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Granted Patent B2
US 9,395,815 · App. 13/648,743 · Granted Jul 19, 2016

Terminal system and flexible terminal

Inventors: Ji-Soo Lim (Yongin-si, KR); Yong-Joon Lee (Yongin-si, KR); Hae-Kang Lee (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
G06F3/014G06F1/163H04M1/0268H04B2001/3861H04M1/7253H04M2250/02H04M2250/12
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Patent No.
US 9,395,815
App. No.
13/648,743
Granted
Jul 19, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A including a first terminal and a second terminal that are configured to be coupled to each other over a local area wireless communication network, wherein the second terminal senses the amount of transformation of the second terminal and displays different information according to the amount of transformation of the second terminal.

Claims (33)

1. A terminal system comprising a first terminal and a second terminal that are configured to be coupled to each other through a local area wireless communication network,

wherein the second terminal senses an amount of transformation of the second terminal and displays different information according to the amount of transformation of the second terminal,

wherein, when the second terminal is transformed by at least a reference amount, the second terminal is coupled to the first terminal through the local area wireless communication network and displays information received from the first terminal, and

wherein, when the amount of transformation of the second terminal is less than the reference amount, a local area wireless communication function between the second terminal and the first terminal is discontinued.

2. The terminal system of claim 1 , wherein the second terminal displays information generated by the first terminal or information generated by the second terminal according to the amount of transformation of the second terminal.

3. The terminal system of claim 1 , wherein, when the amount of transformation of the second terminal is less than the reference amount, the second terminal displays information generated by the second terminal.

4. A terminal system comprising:

a first terminal comprising a first communication unit that transmits and/or receives information through a local area wireless communication network and a first control unit that controls the first communication unit; and

a second terminal comprising a second communication unit that communicates with the first communication unit, a second control unit that controls the second communication unit, a display unit that is controlled by the second control unit and displays information, and a transformation sensing unit,

wherein the transformation sensing unit senses an amount of transformation of the second terminal, and the second control unit receives information about the amount of transformation of the second terminal from the transformation sensing unit and controls the display unit according to the received information, and

wherein the second communication unit is activated to enable local area wireless communication when the amount of transformation of the second terminal is equal to or greater than a reference amount, and the second communication unit is deactivated to disable the local area wireless communication when the amount of transformation of the second terminal is less than the reference amount, the amount of transformation of the second terminal being sensed by the transformation sensing unit.

5. The terminal system of claim 4 , wherein the second terminal displays information generated by the first terminal or information generated by the second terminal according to the amount of transformation of the second terminal, the amount of transformation of the second terminal being sensed by the transformation sensing unit.

6. The terminal system of claim 4 , wherein local area wireless communication between the first communication unit and the second communication unit is started according to the amount of transformation of the second terminal, the amount of transformation of the second terminal being sensed by the transformation sensing unit.

7. The terminal system of claim 4 , wherein information that is displayed on the display unit when the first communication unit and the second communication unit are coupled over the local area wireless communication network is different from that when the first communication unit and the second communication unit are not coupled over the local area wireless communication network.

8. The terminal system of claim 4 , wherein information received from the first terminal is displayed on the display unit when the first communication unit and the second communication unit are coupled over the local area wireless communication network, and information generated by the second terminal is displayed on the display unit when the first communication unit and the second communication unit are not coupled over the local area wireless communication network.

9. The terminal system of claim 4 , wherein the first control unit activates the first communication unit to enable local area wireless communication when the amount of transformation of the second terminal is equal to or greater than the reference amount, the amount of transformation of the second terminal being sensed by the transformation sensing unit.

10. The terminal system of claim 4 , wherein, when the amount of transformation of the second terminal is equal to or greater than the reference amount, the second control unit transmits information about the amount of transformation of the second terminal to the first control unit, and the first control unit activates the first communication unit to enable local area wireless communication, the amount of transformation of the second terminal being sensed by the transformation sensing unit.

11. The terminal system of claim 4 , wherein, when the amount of transformation of the second terminal is equal to or greater than the reference amount, the second communication unit transmits information about the amount of transformation of the second terminal to the first control unit, and the first control unit activates the first communication unit to enable local area wireless communication, the amount of transformation of the second terminal being sensed by the transformation sensing unit.

12. The terminal system of claim 4 , wherein the local area wireless communication network is a Bluetooth network.

13. The terminal system of claim 4 , wherein the first terminal is a mobile phone.

14. The terminal system of claim 4 , wherein the second terminal is flexible.

15. The terminal system of claim 4 , wherein the second terminal is a band.

16. The terminal system of claim 4 , wherein the first control unit and the first communication unit are integrated.

17. The terminal system of claim 4 , wherein the second control unit and the second communication unit are integrated.

18. The terminal system of claim 4 , wherein the display unit comprises a first electrode, a second electrode, and an intermediate layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, the intermediate layer comprising an organic emission layer.

19. The terminal system of claim 18 , wherein the display unit further comprises a thin film transistor that is electrically coupled to the first electrode, the thin film transistor comprising an active layer, a gate electrode, a source electrode, and a drain electrode.

20. The terminal system of claim 18 , wherein the display unit further comprises a thin film transistor that is electrically coupled to the first electrode, the thin film transistor comprising an active layer, a gate electrode, a source electrode, and a drain electrode, wherein the first electrode is on a same layer as the gate electrode.

21. The terminal system of claim 4 , wherein the display unit comprises a liquid crystal layer.

22. A flexible terminal having a local area wireless communication function,

wherein the flexible terminal senses an amount of transformation of the flexible terminal and displays different information according to the amount of transformation of the flexible terminal, and

wherein the local area wireless communication function of the flexible terminal is activated when the flexible terminal is transformed by at least a reference amount, and the local area wireless communication function of the flexible teiminal is deactivated when the flexible terminal is transformed by less than the reference amount.

23. The flexible terminal of claim 22 , wherein, when the flexible terminal is transformed by at least the reference amount, the local area wireless communication function of the flexible terminal is activated, and the flexible terminal is coupled to an external terminal through a local area wireless communication network and the flexible terminal displays information received from the external terminal.

24. The flexible terminal of claim 22 , wherein, when the flexible terminal is transformed by less than the reference amount, the flexible terminal displays information generated by the flexible terminal.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE EXECUTION DATE OF THE SECOND INVENTOR, YONG-JOON LEE PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 029121 FRAME 0668. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE EXECUTION DATE OF YONG-JOON LEE IS 09/18/2012. Recorded Oct 16, 2012
From: LIM, JI-SOO; LEE, YONG-JOON; LEE, HAE-KANG
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 029140/0442 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 12, 2012
From: LIM, JI-SOO; LEE, YONG-JOON; LEE, HAE-KANG
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 029121/0668 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2012-0065616 · Jun 19, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130336304A1 · Dec 19, 2013