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Granted Patent B2
US 9,529,383 · App. 14/223,432 · Granted Dec 27, 2016

Display device and method of controlling therefor

Inventors: Sinae Chun (Seoul, KR); Jihwan Kim (Seoul, KR); Jongho Kim (Seoul, KR); Doyoung Lee (Seoul, KR); Yongsin Kim (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
G06F1/1616G06F1/1692G06F3/0416
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Patent No.
US 9,529,383
App. No.
14/223,432
Granted
Dec 27, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

To this end, according to one embodiment, the display device, comprising: a touch sensor unit; a display unit; a transparent display unit; a position sensor unit; and a processor configured to: detect the second touch input by activating the second touch sensor unit and control the first object displayed in the display unit based on the detected second touch input when a first position, and detect the first touch input and the third touch input respectively by activating the first touch sensor unit and the third touch sensor unit, control the first object displayed in the display unit based on the detected first touch input, and control the second object displayed in the transparent display unit based on the detected third touch input when a second position.

Claims (44)

1. A display device, comprising:

a touch sensor unit configured to sense a touch input;

a display unit configured to display a first object and sense a first touch input on a front side of the display unit in a manner of being equipped with a first touch sensor unit;

a transparent display unit configured to display a second object and respectively sense a second touch input on a front side of the transparent display unit and a third touch input on a back side of the transparent display unit in a manner of being equipped with a second touch sensor unit and a third touch sensor unit wherein the transparent display unit is connected with the display unit;

a position sensor unit configured to sense a position of the display device; and

a processor configured to control the touch sensor unit, the display unit, the transparent display unit and the position sensor unit,

wherein the processor is further configured to:

detect the second touch input by activating the second touch sensor unit and control the first object displayed in the display unit based on the detected second touch input when a first position, of which the transparent display unit and the display unit are overlapped with each other in a manner that the transparent display unit is folded in an inward direction, is detected,

detect the first touch input and the third touch input respectively by activating the first touch sensor unit and the third touch sensor unit, control the first object displayed in the display unit based on the detected first touch input, and control the second object displayed in the transparent display unit based on the detected third touch input when a second position, of which an angle between the transparent display unit and the display unit is within a predetermined angle range in a manner that the transparent display unit is unfolded, is detected,

detect the first touch input by activating the first touch sensor unit and detect the second touch input by activating the second touch sensor unit when a fourth position, of which the angle between the transparent display unit and the display unit is less than the predetermine angle range in a manner that the transparent display unit is unfolded, is detected,

when the fourth position is detected, respectively display the first object in the display unit and the second object in the transparent display unit,

when the first touch input is detected, control the displayed first object based on the detected first touch input, and

when the second touch input is detected, control the displayed second object based on the detected second touch input.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

inactivate the first touch sensor unit and the third touch sensor unit when the first position is detected, and

inactivate the second touch sensor unit when the second position is detected.

3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the back side of the transparent display unit corresponds to a side facing the front side of the display unit when the transparent display unit is folded in the inward direction.

4. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first position corresponds to a position of which the transparent display unit and the display unit are overlapped with each other to make the transparent display unit be positioned in front of the display unit.

5. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to respectively detect the first touch input and the third touch input by activating the first touch sensor unit and the third touch sensor unit when a third position, of which the front side of the transparent display unit and the back side of the display unit face each other in a manner that the transparent display unit is folded in an outward direction, is detected.

6. The display device of claim 5 , wherein, when the third position is detected, the processor is further configured to inactivate the second touch sensor unit.

7. The display device of claim 5 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

detect the third touch input on an overall region of the back side of the transparent display unit by activating the overall region of the third touch sensor unit when the second position is detected, and

detect the third touch input on a partial region of the back side of the transparent display unit by activating the partial region of the third touch sensor unit when the third position is detected.

8. The display device of claim 7 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine the partial region based on a position of the third touch input firstly detected after the third position is detected.

9. The display device of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine a region within a predetermined radius as the partial region based on the position of the firstly detected third touch input.

10. The display device of claim 7 , wherein, when the partial region of the third touch sensor unit is activated, the processor is further configured to detect the third touch input by performing a scaling on the activated partial region.

11. The display device of claim 5 , wherein, when the third position is detected, the processor is further configured to detect the third touch input using the third touch sensor unit installed in the back side of the transparent display unit and control the first object displayed in the display unit based on the detected third touch input.

12. The display device of claim 1 , wherein, when switching from the fourth position to the second position is detected, the processor is further configured to:

reverse left and right of the second object displayed in the transparent display unit of the fourth position, and

display the reversed second object in the transparent display unit of the second position.

13. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the second object corresponds to an object connected with the first object or an object containing additional information on the first object.

14. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the transparent display unit consists of a transparent flexible display panel.

15. A method of controlling a display device containing a display unit configured to display a first object and a transparent display unit configured to be connected with the display unit and display a second object, the method comprising:

detecting a position of the display device,

wherein the position contains a first position of which the transparent display unit and the display unit are overlapped with each other in a manner that the transparent display unit is folded in an inward direction and a second position of which an angle between the transparent display unit and the display unit is within a predetermined angle range in a manner that the transparent display unit is unfolded;

when the first position is detected, detecting a second touch input on a front side of the transparent display unit by activating a second touch sensor unit installed in the transparent display unit and controlling the first object displayed in the display unit based on the detected second touch input;

when the second position is detected, detecting a first touch input on a front side of the display unit by activating a first touch sensor unit installed in the display unit, detecting a third touch input on a back side of the transparent display unit by activating a third touch sensor unit installed in the transparent display unit, controlling the first object displayed in the display unit based on the detected first touch input, and controlling the second object displayed in the transparent display unit based on the detected third touch input;

detecting the first touch input by activating the first touch sensor unit and detecting the second touch input by activating the second touch sensor unit when a fourth position, of which the angle between the transparent display unit and the display unit is less than the predetermine angle range in a manner that the transparent display unit is unfolded, is detected;

when the fourth position is detected, respectively displaying the first object in the display unit and the second object in the transparent display unit;

when the first touch input is detected, controlling the displayed first object based on the detected first touch input; and

when the second touch input is detected, controlling the displayed second object based on the detected second touch input.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the position contains a third position of which the front side of the transparent display unit and the back side of the display unit face each other in a manner that the transparent display unit is folded in an outward direction, and

when the third position is detected, the method further comprises detecting respectively the first touch input and the third touch input by activating the first touch sensor unit and the third touch sensor unit.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein when the third position is detected, the method further comprises detecting the third touch input using the third touch sensor unit installed in the back side of the transparent display unit and controlling the first object displayed in the display unit based on the detected third touch input.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 25, 2014
From: CHUN, SINAE; KIM, JIHWAN; KIM, JONGHO; LEE, DOYOUNG; KIM, YONGSIN
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 032523/0268 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2014-0017885 · Feb 17, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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