Electronic device

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a touch display that includes an edge portion on at least one side thereof;

a sensor unit that includes a first pressure sensor disposed in a first sensing area of the edge portion and a second pressure sensor disposed in a second sensing area of the edge portion; and

a control unit that displays a first user interface associated with a first application on the touch display in response to a first input signal that exceeds a predetermined pressure value but whose duration is less than a predetermined duration threshold value being detected via at least one of the first or second pressure sensors, that performs a first action of the first application in response to a second input signal that exceeds the predetermined pressure value being detected via at least one of the first or second pressure sensors, and displays a second user interface associated with a second application on the touch display, when the first input signal exceeds the predetermined duration threshold value.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein

the touch display includes the edge portion on both sides thereof,

the first pressure sensor is disposed as at least two pairs of segments that face the first sensing area, and

the second pressure sensor is disposed as at least one pair of segments that face the second sensing area.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein a length of the segments disposed in the second sensing area is greater than a length of the segments disposed in the first sensing area.

4. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the control unit displays a plurality of items in the first sensing area, and the items overlap the segments disposed in the first sensing area.

5. The electronic device of claim 4 , further comprising:

a haptic module, wherein the control unit provides a predetermined vibration in response to pressure that exceeds a predetermined level being applied to the items in the first sensing area.

6. The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein

each of the plurality of items correspond to an application that is executable, and

the control unit determines items to be displayed in at least one of the first or second sensing areas in response to an input from a user.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein each of the first or second input signals is one of a tap, a swipe, or a squeeze performed on the edge portion.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first user interface is an application execution screen for at least one of a camera application, a phone application, an email application, a messages application, a music player application, a video player application, an alarm setting application, a flashlight application, or an Internet browser application.

9. The electronic device of claim 8 ,

wherein the first user interface includes a menu, and

wherein the first action is one of a click, a drag, or a scroll for executing an action associated with an item of the menu.

10. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the touch display further includes

a main area on a front surface thereof, and

a surface that includes the edge portion and a surface that includes the main area form an obtuse angle with each other.

11. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a motion sensing unit, wherein the control unit determines whether the electronic device is in a portrait view mode or in a landscape view mode via the motion sensing unit and displays the first user interface on the touch display in different orientations depending on the view mode of the electronic device, in response to the first input signal being detected by the sensor unit.

12. An electronic device, comprising:

a touch display that includes a first edge portion on a first side thereof, and a second edge portion on a second side opposite from the first side;

a sensor unit that includes a first pressure sensor disposed in a first sensing area in the first edge portion and a second pressure sensor disposed in a second sensing area in the second edge portion, wherein the first pressure sensor is disposed as at least two pairs of segments that face the first sensing area, and the second pressure sensor is disposed as at least one pair of segments that face the second sensing area a length of the segments disposed in the second sensing area is greater than a length of the segments disposed in the first sensing area; and

a control unit that displays a first user interface on the touch display in response to a first input signal that exceeds a predetermined pressure value and a second input signal that exceeds the predetermined pressure value being detected at the same time via the first and second pressure sensors, respectively, and that performs a first action in response to a third input signal received by the first user interface that exceeds the predetermined pressure value being detected via at least one of the first or second pressure sensors.

13. The electronic device of claim 12 , wherein the control unit displays a plurality of items in at least one of the first or second sensing areas, and the items overlap the segments disposed in, the first sensing area or the segments disposed in the second sensing area.

14. An electronic device comprising:

a storage unit;

a touch display that includes an edge portion on both sides thereof;

a sensor unit that includes a first pressure sensor disposed in a first sensing area of the edge portion and a second pressure sensor disposed in a second sensing area of the edge portion; and

a control unit that searches for and finds a first user interface that corresponds to a number of times a first input signal that exceeds a predetermined pressure value is detected by the sensor unit, and that displays the first user interface in response to the first input signal being detected by the sensor unit, and that performs a first action in response to a second input signal that exceeds the predetermined pressure value being detected via at least one of the first or second pressure sensors.

15. The electronic device of claim 14 , wherein

the first pressure sensor is disposed as at least two pairs of segments that face the first sensing area, and

the second pressure sensor is disposed as at least one pair of segments that face the second sensing area.

16. The electronic device of claim 15 , wherein a length of the segments disposed in the second sensing area is greater than a length of the segments disposed in the first sensing area.

17. The electronic device of claim 15 , wherein the control unit displays a plurality of items in at least one of the first or second sensing areas, and the items overlap the segments disposed in the first sensing area or the segments disposed in the second area.