Portable display device and method of controlling therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9524057-B2
Application number	US-201414509624-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 8, 2014
Priority date	Jun 18, 2014
Publication date	Dec 20, 2016
Grant date	Dec 20, 2016

Abstract

A display device detecting pressure of a touch input is disclosed. The display device calibrates the pressure of the touch input based on a distance between a position where the display device is gripped and a position on which the touch input is received. By calibrating the pressure of the touch input, the display device can obtain more precise pressure of a touch input.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display device, comprising:
a display unit;
a touch sensor unit configured to sense a touch input; and
a processor configured to control the display unit and the touch sensor unit,
wherein the processor is further configured to:
determine whether only one side among both sides of the display device facing each other is gripped,
determine a first position on the display device where the display device is gripped,
detect a touch input inputted on a second position of the display unit as a first pressure,
detect a distance between the first position and the second position, and
calibrate the first pressure of the touch input to a second pressure based on the detected distance,
wherein the second pressure is increased from the first pressure in proportion to the detected distance,
wherein the first position is a grip position inputting a grip touch, and
wherein the touch input is input on the second position while the grip touch is maintained on the first position.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to, if the detected distance is greater than a predetermined threshold, calibrate the first pressure as the second pressure.

3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to, if the both sides of the display device facing each other are gripped, not calibrate the first pressure.

4. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the display unit comprises a flexible display unit.

5. The display device of claim 4 , further comprising a bending sensor unit configured to sense an extent of bending of the display device,
wherein the processor is further configured to, if the extent of bending of the display device is greater than a predetermined threshold, calibrate the first pressure as the second pressure.

6. The display device of claim 5 , wherein the processor is further configured to detect an axis where the display device is bent using the bending sensor unit and determine the detected axis as the first position.

7. The display device of claim 1 ,
wherein the display unit comprises at least one selected from a group consisting of an extendible display unit, a rollable display unit, an attachable display unit and a stretchable display unit, and
wherein the processor is further configured to, if a length of the display unit is greater than a predetermined threshold, calibrate the first pressure as the second pressure.

8. The display device of claim 1 ,
wherein the display unit comprises a foldable display unit containing two or more display areas, and
wherein the processor is further configured to, if the display unit is unfolded, calibrate the first pressure as the second pressure.

9. The display device of claim 1 , wherein a pressure of the touch input is detected by at least one selected from the group consisting of an area of the touch input, a change of voltage of the touch sensor unit by the touch input and a change of charge amount of the touch sensor unit by the touch input.

10. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising a pressure sensor configured to sense a pressure applied on the display device, wherein the processor is further configured to determine the first position based on a pressure value received from the pressure sensor.

11. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising a second touch unit configured to sense a touch input inputted on a rear side of the display device, wherein the processor is further configured to determine the first position based on the touch input inputted on the rear side of the display device, which is held for more than a predetermined time.

12. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising a motion sensor unit configured to sense a movement of the display device,
wherein the processor is further configured to:
if the movement of the display device sensed by the motion sensor unit exceeds a predetermined threshold, calibrate the first pressure as the second pressure, and
if the movement of the display device sensed by the motion sensor unit is same to or less than the predetermined threshold, not calibrate the first pressure.

13. The display device of claim 12 , wherein the motion sensor unit comprises at least one of an accelerometer and a gyro sensor.

14. The display device of claim 12 ,
wherein the motion sensor unit comprises a camera, and
wherein the processor is further configured to determine the movement of the display device based on an image captured by the camera.

15. The display device of claim 12 , wherein the movement of the display device comprises at least one of shaking, bending and skewness.

16. The display device of claim 12 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine the first position based on the sensed movement of the display device.

17. The display device of claim 16 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine a point where the sensed movement of the display device is smallest as the first position.

18. A method of controlling a display device containing a display unit and a touch sensor unit, the method comprising:
determining whether only one side among both sides of the display device facing each other is gripped;
determining a first position where the display device is gripped;
detecting a touch input inputted on a second position of the display unit as a first pressure;
detecting a distance between the first position and the second position; and
calibrating the first pressure of the touch input to a second pressure based on the detected distance,
wherein the second pressure is increased from the first pressure in proportion to the detected distance,
wherein the first position is a grip position inputting a grip touch, and
wherein the touch input is input on the second position while the grip touch is maintained on the first position.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Cho Eunhyung
• Lee Doyoung

Classifications

• G06F3/0414 Primary

  using force sensing means to determine a position · 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

• G06F3/0418 Primary

  for error correction or compensation, e.g. based on parallax, calibration or alignment · CPC title

• G06F3/044

  by capacitive means · CPC title