IP Library Granted Patent US 9,710,161
Granted Patent B2
US 9,710,161 · App. 14/745,926 · Granted Jul 18, 2017

User terminal device and control method thereof

Inventors: Jong-hyun Ryu (Daejeon, KR); Youn-ho Choi (Seoul, KR); Yong-Ho Kim (Seoul, KR); Jin La (Suwon-si, KR); Yong-gook Park (Yongin-si, KR); Yu-dong Bae (Suwon-si, KR); Ae-young Lim (Yongin-si, KR); Kyung-ho Jeong (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 9,710,161
App. No.
14/745,926
Granted
Jul 18, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A portable device having a display, the display including a main surface area, a first curved surface area extending from a first side of the main surface area, and a second curved surface area extending from a second side of the main surface area that is opposite the first side, a sensor configured to detect a state of the portable device, and a controller configured to control the display to display a user interface (UI) on one of the first curved surface and the second curved surface based on the state detected by the sensor.

Claims (17)

1. A portable device, comprising:

a display, the display comprising:

a main area;

a first curved area extending from a first side of the main area; and

a second curved area extending from a second side of the main area that is opposite the first side;

a sensor configured to detect a state of the portable device; and

a controller configured to control the display to, in response to a change in a state of the device while first information related to a first application is provided on the main area and second information related to a second application is provided on a first curved area, move and provide the second information displayed on the first curved area to the second curved area according to the changed state of the electronic apparatus, and maintain the first information displaced on the main area.

2. The portable device according to claim 1 , wherein the sensor comprises a gyroscope and the state comprises an orientation of the portable terminal detected by the gyroscope.

3. The portable device according to claim 2 , wherein the state comprises a first state corresponding to a first orientation detected by the gyroscope and a second state corresponding to a second orientation detected by the gyroscope.

4. The portable device according to claim 3 , wherein the first orientation comprises a horizontal orientation and the second orientation comprises a vertical orientation.

5. The portable device according to claim 2 , wherein the controller is further configured to control the display to switch display of the UI from the one of the first curved area and the second curved area to another one of the first curved area and the second curved area based on a change in the orientation detected by the gyroscope.

6. The portable device according to claim 5 , wherein the change in orientation comprises a change in an angle of the orientation along an axis of rotation about which the portable device rotates.

7. The portable device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to control the display to display an application in the main area, and

wherein the UI comprises a UI of the application.

8. The portable device according to claim 7 , wherein the UI of the application comprises event information of an event corresponding to the application.

9. The portable device according to claim 7 , wherein the UI of the application comprises at least one graphical UI element for controlling a function of the application.

10. The portable device according to claim 1 , wherein the main area is flat.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 22, 2015
From: RYU, JONG-HYUN; CHOI, YOUN-HO; KIM, YONG-HO; LA, JIN; PARK, YONG-GOOK; BAE, YU-DONG; L1M, AE-YOUNG; JEONG, KYUNG-HO
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 035877/0057 →
Priority Claims (4)
KR 10-2015-0012069 · Jan 26, 2015 · national
KR 10-2015-0012126 · Jan 26, 2015 · national
KR 10-2015-0025157 · Feb 23, 2015 · national
KR 10-2015-0035825 · Mar 16, 2015 · national
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 62115864 · Feb 13, 2015
Provisional Application 62097223 · Dec 29, 2014
Related Publication 20160188197A1 · Jun 30, 2016