Mobile terminal and display method therefor

• US 9,665,330 B2
• Filed: 07/12/2011
• Issued: 05/30/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/16/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lenovo (Beijing) Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.), Lenovo Company Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo (Beijing) Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.), Lenovo Company Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Zhang, Yuanyi
• Primary Examiner(s): Danielsen, Nathan
• Application Number:
  US13/810,518
• Publication Number:
  US 20130113681A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,149 Days
• Field of Search: 345 11, 345 12, 345 31- 34, 345 4- 6
• 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 1/1647 including at least an additional display G06F1/1692 takes precedence
• 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 3/1423 controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/0492 Change of orientation of the displayed image, e.g. upside-down, mirrored

Abstract

A mobile terminal and a display method are described. The mobile terminal includes a first display unit provided on a first surface of the mobile terminal, for use in displaying, in a first spatial state, a first set of data in a first direction relative to the mobile terminal; a second display unit provided on a second surface of the mobile terminal, for use in displaying, in a second spatial state, a second set of data in a second direction relative to the mobile terminal. The first spatial state and the second spatial state are perpendicular to each other, and the first surface and the second surface are two different external surfaces of the mobile terminal.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a first display unit provided on a first surface of the mobile terminal for displaying first data along a first direction with respect to the mobile terminal in a first space status;

a second display unit provided on a second surface of the mobile terminal, for displaying second data along a second direction with respect to the mobile terminal in a second space status,

a receiving unit for receiving the data to be displayed;

a processing unit for automatically processing the data to be displayed to obtain the first data and the second data, wherein both of the first data and the second data are content of the data to be displayed;

a first sensor for determining the space status of the mobile terminal; and

a control unit for controlling the display mode of the first or the second display unit according to the space status determined by the first sensor;

wherein, the first direction and the second direction are perpendicular to each other,

the first surface and the second surface are two different outer surfaces of the mobile terminal,

the second data is text information included in the data to be displayed which cannot be displayed on the first display unit,

the control unit controls on or off of the first display unit according to the space status determined by the first sensor, and controls on or off of the second display unit according to the space status determined by the first sensor,

the first sensor determines the space status of the mobile terminal by detecting the angle of rotation of the mobile terminal with respect to a predetermined space status, and

the first surface and the second surface are two opposite outer surfaces of the mobile terminal.

2. The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein, the first direction and the second direction being perpendicular to each other comprises the first direction and the second direction are perpendicular to each other with respect to the mobile terminal with a tolerance.

3. The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein, controlling the display mode of the first or the second display unit according to the space status determined by the first sensor comprises:

controlling the first or the second direction according to the space status determined by the first sensor.

4. The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein, the first sensor determines the space status of the mobile terminal by detecting the angle of rotation of the mobile terminal with respect to a predetermined space status,

the mobile terminal further comprises a second sensor for determining an angle between the mobile terminal and the gravity direction,

the control unit further controls the first direction and/or the second direction according to the angle determined by the second sensor.

5. A display method for a mobile terminal having a first display unit and a second display unit, the method comprising the following steps:

receiving the data to be displayed;

automatically processing the data to be displayed according to a preset to obtain first data and second data, wherein, the second data is text information included in the data to be displayed which cannot be displayed on the first display unit;

displaying the first data in the first display unit and displaying the second data in the second display unit;

determining the space status of the mobile terminal by detecting an angle of rotation of the mobile terminal with respect to a predetermined space status;

controlling on or off of the first display unit according to the space status determined by the first sensor; and

controlling on or off of the second display unit according to the determined space status, wherein

a first display unit is provided on a first surface of the mobile terminal for displaying first data along a first direction with respect to the mobile terminal in a first space status;

a second display unit is provided on a second surface of the mobile terminal, for displaying second data along a second direction with respect to the mobile terminal in a second space status,

wherein, the first direction and the second direction are perpendicular to each other, and

the first surface and the second surface are two different outer surfaces of the mobile terminal.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein, controlling the display mode of the first or the second display unit according to the determined space status comprises:

controlling the first or the second direction according to the determined space status.

7. The method according to claim 5, wherein, determining the space status of the mobile terminal comprises determining the space status of the mobile terminal by detecting the angle of rotation of the mobile terminal with respect to the predetermined space status,

the method further comprising:

determining the angle between the mobile terminal and the gravity direction; and

controlling the first direction and/or the second direction according to the angle between the determined first direction and/or the second direction and the gravity direction.