Navigation for a non-traditionally shaped liquid crystal display for mobile handset devices
View Patent ↗A method, apparatus, and electronic device for displaying data are disclosed. A non-rectangular addressable liquid crystal display 402 with a non-rectangular active area active matrix 334 may display an adjustable presentation of data. A display-integrated control key may control the presentation of data. A scrolling navigation control may scroll through the adjustable presentation of the data.
1. A method of displaying data in a mobile device comprising:
displaying an adjustable presentation of data on a non-rectangular addressable liquid crystal display with a non-rectangular active area active matrix; and
controlling display of the presentation of data with a display-integrated control key.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the display-integrated control key is a soft key.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the display-integrated control key is a touch screen key.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the non-rectangular active area active matrix is a circular active area active matrix.
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising displaying data on the non-rectangular liquid crystal display with a rectangular active area active matrix contiguous with the non-rectangular active area active matrix.
6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
scrolling through the adjustable presentation of the data with a scrolling navigation control.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the scrolling navigation control is a perimeter touch screen scrolling navigation control.
8. A non-rectangular addressable liquid crystal display apparatus for displaying data comprising:
a non-rectangular active area active matrix that displays an adjustable presentation of data; and
a display-integrated control key that controls the presentation of data.
9. The non-rectangular addressable liquid crystal display apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the display-integrated control key is a soft key.
10. The non-rectangular addressable liquid crystal display apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the display-integrated control key is a touch screen key.
11. The non-rectangular addressable liquid crystal display apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the non-rectangular active area active matrix is a circular active area active matrix.
12. The non-rectangular addressable liquid crystal display apparatus of claim 8 , further comprising a rectangular active area active matrix contiguous with the non-rectangular active area active matrix.
13. The non-rectangular addressable liquid crystal display apparatus of claim 8 , further comprising a scrolling navigation control for scrolling through the adjustable presentation of the data.
14. The non-rectangular addressable liquid crystal display apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the scrolling navigation control is a perimeter touch screen scrolling navigation control.
15. An electronic device for displaying data comprising:
a non-rectangular addressable liquid crystal display with a non-rectangular active area active matrix that displays an adjustable presentation of data; and
a scrolling navigation control for scrolling through the adjustable presentation of the data.
16. The electronic device of claim 15 , further comprising a display-integrated control key that controls the presentation of data.
17. The electronic device of claim 16 , wherein the display-integrated control key is a soft key.
18. The electronic device of claim 16 , wherein the display-integrated control key is a touch screen key.
19. The electronic device of claim 15 , wherein the scrolling navigation control is a perimeter touch screen scrolling navigation control.
20. The electronic device of claim 15 , further comprising a rectangular active area active matrix contiguous with the non-rectangular active area active matrix.