US 12,386,429 B2
Triggering gesture events for user-applied forces on a flexible display unit
Amit Kumar Agrawal, Bangalore (IN); and Amal Chandran, Basavanagudi (IN)
Assigned to Motorola Mobility LLC, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed by MOTOROLA MOBILITY LLC, Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed on Aug. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/364,710.
Prior Publication US 2025/0044876 A1, Feb. 6, 2025
Int. Cl. G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/017 (2013.01) [G06F 3/1454 (2013.01); H04M 1/0237 (2013.01); H04M 1/0268 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a device housing;
a blade assembly carrying a blade and a flexible display and slidably coupled to the device housing;
a translation mechanism operable to slide the blade assembly in a plurality of positions relative to the device housing between an extended position and a retracted position, wherein the translation mechanism includes a force sensor, the force sensor configured and disposed to detect a direction and a force level of external forces acting on the translation mechanism; and
a controller communicatively coupled to the blade assembly and the translation mechanism, and which:
detects a force event acting on the translation mechanism;
detects a force direction associated with the force event; and
detects a motion direction of the blade assembly;
performs at least one action on the electronic device in response to detecting the force event and the associated force direction and the motion direction of the blade assembly relative to the force direction, wherein the controller: performs a first action in response to detecting that the force direction and the motion direction are similar; and performs a second action in response to detecting that the force direction and the motion direction are different.