METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING FLEXIBLE BEZEL

• US 20130257768A1
• Filed: 03/14/2013
• Published: 10/03/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: LEE, Wee-Hyuk, LEE, Jang-Woo
• Application Number:
  US13/804,353
• Publication Number:
  US 20130257768A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

A method and an apparatus for providing a flexible bezel in an apparatus including a touch screen display are provided. The method includes detecting dragging of a boundary line of a touch screen on the touch screen of the touch screen display, moving the boundary line according to the dragging, and setting a touch screen area located between the moved boundary line and a default boundary line as a bezel area.

Claims

1. A method of providing a flexible bezel in an apparatus including a touch screen display, the method comprising:

detecting dragging of a boundary line of a touch screen on the touch screen of the touch screen display;

moving the boundary line according to the dragging; and

setting a touch screen area located between the moved boundary line and a default boundary line as a bezel area.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the moving of the boundary line and the setting of the bezel area are performed when a bezel setting mode is turned on.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the bezel area is set to an input interface lock state that locks an input interface through the bezel area.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the bezel area is set to a user interface lock state that locks an input interface and an output interface through the bezel area.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

adjusting a display screen size to match a size of a remaining area excluding the bezel area from the touch screen.

6. A method of providing a flexible bezel in an apparatus including a touch screen display, the method comprising:

detecting dragging of a boundary line of at least one side of a touch screen of the touch screen display;

moving the boundary line of the at least one side, including the side corresponding to the dragging, according to the dragging; and

setting a touch screen area located between the moved boundary line and a default boundary line as a bezel area.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the moving of the boundary line and the setting of the bezel area are performed when a bezel setting mode is turned on.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the bezel area is set to an input interface lock state that locks an input interface through the bezel area.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the bezel area is set to a user interface lock state that locks an input interface and an output interface through the bezel area.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

adjusting a display screen size to match a size of a remaining area excluding the bezel area from the touch screen.

11. The method of claim 6, wherein, when the touch screen is in a quadrangular shape and a boundary line of the at least one side of the touch screen is dragged, the moving of the boundary line is performed based on a predefined move mode from among modes comprising:

a first move mode to move only the boundary line of the dragged side;

a second move mode to move the boundary line of the dragged side and a boundary line of a side connected to the dragged side;

a third move mode to move the boundary line of the dragged side and a boundary line of a subtend side of the dragged side;

a fourth move mode to move the boundary line of the dragged side, the boundary line of a side connected to the dragged side, and the boundary line of the subtend side of the dragged side, or to move the boundary line of the dragged side and two boundary lines of two sides connected to the dragged side; and

a fifth move mode to move all the boundary lines of the sides of the touch screen.

12. The method of claim 6, wherein, when the touch screen is in a quadrangular shape and boundary lines of two subtend sides or two connected sides from among the sides of the touch screen are dragged together, the moving of the boundary line is performed based on a predefined move mode from among modes comprising:

a first move mode to move only the boundary lines of the dragged sides;

a second move mode to move the boundary lines of the dragged sides and a boundary line of a side connected to the dragged two sides; and

a third move mode to move all the boundary lines of the sides of the touch screen.

13. An apparatus for providing a flexible bezel, the apparatus comprising:

a touch screen display; and

a controller configured to move a boundary line according to a dragging and to set a touch screen area located between the moved boundary line and a default boundary line as a bezel area, when the dragging of the boundary line of a touch screen is detected on the touch screen of the touch screen display.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the controller performs the moving of the boundary line and the setting of the bezel area when a bezel setting mode is turned on.

15. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the controller sets the bezel area to an input interface lock state that locks an input interface through the bezel area.

16. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the controller sets the bezel area to a user interface lock state that locks an input interface and an output interface through the bezel area.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the controller adjusts a display screen size to match a size of a remaining area excluding the bezel area from the touch screen.

18. An apparatus for providing a flexible bezel, the apparatus comprising:

a touch screen display; and

a controller configured to move a boundary line of at least one side including a side corresponding to dragging according to the dragging and to set a touch screen area located between the moved boundary line and a default boundary line as a bezel area, when the dragging of the boundary line of the at least one side of the touch screen is detected on the touch screen of the touch screen display.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the controller performs the moving of the boundary line and the setting of the bezel area when a bezel setting mode is turned on.

20. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the controller sets the bezel area to an input interface lock state that locks an input interface through the bezel area.

21. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the controller sets the bezel area to a user interface lock state that locks an input interface and an output interface through the bezel area.

22. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the controller adjusts a display screen size to match a size of a remaining area excluding the bezel area on the touch screen.

23. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein, when the touch screen is in a quadrangular shape and the boundary line of the at least one side of the touch screen is dragged, the controller moves the boundary line based on a predefined move mode from among modes comprising:

a first move mode to move the boundary line of the dragged side;

a second move mode to move the boundary line of the dragged side and a boundary line of a side connected to the dragged side;

a third move mode to move the boundary line of the dragged side and a boundary line of a subtend side of the dragged side;

a fourth move mode to move the boundary line of the dragged side, the boundary line of a side connected to the dragged side, and the boundary line of the subtend side of the dragged side, or to move the boundary line of the dragged side and two boundary lines of two sides connected to the dragged side; and

a fifth move mode to move all the boundary lines of the sides of the touch screen.

24. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein, when the touch screen is in a quadrangular shape and boundary lines of two subtend sides or two connected sides from among the sides of the touch screen are dragged together, the controller moves the boundary lines based on a predefined move mode from among modes comprising:

a first move mode to move only the boundary lines of the two dragged sides;

a second move mode to move the boundary lines of the two dragged sides and a boundary line of a side connected to the two dragged sides; and

a third move mode to move all the boundary lines of the sides of the touch screen.