Electronic apparatus and method of controlling thereof
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorSe-joong KIM
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Abstract
An electronic apparatus and a method of controlling thereof includes a main body, a display unit configured to be combined with the main body to pivot to be opened and closed and having a touch panel and a display panel, a sensor configured to sense a closed state of the display unit with respect to the main body, and a controller configured to, if the display unit is changed from an opened state to the closed state, stop an operation of the touch panel and then stop an operation of the display panel.
Claims25
An electronic apparatus comprising:
- a main body;
- a display unit configured to be combined with the main body to pivot to be opened and closed and to comprise a touch panel and a display panel;
- a sensor configured to sense opened and closed states of the display unit with respect to the main body;
- and
- a controller configured to, when the display unit is changed from the opened state to the closed state, stop an operation of the touch panel and then stop an operation of the display panel after stopping the operation of the touch panel.
A method of controlling an electronic apparatus comprising a main body and a display unit configured to be combined with the main body to pivot to be opened and closed and to have a touch panel and a display panel, the method comprising:
- sensing opened and closed states of the display unit with respect to the main body;
- when the display unit is changed from the opened state to the closed state, stopping an operation of the touch panel;
- and
- after stopping the operation of the touch panel, stopping an operation of the display panel.
An electronic apparatus comprising:
- a main body;
- a display unit combined with the main body, and having a touch panel and a display panel;
- and
- a controller configured to differently control operations of the touch panel and the display panel of the display unit according to a state of the display unit with respect to the main body.
An electronic apparatus comprising:
- a main body;
- a display unit movable with respect to the main body, and having a panel with an input function and a display function;
- and
- a controller configured to differently control the input function of the panel and the display function of the panel of the display unit according to a state of the display unit with respect to the main body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.