Patent application number | Description | Published |
20120242599 | DEVICE INCLUDING PLURALITY OF TOUCH SCREENS AND SCREEN CHANGE METHOD FOR THE DEVICE - A screen change method and device are provided. A first screen, from among a plurality of screens, is displayed on a first touch screen. A second screen, which precedes or succeeds the first screen in a sequence of the plurality of screens, is displayed on a second touch screen. A touch is detected on the first touch screen. Continuous movement of the detected touch from the first touch screen to the second touch screen is detected. Other screens, which are different from the first screen and the second screen, from among the plurality of screens, are displayed on the first touch screen and the second touch screen, in response to the detected continuous movement of the touch. | 09-27-2012 |
20120299813 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INPUTTING USER COMMANDS USING RELATIVE MOVEMENTS OF DEVICE PANELS - A method and apparatus for inputting various operation instructions to a device including two movable panels. The method includes determining whether a relative angle between the first panel and the second panel is within an effective angle range; determining whether the relative angle within the effective angle range is maintained during an effective time; and inputting an operation instruction to the device based on whether the relative angle between the first panel and the second panel is within the effective angle range and whether the relative angle within the effective angle range is maintained during the effective time. | 11-29-2012 |
20120299845 | INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING AT LEAST TWO TOUCH SCREENS AND INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF - A method and apparatus for displaying information on at least two touch screens are provided. The method includes sensing a first touch-drag on a first touch screen; sensing a first touch on a second touch screen; and displaying, on at least one of the first and second touch screens, information corresponding to the first touch-drag on the first touch screen and the touch on the second touch screen, if the touch-drag on the first touch screen and the first touch on the second touch screen are simultaneously sensed. | 11-29-2012 |
20130127918 | FLEXIBLE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROVIDING USER INTERFACE BY USING THE SAME - A flexible display apparatus and a method of displaying a User Interface (UI) are provided. The flexible display apparatus includes an exposed area determining unit for determining an exposed screen area facing outwards with respect to the flexible display apparatus; a User Interface (UI) generating unit for generating a UI corresponding to the outwardly facing exposed screen area; and a display unit for displaying the generated UI on the outwardly facing exposed screen area. | 05-23-2013 |
20130147849 | DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING SCREEN DIVIDED INTO A PLURALITY OF AREAS AND METHOD THEREOF - A display device for enhancing user convenience includes a display unit which displays a screen divided into a plurality of areas displaying different types of objects thereon, and a control unit which changes sizes of the respective areas of the screen in relation to each other to avoid overlapping with each other, automatically reloads objects to be displayed on the changed areas from a source and reconstructs the screen, according to a user manipulation. | 06-13-2013 |
20130154970 | BENDABLE DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAYING METHOD THEREOF - A bendable display method and device are provided. The bendable display device includes a display unit including a display screen, a sensing unit that senses a user manipulation, and a control unit that modifies a display of the display screen according to the user manipulation sensed by the sensing unit. The display device is bendable under external pressure into a rolled state in which the display screen of the display unit forms an outer wall, and the display unit displays the display on the display screen in the rolled state. | 06-20-2013 |
20130154971 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CHANGING SCREEN MODE USING THE SAME - A display apparatus and a method of changing a screen mode using the display apparatus including a display unit which is bendable by external pressure, a sensing unit which is installed in the display unit to sense a bending direction of the display unit, and a controller which changes a screen mode of an object displayed on the display unit according to the bending direction. | 06-20-2013 |
20130179816 | USER TERMINAL APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A user terminal apparatus and controlling method thereof are provided. The user terminal apparatus includes a display unit which displays a screen including a first area including at least one object and a second area to perform editing using the at least one object, a user interface unit which receives a user command to copy the object displayed in the first area to the second area, and a controller which, in response to the received user command, controls to automatically copy the object to a location within the second area which corresponds to an attribute of the object based on the attribute of the object. | 07-11-2013 |
20130265221 | FLEXIBLE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING UI THEREOF - A flexible display apparatus and control method thereof is provided. The flexible display apparatus may include a display, a sensor that senses one of a first deformed shape of the flexible display apparatus and a second deformed shape of the flexible display apparatus, and a controller which controls the display to display a first user interface (UI) corresponding to the first sensed shape in response to sensing the first shape and a second user interface corresponding to the second sensed shape in response to sensing the second shape, receives an input on the displayed UI, and transmits a control signal to a controlled apparatus that instructs the controlled apparatus to execute a function of the controlled apparatus corresponding to the input. | 10-10-2013 |
20130265260 | DEFORMABLE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THEREOF - A deformable display device is provided. The deformable display device includes a deformable display, a sensor which senses a deformation located in a first area of the deformable display and a second area of the deformable display and a controller which receives deformation information corresponding to the deformation, determines whether to identify one of only the first area and only the second area as a deformation area of the deformation based on the deformation information, and identifies i) only the first area as the deformation area if it is determined to identify only the first area and ii) only the second area as the deformation area if it is determined to identify only the second area. | 10-10-2013 |
20130265262 | FLEXIBLE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THEREOF - A flexible display apparatus may display a graphical user interface (GUI) indicating a deformation gesture associated with a function executed when the deformation gesture is performed. Accordingly, a user may easily control the flexible display apparatus to perform functions using the deformation gesture. | 10-10-2013 |
