Watch type terminal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10684592-B2
Application number	US-201816002618-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 7, 2018
Priority date	Nov 27, 2017
Publication date	Jun 16, 2020
Grant date	Jun 16, 2020

Abstract

A watch type terminal including a main body; an analog watch portion including a plurality of mechanical hands coupled to the main body to indicate the time; a touch screen including a hole region disposed adjacent to the analog watch portion and through which a central shaft supporting the rotation of the plurality of mechanical hands is passed; a user input unit disposed on a side surface of the main body and including a plurality of keys; and a controller configured to display a first screen on the touch screen in which a part of the first screen is obstructed by the hole region, and in response to a predetermined input applied to one of the plurality of keys, move the obstructed part of the first screen away from the hole region and display a region beyond an edge of the first screen.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A watch type terminal, comprising:
a main body;
an analog watch portion including a plurality of mechanical hands coupled to the main body to indicate the time;
a touch screen including a hole region disposed adjacent to the analog watch portion and through which a central shaft supporting a rotation of the plurality of mechanical hands is passed;
a user input unit disposed on a side surface of the main body and including a plurality of keys; and
a controller configured to:
display a first screen on the touch screen in which a part of the first screen is obstructed by the hole region, and
in response to a predetermined input applied to one of the plurality of keys, move the obstructed part of the first screen away from the hole region and display a region beyond an edge of the first screen.

2. The watch type terminal of claim 1 , wherein a degree of movement of the first screen is based on at least one of a size of the hole region and a size of an object in the first screen obstructed by the hole region.

3. The watch type terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to restore the display of the first screen in which the part of the first screen is obstructed by the hole region after a preset period of time elapses.

4. The watch type terminal of claim 3 , wherein the controller is further configured to restore the display of the first screen when a predetermined input is applied to one of the plurality of keys prior to the preset period of time.

5. The watch type terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to adjust the movement of the first screen and a display degree of the region beyond the edge of the first screen based on a drag and touch input applied to the touch screen while the predetermined input is applied to one of the plurality of keys.

6. The watch type terminal of claim 1 , further comprising:
a sensor configured to sense a movement according to a wearing of the main body,
wherein the controller is further configured to adjust a movement direction and a movement degree of the first screen based on a movement sensed by the sensor while the predetermined input is applied to one of the plurality of keys, and restore a display position of the first screen when the predetermined input is released.

7. The watch type terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to adjust a movement direction and a movement degree of the first screen information based on a rotation direction and a rotation degree of another key pulled out among the plurality of keys.

8. The watch type terminal of claim 7 , wherein the controller is further configured to display the first screen to be fixed to an adjusted display position in response to the another key being restored to its original state.

9. The watch type terminal of claim 8 , wherein the controller is further configured to store coordinate information corresponding to the display position of the first screen at a time point when the another key is restored to its original state, and move a second screen based on a display position corresponding to the stored coordinate information when the predetermined input is applied to one of the plurality of keys.

10. The watch type terminal of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of mechanical hands are aligned at a predetermined position of the touch screen, and
wherein the first screen information is divided into a first portion and a second portion displayed away from the hole region and the plurality of mechanical hands.

11. The watch type terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
detect an object in the first screen that is covered by or at least partially overlapped with the hole region when the predetermined input is applied to one of the plurality of keys, and
only move the detected object in the first screen away from the hole region.

12. The watch type terminal of claim 11 , wherein the controller is further configured to group other objects having the same attributes as the detected object, and rearrange the grouped objects away from the hole region.

13. The watch type terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
display an execution screen for moving the first screen in a predetermined direction on the touch screen, and
move the first screen based on a touch input applied to the execution screen when the predetermined input is applied to one of the plurality of keys.

14. The watch type terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
display a function icon associated with the first screen in the region beyond the edge of the first screen, and
stop displaying the function icon when the first screen is restored to its original position according to a lapse of a predetermined period of time.

15. The watch type terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
recognize a face region included in the first screen, and
rearrange the first screen such that a specific portion of the recognized face region is in the hole region when the predetermined input is applied to one of the plurality of keys.

16. The watch type terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to display a menu object included in the first screen to be upscaled around a hall region for a reference period of time when the predetermined input is applied to one of the plurality of keys.

17. The watch type terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to display information related to an object displayed in the hole region among the first screen away from the hole region when a touch is applied to the hole region while the first screen information is displayed.

18. The watch type terminal of claim 1 , wherein the obstructed part of the first screen corresponds to a part of the first screen covered or partially overlapped by the hole region.

19. The watch type terminal of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to move the obstructed part of the first screen entirely away from the hole region.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Chang Minkyoung
• Joo Younghun
• Ha Won
• Park Dongcheon

Classifications

• G04G9/0082

  by building-up characters using a combination of indicating elements and by selecting desired characters out of a number of characters or by selecting indicating elements the positions of which represents the time, i.e. combinations of G04G9/02 and G04G9/08 · CPC title

• G04C17/0091

  Combined electro-optical and electro-mechanical displays · CPC title

• G04G9/0064

  in which functions not related to time can be displayed (digital output to display devices of digital computers G06F3/14) · CPC title

• G06F3/041

  Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means · CPC title

• G04G9/007

  combined with a calculator or computing means · CPC title