Method and apparatus for providing event of portable device having flexible display unit

• US 9,602,644 B2
• Filed: 09/21/2015
• Issued: 03/21/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/07/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Donghyun
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Lee
• Application Number:
  US14/860,351
• Publication Number:
  US 20160014719A1
• Time in Patent Office: 547 Days
• Field of Search: 455566-567, 345/173
• 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. An electronic apparatus, comprising:

a display, the display comprising;

a main area; and

an auxiliary area, the auxiliary area comprising a curved portion extended from the main area; and

a controller configured to operate the electronic apparatus in one of a first mode for providing information corresponding to an event only on the auxiliary area and a second mode for providing information corresponding to an event on the auxiliary area and the main area, and in response to an occurrence of an event, control the electronic apparatus to provide information corresponding to the event only on the auxiliary area in the first mode and control the electronic apparatus to provide information corresponding to the event on the main area and the auxiliary area in the second mode.

2. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller controls the display to provide a different colored indicator according to a type of the event.

3. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller controls the display to provide at least one of a shape and a color of the colored indicator differently according to one of a type or a priority of the event.

4. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller, in response to the occurrence of the event while information is not provided on the main area, controls the display to maintain a state in which information is not provided on the main area and provide the colored indicator corresponding to the event on only the auxiliary area.

5. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller controls the display to provide the colored indicator on a full area of the auxiliary area or on part of the auxiliary area according to a user setting.

6. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller, in response to the occurrence of the event, controls the display to provide an event type identification icon along with the colored indicator corresponding to the event on the auxiliary area.

7. A controlling method of an electronic apparatus having a display which includes a main area and an auxiliary area, the auxiliary area comprising a curved portion extended from the main area, the method comprising:

operating the electronic device in one of a first mode in which information is displayed on only the auxiliary area and a second mode in which information is displayed on the auxiliary area and the main area;

sensing an occurrence of an event; and

in response to sensing the occurrence of the event, providing a colored indicator corresponding to the event on only the auxiliary area in a first mode and providing information corresponding to the event on at least one of the main and the auxiliary area in a second mode.

8. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the providing comprises controlling the display to provide a different colored indicator according to a type of the event.

9. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the providing comprises differently providing at least one of a shape and a color of the colored indicator according to one of a type or a priority of the event.

10. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the sensing comprises sensing the occurrence of the event while information is not provided on the main area,

wherein the providing comprises maintaining a state in which information is not provided on the main area and providing the colored indicator corresponding to the event on only the auxiliary area.

11. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the providing comprises providing the colored indicator on a full area of the auxiliary area or on part of the auxiliary area according to a user setting.

12. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the providing comprises, in response to sensing the occurrence of the event, providing an event type identification icon along with the colored indicator corresponding to the event on the auxiliary area.

13. An electronic apparatus, comprising:

a display, the display comprising;

a main area; and

an auxiliary area, the auxiliary area comprising a curved portion extended from the main area; and

a controller configured to operate the electronic device to provide information corresponding to an event on the auxiliary area or the main area, and in response to an occurrence of an event while the main area is positioned in a downward direction, control the electronic apparatus to provide information corresponding to the event on only the auxiliary area.