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US 9,801,442 B2Granted
Pouch and portable electronic device received therein
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsJungin Oh, Sulyong Shin
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Abstract
A pouch for receiving a main body of a portable electronic device having a touch screen provided on a front surface thereof includes: a first part for receiving a rear surface of the main body; and a second part rotatably connected to the first part to close or open the touch screen, wherein the second part is formed to expose visual information of the touch screen to the outside in a state in which the touch screen is covered, and has conductivity allowing the touch screen to sense a touch input applied thereto in the closed state.
Claims27
A portable electronic device comprising:
- a main body;
- a touch screen disposed in the main body, wherein the touch screen is configured to be covered or be uncovered by a front part of a pouch while a rear part of the pouch receives or accommodates the main body;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- enter the portable electronic device into a sleep state in which the touch screen is deactivated while the touch screen is covered by at least a portion of the front part of the pouch,
- activate the touch screen and display a first graphic user interface on the touch screen when the touch screen is uncovered by the at least the portion of the front part of the pouch, the first graphic user interface including a home screen,
- when the at least the portion of the front part of the pouch returns to cover the touch screen, display a second graphic user interface different from the first graphic user interface on a portion of the touch screen related to a transparent portion of the front part of the pouch in response to the returning of the at least the portion of the front part of the pouch, the touch screen remaining activated during the display of the second graphic user interface, the second graphic user interface including at least one specific application icon that is executable based on a user input on the transparent portion of the front part of the pouch, and
- execute an application related to the at least one specific application icon based on the user input when the touch screen is covered by the at least the portion of the front part of the pouch.
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A method of controlling a portable electronic device, the method comprising:
- entering, via a controller, the portable electronic device into a sleep state in which a touch screen of the device is deactivated while the touch screen is covered by at least a portion of a front part of a pouch,
- wherein the touch screen is configured to be covered or be uncovered by the front part of the pouch while a rear part of the pouch receives or accommodates a main body;
- activating, via the controller, the touch screen and displaying a first graphic user interface on the touch screen when the touch screen is uncovered by the at least the portion of the front part of the pouch, the first graphic user interface including a home screen,
- when the at least the portion of a front part of a pouch returns to cover the touch screen, displaying a second graphic user interface different from the first graphic user interface on a portion of a touch screen of the portable electronic device in response to the returning of the at least the portion of the front part of the pouch, wherein the portion of the touch screen is related to a transparent portion of the front part of the pouch, the touch screen remaining activated during the displaying of the second graphic user interface, and wherein the second graphic user interface includes at least one specific application icon that is executable based on a user input on the transparent portion of the front part of the pouch;
- and
- executing an application related to the at least one specific application icon based on the user input when the touch screen is covered by the at least the portion of the front part of the pouch.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.