Mobile device having two touch screen display panels
OwnerChong-Sok Kim, Sungjoon Stephen Choinventors
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Abstract
A mobile device having two touch screen display panels includes a first body, a first touch screen disposed on an upper portion of the first body, a second body disposed under the first body, and a second touch screen disposed on an upper portion of the second body. The mobile device is configured to operate in a full-screen mode. In the full-screen mode, the first body is configured to slide in a first direction and a second direction, perpendicular to the first direction, such that the first and second touch screens are adjacent, form a substantially level surface, and function as a single display area.
Claims18
A mobile device, comprising:
- a first body;
- a first touch screen disposed on an upper portion of the first body;
- a second body disposed under the first body;
- and
- a second touch screen disposed on an upper portion of the second body,
- wherein the mobile device is configured to operate in a full-screen mode, wherein the first body is configured to slide in a first direction and a second direction, substantially perpendicular to the first direction, such that the first and second touch screens are adjacent, form a substantially level surface, and function as a single display area while in the full-screen mode.
A method for switching operation modes of a mobile device, comprising:
- sliding a first body of the mobile device in a first direction;
- and
- sliding the first body of the mobile device in a second direction, substantially perpendicular to the first direction, upon the first body sliding to a first ending point in the first direction,
- wherein a first touch screen disposed on an upper portion of the first body and a second touch screen disposed on an upper portion of a second body are adjacent, form a substantially level surface, and function as a single display area upon the first body sliding to a second ending point in the second direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.