PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

• US 20160026219A1
• Filed: 01/29/2015
• Published: 01/28/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/28/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: KIM, Samsick, LEE, Seojin, YU, Donghwan
• Application Number:
  US14/609,110
• Publication Number:
  US 20160026219A1
• 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 1/1679 for locking or maintaining the movable parts of the enclosure in a fixed position, e.g. latching mechanism at the edge of the display in a laptop or for the screen protective cover of a PDA G06F1/1681 takes precedence
• 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 3/016 Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/003 Details of a display terminal, the details relating to the control arrangement of the display terminal and to the interfaces thereto specific for a CRT G09G1/165; for a flat panel G09G3/2092
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0245 using open/close detection
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0268 including a flexible display panel

Abstract

A portable electronic device including a wireless communication unit configured to provide wireless communication; a flexible display unit including a first part; a second part rotatable based on a first boundary portion of the first part and configured to cover and not cover the first part, and a third part rotatable based on a second boundary portion of the first part and configured to cover and not cover the first part; and a controller configured to display information on the flexible display unit based the second and third parts covering or not covering the first part.

Claims

1. A portable electronic device, comprising:

a wireless communication unit configured to provide wireless communication;

a flexible display unit including a first part;

a second part rotatable based on a first boundary portion of the first part and configured to cover and not cover the first part, and a third part rotatable based on a second boundary portion of the first part and configured to cover and not cover the first part; and

a controller configured to;

display information on the flexible display unit based the second and third parts covering or not covering the first part.

2. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein when a closed state where the second and third parts cover the first part is converted into a first open state where the second part does not cover the first part, the controller is further configured to display a first execution screen on the flexible display unit, and

wherein when the closed state is converted into a second open state where the third part does not cover the first part, the controller is further configured to display a second execution screen different from the first execution screen on the flexible display unit.

3. The portable electronic device of claim 2, wherein the controller is further configured to display the first execution screen on the second part with a portion of the first part covered by the second part, and

wherein the controller is further configured to display the second execution screen on the third part with a portion of the first part covered by the third part.

4. The portable electronic device of claim 2, wherein the first execution screen includes one or more graphic objects formed to be executable in a locked state, and

wherein the second execution screen is a lock screen configured to receive a password for releasing the locked state.

5. The portable electronic device of claim 2, wherein when the closed state is converted into a third open state where the second and third parts do not cover the first part, the controller is further configured to display a lock screen or a home screen on the flexible display unit, the lock screen configured to receive a password for releasing a locked state.

6. The portable electronic device of claim 5, wherein when the first open state or the second open state is converted into the third open state, the controller is further configured to display the first and second execution screens on different regions of the flexible display unit.

7. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein when one of the second and third parts covers the first part and another thereof does not cover the first part, the controller is further configured to display first screen information on the flexible display unit, and

wherein when the state where the first screen information has been displayed is converted into when said one part does not cover the first part, the controller is further configured to display second screen information including information related to the first screen information on the flexible display unit.

8. The portable electronic device of claim 7, wherein when the first screen information is changed based on a user'"'"'s touch input applied to a region where the first screen information has been displayed, the controller is further configured to change the second screen information such that information corresponding to the changed first screen information is displayed.

9. The portable electronic device of claim 8, wherein when a drag input is applied to the flexible display unit from said one part to said another part, the controller is further configured to terminate the display of the first and second screen information, and display screen information which has been displayed on said one part on an entire region of the flexible display unit.

10. The portable electronic device of claim 7, wherein the different regions, on which the first and second screen information are displayed, are variable according to an amount of information related to the first screen information.

11. The portable electronic device of claim 7, wherein the controller is further configured to display first screen information on said another part with a portion of the first part covered by said another part, and

wherein the controller is further configured to display second screen information on said one part with a portion of the first part covered by said one part.

12. The portable electronic device of claim 1, further comprising:

a body having one surface and another surface where the flexible display unit is disposed;

a fixing member disposed at the body, and configured to fix the second and third parts such that a closed state where the second and third parts cover the first part is maintained; and

a touch sensor disposed on at least one of one side and another side of said another surface, and configured to sense a touch input applied thereto,

wherein when the touch input applied to the touch sensor is maintained for a predetermined time, the controller is further configured to control the fixing member based on the touch input such that at least one of the second and third parts is not fixed.

13. The portable electronic device of claim 12, further comprising:

a fingerprint scanner disposed to be overlapped with the touch sensor, and configured to recognize a fingerprint of a finger contacting thereto,

wherein when a fingerprint of a finger which has applied a touch input to the touch sensor is recognized as a user'"'"'s pre-stored fingerprint by the fingerprint scanner, the controller is further configured to control the fixing member such that at least one of the second and third parts is not fixed.

14. The portable electronic device of claim 12, wherein the controller is further configured to sense a plurality of touch inputs applied to the touch sensor in a closed state, and

wherein when the sensed touch inputs match a preset pattern, the controller is further configured to control the fixing member such that at least one of the second and third parts is not fixed.

15. The portable electronic device of claim 1, further comprising:

a body having one surface and another surface where the flexible display unit is disposed; and

a camera disposed on said another surface,

wherein when a closed state where the second and third parts cover the first part is converted into when one of the second and third parts does not cover the first part, the controller is further configured to activate the camera, and display a preview screen captured by the camera on the flexible display unit.

16. The portable electronic device of claim 15, wherein when the state where the preview screen has been displayed is converted into when another of the second and third parts does not cover the first part, the controller is further configured to display screen information and the preview screen on different regions of the flexible display unit, the screen information including a plurality of thumbnail images corresponding to visual data stored in a memory.

17. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein when a closed state where the second and third parts cover the first part is converted into when one of the second and third parts does not cover the first part, the controller is further configured to display screen information corresponding to said one part on the flexible display unit, and

wherein when the state where one of the second and third parts does not cover the first part but another thereof covers the first part is converted into when said another part does not cover the first part, the controller is further configured to display the screen information displayed on said one part and a portion of the first part covered by said one part on an entire region of the flexible display unit.

18. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to display information on the flexible display unit when the second part does not cover the first part, to be different from information displayed on the flexible display unit when the third part does not cover the first part.

19. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first part, the second part and the third part are configured to form a single planar surface.

20. The portable electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first and second boundary portions are symmetrical or asymmetrical with each other.