PORTABLE TERMINAL AND DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF

• US 20150378592A1
• Filed: 06/26/2015
• Published: 12/31/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: KIM, Dae-myung
• Granted Patent: US 10,470,538 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 11/00 Receptacles for purposes not provided for in groups A45C1/00-A45C9/00 specially adapted for toiletry or cosmetic equipment A45D29/20, A45D44/18; travelling sewing kits A45F3/48
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 2011/002 for portable handheld communication devices, e.g. mobile phone, pager, beeper, PDA, smart phone
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 2011/003 for portable computing devices, e.g. laptop, tablet, netbook, game boy, navigation system, calculator
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3265 Power saving in display device
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1633 Protecting arrangement for the entire housing of the computer
• 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 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0487 using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser
• 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 1/724092 Interfacing with an external cover providing additional functionalities
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management

Abstract

A portable terminal having a cover that includes a transparent region and a display method thereof are provided. The display method includes displaying a UI element on an exposed display region in a state that the display region is covered by a cover, and controlling the display region that corresponds to the transparent region in response to a user input for selecting the UI element.

Claims

1. A method of displaying information on a portable terminal configured to be connected to a cover comprising a transparent region and having a width that is less than a width of a display region of the portable terminal, the method comprising:

displaying a user interaction (UI) element on an exposed display region uncovered by the cover in a state that a part of the display region having the width of the cover and including the transparent region is covered by the cover; and

controlling a portion of the display region that corresponds to the transparent region of the cover to display information, in response to receiving a user input selecting the UI element while the UI element is displayed on the exposed display region uncovered by the cover.

2. The display method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controlling comprises displaying execution information of execution of an application corresponding to the UI element on the portion of the display region that corresponds to the transparent region of the cover.

3. The display method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising displaying the UI element in another position of the exposed display region, in response to a user input along the exposed display region while the UI element is displayed.

4. The display method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the user input comprises one of a tap gesture that touches the UI element and releases the touch, a flick gesture that touches the UI element and flicks the touched UI element, a drag gesture that touches the UI element and drags the touched UI element to the transparent region, and a drag gesture that touches the UI element and drags the touched UI element from the exposed display region to a position that corresponds to the portion of the display region that corresponds to the transparent region of the cover.

5. The display method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the display region comprises a front corresponding to a front surface of the portable terminal and a side region corresponding to a side surface of the portable terminal.

6. The display method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the UI element is phone application identification information, and

wherein the controlling comprises displaying at least one of a keypad, a call button, a text message switchover button, a video call button, and a delete button on the portion of the display region that corresponds to the transparent region of the cover.

7. The display method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the UI element is camera application identification information, and

wherein the controlling comprises displaying at least one of a preview screen before image capturing, an image after the image capturing, and a moving image after the image capturing on the portion of the display region that corresponds to the transparent region of the cover.

8. A method of displaying information on a portable terminal configured to be connected to a cover comprising a transparent region and having a width that is less than a width of a display region of the portable terminal, the method comprising:

displaying a user interaction (UI) element on a portion of the display region that corresponds to the transparent region of the cover in a state that a part of the display region having the width of the cover and including the transparent region is covered by the cover; and

controlling an exposed display region uncovered by the cover, in response to a user input selecting the UI element while the UI element is displayed on the portion of the display region that corresponds to the transparent region of the cover.

9. The display method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the controlling comprises displaying another UI element configured to control information related to the UI element on the exposed display region in response to receiving the user input.

10. The display method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the UI element is a keypad, and

wherein the controlling comprises displaying an input result on the exposed display region.

11. The display method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the UI element is a folder, and

wherein the controlling comprises displaying at least one thumbnail that is included in the folder on the exposed display region.

12. The display method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the UI element identifies video content, and

wherein the controlling comprises displaying a UI element configured to control the video content on the exposed display region.

13. A method of displaying information on a portable terminal configured to be connected to a front cover comprising a transparent region, the method comprising:

displaying a user interaction (UI) element on a side display region of a display of the portable terminal in a state that a front display region of the display of the portable terminal including the transparent region is covered by the front cover; and

controlling a portion of the display region that corresponds to the transparent region of the cover to display information, in response to a user input selecting the UI element while the UI element is displayed on the side display region.

