METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING EVENT OF PORTABLE DEVICE HAVING FLEXIBLE DISPLAY UNIT

• US 20160294995A1
• Filed: 06/17/2016
• Published: 10/06/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/07/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: KIM, Donghyun
• Granted Patent: US 10,178,208 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 1/165 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 1/1694 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: G09G 3/2092 Details of a display terminals using a flat panel, the details relating to the control arrangement of the display terminal and to the interfaces thereto suitable for both CRT and flat panel G09G5/003; specific for a CRT G09G1/165
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/14 Display of multiple viewports
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 2219/039 Selective or different modes of illumination
• 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 1/0281 for providing single handed use or left/right hand conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/22 Illumination; Arrangements for improving the visibility of characters on dials
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/57 Arrangements for indicating or recording the number of the calling subscriber at the called subscriber's set at the operator set in a manual exchange H04M5/20
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/04 the ringing-current being generated at the substations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/38 Displays
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42042 Notifying the called party of information on the calling party details within substation equipment H04M1/57, signalling details H04Q3/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 68/00 User notification, e.g. alerting and paging, for incoming communication, change of service or the like
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 68/02 Arrangements for increasing efficiency of notification or paging channel

Abstract

A portable terminal is provided having a front surface and a curved side surface in which the portable terminal is operated in a general mode in which an application is displayed on a main display area of the front surface, and in response to the occurrence of the event while in the general mode, the display is controlled to display event information related to the event on an auxiliary display area of the curved side surface and display the application on the main display area.

Claims

1. A portable terminal, comprising:

a display, the display comprising a main area and a curved area, the curved area comprising a curved portion extending from the main area,

a sensor to detecting an state of the portable terminal; and

a controller configured to operate the portable terminal in one of a first mode in which information is displayed on only the curved area and a second mode in which information is displayed on the main area and the curved area according to the state of the portable terminal detected by the sensor.

2. The portable terminal as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller configured to, in response to detecting that the main area is placed in a downward direction, operate the portable terminal in the first mode and in response to detecting that the main area is placed in a upward direction, operate the portable terminal in the second mode.

3. The portable terminal as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller configured to, in response to detecting that the main area is covered, operate the portable terminal in the first mode and, in response to detecting that the main area is not covered, operate the portable terminal in the second mode.

4. The portable terminal as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sensor comprising an illumination sensor for detecting whether the main display area of the electronic apparatus is covered and a motion sensor for detecting orientation of the electronic apparatus.

5. The portable terminal as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first mode is silent alarm mode.

6. A controlling method of a portable terminal comprising a display, the display comprising a main area and a curved area, the curved area comprising a curved portion extending from the main area, the method comprising:

detecting an state of the portable terminal; and

operating the portable terminal in one of a first mode in which information is displayed on only the curved area and a second mode in which information is displayed on the main area and the curved area according to the state of the portable terminal.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the operating, in response to detecting that the main area is placed in a downward direction, operates the portable terminal in the first mode and in response to detecting that the main area is placed in a upward direction, operates the portable terminal in the second mode.

8. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the operating, in response to detecting that the main area is covered, operates the portable terminal in the first mode and, in response to detecting that the main area is not covered, operates the portable terminal in the second mode.

9. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the detecting detects the state of the portable terminal using a sensor, and

wherein the sensor comprises an illumination sensor for detecting whether the main display area of the electronic apparatus is covered and a motion sensor for detecting orientation of the electronic apparatus.

10. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the first mode is silent alarm mode.