Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110105193 | Mobile device supporting touch semi-lock state and method for operating the same - A mobile device and a method support a touch semi-lock state. When entering into the touch semi-lock state, a predefined hot menu including items and a touch-lock icon are provided on a touch screen. An output area of the touch-lock icon on the touch screen is defined as a touch event allowable region. A specific item of the hot menu is selected in response to a user input that moves the touch-lock icon onto the specific item. A particular end-user function corresponding to the selected item is activated. | 05-05-2011 |
20110242137 | TOUCH SCREEN APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING INPUT OF TOUCH SCREEN APPARATUS - A touch screen apparatus includes a touch screen and a processor. The touch screen displays a virtual keyboard including a plurality of keys. When a touch occurs on the virtual keyboard, the processor searches for a key corresponding to the position where the touch occurs, and magnifies and displays a plurality of keys existing in the neighborhood of the position where the touch occurs according to the search result. | 10-06-2011 |
20130265221 | FLEXIBLE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING UI THEREOF - A flexible display apparatus and control method thereof is provided. The flexible display apparatus may include a display, a sensor that senses one of a first deformed shape of the flexible display apparatus and a second deformed shape of the flexible display apparatus, and a controller which controls the display to display a first user interface (UI) corresponding to the first sensed shape in response to sensing the first shape and a second user interface corresponding to the second sensed shape in response to sensing the second shape, receives an input on the displayed UI, and transmits a control signal to a controlled apparatus that instructs the controlled apparatus to execute a function of the controlled apparatus corresponding to the input. | 10-10-2013 |
20130265232 | TRANSPARENT DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A transparent display apparatus and method for displaying information thereon includes sensing a position of an object, sensing a position of a user, determining an area of the transparent display through which the object is viewable by the user, and displaying the information on the transparent display based on the area. | 10-10-2013 |
20130265257 | FLEXIBLE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A flexible display device is provided. The flexible touch-sensitive display device includes a display which is deformable, a sensor which senses an input comprising a touch of the display and a deformation of the display, and a controller which receives the input, determines whether to select one of only the touch and only the deformation based on a condition of the input, and selects only the touch if it is determined to select only the touch and only the deformation if it is determined to select only the deformation. | 10-10-2013 |
20130265259 | ELECTRONIC PAPER CONTROLLING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - Provided is an electronic paper controlling apparatus and control method thereof for reading or writing ID information of an electronic paper connected to the electronic paper controlling apparatus though an interface of the electronic paper controlling apparatus and communicating with the electronic paper, based on the ID information. | 10-10-2013 |
20130265284 | OBJECT CONTROL METHOD PERFORMED IN DEVICE INCLUDING TRANSPARENT DISPLAY, THE DEVICE, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM THEREOF - An object control method performed by a device including a display, the device, and a computer readable recording medium thereof are provided. The object control method includes: displaying at least one object on the display; receiving an input through an input interface of the display, the input interface comprising at least one of a first input interface and a second input interface; and in response to receiving the input, performing a first function associated with a predetermined input interface of the device if the input interface is the first input interface and the predetermined input interface is the first input interface, and performing a second function associated with the predetermined input interface if the input interface is second input interface and the predetermined input interface is the second input interface. | 10-10-2013 |
20140019005 | TRANSPARENT DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION OF DANGER ELEMENT, AND METHOD THEREOF - A transparent display apparatus which is used in a transportation apparatus includes: a communication unit which receives surrounding situation information, a controller which recognizes surrounding objects using the surrounding situation information, and determines a danger element that is likely to collide with the transportation apparatus using characteristics of the surrounding objects and a movement characteristic of the transportation apparatus, and a transparent display which displays information for informing a user of the danger element. Accordingly, a surrounding situation can be effectively presented. | 01-16-2014 |
20140028597 | FLEXIBLE DEVICE FOR PROVIDING BENDING INTERACTION GUIDE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A flexible apparatus with a bending interaction guide is provided. The flexible apparatus includes a sensor which senses a bending that deforms the shape of the flexible apparatus, and a controller which performs a controlling operation corresponding to the bending, when a previously set bending is sensed. The controller adds and provides the bending interaction guide based on a bending set with respect to each of the objects that are displayed on a screen. | 01-30-2014 |
20140035869 | FLEXIBLE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A flexible display device is provided. The flexible display device includes a display configured to display first content on a screen, a sensor configured to detect bending of the flexible display device, and a controller configured to determine one area and the other area of the screen as a first screen and a second screen, respectively, based on the bending, to display the first content on the first screen, and to display second content that is different from the first content on the second screen | 02-06-2014 |
