IP Library Granted Patent US 11,740,662
Granted Patent B2
US 11,740,662 · App. 17/674,556 · Granted Aug 29, 2023

Methods, systems and apparatus to manage a spatially dynamic display

Inventor: David W. Browning (Beaverton, OR)
Assignee: Intel Corporation
G06F1/1652G06F1/1622G09G3/035G09G3/20G09G5/005G09G5/373G09G2320/08G09G2340/04G09G2340/14
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Patent No.
US 11,740,662
App. No.
17/674,556
Granted
Aug 29, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed An example apparatus to update a spatially adjustable display disclosed herein includes a display size monitor to acquire an indication of a size of the spatially adjustable display, a service image comparator to compare the indication of the size to a size model, and a source image adjuster to invoke visual configuration adjustments to an output image of the spatially adjustable display based on parameters identified in the size model.

Claims (43)

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a rollable display screen;

a sensor to determine a length of an unrolled portion of the rollable display screen;

memory;

machine readable instructions; and

processor circuitry to execute the machine readable instructions to:

cause icons to be rendered on the unrolled portion of the rollable display screen, respective ones of the icons associated with priority values;

cause a first change of size for first ones of the icons associated with first ones of the priority values in response to a first change of the length of the unrolled portion of the rollable display screen; and

cause a second change of size for second ones of the icons associated with second ones of the priority values in response to the first change of the length of the unrolled portion of the rollable display screen, the first priority values different than the second priority values, the second size different than the first size.

2. The electronic device as defined in claim 1 , wherein the first change of the length of the unrolled portion of the rollable display screen corresponds to an increase in length, and the first ones of the priority values are greater than the second ones of the priority values, the processor circuitry to cause the size of the first ones of the icons to increase.

3. The electronic device as defined in claim 1 , wherein the first change of the length of the unrolled portion of the rollable display screen corresponds to a decrease in length, the first ones of the priority values are greater than the second ones of the priority values, and the processor circuitry is to:

cause the size of the first ones of the icons to decrease; and

cause the second ones of the icons to be removed from the unrolled portion of the rollable display screen.

4. The electronic device as defined in claim 1 , wherein the rollable display screen is at least one of flexible around an axis of rotation or foldable.

5. The electronic device as defined in claim 1 , further including length markers carried by the rollable display screen.

6. The electronic device as defined in claim 5 , wherein the length markers are located at equally spaced positions along the rollable display screen.

7. The electronic device as defined in claim 5 , wherein the sensor is to determine the length of the unrolled portion of the rollable display screen based on detecting respective ones of the length markers.

8. An apparatus comprising:

means for rendering icons, on an unrolled portion of a rollable display screen, respective ones of icons associated with priority values;

means for processing to:

cause a first change of size for first ones of the icons associated with first ones of the priority values in response to a first change of a length of the unrolled portion of the rollable display screen; and

cause a second change of size for second ones of the icons associated with second ones of the priority values in response to the first change of the length of the unrolled portion of the rollable display screen, the first priority values different than the second priority values, the second size different than the first size.

9. The apparatus as defined in claim 8 , wherein the first change of the length of the unrolled portion of the rollable display screen corresponds to an increase in length, and the first ones of the priority values are greater than the second ones of the priority values, the processor circuitry to cause the size of the first ones of the icons to increase.

10. The apparatus as defined in claim 8 , wherein the first change of the length of the unrolled portion of the rollable display screen corresponds to a decrease in length, the first ones of the priority values are greater than the second ones of the priority values, and the processor circuitry is to:

cause the size of the first ones of the icons to decrease; and

cause the second ones of the icons to be removed from the unrolled portion of the rollable display screen.

11. The apparatus as defined in claim 8 , wherein the rollable display screen is at least one of flexible around an axis of rotation or foldable.

12. The apparatus as defined in claim 8 , further including means for marking positions carried by the rollable display screen.

13. The apparatus as defined in claim 12 , wherein the means for marking positions are located at equally spaced positions along the rollable display screen.

14. The apparatus as defined in claim 12 , further including means for determining an available area of the rollable display screen based on detecting respective ones of the means for marking positions.

15. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause processor circuitry to at least:

display icons on the unrolled portion of the rollable display screen, respective ones of the icons associated with priority values;

cause a first change of size for first ones of the icons associated with first ones of the priority values in response to a first change of the length of the unrolled portion of the rollable display screen; and

cause a second change of size for second ones of the icons associated with second ones of the priority values in response to the first change of the length of the unrolled portion of the rollable display screen, the first priority values different than the second priority values, the second size different than the first size.

16. The computer readable storage medium as defined in claim 15 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the processor circuitry to identify:

the first change of the length of the unrolled portion of the rollable display screen corresponds to an increase in length; and

the first ones of the priority values are greater than the second ones of the priority values, the processor circuitry to cause the size of the first ones of the icons to increase.

17. The computer readable storage medium as defined in claim 15 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the processor circuitry to:

identify the first change of the length of the unrolled portion of the rollable display screen corresponds to a decrease in length, the first ones of the priority values are greater than the second ones of the priority values;

cause the size of the first ones of the icons to decrease; and

cause the second ones of the icons to be removed from the unrolled portion of the rollable display screen.

18. The computer readable storage medium as defined in claim 15 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the processor circuitry to detect one or more length markers carried by the rollable display screen.

19. The computer readable storage medium as defined in claim 18 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the processor circuitry to determine the length of the unrolled portion of the rollable display screen based on detecting a quantity of the one or more length markers carried by the rollable display screen.

Continuity (5)
Continuation 16658848 · Oct 21, 2019
Continuation 16201160 · Nov 27, 2018
Continuation 15596323 · May 16, 2017
Continuation 14447232 · Jul 30, 2014
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