Portable device and control method thereof
A portable device including a main display; a flexible display; a sensor unit configured to sense at least one of expanding of the flexible display and an input signal; and a processor configured to control the main display, the flexible display and the sensor unit, when a first page of a plurality of pages having a sequence is being displayed in the main display. The process also displays an indicator in the main display when the input signal is sensed, the indicator indicating a display direction of additional pages to be displayed when the flexible display is expanded, and indicating a forward direction or a reverse direction based on the first page as the display direction, and displays at least one additional page in the display direction indicated by the indicator when the expanding of the flexible display is sensed.
1. A portable device comprising:
a main display configured to display a first page of a plurality of pages having a sequence;
a flexible display;
a sensor unit configured to sense expansion of the flexible display and an input signal; and
a processor configured to:
control the main display, the flexible display and the sensor unit,
sense the input signal for selecting a display direction of additional pages to be displayed when the flexible display is expanded,
display an indicator in the main display based on the sensed input signal, wherein the indicator indicates a forward direction or a reverse direction on a basis of the first page as the display direction, and
display at least one additional page in the display direction indicated by the indicator in the main display and the flexible display when the expansion of the flexible display is sensed.
2. The portable device according to claim 1 , wherein the sensor unit is further configured to sense an expanded length of the flexible display.
3. The portable device according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is further configured to display at least one additional page in the display direction indicated by the indicator in the main display and the flexible display according to the sequence when the flexible display is expanded to be more than a predetermined length.
4. The portable device according to claim 1 , wherein the indicator of the forward direction further indicates the sequence of the additional pages of the forward direction, and the indicator of the reverse direction further indicates the sequence of the additional pages of the reverse direction.
5. The portable device according to claim 1 , wherein, when the indicator of the forward direction is displayed in the main display, the processor additionally displays at least one page of the forward direction in the flexible display from next page of the first page in the forward direction when the expansion of the flexible display is sensed.
6. The portable device according to claim 1 , wherein, when the indicator of the forward direction is displayed in the main display, the processor additionally displays at least one page of the forward direction in the flexible display from a predetermined page in the reverse direction when the expansion of the flexible display is sensed.
7. The portable device according to claim 1 , wherein, when the indicator of the forward direction is displayed in the main display, the processor additionally displays at least one page of the forward direction in the flexible display from a predetermined page in the reverse direction while the expansion of the flexible display is being sensed, and additionally displays at least one page of the forward direction in the flexible display from next page of the first page in the forward direction when the expanding of the flexible display is not sensed.
8. The portable device according to claim 1 , wherein, when the indicator of the reverse direction is displayed in the main display, the processor displays at least one page of the reverse direction in the main display from a previous page of the first page in the reverse direction when the expansion of the flexible display is sensed.
9. The portable device according to claim 1 , wherein the input signal includes at least one of a signal generated by inclination of the portable device and a touch input signal for the main display.
10. The portable device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the input signal includes a signal generated by inclination of the portable device, and
wherein, when the portable device departs from a predetermined angle range and is inclined towards a left direction, the processor displays the indicator of the forward direction at a right side of the first page.
11. The portable device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the input signal includes a signal generated by inclination of the portable device, and
wherein, when the portable device departs from a predetermined angle range and is inclined towards a right direction, the processor displays the indicator of the reverse direction at a left side of the first page.
12. The portable device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the input signal includes a touch input signal for the main display, and
wherein the processor displays the indicator in the main display to correspond to a point where the touch input signal is sensed, when the touch input signal is sensed.
13. The portable device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the input signal includes a touch input signal for the main display and a signal generated by inclination of the portable device, and
wherein, when the touch input signal and the signal generated by inclination of the portable device are sensed at the same time, the processor provides a preview for a second page of the plurality of pages, and the second page is determined to correspond to the touch input signal for the indicator.
14. The portable device according to claim 1 , wherein the indicator of the forward direction is displayed in the main display as a graphic user interface with overlapped pages of the forward direction on the basis of the first page, and the indicator of the reverse direction is displayed in the main display as a graphic user interface with overlapped pages of the reverse direction on the basis of the first page.
