User terminal device and displaying method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9891663-B2
Application number	US-201514618517-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 10, 2015
Priority date	Feb 10, 2014
Publication date	Feb 13, 2018
Grant date	Feb 13, 2018

Abstract

A user terminal device and a displaying method thereof are provided. The user terminal device includes a display configured to be divided into a first display area, a second display area, and a third display area along a first folding line corresponding to the first hinge and a second folding line corresponding to the second hinge and a controller configured to, in response to the first bending interaction of unfolding the display with reference to the first folding line being detected, control the display to display an execution screen of the application including a first function and a second function, related to the first function, in the first display area and the second display area, and in response to a second bending interaction of unfolding the display with reference to the second folding line being detected, control the display to display an execution screen of the application including the first function, the second function, and a third function, related to the second function, in the first display area, the second display area, and the third display area.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of displaying information on a user terminal device comprising a display that is flexible and configured to be divided into a first display area, a second display area, and a third display area along a first folding line and a second folding line respectively, the method comprising:
displaying a first execution screen of an application on the first display area which is exposed while the display is folded, wherein the first execution screen includes first information related to the application;
displaying, in response to the display being unfolded with reference to the first folding line while the first execution screen of the application is displayed on the first display area, a second execution screen of the application in the first display area and the second display area, wherein the second execution screen includes the first information and second information related to the application; and
displaying, in response to the display being unfolded with reference to the second folding line, while the second execution screen of the application is displayed on the first display area and the second display area, a third execution screen of the application in the first display area, the second display area, and the third display area, wherein the third execution screen includes the first information, the second information and third information related to the application, and
wherein the first execution screen is not displayed on the second display area and the third display area which are not exposed while the display is folded.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first display area and the second display area are unfolded with reference to the first folding line, and
the first display area and the third display area are unfolded with reference to the second folding line.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein if the first display area and the second display area are unfolded with reference to the first folding line, the first display area and the second display area are located on a same plane or the first display area and the second display area are simultaneously visible to a user.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first execution screen includes a first function, the second execution screen includes the first function and a second function related to the first function, and the third execution screen includes the first function, the second function, and a third function related to the second function, and
wherein the first function, the second function, and the third function are functions for controlling same content.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first execution screen includes a first function, the second execution screen includes the first function and a second function related to the first function, and the third execution screen includes the first function, the second function, and a third function related to the second function, and
wherein the application includes the first function, the second function, and the third function.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising selecting a mode from among a plurality of modes for displaying the application according to an unfolded state of the display,
wherein a first mode among the plurality of modes comprises applying a layout and a user interface corresponding to an application to the first display area,
wherein a second mode among the plurality of modes comprises applying a layout and a user interface corresponding to an application to the first display area and the second display area, and
wherein a third mode among the plurality of modes comprises applying a layout and a user interface corresponding to an application to the first display area, the second display area, and the third display area.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first execution screen includes a first function, the second execution screen includes the first function and a second function related to the first function, and the third execution screen includes the first function, the second function, and a third function related to the second function, and
wherein in response to the first function, the second function, and the third function being functions for controlling an audio content, the first function is a function for playing back a first audio content, the second function is a function of mixing the first audio content and a second audio content, and the third function is a function of editing at least one of the first audio content and the second audio content.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first execution screen includes a first function, the second execution screen includes the first function and a second function related to the first function, and the third execution screen includes the first function, the second function, and a third function related to the second function, and
wherein the first function, the second function, and the third function are functions for controlling an image content, the first function is a function for displaying the image content, and one of the second function and the third function is a function for editing the image content.

9. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first execution screen includes a first function, the second execution screen includes the first function and a second function related to the first function, and the third execution screen includes the first function, the second function, and a third function related to the second function, and
wherein the first function, the second function, and the third function are functions for performing a telephone call, the first function is a function for performing a telephone call with a first party, the second function is a function for simultaneously performing a telephone call with the first party and a second party, and third function is a function for performing a video call with at least one of the first party and the second party.

10. A user terminal device comprising:
a first hinge;
a second hinge;
a display that is flexible and configured to be divided into a first display area, a second display area, and a third display area along a first folding line corresponding to the first hinge and a second folding line corresponding to the second hinge;
a detector configured to detect at least one of a first bending interaction of unfolding the display with reference to the first folding line and a second bending interaction of unfolding the display with reference to the second folding line; and
a controller configured to:
control the display to display a first execution screen of an application in the first display area which is exposed while the display is folded, wherein the first execution screen includes first information related to the application;
in response to the first bending interaction being detected through the detector while the first execution screen of the application is displayed on the first display area, control the display to display a second execution screen of the application in the first display area and the second display area, wherein the second execution screen includes the first information and second information related to the application; and
in response to the second bending interaction being detected through the detector while the second execution screen of the application is displayed in the first display area and the second display area, control the display to display a third execution screen of the application in the first display area, the second display area, and the third display area, wherein the third execution screen includes the first information, the second information and third information

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
• Samsung Elctronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Park Hae Yoon
• Kwak Ji Yeon
• Kim Hyun Jin
• Kim Yun Kyung

Classifications

• G06F1/1643

  the display being associated to a digitizer, e.g. laptops that can be used as penpads (details related to the relative motion of the display enclosure with respect to the body enclosure, e.g. to move between laptop and tablet PC configuration G06F1/1615) · CPC title

• G06F1/1616 Primary

  with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position · CPC title

• G06F3/0487

  using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser · CPC title

• G06F3/0488

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

• G06F2203/04803

  Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas · CPC title