Electronic device and method for controlling the electronic device thereof

• US 9,942,367 B2
• Filed: 09/21/2016
• Issued: 04/10/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/13/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Hyung-sun, Choi, Youn-ho
• Primary Examiner(s): TRANDAI, CINDY HUYEN
• Application Number:
  US15/271,657
• Publication Number:
  US 20170104855A1
• Time in Patent Office: 566 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/165 the additional display being small, e.g. for presenting status information
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1652 the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1698 the I/O peripheral being a sending/receiving arrangement to establish a cordless communication link, e.g. radio or infrared link, integrated cellular phone details of antennas disposed inside a computer H01Q1/2266
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/243 with built-in antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/364 using a particular conducting material, e.g. superconductor
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/40 Radiating elements coated with or embedded in protective material
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/44 using equipment having another main function to serve additionally as an antenna , e.g. means for giving an antenna an aesthetic aspectH01Q1/27 - H01Q1/34 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 21/28 Combinations of substantially independent non-interacting antenna units or systems multiple beam H01Q25/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/72 Circuits or components for simulating antennas, e.g. dummy antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/026 Details of the structure or mounting of specific components
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0266 for a display module assembly
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0269 mounted in a fixed curved configuration, e.g. display curved around the edges of the telephone housing
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/16 including more than one display unit
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector

Abstract

Provided herein are an electronic device and a method for controlling the electronic device, the electronic device including a display including a main display area arranged on a front surface of the electronic device and a sub display area that extends from one side of the main display area and arranged on at least one area of a rear surface of the electronic device; a receiver including audio output circuitry configured to output audio received from an external terminal; a display antenna located on one or more of the main display area and the sub display area, and configured to perform communication with an external terminal; and a processor configured to control the display antenna based on a network state or a type of an application being executed.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a display comprising;

a display panel comprising a main display area arranged on a front surface of the electronic device and a sub display area extending from one side of the main display area and arranged on at least one area of a rear surface of the electronic device; and

a display antenna located on one or more of the main display area and the sub display area disposed in the display, the display antenna for performing communication with an external terminal;

a receiver comprising audio output circuitry configured to output audio received from the external terminal; and

a processor configured to control communication, through the display antenna, based on one or more of a network state and a type of an application being executed in the electronic device.

2. The device according to claim 1,

wherein the receiver is located on the front surface of the electronic device, and

the display antenna is located on the sub display area on the rear surface of the electronic device.

3. The device according to claim 2,

further comprising a low end antenna located on a low end of the electronic device, and configured to perform communication with the external terminal,

wherein the processor is configured to control the display antenna to operate as an antenna for receiving voice data transmitted from the external terminal, while performing a voice call with the external terminal, and to control the low end antenna to operate as an antenna for receiving the voice data transmitted from the external terminal and for transmitting the voice data of the electronic device to the external terminal.

4. The device according to claim 3,

wherein the processor is configured to control the low end antenna to operate as the antenna for receiving the voice data transmitted from the external terminal when a transmission/reception sensitivity of the low end antenna is less than a predetermined value, and to control the display antenna to operate as the antenna for receiving the voice data transmitted from the external terminal and for transmitting the voice data of the electronic device to the external terminal.

5. The device according to claim 2,

wherein the processor is configured to control the display to provide a UI for a telephone application on the main display area.

6. The device according to claim 1,

wherein the receiver is located on the rear surface of the electronic device, and

the display antenna is located on at least a portion of the main display area of the front surface of the electronic device.

7. The device according to claim 1,

wherein the receiver is located on a front upper portion and on a rear upper portion of the electronic device, respectively, and

the display antenna is located on an upper portion of the main display area and on the sub display area.

8. The device according to claim 7,

further comprising a sensor configured to sense a state of gripping the electronic device,

wherein the processor is configured to output the audio through one of a first receiver located on the front upper portion of the electronic device and a second receiver located on the rear upper portion of the electronic device based on the state of gripping detected by the sensor, and to perform communication with the external terminal through a display antenna located opposite to the receiver through which the audio is being output.

9. The device according to claim 8,

wherein the processor is configured to control the display to provide a UI for a telephone application on a display area where the receiver from which the audio is being output is located on the main display area and the sub display area.

10. The device according to claim 1,

further comprising a sensor configured to sense an orientation of the electronic device,

wherein the processor is configured to determine which surface of the electronic device faces upwards based on the orientation of the electronic device sensed by the sensor when a telephone call request is received from the external terminal, and to control the display to display a UI element for receiving a telephone call or rejecting the telephone call on a display area corresponding to the determined surface.

11. The device of claim 1, further comprising another antenna, and

wherein the processor is configured to determine whether to transmit from the display antenna or from the another antenna based on a gripping state of a user on the electronic device.

12. A method for controlling an electronic device comprising a display, the display including:

a main display area arranged on a front surface of the electronic device, and

a sub display area extending from one side of the main display area and arranged on at least one area of a rear surface of the electronic device, and

a display antenna located on at least one of the main display area and the sub display area, and configured to perform communication with an external terminal,

the method comprising;

executing an application; and

controlling the display antenna based on one or more of a network state or a type of the application being executed.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the electronic device further comprises another antenna, and wherein the method comprises determining whether to transmit from the display antenna or from the another antenna based on a gripping state of a user on the electronic device.