User terminal device providing user interaction and method therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10452333-B2
Application number	US-201615199044-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 30, 2016
Priority date	Dec 30, 2013
Publication date	Oct 22, 2019
Grant date	Oct 22, 2019

Abstract

A user interaction method of a user terminal device including a bent touchscreen includes: establishing a connection between the user terminal device and an external device located external to the user terminal device, such that the user terminal device and the external device are able to communicate with each other; displaying a UI element associated with the external device on a sub-region of the bent touch screen; and performing a function associated with the UI element in response to a user gesture selecting the UI element.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device comprising:
a touch display comprising a main display area and a curved sub display area, the curved sub display area being extended from the main display area in an integrated manner, is curved toward one side of the main display area, and is smaller than the main display area;
a communicator circuit configured to connect with a wearable device; and
a controller, based on a connection to the wearable device, configured to control the touch display to display a user interface related to the wearable device on the curved sub display area, based on receiving a touch input relating to the user interface displayed on the curved sub display area, perform an operation related to the touch input relating to the user interface displayed on the curved sub display area; and based on performing the operation related to the touch input relating to the user interface, control the touch display to display at least one selectable user interface item to control the wearable device on the curved sub display area,
wherein the controller is further configured to control the display to simultaneously display on the curved sub display area a plurality of selectable user interface icons uniquely associated with a plurality of wearable devices connected with the electronic device, and
wherein the controller is further configured to display a plurality of applications of one of the wearable devices corresponding to a touch input relating to one of the plurality of user interface icons on the curved sub display area.

2. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the controller, based on performing the operation related to the touch input relating to the user interface, controls the touch display to display an execution screen of an application corresponding to the touch input relating to the user interface on at least one from among the main display area and the curved sub display area.

3. The electronic device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the operation related to the touch input relating to the user interface is a function to control the wearable device.

4. The electronic device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the function to control the wearable device comprises determining a type of a home screen to be displayed on the wearable device, a type of a notification application to be displayed on the wearable device, a video or an audio content to be reproduced in the wearable device, user bio information to be sensed by the wearable device, or time information to be displayed on the wearable device.

5. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the user interface comprises identification information of the wearable device or identification information of an application to control the wearable device.

6. A user interaction method of an electronic device having a touch display including a main display area and a curved sub display area, the curved sub display area being extended from the main display area in an integrated manner, is curved toward one side of the main display area, and is smaller than the main display area, the method comprising:
based on a wearable device being connected to the electronic device, displaying a user interface related to the wearable device on the curved sub display area;
based on receiving a touch input related to the user interface displayed on the curved sub display area, performing an operation related to the touch input relating to the user interface displayed on the curved sub display area;
based on performing the operation related to the touch input relating to the user interface, controlling the touch display to display at least one selectable user interface item to control the wearable device on the curved sub display area;
controlling the display to simultaneously display on the curved sub display area a plurality of selectable user interface icons uniquely associated with a plurality of wearable devices connected with the electronic device; and
controlling the display to display a plurality of applications of one of the wearable devices corresponding to a touch input relating to one of the plurality of user interface icons on the curved sub display area.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the performing the operation comprises displaying an execution screen of an application corresponding to the touch input relating to the user interface on at least one from among the main display area and the curved sub display area.

8. The method as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the performing the operation comprises executing a function to control the wearable device.

9. The method as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the executing the function to control the wearable device comprises determining a type of a home screen to be displayed on the wearable device, a type of a notification application to be displayed on the wearable device, a video or an audio content to be reproduced in the wearable device, user bio information to be sensed by the wearable device, or time information to be displayed on the wearable device.

10. The method as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the user interface comprises identification information of the wearable device or identification information of an application to control the wearable device.

11. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to detect a first touch input on the curved sub display area;
detect a second touch input on the main display area; and virtually transform and display a region corresponding to the second touch input based on the first touch input.

12. The method as claimed in claim 6 , further comprising:
detecting a first touch input on the curved sub display area;
detecting a second touch input on the main display area; and
virtually transforming and displaying a region corresponding to the second touch input based on the first touch input.

13. The electronic device as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the first touch input and the second touch input are simultaneously detected.

14. The method as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the first touch input and the second touch input are simultaneously detected.

15. The electronic device as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the first touch input is a finger gesture and the second touch input is a pen gesture.

16. The method as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the first touch input is a finger gesture and the second touch input is a pen gesture.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Jeong Hee-Seok
• Kwak Se-Jin
• Kim Hyun-Jin
• Cho Shi-Yun
• Yoon Yeo-Jun
• Lee Moon-Joo
• Kumar Nipun
• Seo Joon-Kyu

Classifications

• G04G21/00

  Input or output devices integrated in time-pieces · CPC title

• G06F2203/0339

  Touch strips, e.g. orthogonal touch strips to control cursor movement or scrolling; single touch strip to adjust parameter or to implement a row of soft keys · CPC title

• H04M1/236

  including keys on side or rear faces · CPC title

• G06F2200/1634

  Integrated protective display lid, e.g. for touch-sensitive display in handheld computer · CPC title

• G06F3/04847

  Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials · CPC title