14. A portable terminal configured to be connected to a cover comprising a transparent region and having a width that is less than a width of a display region of the portable terminal, the portable terminal comprising:

a sensor configured to sense a user input;

a display configured to display a UI element on an exposed display region uncovered by the cover in a state that a part of the display region having the width of the cover and including the transparent region is covered by the cover; and

a controller configured to control a portion of the display region that corresponds to the transparent region of the cover to display information, in response to the sensor sending user input selecting the UI element while the UI element is displayed.

15. The portable terminal as claimed in claim 14, wherein the controller is further configured to control the display to display execution information of execution of an application corresponding to the UI element on the portion of the display region that corresponds to the transparent region of the cover.

16. The portable terminal as claimed in claim 14, wherein the controller is further configured to control the display to display the UI element in another position of the exposed display region, in response to the sensor receiving the user input along the exposed display region while the UI element is displayed.

17. The portable terminal as claimed in claim 14, wherein the user input comprises one of a tap gesture that touches the UI element and releases the touch, a flick gesture that touches the UI element and flicks the touched UI element, a drag gesture that touches the UI element and drags the touched UI element to the transparent region, and a drag gesture that touches the UI element and drags the touched UI element from the exposed display region to a position that corresponds to the portion of the display region that corresponds to the transparent region of the cover.

18. The portable terminal as claimed in claim 14, wherein the display region comprises a front corresponding to a front surface of the portable terminal and a side region corresponding to a side surface of the portable terminal.

19. The portable terminal as claimed in claim 14, wherein the UI element is phone application identification information, and

wherein the controller is further configured to control the display to display at least one of a keypad, a call button, a text message switchover button, a video call button, and a delete button on the portion of the display region that corresponds to the transparent region of the cover.

20. The portable terminal as claimed in claim 14, wherein the UI element is camera application identification information, and

wherein the controller is further configured to control the display to display at least one of a preview screen before image capturing, an image after the image capturing, and a moving image after the image capturing on the portion of the display region that corresponds to the transparent region of the cover.

21. A portable terminal configured to be connected to a front cover comprising a transparent region, the portable terminal comprising:

a sensor configured to sense a user input;

a display configured to display a UI element on a side display region of a display of the portable terminal in a state that a front display region of the display of the portable terminal including the transparent region is covered by the front cover; and

a controller configured to control a portion of the display region that corresponds to the transparent region of the cover to display information, in response to the sensor receiving the user input selecting the UI element while the UI element is displayed on the side display region.

22. A portable terminal configured to be connected to a cover comprising a transparent region and having a width that is less than a width of a display region of the portable terminal, the portable terminal comprising:

a sensor configured to sense a user input;

a display configured to display a user interaction (UI) element on a portion of the display region that corresponds to the transparent region of the cover in a state that a part of the display region having the width of the cover and including the transparent region is covered by the cover; and

a controller configured to control an exposed display region uncovered by the cover, in response to the sensor receiving the user input selecting the UI element while the UI element is displayed.

23. The portable terminal as claimed in claim 22, wherein the controller is further configured to control the display to display another UI element configured to control information related to the UI element on the exposed display region in response to the sensor receiving the user input.

24. The portable terminal as claimed in claim 22, wherein the UI element is a keypad, and

wherein the controller is further configured to control the display to display an input result on the exposed display region.

25. The portable terminal as claimed in claim 22, wherein the UI element is a folder, and

wherein the controller is further configured to control the display to display at least one thumbnail that is included in the folder on the exposed display region.

26. The portable terminal as claimed in claim 22, wherein the UI element identifies video content, and

wherein the controller is further configured to control the display to display a UI element configured to control the video content on the exposed display region.

27. A portable terminal comprising:

a touch-sensitive display configured to sense user input and display information; and

a controller configured to;

detect that a cover is covering the touch-sensitive display of the portable terminal, the cover comprising a transparent portion and the cover having a width that is less than a width of the touch-sensitive display,

control the touch-sensitive display to display a user interface (UI) element on one of;

an exposed portion of the touch-sensitive display that is uncovered by the cover, and

a portion of the touch-sensitive display that corresponds to the transparent portion of the cover, in response to detecting that the cover is covering the touch-sensitive display, and

control display of information related to the UI element on;

the portion of the touch-sensitive display that corresponds to the transparent portion of the cover, in response to the touch-sensitive display sensing a user input selecting the UI element displayed on the exposed portion of the touch-sensitive display, and

the exposed portion of the touch-sensitive display, in response to the touch-sensitive display sensing a user input selecting the UI element displayed on the portion of the touch-sensitive display that corresponds to the transparent portion of the cover.