US 2025/0028355 A1 · PIVOTING WEARABLE RECONFIGURABLE SCREEN

Abstract

An electronic device, method, and computer program product provide a wearable flexible display that is configurable when not being worn to increase a display area from one strap length by one strap width to one half strap length by two strap width. A mechanism enables pivoting between serial alignment and non-serial juxtaposed alignment of first and second half straps. In response to determining that the first half strap is in the juxtaposed parallel alignment with the second half strap, display engine(s) selectively renders and presents display content within a pivoted display area of one strap length by two strap width or less. In response to determining the first half strap is not in the juxtaposed parallel alignment but in serial alignment with the second half strap, the display engine(s) selectively renders and present displays content within a full-length display area of two half strap length by one strap width or less.

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Dependent claims

An electronic device comprising:

a strap elongated in a longitudinal length dimension relative to a lateral width dimension and comprising an outer layer presenting a flexible display and an inner support layer attached to an underside of the flexible display, the strap configured to be positionable between an uncoiled position and a coiled position with lateral edges of first and second terminal ends of the strap juxtaposed in abutted alignment;
and
at least one display engine communicatively coupled to the flexible display and configured to:
in response to determining the coiled position of the strap with juxtaposed lateral edges of the first and the second terminal ends, selectively render and present display content within a coil display area of an abutted length of the juxtaposed lateral edges by two straps width.

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A computer program product comprising:

a computer readable storage device;
and
program code on the computer readable storage device that when executed by a processor associated with an electronic device, the program code enables the electronic device to provide functionality of:
monitoring one of a coiled position sensor and a user interface control for indication that a strap is in a coiled position, the strap elongated in a longitudinal length dimension relative to a lateral width dimension and comprising an outer layer presenting a flexible display and an inner support layer attached to an underside of the flexible display, the strap configured to be positionable between an uncoiled position and the coiled position with lateral edges of first and second terminal ends of the strap juxtaposed in abutted alignment;
and
in response to determining the coiled position of the strap with juxtaposed lateral edges of the first and the second terminal ends based on the one of the coiled position sensor and the user interface control:
selectively rendering display content;
and
presenting rendered display content within a coil display area of an abutted length of the juxtaposed lateral edges by two straps width.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Pivoting wearable reconfigurable screen

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Abstract

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