Apparatus and method for an adaptive edge-to-edge display system for multi-touch devices

• US 10,025,494 B2
• Filed: 01/16/2013
• Issued: 07/17/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/16/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Xia, Zhiping, Lee, Howard Z.
• Primary Examiner(s): PHAM, VIET DAVID
• Application Number:
  US13/743,029
• Publication Number:
  US 20140198057A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,008 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04166 Details of scanning methods, e.g. sampling time, grouping of sub areas or time sharing with display driving Synchronisation with the driving of the display or the backlighting unit to avoid interferences generated internally G06F3/04184
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

An apparatus and method for adjusting a display of a portable electronic device having a display unit are provided. The method includes detecting a user'"'"'s touch of the portable electronic device, determining touch information including at least one of a location and an area of the user'"'"'s touch on the display unit, determining whether the user'"'"'s touch is a touch input for executing an operation on the portable electronic device or a user'"'"'s gripping of the portable electronic device according to the touch information, and adjusting the displaying of a User Interface (UI) according to the user'"'"'s gripping of the portable electronic device, wherein an entirety of an outward facing surface of the display unit is touch-enabled so as to receive a touch input of a user at any point of the outward facing surface.

Claims

1. A method for adjusting a display of a portable electronic device having a display, the method comprising:

detecting a user'"'"'s touch of the portable electronic device;

determining touch information including at least one of a location and an area of the user'"'"'s touch on the display;

determining whether the user'"'"'s touch is a touch input for executing an operation on the portable electronic device or a user'"'"'s gripping of the portable electronic device according to the touch information; and

adjusting the displaying of a User Interface (UI) according to the user'"'"'s gripping of the portable electronic device by warping only an area of the UI corresponding to a location of the user'"'"'s grip of the portable electronic device so as to move only elements of the UI included in the area of the UI corresponding to the location of the user'"'"'s gripping of the portable electronic device,

wherein, the warping alters a shape of at least one element of the UI previously displayed in the area of the UI corresponding to a location of the user'"'"'s grip such that the at least one element is displayed warped, and moved to an area proximate to the location of the user'"'"'s grip,

wherein, when adjusting the displaying of the UI, an entirety of an outward facing surface of the display is touch-enabled so as to receive a touch input of a user at any point of the outward facing surface of the UI and operate the UI, and

wherein, if the user'"'"'s touch is the user'"'"'s gripping of the portable electronic device, detecting a change in at least one of position and type of the user'"'"'s grip and generating a notification of the change.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining, if the user'"'"'s touch is the gripping of the portable electronic device, whether the user'"'"'s grip is at least one of overlapping a displaying of the UI on the display and blocking use of the UI,

wherein the adjusting of the displaying of the UI is executed if it is determined that the user'"'"'s gripping of the portable electronic is at least one of overlapping the displaying of the UI and blocking use of the UI.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the adjusting of the displaying of the UI includes shifting an entirety of the UI so as to not overlap the UI with the user'"'"'s grip of the portable electronic device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the adjusting of the displaying of the UI includes shifting items displayed in the UI that are located at a location of the user'"'"'s grip of the portable electronic device so as to not overlap with the user'"'"'s grip of the portable electronic device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining of whether the user'"'"'s touch is the touch input for executing an operation on the portable electronic device or the user'"'"'s gripping of the portable electronic device according to the touch information comprises:

determining hand-grip information according to the touch information,

wherein the hand-grip information includes at least one of a location of the user'"'"'s grip of the portable electronic device, an area of the user'"'"'s grip of the portable electronic device, and a duration of the user'"'"'s grip of the portable electronic device.

6. A portable electronic device having an adjustable User Interface (UI), the portable electronic device comprising:

at least one processor configured to determine adjustments to the adjustable UI;

a display configured to display the adjustable UI according to the control of the at least one processor by warping only an area of the UI corresponding to a location of a user'"'"'s grip of the portable electronic device so as to move only elements of the UI included in the area of the UI corresponding to the location of the user'"'"'s gripping of the portable electronic device, the display occupying an entirety of a front face of the portable electronic device;

a memory configured to store information related to the adjusting of the adjustable UI;

a sensor configured to sense touch information for a user'"'"'s touch to the display; and

a hand-grip detector configured to;

determine whether the user'"'"'s touch to the display is the user'"'"'s grip for gripping the portable electronic device, and

generate hand-grip information according to the user'"'"'s grip,

detect a change in at least one of position and type of the user'"'"'s grip, and

notify the at least one processor of the change,

wherein the display is further configured to display the UI such that an entirety of an outward facing surface of the display is touch-enabled so as to receive a touch input of a user at any point of the outward facing surface of the UI and operate the UI, and

wherein, the warping alters a shape of at least one element of the UI previously displayed in the area of the UI corresponding to a location of the user'"'"'s grip such that the at least one element is displayed warped, and moved to an area proximate to the location of the user'"'"'s grip.

7. The portable electronic device of claim 6, wherein the touch information includes at least one of a location of the user'"'"'s touch and an area of the user'"'"'s touch.

8. The portable electronic device of claim 6, wherein the hand-grip information comprises at least one of a location of the user'"'"'s grip of the portable electronic device, an area of the user'"'"'s grip of the portable electronic device, and a duration of the user'"'"'s grip of the portable electronic device.

9. The portable electronic device of claim 6, wherein the at least one processor is configured to control the display to shift an entirety of the UI so as to not overlap the UI with the user'"'"'s grip of the portable electronic device.

10. The portable electronic device of claim 6, wherein the at least one processor is configured to control the display to shift items displayed in the UI that are located at a location of the user'"'"'s grip of the portable electronic device so as to not overlap with the user'"'"'s grip of the portable electronic device.

11. The portable electronic device of claim 6, wherein the at least one processor is configured to control operations of the display, the memory, the sensor, and the hand-grip detector, and

wherein the at least one processor is configured to determine adjustments to the adjustable UI according to the hand-grip information.

12. The portable electronic device of claim 6, wherein the sensor is a touch screen device configured to sense a user'"'"'s touch to the display unit, and

wherein the touch screen device is disposed on the display.

13. The portable electronic device of claim 6, wherein the memory stores the touch information and the hand-grip information.