20130321340 | PORTABLE DEVICE COMPRISING A TOUCH-SCREEN DISPLAY, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME - A method of controlling a portable device including at least one foldable panel and first and second touch screens is provided. The method includes displaying, on the first touch screen, a first page designated as a home screen and an icon related to at least one application, and a dock area, and displaying, on the second touch screen, first information in a state where the foldable panel is unfolded. The method also includes replacing the first page and the dock area with an outgoing call screen, receiving a phone number input, replacing the outgoing call screen with a dialing screen, and displaying, on the second touch screen, a guide message indicating to fold the portable device for a call. The method also includes replacing the dialing screen with a mid-call screen, and removing the guide message displayed on the second touch screen, and displaying the first information. | 12-05-2013 |
20130342483 | APPARATUS INCLUDING A TOUCH SCREEN AND SCREEN CHANGE METHOD THEREOF - An apparatus for screen change includes a touch screen to divisionally display a first region where a first screen is displayed and a second region where a second screen is displayed, and a controller to detect whether a display change event for a screen display change occurs in at least one of the first region and the second region, and to analyze the display change event and to change a display direction of the second screen while maintaining a display of the first screen. | 12-26-2013 |
20140055345 | FLEXIBLE APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A flexible apparatus is provided. The flexible apparatus includes: a sensor configured to sense bending of the flexible apparatus; and when it is determined that a rubbing gesture of rubbing a plurality of different areas of the flexible apparatus is performed based on a result of the sensing, a controller configured to perform an operation corresponding to the rubbing gesture. | 02-27-2014 |
20140055375 | FLEXIBLE APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A flexible apparatus and a control method thereof are provided. The flexible apparatus includes: a sensor which senses a bending of the flexible apparatus; and a controller which, if a bending line which is formed based on the bending is continuously moved in a first direction and thus reaches a location which corresponds to a display location of at least one object, provides a visual feedback with respect to the at least one object. | 02-27-2014 |
20140063064 | INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROVIDING VEHICLE THEREFOR - A method of providing information about a predetermined external vehicle on a transparent display of an information providing vehicle, the method including: acquiring status information of the external vehicle; determining a display mode for displaying an object corresponding to the external vehicle based on the acquired status information; and displaying the object corresponding to the external vehicle on the transparent display in the determined display mode, wherein the display mode may include an augmented reality mode displaying an image obtained by overlaying a virtual image on an actual image of the external vehicle that is observed through the transparent display, and a map mode displaying the object corresponding to the external vehicle after mapping the object to a map. | 03-06-2014 |
20140067320 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING SHAPE INFORMATION OF OBJECT - A method and an apparatus for generating shape information of an object. The method of generating the shape information of the object includes identifying a bend location of a flexible display apparatus surrounding the object; identifying a bend angle of the flexible display apparatus; and generating the shape information of the object based on the bend location of the flexible display apparatus and the bend angle of the flexible display apparatus. | 03-06-2014 |
20140078046 | FLEXIBLE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A flexible display apparatus is provided. The flexible display apparatus includes: a display that is bendable, a sensor configured to sense deformation of the display, and a controller configured to perform an operation corresponding to the sensed shape deformation in response to the sensed deformation being shape deformation in which the display is alternately bent in opposing directions within a predetermined time. | 03-20-2014 |
20140078088 | FLEXIBLE APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A flexible apparatus is provided. The flexible apparatus includes: a screen generator configured to generate a user interface (UI) screen; a plurality of sensors configured to sense deformation of the flexible apparatus and output a result of sensing; a storage configured to store a crumple determining condition with regard to crumpling of the flexible apparatus; and a controller configured to determine whether the result of the sensing by the plurality of sensors satisfies the crumple determining condition stored in the storage, and in response to determining that the crumple determining condition is satisfied, perform an operation corresponding to the crumple determining condition. | 03-20-2014 |
20140078089 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION ON TRANSPARENT DISPLAY DEVICE - A method and system for displaying information on a transparent display device includes receiving a touch input for selecting an object displayed on a screen of an external device that is viewable through a screen of the transparent display device, requesting the external device for information related to the object, receiving the information related to the object from the external device, and displaying the received information on the screen of the transparent display device. | 03-20-2014 |
20140098028 | FLEXIBLE APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A flexible apparatus is provided, which includes a display unit including displays a screen, a detecting unit which detects a user's input comprising a stretching of the display unit, and a control unit which controls the display unit so that an operation corresponding to the user's input is performed. | 04-10-2014 |
20140098095 | FLEXIBLE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND FLEXIBLE DISPLAY APPARATUS CONTROLLING METHOD - A flexible display apparatus and a method configured to display three-dimensional (3D) space is disclosed. The flexible display apparatus includes a display that is deformable and is configured to display three-dimensional (3D) image data, a sensor configured to sense deformation of the display, and a controller configured to display some of the 3D image data corresponding to the sensed deformation of the display. The method for controlling a flexible display apparatus with a display includes sensing deformation of a display, and displaying some three-dimensional (3D) image data corresponding to the deformation when the deformation is bending of the display. | 04-10-2014 |
20140101560 | FLEXIBLE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A flexible display apparatus is provided. The flexible display apparatus includes a display configured to display a screen, a sensor configured to sense bending of the flexible display apparatus, and a controller configured to perform an operation corresponding to a twist bending when in response to the sensed bending being the is twist bending. The twist bending is a bending in which two bending lines are formed in opposing bending directions and meet at a certain side of the display, a controller configured to perform an operation corresponding to the sensed twist bending. | 04-10-2014 |