Providing user feedback via a rollable screen device
In aspects of providing user feedback via a rollable screen device, a mobile device has a housing and a screen moveable relative to the housing such that the mobile device has a compact form factor and an expanded form factor. The mobile device includes one or more sensors positioned relative to the screen for detecting user input including one or more forces applied to an expanded portion of the screen, where the expanded portion of the screen has extended from a compact portion of the screen. The mobile device implements a configuration manager configured to activate one or more components of the mobile device to indicate that the mobile device received the user input based on the one or more forces satisfying a threshold value.
1. A mobile device, comprising:
a housing;
a screen moveable relative to the housing such that the mobile device has a compact form factor and an expanded form factor;
one or more sensors positioned relative to the screen for detecting user input including one or more forces applied to an expanded portion of the screen in the expanded form factor of the mobile device; and
a configuration manager configured to activate one or more components of the mobile device to indicate that the mobile device received the user input based at least in part on the one or more forces satisfying a threshold value, wherein:
the one or more components include a first actuator and a second actuator; and
to activate the one or more components of the mobile device, the configuration manager is configured to simultaneously drive the first actuator in a first direction and the second actuator in a second direction opposite from the first direction to move the expanded portion of the screen in accordance with a displacement from an initial expanded position.
2. The mobile device of claim 1 , wherein to activate the one or more components of the mobile device, the configuration manager is configured to initiate moving the expanded portion of the screen in accordance with one or more displacements from the initial expanded position.
3. The mobile device of claim 2 , wherein at least one of a respective magnitude of each displacement of the one or more displacements or a numerical quantity of the one or more displacements correspond to instructions to a user of the mobile device.
4. The mobile device of claim 2 , wherein moving the expanded portion of the screen simulates a button press.
5. The mobile device of claim 1 , wherein the configuration manager is configured to provide at least one of tactile feedback, visual feedback, or audio feedback based at least in part on activating the one or more components of the mobile device.
6. The mobile device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more sensors include at least one of one or more force sensors or one or more piezoelectric sensors.
7. The mobile device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more components of the mobile device include at least one of one or more actuators or one or more piezoelectric sensors.
8. A method, comprising:
obtaining, via one or more sensors of a mobile device, user input including one or more forces applied to an expanded portion of a screen of the mobile device, the expanded portion of the screen extended from a compact portion of the screen; and
activating one or more components of the mobile device to indicate that the mobile device received the user input based at least in part on the one or more forces satisfying a threshold value, wherein activating the one or more components of the mobile device comprises simultaneously driving a first actuator in a first direction and a second actuator in a second direction opposite from the first direction to move the expanded portion of the screen in accordance with a displacement from an initial expanded position.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein activating the one or more components of the mobile device comprises moving the expanded portion of the screen in accordance with one or more displacements from the initial expanded position.
10. The mobile device of claim 9 , wherein at least one of a respective magnitude of each displacement of the one or more displacements or a numerical quantity of the one or more displacements correspond to instructions to a user of the mobile device.
11. The mobile device of claim 9 , wherein moving the expanded portion of the screen simulates a button press.
12. The method of claim 8 , further comprising providing at least one of tactile feedback, visual feedback, or audio feedback based at least in part on activating the one or more components of the mobile device.
13. The method of claim 8 , wherein activating the one or more components of the mobile device is in accordance with at least one of a numerical quantity of the one or more forces, a location of the one or more forces on the expanded portion of the screen, or a magnitude of the one or more forces.
14. The method of claim 8 , wherein the one or more sensors include at least one of one or more force sensors or one or more piezoelectric sensors.
15. The method of claim 8 , wherein the one or more components of the mobile device include at least one of one or more actuators or one or more piezoelectric sensors.
16. A system comprising:
one or more actuators configured to move a screen to a position corresponding to a compact form factor of a mobile device or an expanded form factor of the mobile device;
one or more sensors positioned relative to the screen for detecting user input including one or more forces applied to an expanded portion of the screen in the expanded form factor of the mobile device; and
a configuration manager configured to activate one or more components of the mobile device to indicate that the mobile device received the user input based at least in part on the one or more forces satisfying a threshold value, wherein:
the one or more components include a first actuator and a second actuator; and
to activate the one or more components of the mobile device, the configuration manager is configured to simultaneously drive the first actuator in a first direction and the second actuator in a second direction opposite from the first direction to move the expanded portion of the screen in accordance with a displacement from an initial expanded position.
17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the configuration manager is configured to provide at least one of tactile feedback, visual feedback, or audio feedback based at least in part on activating the one or more components of the mobile device.
18. The system of claim 16 , wherein the one or more sensors include at least one of one or more force sensors or one or more piezoelectric sensors.
19. The system of claim 16 , wherein to activate the one or more components of the mobile device, the configuration manager is configured to initiate moving the expanded portion of the screen in accordance with one or more displacements from the initial expanded position.
20. The system of claim 19 , wherein at least one of a respective magnitude of each displacement of the one or more displacements or a numerical quantity of the one or more displacements correspond to instructions to a user of the mobile device.