Portable device and method of controlling therefor
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsDoyoung LEE, Sinae CHUN
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Abstract
The method of a portable device may includes the steps of setting a first mode based on a first folding angle between the first body and the second body and a second folding angle between the first body and the third body, displaying a first application in the first mode, detecting change of the first folding angle and change of the second folding angle in the first mode, detecting the changed first folding angle being equal to or greater than a first threshold angle and the changed second folding angle less than a second threshold angle and if it is detected that a rear side of the second body is in a state of being contacted with a different real object, switching the first mode to a second mode.
Claims20
A portable device comprising a first body at the center of the portable device, a second body positioned at one side of the first body and a third body positioned at another side of the first body:
- a display unit configured to display visual information on at least one of a first area of the first body, a second area of the second body and a third area of the third body;
- a first sensor unit configured to detect at least one of a first folding angle between the first body and the second body and a second folding angle between the first body and the third body;
- a second sensor unit configured to detect a state that a rear side of the second body is contacted with a different real object;
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- a processor configured to control the display unit, the first sensor unit and the second sensor unit,
- wherein the processor is further configured to:
- set a first mode based on the first folding angle and the second folding angle,
- display a first application in the first mode,
- detect change of the first folding angle and the second folding angle in the first mode,
- switch the first mode to a second mode when the changed first folding angle is equal to or greater than a first threshold angle, the changed second angle being less than a second threshold angle and the rear side of the second body is in the state of being contacted with the different real object,
- wherein the second mode corresponds to a mode displaying the first application on the first area and displaying a second application related to a first object contained in the first application on the second area.
A method of controlling a portable device including a first body at the center of the portable device, a second body positioned at one side of the first body and a third body positioned at another side of the first body, comprising the steps of:
- setting a first mode based on a first folding angle between the first body and the second body and a second folding angle between the first body and the third body;
- displaying a first application in the first mode;
- detecting change of the first folding angle and the second folding angle in the first mode;
- detecting the changed first folding angle being equal to or greater than a first threshold angle, the changed second folding angle less than a second threshold angle and a rear side of the second body is in a state of being contacted with a different real object,
- switching the first mode to a second mode,
- wherein the second mode corresponds to a mode display the first application on the first area and display a second application related to a first object contained in the first application on the second area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.