IP Library Granted Patent US 11,875,019
Granted Patent B2
US 11,875,019 · App. 17/992,572 · Granted Jan 16, 2024

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); Hyun-jin Kim (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,875,019
App. No.
17/992,572
Granted
Jan 16, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A user terminal device and a controlling method thereof are provided. The user terminal device includes a display configured to be divided into a first area and a second area which is larger than the first area with reference to a folding line, a cover disposed on a rear side of the display, a detector configured to detect a user interaction on the display and the cover, and a controller configured to, in response to the display being folded along the folding line such that the first area and the second area face each other, control the detector to detect a user interaction through an exposure area, which is an exposed part of the second area, and the cover, and, in response to the display being folded such that the two parts of the cover face with each other with reference to the folding line, control the detector to detect a user interaction through the first area and the second area.

Claims (18)

1. A user terminal device, comprising:

a flexible display configured to be divided into a first area and a second area larger than the first area with reference to a folding line along which the flexible display is folded,

a cover disposed on a rear side of the flexible display;

a detector configured to detect a user interaction on the flexible display;

one or more processors configured to:

based on a folded state of the flexible display being folded along the folding line such that the first area of the flexible display is provided as a rear surface of the user terminal device and the second area of the flexible display is provided as a front surface of the user terminal device, control the flexible display to display a first screen on the second area; and

in response to detecting first user interaction on the first area and second user interaction on the second area through the detector, control the first screen displayed on the second area to be changed a second screen.

2. The user terminal device of claim 1 , wherein the first user interaction on the first area and the second user interaction on the second area are simultaneously detected through the detector.

3. The user terminal device of claim 1 , wherein the first screen is an execution screen of an application and the second screen is a screen including a UI on the first screen.

4. The user terminal device of claim 1 , wherein the first screen is an execution screen of an application and the second screen is a blank screen.

5. The user terminal device of claim 1 , wherein the first user interaction on the first area and the second user interaction on the second area are one of a touch interaction, a swipe interaction, or a drag interaction.

6. A method of controlling a user terminal device comprising a detector and a flexible display configured to be divided into a first area and a second area larger than the first area with reference to a folding line along which the flexible display is folded, wherein the flexible display comprises a touch screen, the method comprising:

based on a folded state of the flexible display being folded along the folding line such that the first area of the flexible display is provided as a rear surface of the user terminal device and the second area of the flexible display is provided as a front surface of the user terminal device, displaying a first screen on the second area, and

in response to detecting first user interaction on the first area and second user interaction on the second area through the detector, controlling the first screen displayed on the second area to be changed a second screen.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the first user interaction on the first area and the second user interaction on the second area are simultaneously detected through the detector.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the first screen is an execution screen of an application and the second screen is a screen including a UI on the first screen.

9. The method of claim 6 , wherein the first screen is an execution screen of an application and the second screen is a blank screen.

10. The method of claim 6 , wherein the first user interaction on the first area and the second user interaction on the second area are one of a touch interaction, a swipe interaction, or a drag interaction.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2014-0090403 · Jul 17, 2014 · national
Continuity (6)
Continuation 17164364 · Feb 1, 2021
Continuation 16849653 · Apr 15, 2020
Continuation 16594666 · Oct 7, 2019
Continuation 14618379 · Feb 10, 2015
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