Electronic device having double-sided display and method for controlling application

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11029907-B2
Application number	US-201716339936-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 29, 2017
Priority date	Oct 5, 2016
Publication date	Jun 8, 2021
Grant date	Jun 8, 2021

Abstract

An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device may include a front display and a rear display, a touch panel to sense a user input, a camera disposed on a rear surface of the electronic device, and at least one processor. The at least one processor may output an image, which is obtained by the camera in a first shooting mode, to the rear display, output the image, which is obtained by the camera in a second shooting mode, to the front display, and control the camera in response to the user input sensed to the front display. Moreover, various embodiment found through the disclosure are possible.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electronic device comprising:
a front display and a rear display;
a touch panel configured to sense a user input to at least one of the front display and the rear display;
a camera disposed on a rear surface of the electronic device;
a memory in which an application is stored; and
at least one processor electrically connected with the front display, the rear display, the touch panel, and the camera,
wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
display an execution screen including a first object and a second object on both the front display and the rear display, when executing the application,
wherein the first object is related to receiving a first user input on the front display, and the second object is related to receiving a second user input on the rear display,
wherein the first object and the second object, which are output to the front display, and the first object and the second object, which are output to the rear display, are left-and-right reversed,
wherein a text included in the first object and the second object is set not to be reversed,
apply a first operation to the application or a content based on the first user input, and
apply a second operation to the application or the content based on the second user input,
wherein the first operation is different from the second operation.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 ,
wherein the at least one processor is configured to operate in a first shooting mode and a second shooting mode,
wherein, in the first shooting mode, the at least one processor is configured to control the rear display to display an image obtained by the camera,
wherein, in the second shooting mode, the at least one processor is configured to control the front display to display an image obtained by the camera, and
wherein, when the touch panel senses a user input to the front display, the at least one processor is configured to control the camera.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the front display and the rear display are implemented with one flexible display panel curved inside the electronic device.

4. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
turn off the front display in the first shooting mode.

5. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
start the first shooting mode when a face of a user of the electronic device, which is registered in advance, is recognized by the camera.

6. The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein the electronic device further includes an acceleration sensor, and
wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
start the first shooting mode when the face of the user is recognized and the electronic device is determined as being positioned perpendicularly to a ground surface through the acceleration sensor; and
start the second shooting mode when the electronic device is determined as being positioned horizontally to the ground surface through the acceleration sensor.

7. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
display the user input, which is sensed to the front display, on the rear display.

8. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
activate an area, which corresponds to the rear display, of the touch panel.

9. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
switch to the second shooting mode when a specified user input occurs in the first shooting mode.

10. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
activate an area, which corresponds to the rear display, of the touch panel in the first shooting mode.

11. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
display the second object to be darker than the first object.

12. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the execution screen further includes:
a third object controllable on the front display and the rear display, and
wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
display the third object visually identically to the first object.

13. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the front display is implemented with a first display panel, and
wherein the rear display is implemented with a second display panel physically separated from the first display panel.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Myung In Sik
• Nah Hyun Soo
• Lee Jung Won
• Jung Jong Woo
• Choi In Young

Classifications

• H04N23/632

  for displaying or modifying preview images prior to image capturing, e.g. variety of image resolutions or capturing parameters · CPC title

• H04N23/57

  Mechanical or electrical details of cameras or camera modules specially adapted for being embedded in other devices · CPC title

• H04N23/611

  where the recognised objects include parts of the human body · CPC title

• G06F2203/04102

  Flexible digitiser, i.e. constructional details for allowing the whole digitising part of a device to be flexed or rolled like a sheet of paper · CPC title

• G06F3/1431 Primary

  using a single graphics controller · CPC title