USER TERMINAL DEVICE AND DISPLAYING METHOD THEREOF

• US 20150227298A1
• Filed: 02/13/2015
• Published: 08/13/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/13/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: KIM, Yun-kyung, LEE, Yong-yeon, PARK, Hae-yoon, KWAK, Ji-yeon, KIM, Hyun-jin
• Granted Patent: US 10,712,918 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 1/1652 the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3206 Monitoring of events, devices or parameters that trigger a change in power modality
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1614 Image rotation following screen orientation, e.g. switching from landscape to portrait mode
• 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 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

A displaying method of a user terminal device including displaying a first screen on a display of the user terminal device, detecting a user interaction by the user terminal device, and rotating the at least two screens based on the first user interaction, changing a display orientation of the at least two screens.

Claims

1. A displaying method of a user terminal device, the displaying method comprising:

displaying at least two screens in at least two areas of a display of the user terminal device;

detecting a first user interaction by the user terminal device;

changing a display orientation of the at least two screens based on the first user interaction; and

rotating the at least two screens based on the changed display orientation.

2. The displaying method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting a second user interaction in one of the at least two areas; and

changing a display orientation of the screen of the at least two screens which is displayed in the one of the at least two areas based on the second user interaction.

3. The displaying method of claim 1, wherein the first user interaction comprises a vibration interaction, and

wherein the changing the display orientation comprises:

determining a location where the vibration interaction occurs; and

determining the display orientation of the at least two screens based on the determined location of the vibration interaction.

4. The displaying method of claim 1, wherein the first user interaction comprises a touch interaction, and

wherein the changing the display orientation comprises:

determining a direction of the touch interaction; and

determining the display orientation of the at least two screens based on the determined direction of the touch interaction.

5. The displaying method of claim 1, further comprising:

maintaining a layout of the at least two screens even when the display orientation of the at least two screens changes.

6. The displaying method of claim 1, wherein the display and each screen the at least two screens are substantially square.

7. A displaying method of a user terminal device, the displaying method comprising:

detecting, while a screen of the user terminal device is in a powered-off state, a user interaction;

determining a display orientation of the screen based on the user interaction; and

changing the screen to a powered-on state in the determined display orientation.

8. The displaying method of claim 7, wherein the detecting comprises detecting a rotation state of the user terminal device, and

wherein the changing comprises:

determining the display orientation based on the rotation state of the user terminal device; and

changing the screen to a powered-on state in the determined display orientation.

9. A displaying method of a user terminal device, the displaying method comprising:

displaying a display screen;

detecting a first user interaction and a second user interaction on the display screen;

determining a direction of the first user interaction and a direction of the second user interaction;

dividing the display screen into a first area and a second area based on the direction of the first user interaction and the direction of the second user interaction;

determining a display orientation of a first screen that is to be displayed on the first area based on the direction of the first user interaction;

displaying the first screen on the first area;

determining a display orientation of a second screen that is to be displayed on the second area based on the direction of the second user interaction; and

displaying the second screen on the second area.

10. The displaying method of claim 9, wherein the display screen is in a substantially square shape, and

wherein the dividing comprises, in response to at least one of the direction of the first user interaction and the direction of the second user interaction being toward a corner of the display screen, dividing the display screen into substantially triangular first and second areas.

11. The displaying method of claim 9, wherein the dividing comprises, in response to at least one out of the direction of the first user interaction and the direction of the second user interaction being toward a side of the display screen, dividing the display screen into substantially rectangular first and second areas.

12. A displaying method of a user terminal device, the displaying method comprising:

displaying a first screen;

detecting a first user interaction and a second user interaction at overlapping times, wherein the first user interaction comprises touch interactions on a front side and a back side of the user terminal device and the second user interaction comprises touch interactions on the front side and the back side of the user terminal device;

determining a direction of the first user interaction and a direction of the second user interaction;

dividing the first screen into a first area and a second area based on the direction of the first user interaction and the direction of the second user interaction;

determining a display orientation of a second screen which is to be displayed on the first area based on the direction of the first user interaction;

displaying the second screen on the first area;

determining a display orientation of a third screen which is to be displayed on the second area based on the direction of the second user interaction; and

displaying the third screen on the second area.

13. A displaying method of a user terminal device, the displaying method comprising:

displaying a first screen;

detecting, while the first screen is displayed, a user interaction;

determining a display orientation of a second screen based on the user interaction; and

displaying the second screen in the determined display orientation.

14. The displaying method of claim 13, wherein the first screen is a lock screen or a notification screen.

15. The displaying method of claim 14, wherein a display orientation of the first screen is determined based on a display orientation before the first screen is displayed.

16. A user terminal device, comprising:

a display configured to display at least two screens in at least two areas of the display;

a detector configured to detect a first user interaction; and

a controller configured to control the display to change a display orientation of the at least two screens based on the first user interaction detected by the detector and to rotate the at least two screens based on the changed display orientation.

17. The user terminal device of claim 16, wherein:

the detector is further configured to detect a second user interaction; and

the controller is further configured to, in response to the second user interaction being detected in one of the at least two areas, control the display to change the display orientation of the of the at least two screens which is displayed in the one of the at least two areas based on the second user interaction.

18. The user terminal device of claim 16, wherein:

the first user interaction comprises a vibration interaction; and

the controller is further configured to determine a location where the vibration interaction occurs, and determines the display orientation of the at least two screens based on the determined location of the vibration interaction.

19. The user terminal device of claim 16, wherein:

the first user interaction comprises a touch interaction; and

the controller is further configured to determine a direction of the touch interaction, and determine the display orientation of the at least two screens based on the determined direction of the touch interaction.

20. The user terminal device of claim 16, wherein the controller is further configured to control the display to maintain a layout of the at least two screens even when the display orientation of the at least two screens is changed.