MOBILE TERMINAL AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF

• US 20100060548A1
• Filed: 05/13/2009
• Published: 03/11/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Yeong Seok, Baek, Dae Hyun, Jung, Kwang Suh, Park, Nam Yong, Choi, Kil Soo, Jung, Sung Won, Seo, Kyoung Jin, Lee, Kyung Ju, Kim, Jong Hwan, Bong, Byung Eun
• Granted Patent: US 9,052,769 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/1.300
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1647 including at least an additional display G06F1/1692 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1652 the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable
• 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 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• 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 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0268 including a flexible display panel

Abstract

A mobile terminal and an operating method thereof are provided. The operating method includes providing a transparent flexible display having a first display region at the front of the transparent flexible display and a second display region at the rear of the transparent flexible display; displaying an image in the first display region; determining whether a bend signal indicating that the transparent flexible display is bent is detected; and if the results of the determining indicate that a portion of the second display region has the same display direction as that of the first display region, displaying information regarding the image in the portion of the second display region having the same display direction as that of the first display region. Therefore, it is possible to display various information not only using a display region at the front of a display device but also using a display region at the rear of the display device.

Claims

1. An operating method of a mobile terminal having a transparent flexible display, the transparent flexible display including a first display region located at a front portion of the transparent flexible display and a second display region located at a rear portion of the transparent flexible display, the operating method comprising:

displaying an image in the first display region; and

if an image reverse menu is chosen, dividing the first display region into first and second regions, displaying the image in the first region, and displaying a left-to-right reversed version of the image in the second display region.

2. The operating method of claim 1, wherein the first and second regions are left and light regions of the first display region.

3. The operating method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying the image in a portion of the second display region corresponding to the second region of the first display region.

4. An operating method of a mobile terminal having a transparent flexible display, the transparent flexible display including a first display region located at a front portion of the transparent flexible display and a second display region located at a rear portion of the transparent flexible display, the operating method comprising:

displaying a moving image play screen in the first display region;

determining whether a bend signal, indicating that the transparent flexible display is bent, is detected; and

upon determining that a portion of the second display region has a same display direction as a display direction of the first display region, displaying subtitles corresponding to the moving image play screen in the portion of the second display region having the same display direction as the display direction of the first display region.

5. The operating method of claim 4, wherein the step of displaying of the subtitles comprises:

transparently displaying the subtitles.

6. An operating method of a mobile terminal having a transparent flexible display, the transparent flexible display including a first display region located at a front portion of the transparent flexible display and a second display region located at a rear portion of the transparent flexible display, the operating method comprising:

displaying an image in the first display region;

determining whether a bend signal, indicating that the transparent flexible display is bent. is detected; and

upon determining that a portion of the second display region has a same display direction as a display direction of the first display region, displaying information regarding the image in the portion of the second display region having the same display direction as the display direction of the first display region.

7. The operating method of claim 6, wherein the image includes at least one of a music file play screen, a web page, a photo, a note, and an additional description mark displayed in a web page, a footnote to text, and a word chosen in response to a user command.

8. An operating method of a mobile terminal having a transparent flexible display, the transparent flexible display including a first display region located at a front portion of the transparent flexible display and a second display region located at a rear portion of the transparent flexible display, the operating method comprising:

displaying a string of input words received in response to a user command in the first display region;

determining whether a bend signal, indicating that the transparent flexible display is bent, is detected;

upon determining that there is a typo in the input word string and upon determining that a portion of the second display region has a same display direction as a display direction of the first display region, displaying a recommended word for an input word including the typo in the portion of the second display region having the same display direction as the display direction of the first display region; and

if the bend signal is detected for more than a predefined amount of time, replacing the input word including the typo with the recommended word.

9. The operating method of claim 8, further comprising:

outputting a typo alert upon determining that the typo is present in the input word string.

10. An operating method of a mobile terminal having a transparent flexible display, the transparent flexible display including a first display region located at a front portion of the transparent flexible display and a second display region located at a rear portion of the transparent flexible display, the operating method comprising:

displaying a plurality of images in the first display region;

determining whether a bend signal, indicating that the transparent flexible display is bent, is detected;

upon choosing one of the plurality of images and upon determining that a portion of the second display region has a same display direction as a display direction of the first display region, displaying information regarding the chosen image in the portion of the second display region having the same display direction as the same display direction of the first display region; and

if the bend signal is detected for more than a predefined amount of time, opaquing the portion of the second display region having the same display direction as the display direction of the first display region and then displaying the information regarding the chosen image in the portion of the second display region having the same display direction as the display direction of the first display region.

11. The operating method of claim 10, wherein the plurality of images include at least one of a file list, a text message list, and a list of dates.

12. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a flexible display configured to be transparent and have a first display region at a front portion of the flexible display and a second display region at a rear portion of the flexible display; and

a controller configured to

display an image in the first display region, and

if an image reverse menu is chosen, divide the first display region into first and second regions and display a left-to-right reversed version of the image in the second display region.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein the first and second regions are left and right regions of the first display region.

14. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a flexible display configured to be transparent and have a first display region at a front portion of the flexible display and a second display region at a rear portion of the flexible display; and

a controller configured to display a moving image play screen in the first display region and to determine whether a bend signal indicating that the flexible display is bent is detected, wherein, if the results of the determining indicate that a portion of the second display region has the same display direction as that of the first display region, the controller displays subtitles corresponding to the moving image play screen in the portion of the second display region having the same display direction as that of the first display region.

15. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a flexible display configured to be transparent and have a first display region at a front portion of the flexible display and a second display region at a rear portion of the flexible display; and

a controller configured to display an image in the first display region and to determine whether a bend signal indicating that the flexible display is bent is detected, wherein, if the results of the determining indicate that a portion of the second display region has the same display direction as that of the first display region, the controller displays information regarding the image in the portion of the second display region having the same display direction as that of the first display region.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 15, wherein the image includes at least one of a music file play screen, a web page, a photo, a note, and an additional description mark displayed in a web page, a footnote to text, and a word chosen in response to a user command.

17. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a flexible display configured to be transparent and have a first display region at a front portion of the flexible display and a second display region at a rear portion of the flexible display; and

a controller configured to display a string of input words received in response to a user command in the first display region and to determine whether a bend signal indicating that the flexible display is bent is detected, wherein, if there is a typo in the input word string and the results of the determining indicate that a portion of the second display region has the same display direction as that of the first display region, the controller displays a recommended word for an input word including the typo in the portion of the second display region having the same display direction as that of the first display region.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 17, wherein, if the bend signal is detected for more than a predefined amount of time, the controller replaces the input word including the typo with the recommended word.

19. The mobile terminal of claim 17, wherein, if there is a typo in the input word string, the controller outputs a typo alert using the first display region.

20. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a flexible display configured to be transparent and have a first display region at a front portion of the flexible display and a second display region at a rear portion of the flexible display; and

a controller configured to

display a plurality of images in the first display region,

determine whether a bend signal indicating that the flexible display is bent is detected, and

if one of the images is chosen and upon determining that a portion of the second display region has a same display direction as a display direction of the first display region, display information regarding the chosen image in the portion of the second display region having the same display direction as the display direction of the first display region.

21. The mobile terminal of claim 20, wherein, if the bend signal is detected for more than a predefined amount of time, the controller is configured to opaque the portion of the second display region having the same display direction as the display direction of the first display region and then display the information regarding the chosen image in the portion of the second display region having the same display direction as the display direction of the first display region.

22. The mobile terminal of claim 20, wherein the images include at least one of a file list, a text message list, and a list of dates.