Mobile device and method for operating the same
AssigneeSamsung Display Co., Ltd.
InventorsHee-Chul Hwang, Joo-Hyung Lee, Eun-Gyeong Choe
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Abstract
A mobile device including a first display, a second display, a foldable coupling portion for coupling the first display to the second display, an angle sensing unit for sensing a folding angle between the first display and the second display, a direction-of-sight sensing unit for sensing a direction of sight of a user, and a controller for determining whether to use a touch input sensed by either the first display or the second display based on the sensed folding angle and the sensed direction of sight.
Claims13
A mobile device comprising:
- a first display;
- a second display;
- a foldable coupling portion for coupling the first display to the second display;
- an angle sensing unit for sensing a folding angle between the first display and the second display;
- a direction-of-sight sensing unit for sensing a direction of sight of a user;
- and
- a controller configured to receive an indication that a touch input is sensed by either the first display or the second display, to determine whether or not to use the touch input sensed by either the first display or the second display based on the sensed folding angle and the sensed direction of sight, and to disregard the touch input in response to determining not to use the touch input;
- and
- an image recognition device for outputting image data,
- wherein the direction-of-sight sensing unit comprises:
- a contour extraction unit for extracting information corresponding to a face area and an eye area from the image data;
- and
- a direction-of-sight calculation unit for calculating the direction of sight of the user according to coordinate values of the face area and the eye area,
- wherein the direction-of-sight calculation unit disregards the direction of sight when the folding angle between the first and second displays is changed.
A method for operating a mobile device comprising a first display coupled to a second display by a foldable coupling portion, the method comprising:
- sensing a folding angle between the first display and the second display;
- sensing a direction of sight of a user;
- sensing a touch input by either the first display or the second display;
- determining, by a controller, whether or not to use the touch input sensed by the first display or the second display based on the folding angle and the direction of sight;
- and
- disregarding the touch input in response to determining not to use the touch input,
- wherein the sensing of the direction of sight comprises:
- extracting information corresponding to a face area and an eve area from image data output from an image recognition device;
- and
- calculating the direction of sight according to coordinate values of the face area and the eye area,
- wherein the direction of sight is disregarded when the folding angle between the first and second displays is changed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.