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US 9,318,070 B2Granted
Mobile terminal and method of controlling a mobile terminal
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsJiyoung Park, Sujin Kim, Jumin Chi, Jaeho Choi, Sunghye Yoon
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Abstract
A terminal includes a sensor to sense bending of a flexible display and a controller to control display of information on the display. The controller divides a first screen on the display into at least first and second regions when bending of the display is detected and displays at least a portion of a second screen in a space located between the first and second regions.
Claims26
A terminal, comprising:
- a flexible display having one end and an opposite end;
- a sensor to sense bending of the flexible display;
- and
- a controller to control display of information on the flexible display, wherein the controller is configured to:
- display a first screen on the flexible display when a bending state of the flexible display does not satisfy a predetermined condition according to a signal from the sensor,
- acquire a reference line based on the bending state of the flexible display when the bending state of the flexible display satisfies a predetermined condition according to the signal from the sensor, and to divide the first screen into a first region, a second region, and a third region based on the reference line, and
- display at least a portion of a first side of the first screen in the first region, at least a portion of a second side of the first screen in the second region, and at least a portion of a second screen in the third region, the first, the second, and the third region extending from the one end of the flexible display to the opposite end of the flexible display,
- wherein the third region is located between the first region and the second region, and
- wherein the reference line is acquired by connecting a plurality of points having a largest bending degree of a bending axis in a bent region.
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A terminal comprising:
- a flexible display having one end and an opposite end;
- a sensor to sense bending of the flexible display;
- and
- a controller to control display of information on the flexible display, wherein the controller is configured to:
- display a first screen on the flexible display when a bending state of the flexible display does not satisfy a predetermined condition according to a signal from the sensor,
- acquire a reference line based on the bending state of the flexible display when the bending state of the flexible display satisfies the predetermined condition according to a signal from the sensor, and to divide the first screen into a first region, a second region, and a third region based on the reference line, and
- display at least a portion of a first side of the first screen in the first region, at least a portion of a second side of the first screen in the second region, and at least a portion of a second screen in the third region, the first, the second, and the third region extending from the one end of the flexible display to the opposite end of the flexible display,
- wherein the third region is located between the first region and the second region,
- wherein the reference line is acquired by connecting a plurality of points having a largest bending degree of a bending axis in a bent region, and
- wherein when the bending state of the flexible display exceeds a predetermined value, the controller is configured to divide the second screen into a plurality of regions and display a third screen at a location between the regions of the second screen.
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A method for controlling a mobile terminal, comprising:
- detecting bending of a flexible display having one end and an opposite end;
- displaying a first screen on the flexible display when a bending state of the flexible display does not satisfy a predetermined condition according to a signal from a sensor;
- acquiring a reference line based on the bending state of the flexible display when the bending state of the flexible display satisfies the predetermined condition according to the signal from the sensor;
- dividing the first screen into a first region, a second region, and a third region based on the reference line;
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- displaying at least a portion of a first side of the first screen in the first region, at least a portion of a second side of the first screen in the second region, and at least a portion of a second screen in the third region, the first, the second, and the third region extending from the one end of the flexible display to the opposite end of the flexible display,
- wherein the third region is located between the first region and the second region, and
- wherein the reference line is acquired by connecting a plurality of points having a largest bending degree of a bending axis in a bent region.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.