Flexible display apparatus and display method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10275045-B2
Application number	US-201816145467-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 28, 2018
Priority date	Jul 30, 2012
Publication date	Apr 30, 2019
Grant date	Apr 30, 2019

Abstract

A flexible display apparatus includes a flexible display, a sensor which senses bending of the flexible display, and a controller which determines a screen activation region and a screen inactivation region from among a plurality of display regions of the flexible display based on the sensed bending, and displays a predetermined screen on the screen activation region.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A flexible display apparatus comprising:
a flexible display;
a sensor; and
a controller configured to:
in response to a bending of the flexible display being sensed by the sensor, control the flexible display to display a first screen of an application on a first region, from among the first region and a second region of the flexible display, that are divided from the flexible display by the bending, and control the flexible display to display a second screen of the application on the second region, the second screen comprising Graphic User Interface (GUI) receiving a user input for the application, and
in response to a release of the bending of the flexible display being sensed by the sensor, control the flexible display to display a third screen of the application.

2. The flexible display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to, in response to receiving the user input through the GUI, control the flexible display to display information corresponding to the user input on the first screen.

3. The flexible display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to, in response to receiving the user input through the GUI while first information is displayed on the first screen, control the flexible display to display the first information and second information corresponding to the user input on the first screen.

4. The flexible display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to, in response to the release of the bending of the flexible display being sensed by the sensor, control the flexible display to display the third screen comprising information displayed on the first screen.

5. The flexible display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to, in response to the release of the bending of the flexible display being sensed by the sensor, control the flexible display to display the third screen comprising information corresponding to the user input received through the GUI.

6. The flexible display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to, in response to the release of the bending of the flexible display being sensed by the sensor, control the flexible display to display the third screen on a region comprising the first region and the second region.

7. The flexible display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the application is an application for sending and receiving messages, and the GUI comprises a Graphic keyboard for typing a message.

8. The flexible display apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the third screen comprises a message corresponding to the user input received through the Graphic keyboard.

9. A display method of a flexible display apparatus comprising a flexible display, the display method comprising:
in response to a bending of the flexible display being sensed, displaying a first screen of an application on a first region, from among the first region and a second region of the flexible display, that are divided from the flexible display by the bending, and displaying a second screen of the application on the second region, the second screen comprising Graphic User Interface (GUI) receiving a user input for the application, and
in response to a release of the bending of the flexible display being sensed, displaying a third screen of the application on the flexible display.

10. The display method of claim 9 , further comprising:
in response to receiving the user input through the GUI, displaying information corresponding to the user input on the first screen.

11. The display method of claim 9 , further comprising:
in response to receiving the user input through the GUI while first information is displayed on the first screen, displaying the first information and second information corresponding to the user input on the first screen.

12. The display method of claim 9 , wherein the displaying the third screen of the application comprises, in response to the release of the bending of the flexible display being sensed, displaying the third screen comprising information displayed on the first screen on the flexible display.

13. The display method of claim 9 , wherein the displaying the third screen of the application comprises, in response to the release of the bending of the flexible display being sensed, displaying the third screen comprising information corresponding to the user input received through the GUI on the flexible display.

14. The display method of claim 9 , wherein the displaying the third screen of the application comprises, in response to the release of the bending of the flexible display being sensed, displaying the third screen of the application on a region comprising the first region and the second region.

15. The display method of claim 9 ,
wherein the displaying the first screen of the application on the first region comprises, displaying a first message screen of a message application on the first region, and
wherein the displaying the second screen of the application on the second region comprises, displaying a Graphic keyboard for typing a message on the first message screen, on the second region.

16. The display method of claim 15 ,
wherein the displaying the third screen of the application comprises, displaying a second message screen comprising a message corresponding to the user input received through the Graphic keyboard.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Seo Joon-Kyu
• Sohn Jung-Joo
• Kim Hyun-Jin
• Lee Geun-Ho

Classifications

• G06F3/0486

  Drag-and-drop · CPC title

• G06F2203/04803

  Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas · CPC title

• G06F3/0487

  using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser · CPC title

• G06F3/033 Primary

  Pointing devices displaced or positioned by the user {, e.g. mice, trackballs, pens or joysticks}; Accessories therefor (digitisers characterised by the transducing means G06F3/041) · CPC title

• G06F1/1652 Primary

  the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable · CPC title