15. The portable device according to claim 1 , wherein, when the expansion of the flexible display is sensed, the processor displays the indicator in the flexible display to correspond to the expansion of the flexible display.
16. A control method of a portable device, which controls contents including a plurality of pages having a sequence, the control method comprising:
displaying a first page of the plurality of pages in a main display;
sensing an input signal for selecting a display direction of additional pages to be displayed when a flexible display is expanded;
displaying an indicator in the main display based on the sensed input signal, wherein the indicator indicates a forward direction or a reverse direction on a basis of the first page as the display direction;
sensing expansion of the flexible display; and
displaying at least one additional page in the display direction indicated by the indicator in the main display and the flexible display when the expansion of the flexible display is sensed.
17. The control method according to claim 16 , wherein the step of sensing the expansion of the flexible display includes displaying at least one additional page in the display direction indicated by the indicator in the main display and the flexible display according to the sequence when the flexible display is expanded to be more than a predetermined length.
18. The control method according to claim 16 , wherein the indicator of the forward direction further indicates the sequence of the additional pages of the forward direction, and the indicator of the reverse direction further indicates the sequence of the additional pages of the reverse direction.
19. The control method according to claim 16 , when the indicator of the forward direction is displayed in the main display,
wherein the step of displaying at least one page includes additionally displaying at least one page of the forward direction in the flexible display from next page of the first page in the forward direction if the expansion of the flexible display is sensed.
20. The control method according to claim 16 , when the indicator of the forward direction is displayed in the main display,
wherein the step of displaying at least one page includes additionally displaying at least one page of the forward direction in the flexible display from a predetermined page in the reverse direction if the expansion of the flexible display is sensed.
21. The control method according to claim 16 , when the indicator of the forward direction is displayed in the main display,
wherein the step of displaying at least one page includes additionally displaying at least one page of the forward direction in the flexible display from a predetermined page in the reverse direction while the expansion of the flexible display is being sensed, and additionally displaying at least one page of the forward direction in the flexible display from next page of the first page in the forward direction when the expansion of the flexible display is not sensed.
22. The control method according to claim 16 , when the indicator of the reverse direction is displayed in the main display,
wherein the step of displaying at least one page includes displaying at least one page of the reverse direction in the main display from a previous page of the first page in the reverse direction if the expansion of the flexible display is sensed.
23. The control method according to claim 16 , wherein the input signal includes at least one of a signal generated by inclination of the portable device and a touch input signal for the main display.
24. The control method according to claim 16 ,
wherein the input signal includes a signal generated by inclination of the portable device, and
wherein the step of displaying the indicator includes displaying the indicator of the forward direction at a right side of the first page when the portable device departs from a predetermined angle range and is inclined towards a left direction.
25. The control method according to claim 16 ,
wherein the input signal includes a signal generated by inclination of the portable device, and
wherein the step of displaying the indicator includes displaying the indicator of the reverse direction at a left side of the first page when the portable device departs from a predetermined angle range and is inclined towards a right direction.
26. The control method according to claim 16 ,
wherein the input signal includes a touch input signal for the main display, and
wherein the step of displaying the indicator includes displaying the indicator in the main display to correspond to a point where the touch input signal is sensed, when the touch input signal is sensed.
27. The control method according to claim 16 , further comprising the step of providing a preview for a second page of the plurality of pages when a touch input signal and a signal generated by inclination of the portable device are sensed at the same time, wherein the second page is determined to correspond to the touch input signal for the indicator, and wherein the input signal includes the touch input signal for the main display and the signal generated by inclination of the portable device.
28. The control method according to claim 16 , wherein the step of displaying the indicator includes displaying the indicator of the forward direction in the main display as a graphic user interface with overlapped pages of the forward direction on the basis of the first page, and displaying the indicator of the reverse direction in the main display as a graphic user interface with overlapped pages of the reverse direction on the basis of the first page.
29. The control method according to claim 16 , further comprising the step of displaying the indicator in the flexible display to correspond to the expansion of the flexible display when the expansion of the flexible display is sensed.