Electronic device including a plurality of touch displays and method for changing status thereof

• US 10,409,540 B2
• Filed: 08/18/2017
• Issued: 09/10/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/25/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Cho, Kwangik, Suh, Jungwon
• Primary Examiner(s): Ma, Calvin C
• Application Number:
  US15/680,368
• Publication Number:
  US 20180060010A1
• Time in Patent Office: 753 Days
• Field of Search: 345 11, 345 13
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1643 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 Class Codes: G06F 1/1652 the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1637 Sensing arrangement for detection of housing movement or orientation, e.g. for controlling scrolling or cursor movement on the display of an handheld computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04102 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 Class Codes: G06F 3/1423 controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/147 using display panels
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/16 Use of wireless transmission of display information
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2380/02 Flexible displays
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0266 for a display module assembly
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0268 including a flexible display panel
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/83 Notification aspects
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/84 Types of notifications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/846 optical, e.g. icon
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/85 characterised by the type of condition triggering a notification
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/16 including more than one display unit
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/24 Accounting or billing

Abstract

Disclosed is an electronic device including a plurality of touch displays. The electronic device includes a first touch display configured to face a first direction and comprise a first touch panel and a first display panel, a second touch display configured to face a second direction opposite the first direction and comprise a second touch panel and a second display panel, a rotation detection sensor configured to sense a rotation of the electronic device, a processor electrically connected to the first touch display, the second touch display and the rotation detection sensor, and memory electrically connected to the processor. The memory may store instructions which control the processor so that the processor changes each of the first touch panel and the first display panel from an on state to an off state and changes each of the second touch panel and the second display panel from the off state to the on state based on at least one rotation value received from the rotation detection sensor when the electronic device turns on a virtual axis.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising a plurality of touch displays, comprising:

a first touch display comprising a first touch panel and a first display panel;

a second touch display comprising a second touch panel and a second display panel;

a rotation detection sensor configured to sense a rotation of the electronic device;

a processor electrically connected to the first touch display, the second touch display and the rotation detection sensor; and

memory electrically connected to the processor,

wherein the memory stores instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to;

identify a rotation value of a rotation of the electronic device in response that the rotation detection sensor detects that the electronic device turns on an axis,

control the first touch panel from an on state to an off state when the identified rotation value is equal to or greater than a first critical value,

identify a rotation time based on lapse of time between a time point when the first touch panel changes from the on state to the off state and a time point when the rotation detection sensor detects an acceleration of gravity of the electronic device equal to or greater than a second critical value, and

control the first display panel to change from the on state to the off state and control the second touch panel and the second display panel to change from an off state to an on state, when the identified rotation time is equal to or less than a critical time.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the rotation detection sensor comprises a gyro sensor configured to sense rotation speed of the electronic device and an acceleration sensor configured to sense the acceleration of gravity of the electronic device when the electronic device turns on the axis.

3. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the rotation value comprises at least one of a value of angular velocity and a value of an angle of rotation according to the rotation of the electronic device.

4. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the rotation value comprises a value of the acceleration of gravity according to the rotation of the electronic device.

5. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the memory stores instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to control each of the first touch panel and the first display panel to change from the on state to the off state and control each of the second touch panel and the second display panel to change from the off state to the on state if a value of angular velocity sensed by the gyro sensor is equal to or greater than the first critical value and an acceleration value sensed by the acceleration sensor is equal to or greater than the second critical value.

6. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the memory stores instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to deactivate a screen change function for providing a change between a horizontal mode screen and a portrait mode screen based on the at least one rotation value received from the rotation detection sensor when the electronic device turns on the axis.

7. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the turning of the electronic device on the axis comprises turning the electronic device on the axis so that the first touch display turns to face a second direction and the second touch display turns to face a first direction.

8. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the axis comprises an axis extending in a vertical direction or horizontal direction of the electronic device.

9. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first touch display is facing a user of the electronic device.

10. A method for changing, by an electronic device, a state, the electronic device comprising a first touch display comprising a first touch panel and a first display panel and a second touch display comprising a second touch panel and a second display panel, the method comprising:

controlling the first touch panel and the first display panel so that each of the first touch panel and the first display panel becomes an on state;

identifying a rotation value of a rotation of the electronic device in response that a rotation detection sensor detects that the electronic device turns on an axis;

controlling the first touch panel to change from the on state to an off state when the identified rotation value is equal to or greater than a first critical value;

identifying a rotation time based on lapse of time between a time point when the first touch panel changes from the on state to the off state and a time point when the rotation detection sensor detects an acceleration of gravity of the electronic device equal to or greater than a second critical value; and

controlling the first display panel to change from the on state to the off state and controlling the second touch panel and the second display panel to change from an off state to an on state, when the identified rotation time is equal to or less than a critical time.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the rotation detection sensor comprises a gyro sensor configured to sense rotation speed of the electronic device and an acceleration sensor configured to sense the acceleration of gravity of the electronic device when the electronic device turns on the axis.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the rotation value comprises at least one of a value of angular velocity and a value of an angle of rotation according to the rotation of the electronic device.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the rotation value comprises a value of the acceleration of gravity according to the rotation of the electronic device.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

controlling each of the first touch panel and the first display panel to change from the on state to the off state and controlling each of the second touch panel and the second display panel to change from the off state to the on state if a value of angular velocity sensed by the gyro sensor is equal to or greater than the first critical value and an acceleration value sensed by the acceleration sensor is equal to or greater than the second critical value.

15. The method of claim 10, further comprising an operation of deactivating a screen change function for providing a change between a horizontal mode screen and a portrait mode screen based on the at least one rotation value received from the rotation detection sensor when the electronic device turns on the axis.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein the turning of the electronic device on the axis comprises turning the electronic device on the axis so that the first touch display turns to face a second direction and the second touch display turns to face a first direction.

17. The method of claim 10, wherein the axis comprises an axis extending in a vertical direction or horizontal direction of the electronic device.

18. The method of claim 10, wherein the first touch display is facing a user of the electronic device.