Display mode switching device and method for mobile terminal
First Claim
1. A display method of an electronic device, comprising:
- displaying, on a single display screen;
an input region configured to display a virtual key pad including a plurality of virtual numeric keys and virtual functional keys, andan output region configured to display numeric input via the virtual key pad;
detecting an orientation of the electronic device via an orientation sensor; and
displaying, on the single display screen and according to a change in the detected orientation of the electronic device from a first orientation to a second orientation, both;
the input region configured to display the virtual key pad with resized smaller virtual keys, such that each of the virtual keys of the virtual key pad is resized with a smaller font size, andthe output region configured to display a numeric with a resized smaller font size, that is input via the virtual key pad,wherein a number of virtual functional keys of the virtual keypad is increased in response to the detected orientation of the electronic device being changed from the first orientation to the second orientation, and a number of virtual functional keys of the virtual keypad is decreased in response to the detected orientation of the electronic device being changed from the second orientation to the first orientation, andwherein the first orientation corresponds to a portrait orientation, and the second orientation corresponds to a landscape orientation.
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Abstract
The present application relates to a display mode switching device and method for a portable electronic device. In particular, the present application relates to a portable electronic device that can switch display modes of an integrated display and input device to facilitate composition of a text message by switching between a portrait mode and a landscape mode. A portable electronic device may use a display mode switching method in which a posture of the portable electronic device can be checked, and a display mode can be selected based on the posture. A portrait-mode text messaging composition window with a portrait-mode key map and a landscape-mode text messaging composition window with a landscape-mode key map can be displayed in the selected display mode.
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21 Claims
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1. A display method of an electronic device, comprising:
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displaying, on a single display screen; an input region configured to display a virtual key pad including a plurality of virtual numeric keys and virtual functional keys, and an output region configured to display numeric input via the virtual key pad; detecting an orientation of the electronic device via an orientation sensor; and displaying, on the single display screen and according to a change in the detected orientation of the electronic device from a first orientation to a second orientation, both; the input region configured to display the virtual key pad with resized smaller virtual keys, such that each of the virtual keys of the virtual key pad is resized with a smaller font size, and the output region configured to display a numeric with a resized smaller font size, that is input via the virtual key pad, wherein a number of virtual functional keys of the virtual keypad is increased in response to the detected orientation of the electronic device being changed from the first orientation to the second orientation, and a number of virtual functional keys of the virtual keypad is decreased in response to the detected orientation of the electronic device being changed from the second orientation to the first orientation, and wherein the first orientation corresponds to a portrait orientation, and the second orientation corresponds to a landscape orientation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An electronic device, comprising:
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a sensor configured to detect an orientation of the electric device; a display unit configured to display, on a single display screen, an input region configured to display a virtual key pad according to an orientation of the virtual key pad changed in response to the change in the orientation of the electronic device and comprising a plurality of virtual numeric keys and virtual functional keys, and an output region configured to display a numeric that is input via the virtual key pad according to the font size of the numeric changed in response to the change in the orientation of the electronic device; and a control unit configured to change, in response to a change in the detected orientation of the electronic device from a first orientation to a second orientation, (i) an orientation of the virtual key pad with resized smaller virtual keys of the input region, such that each of the virtual keys of the virtual key pad is resized with a smaller font size, and (ii) an orientation of the numeric of the output region, such that the numeric of the output region is resized with a smaller font size, wherein the control unit is further configured to increase a number of functional keys of the virtual keypad in response to the detected orientation of the electronic device being changed from the first orientation to the second orientation, and to decrease a number of functional keys of the virtual keypad in response to the detected orientation of the electronic device being changed from the second orientation to the first orientation, and wherein the first orientation corresponds to a portrait orientation, and the second orientation corresponds to a landscape orientation. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A non-transitory computer-readable storage unit comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed, perform a method of responding to an event via a mobile device, the method comprising:
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displaying, on a single display screen; an input region configured to display a virtual key pad comprising a plurality of virtual keys, and an output region configured to display numeric input via the virtual key pad; detecting an orientation of the electronic device via an orientation sensor; and displaying, on the single display screen and according to a change in the detected orientation of the electronic device from a first orientation to a second orientation, both; the input region configured to display the virtual key pad with resized smaller virtual keys, such that each of the virtual keys of the virtual key pad is resized with a smaller font size, and the output region configured to display a numeric with a resized smaller font size, that is input via the virtual key pad, wherein a number of virtual functional keys of the virtual keypad is increased in response to the detected orientation of the electronic device being changed from the first orientation to the second orientation, and a number of functional keys of the virtual keypad is decreased in response to the detected orientation of the electronic device being changed from the second orientation to the first orientation, and wherein the first orientation corresponds to a portrait orientation, and the second orientation corresponds to a landscape orientation.
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