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US 2022/0191313 A1Published application
Electronic Device Having Foldable Screen and Display Method
AssigneeHuawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
InventorsXinglong Pan, Zhen Li
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Abstract
An electronic device having a foldable screen, where when the foldable screen is in a folded state, the foldable screen is divided into a primary screen and a secondary screen. When a first component disposed on the primary screen is in a working state, or an application that invokes the first component is in the working state, when a screen switching event is detected, the electronic device is prohibited from switching to a state in which only the secondary screen performs display, to avoid a case in which a user is close to the primary screen but the primary screen does not perform display.
Claims24
An electronic device comprising:
- a foldable screen, wherein the foldable screen is divided into a primary screen and a secondary screen when the foldable screen is in a folded state;
- a first component disposed on a first screen, wherein the first screen is one of the primary screen or the secondary screen;
- a second component disposed on a second screen, wherein the second screen is one of the primary screen or the secondary screen and is different than the first screen;
- a memory configured to store instructions;
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- a processor coupled to the memory, the first component, the second component, and the foldable screen, wherein when executed by the processor, the instructions cause the electronic device to:
- detect a screen switching event in a first screen-on state;
- determine whether the first component is in a working state;
- set the electronic device to a second screen-on state when a first condition is met, wherein the first condition comprises that the first component is in the working state;
- and
- set the electronic device to a third screen-on state when a second condition is met, wherein the second condition comprises that either the first component is in a non-working state or both the first component is in the working state and the second component is in the working state,
- wherein the second screen-on state is different from the third screen-on state.
9 more elements
The electronic device of claim 13, wherein the first screen-on state is different from the second screen-on state and the third screen-on state.
An electronic device comprising:
- a foldable screen, wherein the foldable screen is divided into a primary screen and a secondary screen when the foldable screen is in a folded state;
- a camera disposed on the secondary screen;
- an earpiece disposed on the primary screen;
- a memory configured to store instructions;
- a processor coupled to the foldable screen, the camera, the earpiece, and the memory, wherein when executed by the processor, the instructions cause the electronic device to:
- detect a screen switching event in a first screen-on state or detect a screen-on event when the foldable screen is off;
- set the electronic device to a second screen-on state when the electronic device is in a calling state and the camera is in a non-working state;
- and
- set the electronic device to a third screen-on state when the electronic device is in the calling state and the camera is in a working state,
- wherein the second screen-on state is different from the third screen-on state,
- wherein the second screen-on state does not comprise a secondary-screen display, and
- wherein the third screen-on state comprises the secondary-screen display.
9 more elements
An electronic device comprising:
- a foldable screen, wherein the foldable screen is divided into a primary screen and a secondary screen when the foldable screen is in a folded state;
- a first component disposed on the primary screen;
- a first application configured to start the first component;
- a second application that is not configured to start the first component;
- a memory configured to store instructions;
- a processor coupled to the first application, the second application, the foldable screen, the first component, and the memory, wherein when executed by the processor, the instructions cause the electronic device to:
- display a first interface of the first application in a first screen-on state;
- detect a first screen switching event;
- set, in response to the first screen switching event, the electronic device to a second screen-on state, wherein the second screen-on state does not comprise a secondary-screen display;
- display a second interface of the second application in the first screen-on state;
- detect a second screen switching event;
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- set, in response to the second screen switching event, the electronic device to the secondary-screen display.
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An electronic device comprising:
- a foldable screen, wherein the foldable screen is divided into a primary screen and a secondary screen when the foldable screen is in a folded state;
- a first component disposed on the secondary screen;
- a first application configured to start the first component;
- a second application that is not configured to start the first component;
- a memory configured to store instructions;
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- a processor coupled to the first application, the second application, the foldable screen, the first component, and the memory, wherein when executed by the processor, the instructions cause the electronic device to:
- display a first interface of the first application in a first screen-on state;
- detect a first screen switching event;
- set, in response to the first screen switching event, the electronic device to a second screen-on state, wherein the second screen-on state does not comprise a primary-screen display;
- display a second interface of the second application in the first screen-on state;
- detect a second screen switching event;
- and
- set, in response to the second screen switching event, the electronic device to the primary-screen display.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.