Mobile device including a flexible display device and method of operating the same
A mobile device includes a touch-screen having an external touch-screen region, an internal foldable touch-screen region, and a curved-surface touch-screen region that couples the external touch-screen region and the internal foldable touch-screen region, and a body to which the touch-screen is attached, wherein the device is configured to move at least one icon corresponding to at least one executing application program to the curved-surface touch-screen region in response to a folding angle of the internal foldable touch-screen region when a folding operation of the internal foldable touch-screen region is performed.
1. A mobile device comprising:
a touch-screen having an external touch-screen region, an internal foldable touch-screen region, and a curved-surface touch-screen region that couples the external touch-screen region and the internal foldable touch-screen region; and
a body to which the touch-screen is attached,
wherein the device is configured to move at least one icon corresponding to at least one executing application program to the curved-surface touch-screen region in response to a folding angle of the internal foldable touch-screen region when a folding operation of the internal foldable touch-screen region is performed.
2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the touch-screen is a flexible touch-screen comprising a flexible display device and a touch sensor device.
3. The device of claim 2 , wherein the body comprises a flexible material, and
wherein the body is configured to support the folding operation of the internal foldable touch-screen region.
4. The device of claim 2 , wherein the body comprises a non-flexible material, and
wherein the body comprises a hinge configured to support the folding operation of the internal foldable touch-screen region.
5. The device of claim 2 , wherein the internal foldable touch-screen region comprises a first internal touch-screen region and a second internal touch-screen region, and
wherein the first internal touch-screen region and the second internal touch-screen region are physically coupled.
6. The device of claim 2 , wherein the internal foldable touch-screen region comprises a first internal touch-screen region and a second internal touch-screen region, and
wherein the first internal touch-screen region and the second internal touch-screen region are physically separated.
7. The device of claim 1 , wherein the device is configured to display the at least one icon corresponding to the executing application program, when executed on the external touch-screen region, on the curved-surface touch-screen region when the internal foldable touch-screen region is unfolded to equal to or greater than a first folding angle, and
wherein the device is configured to execute the executing application program on a part region or an entire region of the internal foldable touch-screen region when the at least one icon is moved to the internal foldable touch-screen region.
8. The device of claim 7 , wherein the device is configured to display the at least one icon corresponding to the executing application program, when executed on the internal foldable touch-screen region, on the curved-surface touch-screen region when the internal foldable touch-screen region is folded to equal to or smaller than a second folding angle, and
wherein the device is configured to execute the executing application program on a part region or an entire region of the external touch-screen region when the at least one icon is moved to the external touch-screen region.
9. The device of claim 8 , wherein the at least one icon is moved from the curved-surface touch-screen region to the internal foldable touch-screen region or the external touch-screen region by a drag-and-drop operation or a click operation according to a user interface.
10. The device of claim 9 , wherein the first folding angle is the same as the second folding angle, or is different from the second folding angle.
11. The device of claim 10 , wherein the internal foldable touch-screen region is activated and the external touch-screen region is deactivated when the internal foldable touch-screen region is unfolded to equal to or greater than the first folding angle.
12. The device of claim 11 , wherein the internal foldable touch-screen region is deactivated and the external touch-screen region is activated when the internal foldable touch-screen region is folded to equal to or smaller than the second folding angle.
13. A method of operating a mobile device, the method comprising:
executing an application program on an external touch-screen region;
displaying an icon corresponding to the application program on a curved-surface touch-screen region that couples the external touch-screen region and an internal foldable touch-screen region when the internal foldable touch-screen region is unfolded to equal to or greater than a folding angle; and
executing the application program on a part region or an entire region of the internal foldable touch-screen region when the icon is moved to the internal foldable touch-screen region according to a user interface.
14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the external touch-screen region, the internal foldable touch-screen region, and the curved-surface touch-screen region correspond to respective regions of a flexible touch-screen comprising a flexible display device and a touch sensor device.
15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the internal foldable touch-screen region is activated and the external touch-screen region is deactivated when the internal foldable touch-screen region is unfolded to equal to or greater than the folding angle.
16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the icon is moved from the curved-surface touch-screen region to the internal foldable touch-screen region by a drag-and-drop operation or a click operation according to the user interface.
17. A method of operating a mobile device, the method comprising:
executing an application program on an internal foldable touch-screen region;
displaying an icon corresponding to the application program on a curved-surface touch-screen region that couples an external touch-screen region and the internal foldable touch-screen region when the internal foldable touch-screen region is folded to equal to or smaller than a folding angle; and
executing the application program on a part region or an entire region of the external touch-screen region when the icon is moved to the external touch-screen region according to a user interface.
18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the external touch-screen region, the internal foldable touch-screen region, and the curved-surface touch-screen region correspond to respective regions of a flexible touch-screen comprising a flexible display device and a touch sensor device.
19. The method of claim 18 , wherein the internal foldable touch-screen region is deactivated and the external touch-screen region is activated when the internal foldable touch-screen region is folded to equal to or smaller than the folding angle.
20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the icon is moved from the curved-surface touch-screen region to the external touch-screen region by a drag-and-drop operation or a click operation according to the user interface.