Apparatus and method for automatic display control in mobile terminal

• US 10,514,778 B2
• Filed: 06/12/2018
• Issued: 12/24/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/04/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Dong Sub, Choi, Moon Hyuk, Ban, Seong Jun
• Primary Examiner(s): McDowell, Jr., Maurice L.
• Application Number:
  US16/006,419
• Publication Number:
  US 20180292918A1
• Time in Patent Office: 560 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1647 including at least an additional display G06F1/1692 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1671 Special purpose buttons or auxiliary keyboards, e.g. retractable mini keypads, keypads or buttons that remain accessible at closed laptop G06F1/1666 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1684 Constructional details or arrangements related to integrated I/O peripherals not covered by groups G06F1/1635 - G06F1/1675
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1686 the I/O peripheral being an integrated camera
• 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 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/02 Input arrangements using manually operated switches, e.g. using keyboards or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/36 using liquid crystals
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/14 Display of multiple viewports
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72442 for playing music files
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/16 including more than one display unit
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/52 including functional features of a camera constructional features concerning the integration of cameras in portable phones H04M1/0264
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2007/145 Handheld terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/63 by using electronic viewfinders

Abstract

An apparatus and method for automatically controlling screens displayed on two display units installed in a mobile terminal are provided. The apparatus includes a touchscreen display including a first display portion disposed in a first surface of the portable communication device and a second display portion disposed in a second surface of the portable communication device, the second surface being opposite to the first surface; a camera; and a processor adapted to present, via the first display portion, a preview image obtained via the camera module; while the preview image is presented via the first display portion, receive a user input with respect to a specified graphical object displayed via the first display portion; and in response to the user input, present the preview image via the second display portion.

Claims

1. A portable communication device, comprising:

a touchscreen display including a first display portion disposed in a first surface of the portable communication device and a second display portion disposed in a second surface of the portable communication device, the second surface being opposite to the first surface;

a camera; and

a processor adapted to;

present, via the first display portion, a preview image obtained via the camera module;

while the preview image is presented via the first display portion, receive a user input with respect to a specified graphical object displayed via the first display portion; and

based at least on the user input, present the preview image via the second display portion.

2. The portable communication device of claim 1, wherein the camera includes a camera module disposed in the first surface.

3. The portable communication device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further adapted to, prior to obtaining the preview image, activate the camera based on another user input received via the first display portion.

4. The portable communication device of claim 3, wherein the processor is further adapted to receive the another user input while the second display portion is deactivated.

5. The portable communication device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further adapted to refrain from presenting the preview image via the first display portion, while the preview image is presented via the second display portion.

6. The portable communication device of claim 1, further comprising a sensor adapted to detect a rotation of the portable communication device,

wherein the processor is further adapted to:

determine that the rotation of the portable communication device is detected by the sensor; and

present the preview image via the first display portion based on the determination that the rotation of the portable communication device is detected by the sensor.

7. The portable communication device of claim 6, wherein the processor is further adapted to determine that the rotation of the portable communication device is detected by the sensor by determining that sensed data obtained from the sensor corresponds to a specified range.

8. The portable communication device of claim 6, wherein the sensor includes at least one of an acceleration sensor and a gyro sensor.

9. The portable communication device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further adapted to present a guide information indicator via the first display portion, while presenting the preview image on the second display portion.

10. The portable communication device of claim 1, further comprising a memory adapted to store a plurality of images,

wherein the processor is further adapted to:

while the preview image is presented via the first display portion, receive another user input with respect to another specified graphical object displayed via the first display portion; and

based on the another user input, display at least part of at least one image of the plurality of images, via the second display portion, while presenting the preview image via the first display portion.

23. The portable communication device of claim 2, wherein no camera modules are disposed in the second surface.

24. The portable communication device of claim 1, wherein the camera includes a first camera module disposed in the first surface and a second camera module disposed in the second surface.

11. A portable communication device, comprising:

a touchscreen display including a first display portion disposed in a first surface of the portable communication device and a second display portion disposed in a second surface of the portable communication device, the second surface being opposite to the first surface;

a camera;

a sensor adapted to detect a rotation of the portable communication device; and

a processor adapted to;

present, via the first display portion, a preview image obtained via the camera;

determine that the rotation of the portable communication device is detected by the sensor; and

present, via the second display portion, the preview image based at least on the determination that the rotation of the portable communication device is detected by the sensor.

12. The portable communication device of the claim 11, wherein the camera includes a camera module disposed in the first surface.

13. The portable communication device of claim 11, wherein the sensor includes at least one of an acceleration sensor and a gyro sensor.

14. The portable communication device of claim 11, wherein the processor is further adapted to refrain from presenting the preview image via the first display portion, while the preview image is presented via the second display portion.

15. The portable communication device of claim 11, wherein the processor is further adapted to present the preview image via the first display portion and the second display portion concurrently.

16. The portable communication device of claim 11, wherein the processor is further adapted to, prior to the obtaining of the preview image;

activate the camera based on another user input received via the first display portion.

17. The portable communication device of claim 11, wherein the processor is further adapted to present a guide information indicator via the first display portion, while presenting the preview image via the second display portion.

18. The portable communication device of claim 11, further comprising a memory adapted to store a plurality of images,

wherein the processor is adapted to:

while the preview image is presented via the first display portion, receive a user input with respect to a specified graphical object displayed via the first display portion; and

based on the user input, display at least part of at least one image of the plurality of images via the second display portion, while presenting the preview image via the first display portion.

25. The portable communication device of claim 11, wherein the sensor senses rotation of the portable communication device about a vertical axis or a horizontal axis.

26. The portable communication device of the claim 25, wherein the camera includes a camera module disposed in the first surface.

27. The portable communication device of claim 12, wherein no camera modules are disposed in the second surface.

19. A portable communication device, comprising:

a memory adapted to store a plurality of images;

a touchscreen display including a first display portion disposed in a first surface of the portable communication device and a second display portion disposed in a second surface of the portable communication device, the second surface being opposite to the first surface;

a camera module disposed in the first surface of the portable communication device; and

a processor adapted to concurrently present a preview image obtained via the camera module via the first display portion and at least part of at least one image of the plurality of images via the second display portion.

20. The portable communication device of claim 19, wherein the processor is further adapted to identify, as the at least one image, an image generated using the camera module prior to obtaining the preview image.

21. The portable communication device of claim 19, wherein no camera modules are disposed in the second surface.

22. The portable communication device of the 19, further comprising a second camera module disposed in the second surface.