PORTABLE DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

• US 20140333545A1
• Filed: 06/21/2013
• Published: 11/13/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: LEE, Doyoung, KIM, Yongsin, PARK, Hyorim
• Application Number:
  US13/923,491
• Publication Number:
  US 20140333545A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• 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 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A portable device and a method for controlling the same are discussed, in which a user may control a display of the device more conveniently and exactly. The portable device includes a main display unit; a flexible display unit; a touch sensor unit configured to sense a touch input of a user; a measurement unit configured to detect expanding of the flexible display; and a processor. The processor is further configured to: when a first image is displayed on a first area which is an expanded area of the flexible display unit, display a second image on a second area which is an additionally expanded area of the flexible display unit when additional expanding of the flexible display unit and a lack of a first touch input to the flexible display unit are sensed.

Claims

1. A portable device having a flexible display, the portable device comprising:

a main display unit;

a flexible display unit;

a touch sensor unit configured to sense a touch input of a user;

a measurement unit configured to detect expanding of the flexible display; and

a processor configured to control the main display unit, the flexible display unit, the touch sensor unit, and the measurement unit,

wherein the processor is further configured to;

when a first image is displayed on a first area which is an expanded area of the flexible display unit,

display a second image on a second area which is an additionally expanded area of the flexible display unit when additional expanding of the flexible display unit and a lack of a first touch input to the flexible display unit are sensed, and

display the first image on the first area and the second area by enlarging the first image when the additional expanding of the flexible display unit and the first touch input are sensed.

2. The portable device according to claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to display the first image on the first area and the second area by gradually enlarging the first image according to the additional expanding of the flexible display unit.

3. The portable device according to claim 1, wherein the measurement unit is further configured to measure an expanded length of the flexible display unit.

4. The portable device according to claim 1, wherein the second image is the image connected from the first image.

5. The portable device according to claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to display the first image on the first area and the second area by enlarging the first image in all directions.

6. The portable device according to claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to display the first image by partially enlarging the first image on a basis of a point where the first touch input is sensed when the additional expanding of the flexible display unit, the first touch input, and a second touch input to the main display unit are sensed at the same time.

7. The portable device according to claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to switch the enlarged first image displayed on the first area and the second area to the first image on the first area and to the second image on the second area, when release of the sensed first touch input is sensed.

8. The portable device according to claim 1, further comprising a grip portion provided at one side of the flexible display unit.

9. The portable device according to claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to display a graphic user interface indicating a displayed area of the enlarged first image in the flexible display unit or the main display unit when the enlarged first image is displayed on the first area and the second area.

10. A portable device having a flexible display, the portable device comprising:

a main display unit;

a flexible display unit;

a touch sensor unit configured to sense a touch input of a user;

a measurement unit configured to measure an expanded length of the flexible display unit; and

a processor configured to control the main display unit, the flexible display unit, the touch sensor unit, and the measurement unit,

wherein the processor is further configured to;

when a first image is displayed on a first area which is an expanded area of the flexible display unit,

display a second image on a second area which is an expanded area of a retracted flexible display unit when retracting of the flexible display unit and a lack of a first touch input to the flexible display unit are sensed, and

display the first image on the second area by downsizing the first image when the retracting of the flexible display unit and the first touch input are sensed.

11. The portable device according to claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to display the first image on the second area by gradually downsizing the first image according to the retracting of the flexible display unit.

12. The portable device according to claim 10, wherein the first image is the image that includes the second image.

13. The portable device according to claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to display the first image by partially downsizing the first image on a basis of a point where the first touch input is sensed when the retracting of the flexible display unit, the first touch input, and a second touch input to the main display unit are sensed at the same time.

14. The portable device according to claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to display the first image on the second area by downsizing the first image in all directions.

15. A control method of a portable device having a flexible display, the method comprising the steps of:

expanding a flexible display unit;

displaying a first image on a first area which is an expanded area of the flexible display unit; and

displaying a second image on a second area which is an additionally expanded area of the flexible display unit when additional expanding of the flexible display unit and a lack of a first touch input to the flexible display unit are sensed, and displaying the first image on the first area and the second area by enlarging the first image when the additional expanding of the flexible display unit and the first touch input are sensed.

16. The control method according to claim 15, further comprising the step of displaying the first image on the first area and the second area by gradually enlarging the first image according to the additional expanding of the flexible display unit.

17. The control method according to claim 15, wherein the second image is the image connected from the first image.

18. The control method according to claim 15, wherein the step of displaying the first image on the first area and the second area by enlarging the first image includes displaying the first image by enlarging the first image in all directions.

19. The control method according to claim 15, further comprising the step of displaying the first image by partially enlarging the first image on a basis of a point where the first touch input is sensed when the additional expanding of the flexible display unit, the first touch input, and a second touch input to the main display unit are sensed at the same time.

20. The control method according to claim 15, further comprising the step of switching the enlarged first image displayed on the first area and the second area to the first image on the first area and to the second image on the second area when release of the sensed first touch input is sensed.

21. The control method according to claim 15, further comprising the step of displaying a graphic user interface indicating an displayed area of the enlarged first image in the flexible display unit or the main display unit when the enlarged first image is displayed on the first area and the second area.

22. A control method of a portable device having a flexible display, the method comprising the steps of:

expanding a flexible display unit;

displaying a first image on a first area which is an expanded area of the flexible display unit; and

displaying a second image on a second area which is an expanded area of a retracted flexible display unit when retracting of the flexible display unit and a lack of a first touch input to the flexible display unit are sensed, and displaying the first image on the second area by downsizing the first image when the retracting of the flexible display unit and the first touch input are sensed.

23. The control method according to claim 22, wherein the step of displaying the first image on the second area by downsizing the first image includes a step of displaying the first image on the second area by gradually downsizing the first image according to the retracting of the flexible display unit.

24. The control method according to claim 22, wherein the first image includes the second image.

25. The control method according to claim 22, further comprising the step of displaying the first image by partially downsizing the first image on a basis of a point where the first touch input is sensed when the retracting of the flexible display unit, the first touch input, and a second touch input to the main display unit are sensed at the same time.

26. The control method according to claim 22, wherein the step of displaying the first image on the second area by downsizing the first image includes a step of displaying the first image on the second area by downsizing the first image in all directions.