DISPLAY MODE SWITCHING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MOBILE TERMINAL
First Claim
1. A display method of an electronic device, the method comprising:
- detecting an orientation of the electronic device; and
displaying, on a single display screen of the electronic device,an input region configured to display a plurality of virtual keys according to one of a first key map corresponding to a first orientation of the electronic device and a second key map corresponding to a second orientation of the electronic device, in response to the detected orientation of the electronic device, andan output region configured to display characters input via the virtual keys,wherein the second key map corresponding to the second orientation of the electronic device includes a left-side group of virtual keys and a right-side group of virtual keys that are respectively arranged at left and right sides of the single display screen.
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Abstract
The present application relates to a display mode switching device and method for a portable electronic device. In particular, the present application relates to a portable electronic device that can switch display modes of an integrated display and input device to facilitate composition of a text message by switching between a portrait mode and a landscape mode. A portable electronic device may use a display mode switching method in which a posture of the portable electronic device can be checked, and a display mode can be selected based on the posture. A portrait-mode text messaging composition window with a portrait-mode key map and a landscape-mode text messaging composition window with a landscape-mode key map can be displayed in the selected display mode.
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12 Claims
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1. A display method of an electronic device, the method comprising:
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detecting an orientation of the electronic device; and displaying, on a single display screen of the electronic device, an input region configured to display a plurality of virtual keys according to one of a first key map corresponding to a first orientation of the electronic device and a second key map corresponding to a second orientation of the electronic device, in response to the detected orientation of the electronic device, and an output region configured to display characters input via the virtual keys, wherein the second key map corresponding to the second orientation of the electronic device includes a left-side group of virtual keys and a right-side group of virtual keys that are respectively arranged at left and right sides of the single display screen. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An electronic device, comprising:
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a display; an orientation detector configured to detect an orientation of the electronic device; and a processor configured to control the display to display, on a single display screen, an input region configured to display a plurality of virtual keys according to one of a first key map corresponding to a first orientation of the electronic device and a second key map corresponding to a second orientation of the electronic device, in response to a detected orientation of the electronic device, and an output region configured to display characters input via the virtual keys, wherein the second key map corresponding to the second orientation of the electronic device includes a left-side group of virtual keys and a right-side group of virtual keys that are respectively arranged at left and right sides of the single display screen. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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