# US 2014/0198057 A1 · Apparatus and method for an adaptive edge-to-edge display system for multi-touch devices > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0198057 A1 - Document ID: US20140198057A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/743,029 - Filed: 2013-01-16 - Published: 2014-07-17 - Earliest claimed: 2013-01-16 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. - Inventors: Zhiping XIA; Howard Z. LEE - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140198057A1 ## CPC - G06F 3/04883: for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text - G06F 3/04166: {Details of scanning methods, e.g. sampling time, grouping of sub areas or time sharing with display driving (Synchronisation with the driving of the display or the backlighting unit to avoid interferences generated internally G06F3/04184)} - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract An apparatus and method for adjusting a display of a portable electronic device having a display unit are provided. The method includes detecting a user's touch of the portable electronic device, determining touch information including at least one of a location and an area of the user's touch on the display unit, determining whether the user's touch is a touch input for executing an operation on the portable electronic device or a user's gripping of the portable electronic device according to the touch information, and adjusting the displaying of a User Interface (UI) according to the user's gripping of the portable electronic device, wherein an entirety of an outward facing surface of the display unit is touch-enabled so as to receive a touch input of a user at any point of the outward facing surface. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for adjusting a display of a portable electronic device having a display unit, the method comprising: detecting a user's touch of the portable electronic device; determining touch information including at least one of a location and an area of the user's touch on the display unit; determining whether the user's touch is a touch input for executing an operation on the portable electronic device or a user's gripping of the portable electronic device according to the touch information; and adjusting the displaying of a User Interface (UI) according to the user's gripping of the portable electronic device, wherein an entirety of an outward facing surface of the display unit is touch-enabled so as to receive a touch input of a user at any point of the outward facing surface. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising determining, if the user's touch is the gripping of the portable electronic device, whether the user's grip is at least one of overlapping a displaying of the UI on the display unit and blocking use of the UI, wherein the adjusting of the displaying of the UI is executed if it is determined that the user's gripping of the portable electronic is at least one of overlapping the displaying of the UI and blocking use of the UI. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the adjusting of the displaying of the UI includes shifting an entirety of the UI so as to not overlap the UI with the user's grip of the portable electronic device. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the adjusting of the displaying of the UI includes warping an area of the UI corresponding to a location of the user's grip of the portable electronic device so as to not overlap the UI with the user's grip of the portable electronic device. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the adjusting of the displaying of the UI includes shifting items displayed in the UI that are located at a location of the user's grip of the portable electronic device so as to not overlap with the user's grip of the portable electronic device. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the determining of whether the user's touch is the touch input for executing an operation on the portable electronic device or the user's gripping of the portable electronic device according to the touch information comprises: determining hand-grip information according to the touch information, wherein the hand-grip information includes at least one of a location of the user's grip of the portable electronic device, an area of the user's grip of the portable electronic device, and a duration of the user's grip of the portable electronic device. ### Claim 7 A portable electronic device having an adjustable User Interface (UI), the portable electronic device comprising: a controller for determining adjustments to the adjustable UI; a display unit for displaying the adjustable UI according to the control of the controller, the display unit occupying an entirety of a front face of the portable electronic device; a storage unit for storing information related to the adjusting of the adjustable UI; a sensor unit for sensing touch information for a user's touch to the display unit; and a hand-grip detection unit for determining whether the user's touch to the display unit is a user's grip for gripping the portable electronic device and for generating hand-grip information according to the user's grip. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The portable electronic device of claim 7, wherein the touch information includes at least one of a location of the user's touch and an area of the user's touch. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The portable electronic device of claim 7, wherein the hand-grip information comprises at least one of a location of the user's grip of the portable electronic device, an area of the user's grip of the portable electronic device, and a duration of the user's grip of the portable electronic device. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The portable electronic device of claim 7, wherein the controller controls the display unit to shift an entirety of the UI so as to not overlap the UI with the user's grip of the portable electronic device. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The portable electronic device of claim 7, wherein the controller controls the display unit to warp an area of the UI corresponding to a location of the user's grip of the portable electronic device so as to not overlap the UI with the user's grip of the portable electronic device. ### Claim 12 (depends on 7) The portable electronic device of claim 7, wherein the controller controls the display unit to shift items displayed in the UI that are located at a location of the user's grip of the portable electronic device so as to not overlap with the user's grip of the portable electronic device. ### Claim 13 (depends on 7) The portable electronic device of claim 7, wherein the controller controls operations of the display unit, the storage unit, the sensor unit, and the hand-grip detection unit, and wherein the controller determines adjustments to the adjustable UI according to the hand-grip information. ### Claim 14 (depends on 7) The portable electronic device of claim 7, wherein the sensor unit is a touch screen device for sensing a user's touch to the display unit, and wherein the touch screen device is disposed on the display unit. ### Claim 15 (depends on 7) The portable electronic device of claim 7, wherein the storage unit stores the touch information and the hand-grip information.