Pouch and portable electronic device received therein

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9801442-B2
Application number	US-201213658684-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 23, 2012
Priority date	May 9, 2012
Publication date	Oct 31, 2017
Grant date	Oct 31, 2017

Abstract

A pouch for receiving a main body of a portable electronic device having a touch screen provided on a front surface thereof includes: a first part for receiving a rear surface of the main body; and a second part rotatably connected to the first part to close or open the touch screen, wherein the second part is formed to expose visual information of the touch screen to the outside in a state in which the touch screen is covered, and has conductivity allowing the touch screen to sense a touch input applied thereto in the closed state.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A portable electronic device comprising:
a main body;
a touch screen disposed in the main body, wherein the touch screen is configured to be covered or be uncovered by a front part of a pouch while a rear part of the pouch receives or accommodates the main body; and
a controller configured to:
enter the portable electronic device into a sleep state in which the touch screen is deactivated while the touch screen is covered by at least a portion of the front part of the pouch,
activate the touch screen and display a first graphic user interface on the touch screen when the touch screen is uncovered by the at least the portion of the front part of the pouch, the first graphic user interface including a home screen,
when the at least the portion of the front part of the pouch returns to cover the touch screen, display a second graphic user interface different from the first graphic user interface on a portion of the touch screen related to a transparent portion of the front part of the pouch in response to the returning of the at least the portion of the front part of the pouch, the touch screen remaining activated during the display of the second graphic user interface, the second graphic user interface including at least one specific application icon that is executable based on a user input on the transparent portion of the front part of the pouch, and
execute an application related to the at least one specific application icon based on the user input when the touch screen is covered by the at least the portion of the front part of the pouch.

2. The portable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the transparent portion of the front part of the pouch is made of a rubber material to allow the touch screen to sense a touch input with the transparent portion covering the touch screen.

3. The portable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein, when the touch screen is displayed in a state in which the at least the portion of the front part of the pouch covers the touch screen, the controller is further configured to increase a brightness of the touch screen in comparison to a pre-set brightness of the touch screen.

4. The portable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
perform a releasing a lock mode based on whether the touch screen is covered or uncovered by the at least the portion of the front part of the pouch.

5. The portable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
enter a locked state when a user input is not sensed during a pre-set period of time or an input of a special key is received; and
display the first graphic user interface including the home screen without converting into a lock screen when the touch screen is uncovered from the at least the portion of the front part of the pouch.

6. The portable electronic device of claim 5 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
enter the portable electronic device into a sleep state in which the touch screen is deactivated while the touch screen is covered by the at least the portion of the front part of the pouch, and
when the touch screen is uncovered from the at least the portion of the front part of the pouch, activate the touch screen and display the first graphic user interface including the home screen on the touch screen.

7. The portable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the transparent portion of the front part of the pouch includes a mirror film configured to reflect light when the touch screen is deactivated.

8. The portable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one specific application icon is an icon for execution of a camera of the portable electronic device.

9. The portable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein a display size of information in the second graphic user interface is different from a display size of the information in the first graphic user interface.

10. The portable electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a push key disposed in the main body,
wherein the controller is further configured to:
in response to an input by the push key, display a lock screen on the touch screen when the touch screen is uncovered by the at least the portion of the front part of the pouch, or display the second graphic user interface including the at least one specific application icon on the portion of the touch screen when the touch screen is covered by the at least the portion of the front part of the pouch.

11. The portable electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the at least one specific application icon is an icon for execution of a camera.

12. The portable electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a proximity sensor disposed in the main body,
wherein the controller is further configured to:
in response to a sensed input by the proximity sensor, display a third graphic user interface different from the first graphic user interface while the touch screen is covered by the at least the portion of the front part of the pouch.

13. The portable electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a sensor disposed in the main body and configured to sense a magnetic field corresponding to a magnet mounted in the front part of the pouch,
wherein the controller is further configured to recognize whether the touch screen is covered by the at least the portion of the front part of the pouch using the sensor.

14. The portable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein a camera hole is formed at a position of the pouch corresponding to a camera of the portable electronic device.

15. A method of controlling a portable electronic device, the method comprising:
entering, via a controller, the portable electronic device into a sleep state in which a touch screen of the device is deactivated while the touch screen is covered by at least a portion of a front part of a pouch,
wherein the touch screen is configured to be covered or be uncovered by the front part of the pouch while a rear part of the pouch receives or accommodates a main body;
activating, via the controller, the touch screen and displaying a first graphic user interface on the touch screen when the touch screen is uncovered by the at least the portion of the front part of the pouch, the first graphic user interface including a home screen,
when the at least the portion of a front part of a pouch returns to cover the touch screen, displaying a second graphic user interface different from the first graphic user interface on a portion of a touch screen of the portable electronic device in response to the returning of the at least the portion of the front part of the pouch, wherein the portion of the touch screen is related to a transparent portion of the front part of the pouch, the touch screen remaining activated during the displaying of the second graphic user interface, and wherein the second graphic user interface includes at least one specific application icon that is executable based on a user input on the transparent portion of the front part of the pouch; and
executing an application related to the at least one specific application icon based on the user input when the touch screen is covered by the at least the portion of the front part of the pouch.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the transparent portion of the front part of the pouch is made of a rubber material to allow the touch screen to sense a touch input with the transparent portion covering the touch screen.

17. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:
increasing, via the controller of the portable electronic device, a bright

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Oh Jungin
• Shin Sulyong

Classifications

• H04M1/04

  Supports for telephone transmitters or receivers · CPC title

• G06F1/1677

  for detecting open or closed state or particular intermediate positions assumed by movable parts of the enclosure, e.g. detection of display lid position with respect to main body in a laptop, detection of opening of the cover of battery compartment · CPC title

• H04B1/3888

  Arrangements for carrying or protecting transceivers · CPC title

• G06F3/0412

  Digitisers structurally integrated in a display · CPC title

• G06F3/0488

  using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures · CPC title