Patent application number | Description | Published |
20140078176 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROVIDING USER INTERFACE ON HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY AND HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY THEREOF - An apparatus and method of providing a user interface (UI) on head mounted display and the head mounted display (HMD) thereof are discussed. The apparatus includes a sensor unit configured to detect whether an object exits in the proximity of the HMD and if the object is detected, sense a distance between the object and the HMD, and a processor configured to apply a physical User Interface (UI) mode if the detected object is within a predetermined distance from the HMD. The physical UI mode provides a display for a virtual object. The processor is configured to adjust a display distance of the virtual object, when the virtual object is a 3-dimensional (3D) object and the 3D object includes a touch recognition surface, in order for the touch recognition surface to coincide with a surface of the object, and display the virtual object based on the adjusted display distance. | 03-20-2014 |
20140285498 | MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING A DOUBLE-SIDED DISPLAY AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal including a first display unit, a second display unit having an e-paper display panel, a sensor unit configured to detect an input signal and transmit the detected input signal to a processor, a power unit configured to supply power. The processor is further configured to detect a first time prior to a predetermined period from a second time at which the power of the mobile terminal is turned off, disable a detection of the input signal for the mobile terminal and control a content currently displayed on the first display unit to be displayed on the second display unit between the first time and the second time, and switch a state of the mobile terminal to a power-off state. | 09-25-2014 |
20140303971 | TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - This specification provides a terminal including a microphone that is configured to receive a user's voice input for controlling an operation of the terminal, an analyzing unit that is configured to sense a degree of proximity between the user's mouth and the microphone while the voice is input, an output unit that is configured to output at least one of visible data and audible data based on the voice, and a controller that is configured to restrict the output of the audible data when the degree of proximity is smaller than a preset range and a volume of the voice is below a preset reference volume. | 10-09-2014 |
20140304664 | PORTABLE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A portable device and a method for controlling the same are disclosed, in which a user may set a timer or alarm more conveniently and more exactly. The portable device comprises a display unit, a sensor unit configured to sense a touch input for the display unit, and a processor configured to control the display unit and the sensor unit, wherein the processor is further configured to display an unlock interface for unlocking a lock state when the portable device is in the lock state, the unlock interface including a current time indicator displaying current time information, the current time indicator including a first zone indicating current hour unit information and a second zone indicating current minute unit information. | 10-09-2014 |
20140313863 | SMART WATCH AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - Discussed are a smart watch and a control method for the same, which provide a notification indicating events, which are scheduled to occur later on the basis of a take-off time, if the smart watch is taken off. The smart watch includes a display unit to display content, a communication unit to perform transmission/reception of data, and a sensor unit to detect an input signal with regard to the smart watch and transmit the signal to a processor that serves to control the aforementioned units. The processor detects a take-off signal, indicating separation of the smart watch from a user, in a worn mode, to switch the smart watch to an unworn mode in response to the detected take-off signal, and provides a notification indicating at least one event that is scheduled to occur after detecting the take-off signal in the unworn mode. | 10-23-2014 |
20140313867 | SMART WATCH AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - Discussed are a smart watch and a control method for the same, which provide a notification indicating events, which are scheduled to occur later on the basis of a take-off time, if the smart watch is taken off. The smart watch includes a display unit to display content, a communication unit to perform transmission/reception of data, and a sensor unit to detect an input signal with regard to the smart watch and transmit the signal to a processor that serves to control the aforementioned units. The processor detects a take-off signal, indicating separation of the smart watch from a user, in a worn mode, to switch the smart watch to an unworn mode in response to the detected take-off signal, and provides a notification indicating at least one event that is scheduled to occur after detecting the take-off signal in the unworn mode. | 10-23-2014 |
20140317572 | DIGITAL DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THEREFOR - The present specification is related to a digital device including a front side display unit and a back side display unit and a method of controlling therefor, more particularly, to a method of controlling an application in the back side display unit by rotating an icon corresponding to the application in the front side display unit and a digital device therefor. | 10-23-2014 |
20140333545 | PORTABLE DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A portable device and a method for controlling the same are discussed, in which a user may control a display of the device more conveniently and exactly. The portable device includes a main display unit; a flexible display unit; a touch sensor unit configured to sense a touch input of a user; a measurement unit configured to detect expanding of the flexible display; and a processor. The processor is further configured to: when a first image is displayed on a first area which is an expanded area of the flexible display unit, display a second image on a second area which is an additionally expanded area of the flexible display unit when additional expanding of the flexible display unit and a lack of a first touch input to the flexible display unit are sensed. | 11-13-2014 |
20140334271 | SMART WATCH AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - Discussed are a smart watch and a method for controlling the same, which determine a notification device that provides a notification of an event, based on wearing/non-wearing of a smart watch and on a distance between the smart watch and an external digital device. The smart watch includes a display unit configured to display content, a sensor unit configured to detect an input signal and transmit the detected input signal to a processor, a communication unit configured to transmit/receive data, and the processor configured to control the display unit, the sensor unit, and the communication unit, wherein the processor is configured to detect a mode of the smart watch, wherein the mode of the smart watch includes a worn mode and an unworn mode of the smart watch. | 11-13-2014 |
