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US 10,649,652 B2Granted
Method of displaying interface of mobile device and mobile device
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorWeiwei Sun
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Abstract
Provided are a method of displaying an interface of a mobile device including a touch screen and a mobile device performing the method. The mobile device includes a touch screen having a first area and a second area. The method includes receiving, when the first and second areas are locked during a phone call state of the mobile device, an input function activation signal, and displaying, in the second area, an interface comprising a plurality of operation keys related to the phone call state, according to the received input function activation signal.
Claims19
A method of controlling a mobile device, the method comprising:
- based on detecting, by the mobile device, while a main screen area and an edge area of a touch screen display of the mobile device are in a locked state due to an ongoing phone call of the mobile device, at least one of:
- a face moving away from the mobile device, or an earphone being inserted into the mobile device, maintaining the main screen area in the locked state, unlocking the edge area, and displaying, in the edge area, a first user interface that includes a phone call interface including a plurality of operation keys;
- while the main screen area of the touch screen display is in the locked state, during the ongoing phone call, based on detecting, by the mobile device, that a pen of the mobile device is being pulled out, displaying, in the edge area, a second user interface that includes a handwriting input zone for obtaining a handwriting input;
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- while the main screen area of the touch screen display is in the locked state, during the ongoing phone call, obtaining, by the mobile device, handwritten input information from a user of the mobile device performing a touch operation in the handwriting input zone in the unlocked edge area.
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A mobile device comprising:
- a touch screen display having a main screen area and an edge area;
- and
- at least one processor configured to:
- based on detecting, while the main screen area and the edge area of the touch screen display are in a locked state due to an ongoing phone call of the mobile device, at least one of:
- a face moving away from the mobile device, or an earphone being inserted into the mobile device, maintain the main screen area in the locked state, unlock the edge area, and control the touch screen display to display, in the edge area, a first user interface that includes a phone call interface including a plurality of operation keys;
- while the main screen area of the touch screen display is in the locked state, during the ongoing phone call, based on detecting that a pen of the mobile device is being pulled out, control the touch screen display to display, in the edge area, a second user interface that includes a handwriting input zone for obtaining a handwriting input;
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- while the main screen area of the touch screen display is in the locked state, during the ongoing phone call, obtain handwritten input information from a user of the mobile device performing a touch operation in the handwriting input zone in the unlocked edge area.
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A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program, which, when executed, controls a mobile device to:
- based on detecting, while a main screen area and an edge area of a touch screen display of the mobile device are in a locked state due to an ongoing phone call of the mobile device, at least one of:
- a face moving away from the mobile device, or an earphone being inserted into the mobile device, maintain the main screen area in the locked state, unlock the edge area, and control the touch screen display to display, in the edge area, a first user interface that includes a phone call interface including a plurality of operation keys;
- while the main screen area of the touch screen display is in the locked state, during the ongoing phone call, based on detecting that a pen of the mobile device is being pulled out, control the touch screen display to display, in the edge area, a second user interface that includes a handwriting input zone for obtaining a handwriting input;
- and
- while the main screen area of the touch screen display is in the locked state, during the ongoing phone call, obtain handwritten input information from a user of the mobile device performing a touch operation in the handwriting input zone in the unlocked edge area.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.