IP Library › Granted Patent US 10,503,368
Granted Patent B2
US 10,503,368 · App. 16/165,736 · Granted Dec 10, 2019

User terminal device and displaying method thereof

Inventors: Dong-Goo Kang (Seoul, KR); Yun-kyung Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Yong-yeon Lee (Suwon-si, KR); Ji-yeon Kwak (Seoul, KR); Yeo-jun Yoon (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
G06F3/0482G06F1/1641G06F1/1652G06F1/1694G06F3/0487G06F3/0488G06F3/04883G06F3/04886G06F9/451G11B27/34H04M1/0214H04M1/0243H04M1/0245H04M1/0268H04M1/72522H04M1/72583G06F2203/04803H04M2250/16H04M2250/22
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,503,368
App. No.
16/165,736
Granted
Dec 10, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A user terminal device and a displaying method thereof are provided. The user terminal device includes a display configured to display a first screen on a display which is divided by a folding line into a first area and a second area, the second area being larger than the first area with reference to a folding line and including an exposure area that is exposed while the display is folded along the folding line such that the first area faces the second area, a detector configured to detect, while the first screen is displayed, a first folding interaction of folding the display such that the first area faces the second area and a second folding interaction of folding the display such that a first cover corresponding to the first area faces a second cover corresponding to the second area, and a controller configured to, in response to detecting the first folding interaction, display a second screen related to the first screen on the exposure area, and in response to the second folding interaction being detected, display a third screen related to the first screen on the first area or the second area.

Claims (21)

1. An electronic apparatus, comprising:

a flexible display comprising a first region and a second region, wherein the first region comprises an exposure area which is not covered by the second region when the electronic apparatus is folded such that the first region and the second region are faced to each other;

a detector configured to detect whether the electronic apparatus is folded; and

a controller configured to

control the flexible display to display a first information on the exposure area while the flexible display is folded,

in response to receiving an event while the first information is displayed on the exposure area, control the flexible display to display second information related to the event with the first information on the exposure area, and

in response to touching of the second information related to the event and detecting an unfolding of the flexible display, control the flexible display to display a first screen related to the event on the first region and the second region.

2. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to, in response to detecting an unfolding of the flexible display without touching of the second information, control the flexible display to display a second screen related to the first information on the first region and the second region.

3. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the controller is further configured to, in response to the detecting the unfolding of the flexible display without touching of the second information, control the flexible display to display third information related to the event on the second screen.

4. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the event is a message receiving event, and

wherein the second information related to the event comprises at least one of icon indicating a message receiving, a message sender, and a message content.

5. A method of an electronic apparatus comprising a flexible display comprising a first region and a second region, wherein the first region comprises an exposure area which is not covered by the second region when the electronic apparatus is folded such that the first region and the second region are faced to each other, the method comprising:

displaying a first information on the exposure area while the flexible display is folded;

in response to receiving an event while the first information is displayed on the exposure area, displaying second information related to the event with the first information on the exposure area; and

in response to touching of the second information related to the event and detecting an unfolding of the flexible display, displaying a first screen related to the event on the first region and the second region.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5 , further comprising:

in response to detecting an unfolding of the flexible display without touching of the second information, displaying a second screen related to the first information on the first region and the second region.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the displaying the second screen related to the first information comprises:

in response to the detecting the unfolding of the flexible display without touching of the second information, displaying to display third information related to the event on the second screen.

8. The method as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the event is a message receiving event, and

wherein the second information related to the event comprises at least one of icon indicating a message receiving, a message sender, and a message content.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2014-0083244 · Jul 3, 2014 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 14618447 · Feb 10, 2015
Provisional Application 61937744 · Feb 10, 2014
Related Publication 20190056844A1 · Feb 21, 2019