DISPLAY APPARATUS

• US 20160259514A1
• Filed: 10/12/2015
• Published: 09/08/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/05/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Display Company Limited (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Display Company Limited (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: Sang, Hyeonjeong, Lee, Heeyoung
• Granted Patent: US 9,959,030 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 1/1652 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 1/3265 Power saving in display device
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0381 Multimodal input, i.e. interface arrangements enabling the user to issue commands by simultaneous use of input devices of different nature, e.g. voice plus gesture on digitizer
• 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 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/013 Eye tracking input arrangements G06F3/015 takes precedence
• 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 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• 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: G06T 3/20 Linear translation of whole images or parts thereof, e.g. panning
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0268 including a flexible display panel
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• 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 display apparatus includes: a display panel; a deformation sensor configured to sense a bending of the display panel; and a controller configured to control the display panel, wherein the controller is configured to: control displaying a plurality of objects on the display panel; detect the bending of the display panel through the deformation sensor; divide the display panel into a first area and a second area with respect to a bending line defined by the bending; divide the objects into a first object corresponding to the first area and a second object corresponding to the second area according to the bending; and move the first and second objects in first and second directions, respectively, according to the bending.

Claims

1. A display apparatus comprising:

a display panel;

a deformation sensor configured to sense a bending of the display panel; and

a controller configured to control the display panel, wherein the controller is configured to;

control displaying a plurality of objects on the display panel;

detect the bending of the display panel through the deformation sensor;

divide the display panel into a first area and a second area with respect to a bending line defined by the bending;

divide the objects into a first object corresponding to the first area and a second object corresponding to the second area according to the bending; and

move the first and second objects in first and second directions, respectively, according to the bending.

2. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first direction is a direction opposite to the bending line with respect to the first object and the second direction is a direction opposite to the bending line with respect to the second object.

3. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first direction is toward the bending line with respect to the first object and the second direction is toward the bending line with respect to the second object.

4. The display apparatus of claim 2, wherein a moving speed of the first and second objects is determined based on a bending angle of the bending.

5. The display apparatus of claim 2, wherein a moving distance of the first and second objects is determined based on a bending angle of the bending.

6. The display apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a grip sensor configured to sense a grip by a user'"'"'s hand, wherein the controller is configured to define grip areas corresponding to areas gripped by the user'"'"'s hand using the grip sensor, the first object moves to a grip area defined in the first area among the grip areas, and the second object moves to a grip area defined in the second area among the grip areas.

7. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to detect an unbending of the display panel using the deformation sensor and to return the first and second objects to original positions of the first and second objects before the display panel is bent.

8. The display apparatus of claim 7, wherein a moving speed when the first and second objects are respectively returned to the original positions is slower than a moving speed when the first and second objects respectively move to the first and second directions.

9. A display apparatus comprising:

a display panel;

a deformation sensor configured to sense a bending of the display panel; and

a controller configured to;

control the display panel and detect the bending using the deformation sensor;

control displaying a first icon corresponding to a first application in a first icon arrangement area;

detect a first touch input selecting the first icon;

detect a first bending of the display panel;

determine that an execution command executing the first application is input according to the first bending to generate a first control signal; and

execute the first application in response to the first control signal.

10. The display apparatus of claim 9, wherein the controller is configured to define an execution area distinct from the first icon arrangement area in the display panel according to the first bending and to display an execution screen of the first application in the execution area.

11. The display apparatus of claim 10, wherein the controller is configured to:

detect a second bending of the display panel;

determine that an execution command controlling a size of the execution screen of the first application based on the second bending to generate a second control signal; and

control the size of the execution screen of the first application in response to the second control signal.

12. The display apparatus of claim 11, wherein the controller is configured to detect a bending activation input generated by a user and to control the size of the execution screen of the first application while the bending activation input is input.

13. The display apparatus of claim 12, wherein the bending activation input corresponds to an operation that maintains a touch on the first icon.

14. The display apparatus of claim 11, wherein, when a first bending angle between the first icon arrangement area and the execution area becomes smaller, the size of the execution screen of the first application decreases, and when the first bending angle becomes greater, the size of the execution screen of the first application increases.

15. The display apparatus of claim 10, wherein the controller is configured to determine that the execution command of the first application is input when the first bending angle between the first icon arrangement area and the execution area becomes smaller.

