Electronic Device and Display Processing Method

Abstract

An electronic device and a display processing method where the device includes a first body having a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other; a connecting body having a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other; a second body having a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other, which is connected to the first body through the connecting body. The electronic device has a first outer surface and a second outer surface; a first display arranged on at least a part of region on the first outer surface of the display having at least two modes of a second mode and a third mode; and a processor operative to control a third interface having at least a first sub interface and a second sub interface to be displayed on the third region in the third mode.

1 . An electronic device, comprising:
 a first body having a first surface and a second surface opposite each other;   a connecting body having a first surface and a second surface opposite each other;   a second body having a first surface and a second surface opposite each other, the second body connected to the first body through the connecting body, wherein, the electronic device has a first outer surface comprising the first surface of the first body, the first surface of the connecting body and the first surface of the second body, and a second outer surface comprising the second surface of the first body, the second surface of the connecting body and the second surface of the second body;   a first display arranged on at least a part of a region on the first outer surface of the electronic device and having at least two modes of a second mode in which a second region of the first display can be perceived by a viewer, and a third mode in which a third region of the first display can be perceived by the viewer, the third region being larger than the second region; and   a processor operative to control a third interface having at least a first sub interface and a second sub interface to be displayed on the third region in the third mode.   
     
     
         2 . The electronic device of  claim 1 , wherein the processor is further operative to control a second interface having a third sub interface only to be displayed on the second region in the second mode and the electronic device further comprises:
 a first sensor operative to sense a parameter indicating a mode of the electronic device to generate a corresponding trigger signal;   wherein the processor switches the second interface to the third interface in response to the trigger signal indicating that the electronic device is switched from the second mode to the third mode, or switches the third interface to the second interface in response to the trigger signal indicating that the electronic device is switched from the third mode to the second mode.   
     
     
         3 . The electronic device of  claim 1 , wherein the processor is further operative to control a second interface having a third sub interface only to be displayed on the second region in the second mode, the second interface is a first invoke interface of an application, and the third interface is a second invoke interface of the application. 
     
     
         4 . The electronic device of  claim 3 , wherein the second interface corresponds to the first sub interface in the third interface. 
     
     
         5 . The electronic device of  claim 1 , wherein the second interface is an invoke interface of a first application, and the third interface is an invoke interface of a second application different from the first application. 
     
     
         6 . The electronic device of  claim 1 , wherein the second interface is an invoke interface of a first application, the third interface is an invoke interface of a second application corresponding to the first sub interface and a third application corresponding to the second sub interface. 
     
     
         7 . The electronic device of  claim 2 , wherein the first sensor comprises a photosensitive component comprising a light detecting array disposed corresponding to a light emitting array of the first display, and is operative to detect a region that satisfies a predetermined luminance threshold in the light detecting array, as the parameter indicating the mode of the electronic device. 
     
     
         8 . The electronic device as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein the first sensor comprises a bending detector disposed in the connecting body that is operative to detect a bending state of the connecting body as the parameter indicating the mode of the electronic device. 
     
     
         9 . The electronic device of  claim 1 , wherein the processor is further operative to control a second interface having a third sub interface only to be displayed on the second region in the second mode and to control the first sub interface to be displayed in the second region, and the second sub interface to be displayed in a region of the third region other than the second region, in the third mode. 
     
     
         10 . The electronic device of  claim 1 , wherein, the processor is further operative to control a second interface having a third sub interface only to be displayed on the second region in the second mode and the electronic device further comprises:
 a second sensor operative to sense a movement parameter of the electronic device;   wherein the processor does not change a display orientation of the second interface in response to the movement parameter in the second mode, and changes the display orientation of the third interface in response to the movement parameter in the third mode.   
     
     
         11 . The electronic device of  claim 10 , further comprising:
 a first input unit arranged at least on the second surface of the second body;   a second display arranged at least on the second surface of the second body;   the first input unit and the second display arranged on the second surface of the second body are arranged in lamination;   the second display displays a virtual keyboard, wherein the processor determines a corresponding character in response to a click input operation on the first input unit and displays the character in the second interface, in the second mode; and,   wherein the processor displays the first sub interface and the second sub interface to be arranged vertically in response to a first movement parameter indicating that the electronic device is vertical, and displays the first sub interface and the second sub interface to be arranged horizontally in response to a second movement parameter indicating that the electronic device is horizontal, in the third mode.   
     
