Apparatus and method for changing user interface of portable terminal
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorSang-Woo Joo
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Abstract
An apparatus for changing a user interface of a portable terminal, by which a user interface and an operating system are automatically changed according to folding of a folding display unit of the portable terminal, and a method for changing a user interface of a portable terminal. The apparatus includes a folding display unit and a controller for performing a control operation for changing a user interface according to a screen size of the display unit, the screen size of the display unit being varied through folding of the display unit.
Claims13
A portable terminal comprising:
- a foldable display unit configured to display a screen and recognize touch input of a user;
- and
- a controller configured to display the screen in a first area of the foldable display unit and recognize the touch input associated with a user interface of the first area in a second area of the foldable display unit which is not displaying the screen, when the foldable display unit is folded.
A method for changing a user interface of a portable terminal, the method comprising:
- displaying a screen and recognizing touch input of user in a foldable display unit;
- and
- displaying the screen in a first area of the foldable display unit and recognizing the touch input associated with user interface of the first area in a second area of the foldable display unit which is not displaying the screen, when the foldable display unit is folded.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.