IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,917,095
Granted Patent B2
US 11,917,095 · App. 17/801,795 · Granted Feb 27, 2024

Information processing terminal, program, and method

Inventor: Kenji Tokutake (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
H04M1/72454H04M1/0268H04M2201/38H04M2201/42
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,917,095
App. No.
17/801,795
Granted
Feb 27, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is a demand for an information processing terminal capable of correctly displaying a display on a divided display even when the display is bent. Therefore, proposed is an information processing terminal capable of bending a display unit, the information processing terminal including: the display unit; a sensor unit that detects an inclination and a rotation direction of the information processing terminal, and detects a bending amount with respect to the information processing terminal; and a screen control unit that divides display of the display unit based on a bending position with respect to the information processing terminal, and controls the display divided based on the inclination, the rotation direction, the bending position, and the bending amount.

Claims (37)

1. An information processing terminal capable of bending a display, the information processing terminal comprising:

the display;

a sensor configured to detect an inclination and a rotation direction of the information processing terminal, and

detect a bending amount with respect to the information processing terminal; and

processing circuitry configured to divide display of the display based on a bending position with respect to the information processing terminal,

control the display divided based on the inclination, the rotation direction, the bending position, and the bending amount,

wherein a first portion of the information processing terminal includes the sensor, and a second portion of the information processing terminal is a portion other than the first portion, and

estimate a second inclination and a second rotation direction of the second portion of the display based on the inclination, the rotation direction, the bending position, and the bending amount.

2. The information processing terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to

control a direction of the display divided.

3. The information processing terminal according to claim 1 , wherein processing circuitry is further configured to

control turning on and off of the display divided.

4. The information processing terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to

control the display divided of the first portion based on the inclination and the rotational direction, and

control the display divided of the second portion based on the second inclination and the second rotation direction.

5. The information processing terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to

control the display divided to perform multi-window display with the bending position as a boundary.

6. The information processing terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to

control display contents of the display divided based on a size of each area of the display divided.

7. The information processing terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the information processing terminal is physically separated at the bending position.

8. The information processing terminal according to claim 1 , wherein

the sensor further detects the bending position, and

the processing circuitry is further configured to divide display on the display into three or more displays based on a plurality of the bending positions.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer-readable instructions thereon which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a method the method comprising:

detecting an inclination and a rotation direction of an information processing terminal;

detecting a bending amount with respect to the information processing terminal;

dividing display of a display based on a bending position with respect to the information processing terminal;

controlling the display divided based on the inclination, the rotation direction, the bending position, and the bending amount,

wherein a first portion of the information processing terminal includes the sensor, and a second portion of the information processing terminal is a portion other than the first portion; and

estimating a second inclination and a second rotation direction of the second portion of the display based on the inclination, the rotation direction, the bending position, and the bending amount.

10. A method for causing an information processing terminal capable of bending a display to execute processing of:

detecting an inclination and a rotation direction of the information processing terminal;

detecting a bending amount with respect to the information processing terminal;

dividing display of the display based on a bending position with respect to the information processing terminal;

controlling the display divided based on the inclination, the rotation direction, the bending position, and the bending amount,

wherein a first portion of the information processing terminal includes the sensor, and a second portion of the information processing terminal is a portion other than the first portion; and

estimating a second inclination and a second rotation direction of the second portion of the display based on the inclination, the rotation direction, the bending position, and the bending amount.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 24, 2022
From: TOKUTAKE, KENJI
To: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
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Continuity (1)
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