Portable Terminal With Controllable Display Position and Display Method Thereof

• US 20160349799A1
• Filed: 10/01/2014
• Published: 12/01/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/12/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Huaqin Telecom Technology Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Huaqin Telecom Technology Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Jiang, Guowang, Zhao, Yufeng
• Application Number:
  US15/104,922
• Publication Number:
  US 20160349799A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1652 the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1637 Sensing arrangement for detection of housing movement or orientation, e.g. for controlling scrolling or cursor movement on the display of an handheld computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/01 Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer G06F3/16 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/014 Hand-worn input/output arrangements, e.g. data gloves
• 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 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors

Abstract

The present invention provides a potable terminal with controllable display position and a display method thereof. The portable terminal comprises a portable terminal body, a display, a processor and a gravity acceleration sensor, wherein the display, the processor and the gravity acceleration sensor are arranged on the portable terminal body. The display is a curved-surface display or a flexible display with a plurality of display areas. Both the display and the gravity acceleration sensor are in communication connection with the processor. The processor controls the display areas of the display according to data detected by the gravity acceleration sensor. The portable terminal of the present invention has simple structure, can ensure that the display areas of the display always face upwards or face towards the eyes of a user, and is convenient to use.

Claims

1. A portable terminal with controllable display position, comprising:

a portable terminal body, a display arranged on the portable terminal body, a processor and a gravity acceleration sensor, the display is a curved surface display or a flexible display with a plurality of display areas, both the display and the gravity acceleration sensor are in communication connection with the processor, and the processor controls the display areas of the display according to data detected by the gravity acceleration sensor.

2. The portable terminal with controllable display position according to claim 1, wherein a memory is arranged on the potable terminal body and the memory is connected to the processor.

3. The portable terminal with controllable display position according to claim 1, wherein the gravity acceleration sensor is connected to the processor via signal line.

4. The portable terminal with controllable display position according to claim 1, wherein the gravity acceleration sensor is connected to the processor via wireless connection.

5. A display method of the portable terminal, comprising:

i) monitoring an orientation change of the terminal in real time by the gravity acceleration sensor arranged inside the portable terminal;

ii) when the change of terminal position is detected, determining the direction and angle of the terminal rotation according to the recorded change value on three directions of the gravity acceleration sensor;

iii) re-determining the center of the display areas on the display of the portable terminal according to the direction and angle of the terminal rotation, and displaying content on the display based on the center of the display areas.

6. The display method of the portable terminal according to claim 5, wherein the step ii) includes following steps:

A. using the gravity acceleration sensor to detect the orientation of the portable terminal, decomposing in real time the gravity acceleration into acceleration on x, y, z directions in three-dimensional space, i.e. acc_x, acc_y, acc_z, and transmitting the detected data to the processor;

B. the processor calculates the status of the gravity acceleration sensor according to the measured data, i.e. calculating slope angle on x\y directions and slope angle on z direction of the gravity acceleration sensor, and determining direction and angle of the rotation.

7. The display method of the portable terminal according to claim 6, wherein in the step B the method of calculating slope angle on x\y direction and slope angle on z direction is:

the slope angle on x\y directions is recorded as φ

, the slope angle on z direction is recorded as θ

, and the calculation is based on the following equations;

acc_x=1 g*sin θ

*cos φ

;

acc_y=−

1 g*sin θ

*sin φ

;

acc_z=1 g*cos φ

;

acc_y/acc_x=−

tanφ

, then substituting the acc_x, acc_y, acc_z calculated in the step A into the equations, and calculating the slope angle on x\y directions and the slope angle on z direction.

8. The display method of the portable terminal according to claim 7, wherein the rotation angle required for the display areas of the display equal to the slope angle on z direction.