Method for performing function and electronic device supporting the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016255187-A1
Application number	US-201615054896-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Feb 26, 2016
Priority date	Feb 27, 2015
Publication date	Sep 1, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

An electronic device and a method for performing a function in the electronic device are provided. The method includes recognizing that the electronic device is at a first state, the first state including that electronic device is in an overturned and stationary state or that a predetermined amount of a display of the electronic device is covered; detecting a specific event in the first state; outputting a color notification associated with the detected specific event through at least a portion of the display; receiving a specific user input corresponding to the color notification, while outputting the color notification; and performing a function associated with the received specific user input.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method for performing a function performed in an electronic device including a display, the method comprising:
recognizing that the electronic device is at a first state, the first state including that electronic device is in an overturned and stationary state or that a predetermined amount of the display is covered; detecting a specific event in the first state; outputting a color notification associated with the detected specific event through at least a portion of the display; receiving a specific user input corresponding to the color notification, while outputting the color notification; and performing a function associated with the received specific user input.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein recognizing the first state comprises recognizing whether the electronic device is in the overturned and stationary state using a sensor module.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the sensor module includes at least one of a proximity sensor, an acceleration sensor, and a geomagnetic sensor.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein recognizing the first state comprises determining that the predetermined amount of the display is covered using a sensor module.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein outputting the color notification associated with the detected specific event comprises:
identifying a type of application associated with the detected specific event; identifying a method for outputting the color notification associated with the detected specific event, based on the type of application associated with the detected specific event; and outputting the color notification based on the identified method for outputting the color notification.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein outputting the color notification associated with the detected specific event comprises
outputting different color notifications based on respective types of events occurring in a same application.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein outputting the color notification associated with the detected specific event comprises changing a method for outputting the color notification according to a time.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the specific user input comprises receiving the specific user input through at least one of a sensor recognition input, a camera image processing input, a button input, and a touch input.

9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the sensor recognition input comprises at least one of a heart rate monitor (HRM) sensor, a fingerprint sensor, a pressure sensor, an illuminance sensor, and a motion sensor.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein outputting the color notification associated with the detected specific event comprises:
dividing the at least a portion of the display into a plurality of sections; and outputting the color notification through at least one of the plurality of sections based on a type of the detected specific event.

11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein performing the function associated with the specific user input comprises determining the function to be performed based on a type of the specific user input.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the type of the specific user input includes at least one of a touch direction, a touch duration, a motion direction of the user input, or a tilt change of the electronic device.

13 . An electronic device, comprising:
a display; and a processor configured to:
recognize that the electronic device is at a first state, the first state including that the electronic device is in an overturned and stationary state or that a predetermined amount of the display is covered;
detect a specific event in the first state;
output a color notification associated with the detected specific event through at least a portion of the display;
receive a specific user input corresponding to the color notification, while outputting the color notification; and
perform a function associated with the received specific user input.

14 . The electronic device of claim 13 , further comprising a sensor for sensing that the electronic device is in the overturned and stationary state or that the predetermined amount of the display is covered.

15 . The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
identify a type of application associated with the detected specific event; identify a method for outputting the color notification associated with the detected specific event, based on the type of application associated with the detected specific event; and output the color notification based on the identified method for outputting the color notification.

16 . The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein the specific user input comprises at least one of:
a sensor recognition input; a camera image processing input; a button input; and a touch input.

17 . The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein the display comprises a plurality of sections, and
wherein the processor is further configured to output the color notification through at least one of the plurality of sections based on a type of the specific event.

18 . An electronic device, comprising:
a display including a portion that wraps around a side edge of the electronic device; and a processor configured to:
detect that the electronic device is in a first state, the first state including that electronic device is in an overturned and stationary state or that a predetermined amount of the display is covered,
detect an event in the first state,
output a color notification associated with the detected event through the portion of the display that wraps around the side edge of the electronic device,
receive a user input corresponding to the color notification, while outputting the color notification, and
perform a function associated with the received user input.

19 . The electronic device of claim 18 , wherein the processor is further configured to output the color notification in a predetermined shape associated with the detected event through the portion of the display that wraps around the side edge of the electronic device.

20 . The electronic device of claim 19 , wherein the predetermined shape comprises one of a wave shape and a rectangular shape.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Song Hyun Jung
• Lim Wan Soo
• Choi Seung Min
• Choi Ji Hyun
• Kim Kyoung Taek
• Park Jun Ho

Classifications

• H04M19/048

  Arrangements providing optical indication of the incoming call, e.g. flasher circuits · CPC title

• H04M9/082

  using echo cancellers (echo cancellers per se H04B3/23) · CPC title

• H04M1/0266

  for a display module assembly · CPC title

• G06F3/04883 Primary

  for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text · CPC title

• G06F3/0346

  with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a three-dimensional [3D] space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors · CPC title