16. The display apparatus of claim 10, wherein the controller is configured to detect a first movement of the first icon arrangement area and a second movement of the execution area and to determine that the execution command of the first application is input according to the first movement, the second movement, and the first bending.

17. The display apparatus of claim 16, wherein, when the first icon arrangement area is fixed, the first movement is not detected, and the second movement is a movement of a second icon arrangement area to allow a first bending angle between the first and second icon arrangement areas to be small, the controller is configured to determine that the execution command of the first application is input.

18. The display apparatus of claim 9, wherein the controller is configured to:

display a second icon corresponding to a second application in a second icon arrangement area of the display panel;

move the second icon to the first icon arrangement area; and

display the second icon through the first icon arrangement area when an execution area is overlapped with the second icon arrangement area after the first bending.

19. The display apparatus of claim 10, wherein the controller is configured to:

detect a third bending of the display panel;

determine a command moving and displaying the execution screen of the first application to and in the first icon arrangement area according to the third bending;

generate a third control signal; and

move and displays the execution screen of the first application to and in the first icon arrangement area in response to the third control signal.

20. The display apparatus of claim 19, wherein the controller is configured to detect a first movement of the first icon arrangement area and a second movement of the execution area and to determine that the command moving and displaying the execution screen of the first application to and in the first icon arrangement area is input according to the first movement, the second movement, and the third bending.

21. The display apparatus of claim 20, wherein, when the first icon arrangement area is fixed, the first movement is not detected, and the second movement is a movement of the execution area to allow the first bending angle between the first icon arrangement area and the execution area to be small, the controller is configured to determine that the command moving and displaying the execution screen of the first application to and in the first icon arrangement area is input.

22. A display apparatus comprising:

a display panel;

a deformation sensor configured to sense a bending of the display panel; and

a controller configured to;

control the display panel and detect the bending using the deformation sensor;

divide the display panel into a visible area perceived by a user and a non-visible area not perceived by the user due to the bending, which are defined in the display panel, according to the bending of the display panel; and

drive the non-visible area in a power saving mode.

23. The display apparatus of claim 22, wherein the controller is configured to control a size of an object so as to correspond to the visible area displayed in the display panel before the bending of the display panel, after the bending of the display panel and to move and display the object in the visible area.

24. The display apparatus of claim 23, wherein the controller is configured to display an image having a black grayscale at the non-visible area in the power saving mode.

25. The display apparatus of claim 22, wherein the controller is configured to determine that the display panel is in a folded state according to the bending and to turn off the display panel when a bending angle of the bending of the display panel is smaller than a predetermined turn-off angle while the display panel is being folded.

26. The display apparatus of claim 25, wherein the controller is configured to determine that the display panel is in an unfolded state and to turn on the display panel when the bending angle is greater than a predetermined turn-on angle while the display panel is in unfolded state, and the turn-on angle is smaller than the turn-off angle.

27. The display apparatus of claim 22, further comprising a gaze sensor configured to sense a gaze of the user, wherein the controller is configured to detect a user'"'"'s gaze using the gaze sensor and to divide the visible area and the non-visible-area based on the bending and the user'"'"'s gaze.

28. The display apparatus of claim 23, wherein the display panel is folded two times at first and second bending angles when the display panel is bent, and the controller is configured to divide the visible area and the non-visible area according to the first and second bending angles.

29. The display apparatus of claim 28, wherein the display panel is bent along a first bending line corresponding to the first bending line and a second bending line corresponding to the second bending line when the display panel is in the first bending,

the controller is configured to define first, second, and third areas with respect to the first and second bending lines,

at least one area of the first, second, and third areas is in the non-visible area,

remaining areas of the first, second, and third areas are in the visible area,

the first bending line is defined between the first and second areas, and

the second bending line is defined between the second and third areas.

30. The display apparatus of claim 29, wherein, when the first bending angle is smaller than the second bending angle, the first and second areas are included in the non-visible area by the controller and the third area is included in the visible area by the controller.

31. The display apparatus of claim 30, wherein, when the second bending angle is smaller than the first bending angle, the first and second areas are included in the non-visible area by the controller and the third area is included in the visible area by the controller.