# US 2014/0198036 A1 · Method for controlling a portable apparatus including a flexible display and the portable apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0198036 A1 - Document ID: US20140198036A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/155,935 - Filed: 2014-01-15 - Published: 2014-07-17 - Earliest claimed: 2013-01-15 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Yeonjung KIM; Yoonjeong Choi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140198036A1 ## CPC - G06F 3/04817: using icons (graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34) - G06F 1/1616: {with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position} - G06F 1/1643: {the display being associated to a digitizer, e.g. laptops that can be used as penpads (details related to the relative motion of the display enclosure with respect to the body enclosure, e.g. to move between laptop and tablet PC configuration G06F1/1615)} - G06F 1/1652: {the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable} - G06F 3/041: Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means - G06F 3/0482: Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus - G06F 3/0487: using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser - G06F 3/04883: for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text - G06F 2203/04102: Flexible digitiser, i.e. constructional details for allowing the whole digitising part of a device to be flexed or rolled like a sheet of paper - G06F 2203/04105: Pressure sensors for measuring the pressure or force exerted on the touch surface without providing the touch position - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract An apparatus and method for controlling a portable apparatus including a flexible display are provided. The method includes detecting a bent portion of the flexible display; displaying a User Interface (UI) on the detected bent portion of the flexible display; detecting an input through the UI displayed on the detected bent portion of the display; and performing an operation corresponding to the input detected through the UI displayed on the detected bent portion of the display. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for controlling a portable apparatus including a flexible display, the method comprising: detecting a bent portion of the flexible display; displaying a User Interface (UI) on the detected bent portion of the flexible display; detecting an input through the UI displayed on the detected bent portion of the display; and performing an operation corresponding to the input detected through the UI displayed on the detected bent portion of the display. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein detecting the bent portion of the flexible display comprises: determining a curvature of the flexible display; comparing the determined curvature to a preset threshold curvature; and determining that the flexible display is bent, if the determined curvature is greater than or equal to the preset threshold curvature. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the UI on the detected bent portion of the flexible display comprises displaying at least one icon of the UI at the bent portion. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, wherein displaying the at least one icon comprises: identifying an application currently being driven in the portable apparatus; identifying the at least one icon corresponding to the identified application; and displaying the at least one icon. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: detecting a release of the bent portion of the flexible display; and removing the UI from the flexible display according to the release. ### Claim 6 A portable apparatus, comprising: a flexible display; and a controller configured to detect a bent portion of the flexible display, display a User Interface (UI) on the detected bent portion of the flexible display, detect an input through the UI displayed on the detected bent portion of the display, and control the portable apparatus to perform an operation corresponding to the input detected through the UI displayed on the detected bent portion of the display. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The portable apparatus of claim 6, wherein the controller detects the bent portion of the flexible display by determining a curvature of the flexible display, comparing the determined curvature to a preset threshold curvature, and determining that the flexible display is bent, if the determined curvature is greater than or equal to the preset threshold curvature. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The portable apparatus of claim 6, wherein the controller displays the UI on the detected bent portion of the flexible display by displaying at least one icon of the UI at the bent portion. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The portable apparatus of claim 8, wherein the controller displays the at least one icon by identifying an application currently being driven in the portable apparatus, identifying the at least one icon corresponding to the identified application, and displaying the at least one icon. ### Claim 10 (depends on 6) The portable apparatus of claim 6, wherein the controller detects a release of the bent portion of the flexible display, and removes the UI from the flexible display according to the release. ### Claim 11 A method for controlling a portable apparatus including a flexible display, the method comprising: detecting a bent portion of the flexible display; comparing a curvature of the bent portion to a threshold curvature; and if the curvature of the flexible display is less than the threshold curvature, displaying a User Interface (UI) on the detected bent portion of the flexible display, detecting an input through the UI displayed on the detected bent portion of the display, and performing an operation corresponding to the input detected through the UI displayed on the detected bent portion of the display. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, further comprising: if the curvature of the flexible display is not less than the threshold curvature, detecting an input through bent portion of the display, and performing an operation corresponding to the input detected through the bent portion of the display. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein displaying the UI on the detected bent portion of the flexible display comprises displaying at least one icon of the UI at the bent portion. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein displaying the at least one icon comprises: identifying an application currently being driven in the portable apparatus; identifying the at least one icon corresponding to the identified application; and displaying the at least one icon. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, further comprising: detecting a release of the bent portion of the flexible display; and removing the UI from the flexible display according to the release. ### Claim 16 A portable apparatus, comprising: a flexible display; and a controller configured to detect a bent portion of the flexible display, compare a curvature of the bent portion to a threshold curvature, and if the curvature of the flexible display is less than the threshold curvature, display a User Interface (UI) on the detected bent portion of the flexible display, detect an input through the UI displayed on the detected bent portion of the display, and control the portable apparatus to perform an operation corresponding to the input detected through the UI displayed on the detected bent portion of the display. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The portable apparatus of claim 16, wherein if the curvature of the flexible display is not less than the threshold curvature, the controller detects an input through bent portion of the display, and performs an operation corresponding to the input detected through the bent portion of the display. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The portable apparatus of claim 16, wherein the controller displays the UI on the detected bent portion of the flexible display by displaying at least one icon of the UI at the bent portion. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The portable apparatus of claim 18, wherein the controller displays the at least one icon by identifying an application currently being driven in the portable apparatus, identifying the at least one icon corresponding to the identified application, and displaying the at least one icon. ### Claim 20 (depends on 16) The portable apparatus of claim 16, wherein the controller detects a release of the bent portion of the flexible display, and removes the UI from the flexible display according to the release.