     
         12 . The electronic device of  claim 1 , wherein:
 a surface composed by the first surface of the first body and the first surface of the connecting body is covered by the second body, and a second uncovered section of the first body corresponds to the second region, in the second mode;   the first surface of the first body is not covered, an angle between the first body and the second body is larger than a threshold, and the first outer surface corresponds to the third region, in the third mode.   
     
     
         13 . The electronic device of  claim 1 , wherein the electronic device further has a first mode in which a first region of the first display can be perceived by the viewer, and a surface composed by the first surface of the first body and the first surface of the connecting body is covered by the second body, and a first uncovered section of the first body corresponds to the first region wherein the processor is further operative to control a first interface to be displayed on the first region in the first mode. 
     
     
         14 . The electronic device of  claim 13 , wherein the first body has a first end and a second end, the connecting body has a third end and a fourth end, the third end being connected to the second end; the second body has a fifth end and a sixth end, the fifth end being connected to the fourth end and the first mode and the second mode may be switched there between in a way of keeping a distance from the sixth end to the first surface is smaller than a first predetermined threshold. 
     
     
         15 . A display processing method, comprising:
 sensing a parameter indicating a mode of an electronic device;   determining whether the electronic device is in a second mode or a third mode based on the parameter, wherein the electronic device comprises:
 a first body having a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other; 
 a connecting body having a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other; a second body having a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other, which is connected to the first body through the connecting body; 
 wherein, the electronic device has a first outer surface comprising the first surface of the first body, the first surface of the connecting body and the first surface of the second body, and a second outer surface comprising the second surface of the first body, the second surface of the connecting body and the second surface of the second body; a first display arranged on at least a part of region on the first outer surface of the electronic device having at least two modes of a second mode in which a second region of the first display can be perceived by a viewer, and a third mode in which a third region of the first display can be perceived by the viewer, the third region being larger than the second region; and 
   displaying a third interface comprising a first sub interface and a second sub interface in the third region, when it is determined that the electronic device is in the third mode.   
     
     
         16 . The display processing method of  claim 15 , further comprising:
 displaying a second interface having a third sub interface only, when it is determined that the electronic device is in the second mode;   receiving a first trigger signal indicating that the electronic device is switched from the second mode to the third mode;   generating a first display switching signal in response to the first trigger signal; and   displaying the third interface in the third region in response to the first display switching signal.   
     
     
         17 . The display processing method of  claim 15 , further comprising:
 receiving a second trigger signal indicating that the electronic device is switched from the third mode to the second mode, after determining that the electronic device is in the third mode and displaying the third interface;   generating a second display switching signal in response to the second trigger signal; and   displaying a second interface having the third sub interface only, in the second region, in response to the second display switching signal.   
     
     
         18 . The display processing method of  claim 15 , wherein a second interface having the third sub interface only is displayed in the second region when it is determined that the electronic device is in the second mode and the display processing method further comprises sensing a movement parameter of the electronic device wherein a display orientation of the second interface is not changed in response to the movement parameter in the second mode, and the display orientation of the third interface is changed in response to the movement parameter in the third mode. 
     
     
         19 . The display processing method of  claim 15 , wherein the electronic device further has a first mode in which a first region of the first display can be perceived by the viewer, and a surface composed by the first surface of the first body and the first surface of the connecting body is covered by the second body, and a first uncovered section of the first body corresponds to the first region and the display processing method further comprises:
 determining whether the electronic device is in the first mode, the second mode or the third mode, based on the parameter; and   controlling a first interface to be displayed on the first region, when it is determined that the electronic device is in the first mode.   
     
     
         20 . A computer readable storage medium having stored therein computer program instructions which, when executed by a processor of an electronic device, performs the method of  claim 15 .