a second alert corresponding to the second portion, the second threshold different from the first threshold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.