Method for controlling content and electronic device thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10394371-B2
Application number	US-201615375805-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 12, 2016
Priority date	Dec 28, 2015
Publication date	Aug 27, 2019
Grant date	Aug 27, 2019

Abstract

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display, a sensor and at least one processor configured to display content on the display, detect rotation information of the electronic device upon detecting shape change information of the display through the sensor, determine control information based on the rotation information of the electronic device, generate additional content corresponding to the content based on the control information, and display the content and the additional content on different display areas of the display.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device comprising:
a display having a changeable shape;
a sensor; and
at least one processor configured to:
display a first content on the display,
detect a touch on the display,
detect a shape change of the display through the sensor while the detected touch is maintained on the display,
divide the display into a first display area and a second display area based on the detecting of the shape change while the detected touch is maintained,
display the first content on the first display area of the display and a second content associated with the first content on the second display area of the display,
receive a user input on the first content displayed on the first display area,
control, when a direction of the electronic device is a first direction, an update to be displayed on the first content, wherein the update is based on the received user input, and
control the update to be simultaneously displayed on the second content displayed on the second display area based on the received user input on the first content displayed on the first display area.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the display comprises a flexible display.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
determine control information according to a rotation of the direction of the electronic device while detecting the shape change of the display.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 ,
wherein the second content includes content duplicated from the first content, and
wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
duplicate configuration information for the first content, and
generate the second content based on the duplicated configuration information.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
determine a size of the first display area for the first content, and
determine a size of a second display area for the second content based on the size of the first display area.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
control, when the direction of the electronic device is a second direction, the first content and the second content based on the user input.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
detect that the direction of the electronic device is changed, and
control, in response to a user input on one of the first display area or the second display area, the first content and the second content based on the changed direction of the electronic device.

8. A method of operating an electronic device having a shape-changeable display, the method comprising:
displaying a first content on the display;
detecting a touch on the display;
detecting a shape change of the display that the display is folded and unfolded while the detected touch is maintained on the display;
dividing the display into a first display area and a second display area based on the detecting of the shape change while the detected touch is maintained;
displaying the first content on the first display area of the display and a second content associated with the first content on the second display area of the display;
receiving a user input on the first content displayed on the first display area;
controlling, when a direction of the electronic device is a first direction, an update to be displayed on the first content, wherein the update is based on the received user input; and
controlling the update to be simultaneously displayed on the second content displayed on the second display area based on the received user input on the first content displayed on the first display area.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
identifying the direction of the electronic device in response to the shape change of the display.

10. The method of claim 8 ,
wherein the second content includes content duplicated from the first content, and
wherein the displaying of the first content and the second content comprises:
duplicating configuration information for the first content; and
generating the second content based on the duplicated configuration information.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the dividing of the display comprises:
determining a size of the first display area for the first content, and
determining a size of the second display area for the second content based on the size of the first display area.

12. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
controlling, when the direction of the electronic device is a second direction, the first content and the second content based on the user input.

13. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
detecting that the direction of the electronic device is changed, and
controlling, in response to a user input on one of the first display area or the second display area, the first content and the second content based on the changed direction of the electronic device.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Jiwon
• An Sungyoun

Classifications

• G06F2203/04803

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

• G06F1/1694

  the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer · CPC title

• G06F1/1652

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

• G06F3/0346

  with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a three-dimensional [3D] space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors · CPC title

• G06F3/04883

  for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text · CPC title