Bendable user terminal device and method for displaying thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10951253-B2
Application number	US-201815909512-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 1, 2018
Priority date	Jan 7, 2015
Publication date	Mar 16, 2021
Grant date	Mar 16, 2021

Abstract

A bendable user terminal device provided with a flexible display controls the flexible display to display information on a first area while the user terminal device is maintained in a bent state based on a detected bending state of the user terminal device, and, in response to the user terminal device changing from the bent state to an unbent state, controls the flexible display not to display the information on the first area.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A user terminal device which is bendable, comprising:
a flexible display;
a bending sensor configured to detect a bending state of the user terminal device; and
a processor configured to:
based on an event related to an application of the user terminal device occurring while the flexible display is in an unbent state, control the flexible display to display a notification related to the event,
based on the flexible display changing from the unbent state to a bent state in which the flexible display is divided into a first area and a second area while the notification is displayed, control the flexible display to display first information related to the event on the first area, and
based on the flexible display changing from the bent state to a further bent state by additional force applied to the user terminal device while the first information is displayed on the first area, control the flexible display to display second information related to the event on the second area while the flexible display is in the further bent state.

2. The user terminal device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the processor, based on the event being a message reception event, controls the flexible display to display information on a message received on the first area and to display a keyboard on the second area.

3. A method performed by a user terminal device to display a content using a flexible display, the method comprising:
based on an event related to an application of the user terminal device occurring while the flexible display is in an unbent state, displaying a notification related to the event;
based on the flexible display changing from the unbent state to a bent state in which the flexible display is divided into a first area and a second area while the notification related to the event is displayed, displaying first information related to the event on the first area; and
based on the flexible display changing from the bent state to a further bent state by additional force applied to the user terminal device while the first information is displayed on the first area, displaying second information related to the event on the second area while the flexible display is in the further bent state.

4. The method as claimed in claim 3 , wherein, based on the event being a message reception event, information on a received message is displayed on the first area, and a keyboard is displayed on the second area.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Dong-Churl
• Park Kyung-Wan
• Park Jin-Hyoung

Classifications

• G06F1/1626 Primary

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

• G06F1/1652

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

• G06F2203/04803

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

• G06F1/1677

  for detecting open or closed state or particular intermediate positions assumed by movable parts of the enclosure, e.g. detection of display lid position with respect to main body in a laptop, detection of opening of the cover of battery compartment · CPC title

• G06F3/04886

  by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus · CPC title