FLEXIBLE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF

• US 20140055429A1
• Filed: 08/23/2013
• Published: 02/27/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/23/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: PARK, So-young, SHIN, Seung-woo, LEE, Chang-soo, KWON, Giang-yoon, EOM, Tae-won
• Granted Patent: US 9,754,520 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/204
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1641 the display being formed by a plurality of foldable display components G06F1/1647 takes precedence
• 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 1/1677 for detecting open or closed state or particular intermediate positions assumed by movable parts of the enclosure, e.g. detection of display lid position with respect to main body in a laptop, detection of opening of the cover of battery compartment
• 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 3/013 Eye tracking input arrangements G06F3/015 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/001 using specific devices not provided for in groups G09G3/02 - G09G3/36, e.g. using an intermediate record carrier such as a film slide; Projection systems; Display of non-alphanumerical information, solely or in combination with alphanumerical information, e.g. digital display on projected diapositive as background slide projectors per se G03B23/00 = 42 HP
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/035 for flexible display surfaces

Abstract

A flexible display apparatus is provided. The flexible display apparatus includes a display unit, a sensor configured to sense a bending of the flexible display apparatus, and a controller configured to display first contents on a first screen of the display unit, and to reconfigure and display the first contents on a second screen generated on an area of the display unit based on the bending.

Claims

1. A flexible display apparatus comprising:

a display unit;

a sensor configured to sense a bending of the flexible display apparatus; and

a controller configured to display first contents on a first screen of the display unit, and to reconfigure and display the first contents on a second screen generated on an area of the display unit based on the bending.

2. The flexible display apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the first screen is an entire screen of the display unit.

3. The flexible display apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the controller controls to reconfigure the first contents and display the reconfigured first contents on the second screen generated on an area of the display unit at a first state of shape where the bending is maintained for a certain period of time.

4. The flexible display apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the second screen is generated in different shapes according to a location where the bending occurred, and

the controller reconfigures the contents in different shapes according to the shape of the second screen.

5. The flexible display apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the controller controls to display information related to the first contents on a third screen generated on another area of the display unit based on the bending.

6. The flexible display apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising an eyeline detector configured to detect a direction of a user'"'"'s eyeline,

wherein the controller controls to change a display perspective according to a bending angle according to the detected direction of the user'"'"'s eyeline and the bending, and to change at least one of the first contents and the information related to the first contents to correspond to the display perspective and display the at least one of the first contents and the information related to the first contents on the second screen and the third screen.

7. The flexible display apparatus according to claim 4,

wherein the information related to the first contents is at least one of a first contents list comprising second contents of a same level as the first contents, a second contents list comprising a superior category of the first contents, and information for executing functions related to the first contents.

8. The flexible display apparatus according to claim 7,

wherein the controller controls to select the second contents belonging to the contents list, and to display the second contents on the entire screen of the display unit, when the bending is released.

9. The flexible display apparatus according to claim 7,

wherein the controller controls to display the first contents on the second screen, and to display the second contents on the second screen, when a flick manipulation is input with the second contents displayed on the third screen.

10. The flexible display apparatus according to claim 1,

further comprising a communicator configured to perform communication with a server,

wherein the controller controls to transmit information on the second screen generated based on the bending to the server, and to receive the reconfigured first contents corresponding to the second screen from the server and display the reconfigured first contents.

11. The flexible display apparatus according to claim 1,

further comprising a communicator configured to perform a video call with a counterpart terminal,

wherein the controller controls to display a video call image on the second screen, and to display an object for sharing contents with the counterpart of the video call on a third screen generated on the another area of the display unit.

12. A method for controlling a flexible display apparatus, the method comprising:

displaying first contents on a first screen of a display unit;

sensing a bending of the flexible display apparatus; and

reconfiguring and displaying the first contents on a second screen generated on an area of the display unit based on the bending.

13. The method according to claim 12,

wherein the first screen is an entire screen of the display unit.

14. The method according to claim 12,

wherein the reconfiguring and displaying of the first contents controls to reconfigure the first contents and display the reconfigured first contents on the second screen generated on an area of the display unit at a first state of shape where the bending is maintained for a certain period of time.

15. The method according to claim 12,

wherein the second screen is generated in different shapes according to a location where the bending occurred, and

the reconfiguring and displaying of the first contents reconfigures the contents in different shapes according to a shape of the second screen.

16. The method according to claim 12,

further comprising displaying information related to the first contents on a third screen generated on another area of the display unit based on the bending.

17. The method according to claim 16, further comprising detecting a direction of a user'"'"'s eyeline;

and

changing a display perspective according to a bending angle according to the detected direction of the user'"'"'s eyeline and the bending, changing at least one of the first contents and the information related to the first contents to correspond to the display perspective and display the at least one of the first contents and the information related to the first contents on the second screen and the third screen.

18. The method according to claim 15,

wherein the information related to the first contents is at least one of a first contents list comprising second contents of a same level as the first contents, a second contents list comprising a superior category of the first contents, and information for executing functions related to the first contents.

19. The method according to claim 18,

further comprising selecting the second contents belonging to the contents list, and displaying the second contents on the entire screen of the display unit, when the bending is released.

20. The method according to claim 18,

further comprising displaying the second contents on the second screen, and displaying the second contents on the second screen, when a flick manipulation is input with the second contents displayed on the third screen.

22. The method according to claim 12,

further comprising performing a video call with a counterpart terminal;

and

displaying a video call image on the second screen, and displaying an object for sharing contents with the counterpart of the video call on a third screen generated on the another area of the display unit.

21. The method according to claim 21,

further comprising transmitting information on the second screen generated based on the bending to the server;

wherein the reconfiguring of the first contents and displaying the first contents comprises receiving the reconfigured first contents corresponding to the second screen from the server and displaying the reconfigured first contents.