System and method for foldable display
AssigneeResearch In Motion Limited
InventorW Garland Phillips
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Abstract
As described herein, there is provided methods, apparatus and computer program products to display visual information on a foldable display device. Display control signals are altered or modified to avoid display of or compensate for impairment in the display of visual information on fold deformations introduced in a display unit of the display device in response to folding of the display unit, or to reverse any alterations or modifications in the event that the fold deformations are eliminated by unfolding of the display unit.
Claims21
A display system, comprising:
- a foldable display unit to display visual information, the visual information based at least in part on display data;
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- a display control unit receiving the display data and at least one fold signal indicative of a fold in at least a portion of the display unit, and outputting one or more display control signals operative to cause the display unit to display the visual information, the display control signals being output at least in part in response to the at least one fold signal to adapt the one or more display control signals to change a format of the visual information.
A display system, comprising:
- a foldable display unit to display visual information, the visual information based at least in part on display data;
- a fold detection system receiving at least one fold detection signal and outputting at least one fold signal indicative of a fold in the display unit and a location of the fold in the display unit;
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- a display control unit receiving the display data and the at least one fold signal and outputting one or more display control signals operative to cause the display unit to display the visual information, the display control signals being output at least in part in response to the least one fold signal to adapt a format of the visual information from a format adapted to a first folded state of the display unit to a format adapted to a second folded state of the display unit when folded.
A method comprising:
- generating one or more display control signals, at least in part in response to display data, to cause a foldable display unit to display visual information, the visual information displayed according to a first display format;
- monitoring a signal indicative of a fold in the display unit;
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- in response to the signal indicative of a fold in the display unit, generating the one or more display control signals to change the display of visual information in the visual information to at least one second display format, wherein the second display format compensates for impairment in the display of visual information in the first format that is introduced by the fold in the display unit.
A computer program product comprising computer program instructions recorded in non-transitory form on a machine-readable media, the instructions adapted to execute on a computing system to:
- monitor a signal indicative of a fold in a display unit;
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- in response to the signal indicative of a fold in the display unit, generate one or more display control signals to change the display of visual information to at least one second display format, wherein the second display format compensates for impairment in the display of visual information in a first format that is introduced by folding the display unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.