Electronic device comprising transparent display, and control method therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12417060-B2
Application number	US-202318305057-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 21, 2023
Priority date	Feb 5, 2021
Publication date	Sep 16, 2025
Grant date	Sep 16, 2025

Abstract

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a transparent display capable of displaying content on a front surface part and a rear surface part, and at least one processor operatively connected to the transparent display, wherein the at least one processor can be configured to identify the position and size of content, for which security is required, in a screen image displayed on the front surface part, identify the color and/or the brightness of an object corresponding to the content, and display the object having the identified color and brightness on a region of the rear surface part determined based on the position and the size of the content.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device comprising:
a transparent display configured to display content on a front part and a rear part of the transparent display;
at least one processor comprising processing circuitry; and
memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to:
identify a position and a size of content requiring security on a screen displayed on the front part,
identify at least one of a color or a brightness of an object corresponding to the content, to be displayed on the rear part, and
display, through the transparent display, the object having the identified color and brightness, in an area of the rear part determined based on the position and size of the content.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, further cause the electronic device to;
identify at least one of the color or the brightness of the object corresponding to the content based on at least one of a color, a brightness, or presence or absence of a background, of the content.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, further cause the electronic device to:
based on the content not including a background, identify a brightness different from the brightness of the content, with a difference within a set range, as the brightness of the object.

4. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, further cause the electronic device to:
based on the content including a background, determine whether a difference between a brightness of information other than the background and a brightness of the background is equal to or greater than a set value, and
based on the difference between the brightness of the information and the brightness of the background being equal to or greater than the set value, identify a brightness different from the brightness of the information, with a difference within a set range, as the brightness of the object.

5. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, further cause the electronic device to:
based on the content including a background, determine whether a difference between a brightness of information other than the background and a brightness of the background is equal to or greater than a set value, and
based on the difference between the brightness of the information and the brightness of the background being less than the set value, identify a brightness different from the brightness of the background, with a difference within a set range, as the brightness of the object.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, further cause the electronic device to:
based on at least one of a color or a brightness of the content being changed, change at least one of the color or the brightness of the object in real time based on the changed at least one of the color or the brightness of the content.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, further cause the electronic device to:
based on a type of the content being a video, determine the color of the object as an achromatic color, and
change the brightness of the object in real time in each frame of the video.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, further cause the electronic device to:
identify a corresponding area of the content on the rear part based on the position and the size of the content, and
determine an area including the corresponding area as an area of the object.

9. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, further cause the electronic device to:
identify the corresponding area of the content on the rear part by further considering a shape of the content, and
determine an area extended from the corresponding area as the area of the object based on a shape of the corresponding area.

10. The electronic device of claim 1 ,
wherein the front part of the transparent display includes a first transparent display panel and a first touch panel covering the first transparent display panel, and
wherein the rear part of the transparent display includes a second transparent display panel and a second touch panel covering the second transparent display panel.

11. A method of controlling an electronic device, the method comprising:
identifying a position and a size of content requiring security on a screen displayed on a front part of a transparent display of the electronic device;
identifying at least one of a color or a brightness of an object corresponding to the content, to be displayed on a rear part of the transparent display; and
displaying, through the transparent display, the object having the identified color and brightness in an area of the rear part, determined based on the position and size of the content.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the identifying of the at least one of the color or the brightness of the object comprises identifying at least one of the color or the brightness of the object corresponding to the content based on at least one of a color, a brightness, or presence or absence of a background, of the content.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the identifying of the at least one of the color or the brightness of the object comprises, based on the content not including a background, identifying a brightness different from the brightness of the content, with a difference within a set range, as the brightness of the object.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein the identifying of the at least one of the color or the brightness of the object comprises:
based on the content including a background, determining whether a difference between a brightness of information other than the background and a brightness of the background is equal to or greater than a set value, and
based on the difference between the brightness of the information and the brightness of the background being equal to or greater than the set value, identifying a brightness different from the brightness of the information, with a difference within a set range, as the brightness of the object.

15. The method of claim 12 , wherein the identifying of the at least one of the color or the brightness of the object comprises:
based on the content including a background, determining whether a difference between a brightness of information other than the background and a brightness of the background is equal to or greater than a set value, and
based on the difference between the brightness of the information and the brightness of the background being less than the set value, identifying a brightness different from the brightness of the background, with a difference within a set range, as the brightness of the object.

16. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
based on at least one of a color or a brightness of the content being changed, changing at least one of the color or the brightness of the object in real time based on the changed at least one of the color or the brightness of the c

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kwon Jihye
• Wang Taeho
• Joung Soonchun
• Chung Heeyoung
• Kim Jaehyung
• Lee Kwanhee
• Lee Jihye

Classifications

• G06F21/84 Primary

  output devices, e.g. displays or monitors · CPC title

• G06F3/14 Primary

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

• G09G2320/0686

  with two or more screen areas displaying information with different brightness or colours · CPC title

• G09G2340/0464

  Positioning · CPC title

• G09G2358/00

  Arrangements for display data security · CPC title