20140035942 | TRANSPARENT DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF - A transparent display apparatus is provided. The transparent display includes a display including a plurality of transparent display layers, and a controller configured to control the display, when a first event occurs, to display a first screen on a first transparent display layer from among the plurality of transparent display layers, and to display a second screen on a second transparent display layer that is from among the plurality of transparent display layers, wherein the controller controls the display to display the first screen that is currently displayed on the first transparent display layer to be displayed on the second transparent display layer for a predetermined time when a second event occurs. | 02-06-2014 |
20140049463 | FLEXIBLE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND FEEDBACK PROVIDING METHOD THEREOF - A flexible display apparatus is provided. The flexible display apparatus includes a sensor configured to sense bending of the flexible display apparatus, a feedback provider configured to provide feedback according to the sensed bending, and a controller configured to control the feedback provider to provide the feedback when a degree of the sensed bending exceeds a threshold value. | 02-20-2014 |
20140055429 | FLEXIBLE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A flexible display apparatus is provided. The flexible display apparatus includes a display unit, a sensor configured to sense a bending of the flexible display apparatus, and a controller configured to display first contents on a first screen of the display unit, and to reconfigure and display the first contents on a second screen generated on an area of the display unit based on the bending. | 02-27-2014 |
20140063064 | INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROVIDING VEHICLE THEREFOR - A method of providing information about a predetermined external vehicle on a transparent display of an information providing vehicle, the method including: acquiring status information of the external vehicle; determining a display mode for displaying an object corresponding to the external vehicle based on the acquired status information; and displaying the object corresponding to the external vehicle on the transparent display in the determined display mode, wherein the display mode may include an augmented reality mode displaying an image obtained by overlaying a virtual image on an actual image of the external vehicle that is observed through the transparent display, and a map mode displaying the object corresponding to the external vehicle after mapping the object to a map. | 03-06-2014 |
20140067320 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING SHAPE INFORMATION OF OBJECT - A method and an apparatus for generating shape information of an object. The method of generating the shape information of the object includes identifying a bend location of a flexible display apparatus surrounding the object; identifying a bend angle of the flexible display apparatus; and generating the shape information of the object based on the bend location of the flexible display apparatus and the bend angle of the flexible display apparatus. | 03-06-2014 |
20140071086 | TOUCH INPUT DEVICE AND METHOD - A touch input device and a touch input method are provided. The touch input device includes a first panel configured to be touched by an input tool having magnetic properties, a second panel configured to generate a magnetic field, and a control unit configured to control the second panel to generate the magnetic field in a portion of the second panel that is related to a touched location of the first panel, as the input tool touches the first panel. | 03-13-2014 |
20140075349 | TRANSPARENT DISPLAY APPARATUS AND OBJECT SELECTION METHOD USING THE SAME - A transparent display apparatus and an object selection method thereof for selecting objects disposed on one side of the transparent display apparatus opposite to a user on another side of the transparent display apparatus. | 03-13-2014 |
20140078089 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION ON TRANSPARENT DISPLAY DEVICE - A method and system for displaying information on a transparent display device includes receiving a touch input for selecting an object displayed on a screen of an external device that is viewable through a screen of the transparent display device, requesting the external device for information related to the object, receiving the information related to the object from the external device, and displaying the received information on the screen of the transparent display device. | 03-20-2014 |
20140082490 | USER TERMINAL APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING LOCAL FEEDBACK AND METHOD THEREOF - A user terminal apparatus including: a display configured to have flexibility and display a user interface (UI) screen; a feedback provider which locally provides a feedback effect in at least one area of the display; and a controller configured to control the feedback provider to locally provide the feedback effect to the at least one area of the display, among all areas of the display in response to determining that the user intends to provide an input on the UI screen. | 03-20-2014 |
20140098095 | FLEXIBLE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND FLEXIBLE DISPLAY APPARATUS CONTROLLING METHOD - A flexible display apparatus and a method configured to display three-dimensional (3D) space is disclosed. The flexible display apparatus includes a display that is deformable and is configured to display three-dimensional (3D) image data, a sensor configured to sense deformation of the display, and a controller configured to display some of the 3D image data corresponding to the sensed deformation of the display. The method for controlling a flexible display apparatus with a display includes sensing deformation of a display, and displaying some three-dimensional (3D) image data corresponding to the deformation when the deformation is bending of the display. | 04-10-2014 |