Flexible display device and operating method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016349971-A1
Application number	US-201514957319-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 2, 2015
Priority date	May 27, 2015
Publication date	Dec 1, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A flexible display device including a display including an expandable screen; a sensor configured to detect a size of the screen; and a controller configured to display first information on the screen in a non-expanded state, and display second information in a first expanded display area of the display according to expanding the screen, wherein the second information is information related to the first information.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A flexible display device, comprising:
a display including an expandable screen; a sensor configured to detect a size of the screen; and a controller configured to: display first information on the screen in a non-expanded state, display second information in a first expanded display area of the display according to expanding the screen, wherein the second information is information related to the first information.

2 . The flexible display device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
display the second information to include a same type or a different type of information as the first information in the first expanded display area.

3 . The flexible display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first information is information on executing application,
wherein the controller is further configured to: display a plurality of options on the screen for performing functions linked to the executing application, in response to an input options display command, receive a selection of a first option among the plurality of options for performing a first function linked to the executing application, display the second information in the first expanded display area of the display according to the first function in response to the screen being expanded to include the first expanded display area, and display third information in a second expanded display area of the display according to the first function in response to the screen being expanded further to include the second expanded display area.

4 . The flexible display device according to claim 3 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
display the third information to include a different type of information from the first information in the second expanded display area.

5 . The flexible display device according to claim 1 , wherein the second information includes remaining information of the first information that has not been displayed on the screen before expansion of the display to include the first expanded display area.

6 . The flexible display device according to claim 2 , wherein the first information is information on executing application,
wherein the second information includes information on applications linkable to the executing application.

7 . The flexible display device according to claim 4 , wherein the third information includes applications other than the applications linkable to the executing application.

8 . The flexible display device according to claim 3 , wherein the executing application is an interne application and the first information includes a webpage,
wherein the second information includes a keyboard window for inputting information, and wherein the third information includes additional input buttons that have not been displayed on the keyboard window before expansion of the display into include the second expanded display area.

9 . The flexible display device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
display a scroll bar on the display unit representing whether there is additional information that cannot be displayed on the first information, and move the scroll bar according to expanding the screen of the display unit.

10 . The flexible display device according to claim 9 , wherein the controller is further configured not to expand the first information when the screen is expanded in response to the scroll bar representing there is additional information that cannot be displayed on the first information.

11 . The flexible display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first information includes a first web site window, and the second information includes a second web site window, and
wherein an access address corresponding to the first web site window is different from an access address corresponding to the second web site window.

12 . The flexible display device according to claim 11 , wherein the second web site window is a window that has been accessed prior to the first web site window.

13 . The flexible display device according to claim 3 , wherein the plurality of options on the screen for performing functions linked to the executing application include any one of a size adjustment option, a more viewing option, a menu setting option and a move option.

14 . The flexible display device according to claim 13 , wherein the controller is further configured to display the second information on the first expanded display area according to a request for selecting the more viewing option.

15 . The flexible display device according to claim 13 , wherein the controller is further configured to display the second information including sub menus related to the first information on the first expanded display area according to a request for selecting the menu setting option.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Chi Jumin
• Eim Sanghyun

Classifications

• H04M1/0268

  including a flexible display panel · CPC title

• G06F3/04842

  Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements (G06F3/0482 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G09G5/14

  Display of multiple viewports · CPC title

• G09G5/373

  for modifying the size of the graphic pattern · CPC title

• G06F3/04845 Primary

  for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour · CPC title