Method and apparatus for controlling lock or unlock in portable terminal

• US 9,395,833 B2
• Filed: 07/23/2014
• Issued: 07/19/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Yohan, Kang, Jaehyeon, Han, Youngeun
• Primary Examiner(s): Leiby, Christopher E
• Application Number:
  US14/338,964
• Publication Number:
  US 20150035770A1
• Time in Patent Office: 727 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A method and an apparatus for controlling to lock or unlock in the portable terminal having a transparent display that has two display surfaces and is capable of double-sided touch input and double-sided display is provided. The method includes activating the transparent display according to a lock state or an unlock state of the transparent display; displaying a lock or unlock area, which notifies whether a display surface is locked, in a preset area of at least one of display surfaces of the transparent display; and changing the lock state or the unlock state of the at least one of the display surfaces of the transparent display and displaying whether the changed state is the lock state or the unlock state in the lock or unlock area of the at least one display surface, when a touch input is received in the lock or unlock area.

Claims

1. A method for controlling to lock or unlock in a portable terminal having a transparent double-sided display, the method comprising:

activating the transparent double-sided display according to a lock state or an unlock state of the transparent double-sided display, wherein the transparent double-sided display is capable of receiving a touch input on a first display surface and a second display surface;

displaying a lock or unlock area, which notifies whether a display surface is locked, in a preset area of at least one of display surfaces of the transparent double-sided display;

changing the lock state or the unlock state of the at least one of the display surfaces of the transparent double-sided display and displaying whether the changed state is the lock state or the unlock state in the lock or unlock area of the at least one display surface, when a touch input is received in the lock or unlock area; and

setting a preset transparency for the transparent double-sided display differently, based on the lock state or the unlock state of the at least one of the display surfaces.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the preset area is disposed at any one position of an upper end, a lower end, a left side, a right side, and a center of the at least one of display surfaces of the transparent double-sided display.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the touch input in the lock or unlock area corresponds to any one of a drag from the upper end to the lower end, a drag from the lower end to the upper end, a drag from the left side to the right side, a drag from the right side to the left side, and a touch in the lock or unlock area.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the transparent double-sided display is displayed so as to have a preset first transparency if the both side surfaces of the transparent double-sided display are in the unlock state, the transparent double-sided display is displayed so as to have a preset second transparency if one of the both side surfaces of the transparent double-sided display is in the unlock state, and the transparent double-sided display is displayed so as to have a preset third transparency if the both side surfaces thereof are in the lock state.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the first transparency has a higher value than a value of the second transparency, and the second transparency has a higher value than a value of the third transparency.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising changing a lock state of the first display surface of the transparent double-sided display to an unlock state and changing an unlock state of the second display surfaces of the transparent double-sided display to a lock state, if rotation in which the first display surface and the second display surface of the transparent double-sided display are reversed is detected when the first display surface of the transparent double-sided display is in the lock state and the second display surface of the transparent double-sided display is in the unlock state.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising changing an unlock state of the at least one of the display surfaces of the transparent double-sided display to a lock state, if an atypical touch is input to the at least one of the display surfaces of the transparent double-sided display in the unlock state when the at least one of the display surfaces of the transparent double-sided display is in the unlock state.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating a corresponding effect sound when the lock state or the unlock state of the at least one of the display surfaces of the transparent double-sided display is changed.

9. An apparatus for controlling to lock or unlock in a portable terminal, the apparatus comprising:

a transparent double-sided display that has two display surfaces and is capable of receiving a touch input on a first display surface and a second display surface;

a memory configured to store a lock state or an unlock state of each surface of the transparent double-sided display; and

a control unit configured to read the lock state or the unlock state of the transparent double-sided display from the memory, to activate the transparent double-sided display according to the lock state and the unlock state of the transparent double-sided display, to display a lock or unlock area, which notifies whether a display surface is locked in a preset area of at least one of the display surfaces of the transparent double-sided display, to change the lock state or the unlock state of the at least one of the display surfaces of the transparent double-sided display and to display whether the changed state is the lock state or the unlock state in the lock or unlock area of the at least one display surface, when a touch input is received in the lock or unlock area, and to set a preset transparency for the transparent double-sided display differently, based on the lock state or the unlock state of the at least one of the display surfaces.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the preset area is disposed at any one position of an upper end, a lower end, a left side, a right side, and a center of the at least one of display surfaces of the transparent double-sided display.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the touch input in the lock or unlock area corresponds to any one of a drag from the upper end to the lower end of the transparent double-sided display, a drag from the lower end to the upper end of the transparent double-sided display, a drag from the left side to the right side of the transparent double-sided display, a drag from the right side to the left side of the transparent double-sided display, and a touch in the lock or unlock area of the transparent double-sided display.

12. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the control unit is configured to control the transparent double-sided display to have a preset first transparency if the two display surfaces of the transparent double-sided display are in the unlock state, to control the transparent double-sided display to have a preset second transparency if one of the two display surfaces of the transparent double-sided display is in the unlock state, and to control the transparent double-sided display to have a preset third transparency if the two display surfaces thereof are in the lock state.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the first transparency has a higher value than a value of the second transparency, and the second transparency has a higher value than a value of the third transparency.

14. The apparatus of claim 9, further comprising a motion sensor configured to detect rotation of the first display surface of the transparent double-sided display and the second display surface of the transparent double-sided display

wherein the control unit is configured to change a lock state of the first display surface of the transparent double-sided display to an unlock state and to change an unlock state of the second display surface of the transparent double-sided display to a lock state, if the rotation in which the first display surface and the second display surface of the transparent double-sided display are reversed is detected through the motion sensor when the first display surface of the transparent double-sided display is in the lock state and the second display surface of the transparent double-sided display is in the unlock state.

15. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the control unit is configured to change an unlock state of the at least one of the display surfaces of the transparent double-sided display to the lock state, if an atypical touch is input to the at least one of the display surfaces of the transparent double-sided display in the unlock state when the at least one of the display surfaces of the transparent double-sided display is in the unlock state.

16. The apparatus of claim 9, further comprising an audio processing unit configured to generate a corresponding effect sound when the lock state or the unlock state of the at least one of the display surfaces of the transparent double-sided display is changed.

17. The apparatus of claim 9, further comprising a wireless communication unit configured to create a communication channel for a voice call, a video call, data communication, or network connection.

18. A method for controlling to lock or unlock in a portable terminal having a double-sided transparent display, the method comprising:

activating the transparent double-sided display according to a lock state or an unlock state of the transparent double-sided display, wherein the transparent double-sided display is capable of receiving a touch input on a first display surface and a second display surface;

displaying a lock or unlock area, which notifies whether a display surface is locked, in a preset area of the first display surface;

receiving a touch input on the second display in an area corresponding to the lock or unlock area;

changing the lock state or the unlock state of the first display surface;

displaying whether the changed state is the lock state or the unlock state in the lock or unlock area of the first display surface, in response to the touch input received on the second display surface; and

setting a preset transparency for the transparent double-sided display differently, based on the lock state or the unlock state of at least one of the display surfaces.