Flexible display apparatus and display method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10983687-B2
Application number	US-201916291531-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 4, 2019
Priority date	Sep 17, 2012
Publication date	Apr 20, 2021
Grant date	Apr 20, 2021

Abstract

A flexible display apparatus configured to sense deformation of the flexible display apparatus, control display of an object displayed on the flexible display apparatus based on the deformation, and execute operations based on the displayed object.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A flexible display apparatus comprising:
a flexible display;
a sensor configured to sense a deformation of the flexible display; and
a processor configured to:
control the flexible display to display a first object in a first location and a second object in a second location on the flexible display, wherein the flexible display is flat,
based on the deformation of the flexible display, control the flexible display to move the first object displayed in the first location to the second location while the second object is maintained in the second location, and
based on the first object moving to the second location, execute a function associated with the second object displayed in the second location,

wherein the first object is moved along a line perpendicular to a bending line on the flexible display, and
wherein the bending line is a line which connects points at which a greatest resistance value is sensed by the sensor.

2. The flexible display apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to control the flexible display to display a lock screen, and
wherein the processor is configured to determine whether the second object is associated with unlocking of the lock screen, and is configured to unlock the lock screen in response to determining that the second object is associated with unlocking of the lock screen.

3. The flexible display apparatus as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to unlock and execute an application associated with the second object in response to determining that the second object is associated with unlocking of the lock screen and execution of the application.

4. The flexible display apparatus as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to display a main screen in response to unlocking the lock screen.

5. The flexible display apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to determine a location of the first object according to at least one of a degree of the deformation and a direction of the deformation.

6. A method of displaying information on a flexible display apparatus, the method comprising:
displaying a first object in a first location and a second object in a second location on a flexible display of the flexible display apparatus, wherein the flexible display is flat;
sensing deformation of the flexible display;
based on the deformation of the flexible display, moving the first object displayed in the first location to the second location on the flexible display, while the second object maintained in the second location; and
based on the first object moving to the second location, executing a function associated with the second object displayed in the second location,
wherein the first object is moved along a line perpendicular to a bending line on the flexible display, and
wherein the bending line is a line which connects points at which a greatest resistance value is sensed.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the function comprises unlocking a lock screen of the flexible display apparatus.

8. The method as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the function comprises unlocking the lock screen and executing an application associated with the second object displayed in the second location.

9. The method as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the function comprises unlocking the lock screen and displaying a main screen of the flexible display apparatus associated with the second object displayed in the second location.

10. The method as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the determining comprises determining a location of the first object based on at least one of a degree of the deformation and a direction of the deformation.

11. A flexible display apparatus comprising:
a flexible display;
a sensor configured to sense a deformation of the flexible display; and
a processor configured to:
control the flexible display to display a first object in a first location and a second object in a second location on the flexible display, wherein the flexible display is flat,
determine a direction of movement of the first object and an amount of the movement of the first object based on the deformation,
based on the direction of movement of the first object and the amount of the movement of the first object, determine a location of the first object on the flexible display at which the first object is to be displayed, control the flexible display to move the first object displayed in the first location to the second location according to determination of the location while the second object is maintained in the second location, and
based on the first object moving to the second location, execute a function associated with the second object displayed in the second location,
wherein the first object is moved along a line perpendicular to a bending line on the flexible display, and
wherein the bending line is a line which connects points at which a greatest resistance value is sensed by the sensor.

12. The flexible display apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine whether the second object displayed in the second location is associated with a function of the flexible display apparatus and execute the function based on the determining that the second object displayed in the second location is associated with the function.

13. The flexible display apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the function comprises an unlock function to unlock a lock screen of the flexible display apparatus.

14. The flexible display apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the function comprises an application execution function to execute an application of the flexible display apparatus.

15. The flexible display apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the processor is configured to determine the location of the first object on the flexible display at which the first object is to be displayed based on a duration of the deformation.

16. The flexible display apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the processor is configured to determine the location of the first object on the flexible display at which the first object is to be displayed based on a location of the deformation.

17. The flexible display apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the processor is configured to determine the location of the first object on the flexible display at which the first object is to be displayed based on the first location with respect to the location of the deformation.

18. The flexible display apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the first object and the second object comprises one of an icon and an image.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Seo Joon-Kyu
• Kim Hyun-Jin
• Kumar Nipun
• Sohn Jung-Joo
• Lee Geun-Ho

Classifications

• H04M1/0268

  including a flexible display panel · CPC title

• G06F3/14

  Digital output to display device {; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units} · CPC title

• G06F3/048

  Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] · CPC title

• G06F3/01 Primary

  Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer (G06F3/16 takes precedence) · 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