Portable terminal and display method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10470538-B2
Application number	US-201514751285-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 26, 2015
Priority date	Jun 27, 2014
Publication date	Nov 12, 2019
Grant date	Nov 12, 2019

Abstract

A portable terminal having a cover that includes a transparent region and a display method thereof are provided. The display method includes displaying a UI element on an exposed display region in a state that the display region is covered by a cover, and controlling the display region that corresponds to the transparent region in response to a user input for selecting the UI element.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic apparatus, comprising:
a front surface;
a touch display configured to display information on the front surface, the touch display comprising:
a main area; and
a curved area, the curved area comprising a curved portion continuously extending from the main area;

a sensor configured to detect a state of a cover connected to the electronic apparatus, the state of the cover comprising a closing state in which the cover covers the main area and an opening state in which the cover is opened; and
a central processing unit (CPU) configured to determine, based on a result of the detecting by the sensor, the state of the cover, in response to the cover being covered with the main area, control the touch display to display a user interface (UI) on the curved area which is exposed, in response to a touch input to the UI being received, control the touch display to display information related to the UI on a portion of the main area which is provided through a transparent area of the cover, and in response to the cover being opened, control the touch display to display the information related to the UI on the main area.

2. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the central processing unit (CPU), while information is being displayed on the portion of the main area, displays a black screen on a remaining area other than the portion of the main area or turns off the remaining area.

3. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the user interface is a user interface for controlling an application displayed on the portion of the main area.

4. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the central processing unit (CPU), in response to a touch input being received on the portion of the main area, controls the touch display to display information provided from an application displayed on the portion of the main area on the curved area.

5. A method for controlling an electronic apparatus, the electronic apparatus comprising a front surface, a touch display configured to display information on the front surface, the touch display comprising a main area and a curved area, and the curved area comprising a curved portion continuously extending from the main area, the method comprising:
detecting a state of a cover connected to the electronic apparatus, the state of the cover comprising a closing state in which the cover covers the main area and an opening state in which the cover is opened;
in response to the cover being covered with the main area, displaying a user interface (UI) on the curved area which is exposed;
in response to a touch input to the UI being received, displaying information related to the UI on a portion of the main area which is provided through a transparent area of the cover; and
in response to the cover being opened, displaying to the information related to the UI on the main area.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:
while information is being displayed on the portion of the main area, displaying a black screen on a remaining area other than the portion of the main area or turns off the remaining area.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the user interface is a user interface for controlling an application displayed on the portion of the main area.

8. The method of claim 5 , wherein further comprising:
in response to a touch input being received on the portion of the main area, displaying information provided from an application displayed on the portion of the main area on the curved area.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Dae-Myung

Classifications

• H04M1/724092

  Interfacing with an external cover providing additional functionalities · CPC title

• H04M1/72412

  using two-way short-range wireless interfaces · CPC title

• G06F1/1626

  with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs] · CPC title

• G06F1/3265

  Power saving in display device · CPC title

• G06F2203/04803

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