Display apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9959030-B2
Application number	US-201514880964-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 12, 2015
Priority date	Mar 5, 2015
Publication date	May 1, 2018
Grant date	May 1, 2018

Abstract

A display apparatus includes: a display panel; a deformation sensor configured to sense a bending of the display panel; and a controller configured to control the display panel, wherein the controller is configured to: control displaying a plurality of objects on the display panel; detect the bending of the display panel through the deformation sensor; divide the display panel into a first area and a second area with respect to a bending line defined by the bending; divide the objects into a first object corresponding to the first area and a second object corresponding to the second area according to the bending; and move the first and second objects in first and second directions, respectively, according to the bending.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display apparatus comprising:
a display panel;
a deformation sensor configured to sense a bending of the display panel; and
a controller configured to:
control the display panel and detect the bending using the deformation sensor;
control displaying a first icon corresponding to a first application in a first icon arrangement area;
detect a first touch input selecting the first icon;
detect a first bending of the display panel;
determine that an execution command executing the first application is input according to the first bending to generate a first control signal;
execute the first application in response to the first control signal;
define an execution area distinct from the first icon arrangement area in the display panel according to the first bending and to display an execution screen of the first application in the execution area; and
determine that the execution command of the first application is input when a first bending angle between the first icon arrangement area and an execution area becomes smaller.

2. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to detect a bending activation input generated by a user and to control a size of an execution screen of the first application while the bending activation input is input.

3. The display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the bending activation input corresponds to an operation that maintains a touch on the first icon.

4. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein, when the first bending angle between the first icon arrangement area and the execution area becomes smaller, the size of the execution screen of the first application decreases, and when the first bending angle becomes greater, the size of the execution screen of the first application increases.

5. A display apparatus comprising:
a display panel;
a deformation sensor configured to sense a bending of the display panel; and
a controller configured to:
control the display panel and detect the bending using the deformation sensor;
control displaying a first icon corresponding to a first application in a first icon arrangement area;
detect a first touch input selecting the first icon;
detect a first bending of the display panel;
determine that an execution command executing the first application is input according to the first bending to generate a first control signal; and
execute the first application in response to the first control signal,
wherein the controller is configured to define an execution area distinct from the first icon arrangement area in the display panel according to the first bending and to display an execution screen of the first application in the execution area, and
wherein the controller is configured to detect a first movement of the first icon arrangement area and a second movement of the execution area and to determine that the execution command of the first application is input according to the first movement, the second movement, and the first bending.

6. The display apparatus of claim 5 , wherein, when the first icon arrangement area is fixed, the first movement is not detected, and the second movement is a movement of a second icon arrangement area to allow a first bending angle between the first and second icon arrangement areas to be small, the controller is configured to determine that the execution command of the first application is input.

7. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to:
display a second icon corresponding to a second application in a second icon arrangement area of the display panel;
move the second icon to the first icon arrangement area; and
display the second icon through the first icon arrangement area when an execution area is overlapped with the second icon arrangement area after the first bending.

8. A display apparatus comprising:
a display panel;
a deformation sensor configured to sense a bending of the display panel; and
a controller configured to:
control the display panel and detect the bending using the deformation sensor;
control displaying a first icon corresponding to a first application in a first icon arrangement area;
detect a first touch input selecting the first icon;
detect a first bending of the display panel;
determine that an execution command executing the first application is input according to the first bending to generate a first control signal;
execute the first application in response to the first control signal;
define an execution area distinct from the first icon arrangement area in the display panel according to the first bending and to display an execution screen of the first application in the execution area;
detect a third bending of the display panel;
determine a command moving and displaying the execution screen of the first application to and in the first icon arrangement area according to the third bending;
generate a third control signal; and
move and displays the execution screen of the first application to and in the first icon arrangement area in response to the third control signal.

9. The display apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the controller is configured to detect a first movement of the first icon arrangement area and a second movement of the execution area and to determine that the command moving and displaying the execution screen of the first application to and in the first icon arrangement area is input according to the first movement, the second movement, and the third bending.

10. The display apparatus of claim 9 , wherein, when the first icon arrangement area is fixed, the first movement is not detected, and the second movement is a movement of the execution area to allow a first bending angle between the first icon arrangement area and the execution area to be small, the controller is configured to determine that the command moving and displaying the execution screen of the first application to and in the first icon arrangement area is input.

Assignees

• Samsung Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Sang Hyeonjeong
• Lee Heeyoung

Classifications

• G06F2203/04806

  Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation · CPC title

• G06F3/0484

  for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range · CPC title

• G06F1/1626

  with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs] · CPC title

• G06F3/0487 Primary

  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

• G06F3/017

  Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures (interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883) · CPC title