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US 8,275,420 B2Granted
Portable terminal having flexible display and screen controlling method thereof
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorSe-Keun Lim
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Abstract
Disclosed are a portable terminal having a flexible display, and a screen controlling method thereof. When detecting an entertainment key for a film, a game, a navigation and a DMB, a flexible display disposed inside a body is slid to a vertical direction of a main display to have an extended screen. On the other hand, when detecting an incoming call or dropping of the portable terminal in a state that the flexible display has been extended, the flexible display is restored to an initial state. This may allow a user to more conveniently appreciate various entertainments such as films, games, navigations, and DMB, and may effectively prevent damage of the portable terminal.
Claims23
A screen controlling method for a portable terminal, the method comprising:
- detecting an input of a predetermined key;
- extending a screen including a main liquid crystal display (LCD) by sliding a supplementary LCD disposed in a body when the input of the predetermined key has been detected;
- executing a predetermined entertainment application on the extended screen;
- and
- restoring the slid supplementary LCD to an initial state when an incoming call is received while executing the entertainment application,
- wherein the step of extending the screen comprises:
- checking a setting state of an LCD slide menu when the predetermined key is input;
- automatically sliding the supplementary LCD to a vertical direction of the main LCD, when the setting state of the LCD slide menu is set to an ‘ON’ state;
- and
- displaying the entertainment application on both the main LCD and the supplementary LCD.
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A screen controlling method for a portable terminal, the method comprising:
- detecting an input of a predetermined key;
- extending a screen including a main liquid crystal display (LCD) by sliding a supplementary LCD disposed in a body when the input of the predetermined key has been detected;
- executing a predetermined entertainment application on the extended screen;
- restoring the supplementary LCD to an initial state when a predetermined force is applied to the portable terminal while executing the entertainment application;
- determining whether a received incoming call is a voice call, said incoming call being received while executing the entertainment application;
- checking whether an external headset is connected to the portable terminal if the received incoming call is the voice call;
- restoring the supplementary LCD to the initial state if the external headset is not connected to the portable terminal;
- and
- displaying a video call screen on a predetermined region on the main LCD when the received incoming call is a video call.
6 more elements
A screen controlling method for a portable terminal, the method comprising:
- detecting an input of a predetermined key;
- extending a screen including a main liquid crystal display (LCD) by sliding a supplementary LCD disposed in a body when the input of the predetermined key has been detected;
- executing a predetermined entertainment application on the extended screen;
- and
- restoring the slid supplementary LCD to an initial state when an incoming call is received while executing the entertainment application,
- wherein the step of restoring the supplementary LCD further comprises:
- detecting an acceleration of the portable terminal which is dropping;
- and
- restoring the supplementary LCD to the initial state at a maximum speed when the detected acceleration of the portable terminal which is dropping is more than a preset threshold value.
6 more elements
A portable terminal, comprising:
- a main liquid crystal display (LCD);
- a supplementary LCD disposed in a body, and configured to be extendable to an outside of the body;
- and
- a controller configured to extend the screen by sliding the supplementary LCD when input of a predetermined key has been detected, to restore the slid supplementary LCD to an initial state when an incoming call is received or the portable terminal is dropping with the screen extended, to check a setting state of an LCD slide menu when the predetermined key is input, to automatically slide the supplementary LCD to a vertical direction of the main LCD, when the setting state of the LCD slide menu is set to an ‘ON’ state, and to display an entertainment application on both the main LCD and the supplementary LCD.
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A portable terminal, comprising:
- a main liquid crystal display (LCD);
- a supplementary LCD disposed in a body, and configured to be extendable to an outside of the body;
- and
- a controller configured to extend the screen by sliding the supplementary LCD when input of a predetermined key has been detected, to restore the slid supplementary LCD to an initial state when an incoming call is received or the portable terminal is dropping with the screen extended, to restore the supplementary LCD to the initial state when the incoming call is a voice call, and to display a video call screen on the main LCD and supplementary LCD and display a message inquiring whether to restore the supplementary LCD to the initial state when the incoming call is a video call.
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A portable terminal, comprising:
- a main liquid crystal display (LCD);
- a supplementary LCD disposed in a body, and configured to be extendable to an outside of the body;
- and
- a controller configured to extend the screen by sliding the supplementary LCD when input of a predetermined key has been detected, to restore the slid supplementary LCD to an initial state when an incoming call is received or the portable terminal is dropping with the screen extended, to restore the supplementary LCD to the initial state in an emergency mode when it has been detected that an acceleration of the portable terminal which is dropping is more than a threshold value.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.