Method and apparatus for providing event of portable device having flexible display unit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016294995-A1
Application number	US-201615185808-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 17, 2016
Priority date	Jan 7, 2012
Publication date	Oct 6, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A portable terminal is provided having a front surface and a curved side surface in which the portable terminal is operated in a general mode in which an application is displayed on a main display area of the front surface, and in response to the occurrence of the event while in the general mode, the display is controlled to display event information related to the event on an auxiliary display area of the curved side surface and display the application on the main display area.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A portable terminal, comprising:
a display, the display comprising a main area and a curved area, the curved area comprising a curved portion extending from the main area, a sensor to detecting an state of the portable terminal; and a controller configured to operate the portable terminal in one of a first mode in which information is displayed on only the curved area and a second mode in which information is displayed on the main area and the curved area according to the state of the portable terminal detected by the sensor.

2 . The portable terminal as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the controller configured to, in response to detecting that the main area is placed in a downward direction, operate the portable terminal in the first mode and in response to detecting that the main area is placed in a upward direction, operate the portable terminal in the second mode.

3 . The portable terminal as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the controller configured to, in response to detecting that the main area is covered, operate the portable terminal in the first mode and, in response to detecting that the main area is not covered, operate the portable terminal in the second mode.

4 . The portable terminal as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the sensor comprising an illumination sensor for detecting whether the main display area of the electronic apparatus is covered and a motion sensor for detecting orientation of the electronic apparatus.

5 . The portable terminal as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first mode is silent alarm mode.

6 . A controlling method of a portable terminal comprising a display, the display comprising a main area and a curved area, the curved area comprising a curved portion extending from the main area, the method comprising:
detecting an state of the portable terminal; and operating the portable terminal in one of a first mode in which information is displayed on only the curved area and a second mode in which information is displayed on the main area and the curved area according to the state of the portable terminal.

7 . The method as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the operating, in response to detecting that the main area is placed in a downward direction, operates the portable terminal in the first mode and in response to detecting that the main area is placed in a upward direction, operates the portable terminal in the second mode.

8 . The method as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the operating, in response to detecting that the main area is covered, operates the portable terminal in the first mode and, in response to detecting that the main area is not covered, operates the portable terminal in the second mode.

9 . The method as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the detecting detects the state of the portable terminal using a sensor, and
wherein the sensor comprises an illumination sensor for detecting whether the main display area of the electronic apparatus is covered and a motion sensor for detecting orientation of the electronic apparatus.

10 . The method as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the first mode is silent alarm mode.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Donghyun

Classifications

• H04W4/12 Primary

  Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements · CPC title

• H04M1/22

  Illumination; Arrangements for improving the visibility of characters on dials · CPC title

• H04M19/04

  the ringing-current being generated at the substations · CPC title

• H04W68/02

  Arrangements for increasing efficiency of notification or paging channel · CPC title

• H04M2250/12

  including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion · CPC title