IP Library Granted Patent US 9,754,520
Granted Patent B2
US 9,754,520 · App. 13/974,857 · Granted Sep 5, 2017

Flexible display apparatus and controlling method thereof

Inventors: Giang-yoon Kwon (Seoul, KR); So-young Park (Seoul, KR); Seung-woo Shin (Yongin-si, KR); Tae-won Eom (Seoul, KR); Chang-soo Lee (Seosan-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 9,754,520
App. No.
13/974,857
Granted
Sep 5, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A flexible display apparatus is provided. The flexible display apparatus includes a display unit, a sensor configured to sense a bending of the flexible display apparatus, and a controller configured to display first contents on a first screen of the display unit, and to reconfigure and display the first contents on a second screen generated on an area of the display unit based on the bending.

Claims (22)

1. A flexible display apparatus, comprising:

a display;

a sensor configured to sense bending of the display;

a communicator configured to perform a video call with an external apparatus; and

a processor configured to, in response to the display being divided into a first area and a second area according to bending of the display, display an image received from the external apparatus through the video call on the first area and display a user interface for selecting an object to be shared with the external apparatus on the second area.

2. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the processor, in response to a touch input to the object displayed on the second area being received, controls the communicator to transmit the selected object to the external apparatus.

3. The apparatus as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the processor, in response to a touch input of touching the object and dragging the object to the first area being received, controls the communicator to transmit the selected object to the external apparatus.

4. The apparatus as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the processor displays on the first area the object transmitted to the external apparatus along with the image photographed by the external apparatus.

5. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the processor, in response to the display being bent while the image photographed by the external apparatus is displayed on the display according to the video call, displays the image photographed by the external apparatus on the first area and displays the object on the second area.

6. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the processor, in response to the object being received from the external apparatus while displaying the image photographed by the external apparatus according to the video call on the first area, displays the received object on the second area.

7. A controlling method of a flexible display apparatus comprising a display, comprising:

performing a video call with an external apparatus;

sensing bending of the display; and

displaying, in response to the display being divided into a first area and a second area according to bending of the display, an image received from the external apparatus through the video call on the first area and displaying a user interface for selecting an object to be shared with the external apparatus on the second area.

8. The method as claimed in claim 7 , further comprising:

transmitting, in response to a touch input to the object displayed on the second area being received, the selected object to the external apparatus.

9. The method as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the transmitting, in response to a touch input of touching the object and dragging the object to the first area being received, transmits the selected object to the external apparatus.

10. The method as claimed in claim 8 , further comprising:

displaying on the first area the object transmitted to the external apparatus along with the image photographed by the external apparatus.

11. The method as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the displaying, in response to the display being bent while the image photographed by the external apparatus is displayed on the display according to the video call, displays the image photographed by the external apparatus on the first area and displays the object on the second area.

12. The method as claimed in claim 7 , further comprising:

displaying, in response to the object being received from the external apparatus while displaying the image photographed by the external apparatus according to the video call on the first area, the received object on the second area.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 23, 2013
From: KWON, GIANG-YOON; PARK, SO-YOUNG; SHIN, SEUNG-WOO; EOM, TAE-WON; LEE, CHANG-SOO
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 031072/0813 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2012-0092629 · Aug 23, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20140055429A1 · Feb 27, 2014