20140340299 | PORTABLE DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A portable device including a main display; a flexible display; a sensor unit configured to sense at least one of expanding of the flexible display and an input signal; and a processor configured to control the main display, the flexible display and the sensor unit, when a first page of a plurality of pages having a sequence is being displayed in the main display. The process also displays an indicator in the main display when the input signal is sensed, the indicator indicating a display direction of additional pages to be displayed when the flexible display is expanded, and indicating a forward direction or a reverse direction based on the first page as the display direction, and displays at least one additional page in the display direction indicated by the indicator when the expanding of the flexible display is sensed. | 11-20-2014 |
20140375219 | FOLDABLE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THEREFOR - The present specification relates to a foldable display device and a method of controlling therefor, and more particularly, to a method of configuring illuminance of a display screen according to an illuminance value detected based on a folding angle between a first body and a second body of the foldable display device. | 12-25-2014 |
20140375596 | PORTABLE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A portable device and a method for controlling the same are discussed. The portable device comprises a double sided display unit including a first display screen on a front side and a second display screen on a back side; a first touch sensor unit and a second touch sensor unit configured to respectively sense a first touch input for the first display screen and a second touch input for the second display screen; and a processor configured to: switch the second touch sensor unit to a ready-to-active state activating temporarily the second touch sensor unit for a predetermined period when the first touch input for the first display screen is sensed, and switch the second touch sensor unit to an active state when the second touch input for the second display screen is sensed within the predetermined period. | 12-25-2014 |
20150029088 | HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THEREFOR - A method of controlling a head mounted display (HMD) according to one embodiment of the present specification includes the steps of detecting a first contact contacted with a nose pad of the HMD, detecting a second contact contacted with a temple of the HMD, if the first contact and the second contact are detected, operating in a wearing mode to activate a display unit and an audio input unit, if the first contact is not detected and the second contact is detected, operating in a mute mode to activate the display unit and inactivate the audio input unit, and if the first contact and the second contact are not detected, operating in a non-wearing mode to inactivate the display unit and the audio input unit. | 01-29-2015 |
20150033150 | DIGITAL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed is a method of, in a case in which at least one person contained in a displayed image is recognized, sharing the image with the at least one person contained in the image while displaying the number of sharing and the number of capturing. | 01-29-2015 |
20150047017 | MOBILE DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THEREFOR - The present specification relates to a mobile device and a method of controlling therefor, and more particularly, to a mobile device providing a user interface of a different security level according to a fingerprint verification and a touch input trajectory and a method of controlling therefor. | 02-12-2015 |
20150061973 | HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A head mounted display (HMD) device according to one embodiment comprises a communication unit configured to transmit and receive data; a display unit configured to display visual information; a camera unit configured to capture an image; and a processor configured to control the communication unit, the display unit and the camera unit, wherein the processor is further configured to: detect an object image from a first image, which includes the object image, the first image being displayed in an external device located in an angle of view area of the camera unit, display information related to the object image, and display the first image in addition to the information when detecting that the first image is switched to a second image, which does not include the object image. | 03-05-2015 |
20150062024 | DISPLAY DEVICE GENERATING TACTILE FEEDBACK AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A method for controlling a display device according to an embodiment of the specification may include displaying a digital image including a first region to which a first tactile feedback is allocated, detecting a control input applied to the first region of the digital image, determining whether the first region of the digital image is smaller than a size threshold, zooming in on the first region to which the first tactile feedback is allocated to a size larger than the size threshold with a first magnification when the first region is smaller than the size threshold, and generating the first tactile feedback in the zoomed in on first region. | 03-05-2015 |
20150062025 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are a display device and a control method thereof. More particularly, disclosed is a method of providing various notification modes based on a folding angle of a foldable display device and a bending angle of a flexible display device. | 03-05-2015 |
20150062163 | PORTABLE DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THEREFOR - A portable device is disclosed. A method of controlling a portable device, comprising the steps of capturing an image in front of the portable device, detecting a marker object from the image, displaying a virtual image corresponding to the marker object based on a location of the marker object, and terminating a display of the virtual image corresponding to the marker object, when the detecting of the marker object is terminated, terminate a display of the virtual image based on a first terminate mode if the gaze location of the user is detected at a first location, and terminate the display of the virtual image based on a second terminate mode if the gaze location of the user is detected at a second location. | 03-05-2015 |
20150077580 | PORTABLE DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed is a portable device including a first camera unit configured to capture a first image and a second camera unit configured to capture a second image; a communication unit configured to transmit and receive data to and from an external device; and a processor configured to control the first camera unit, the second camera unit, and the communication unit, wherein the processor is further configured to: detect a state of a third camera unit contained in the external device when activating at least one of the first camera unit and the second camera unit, the state of the third camera unit including an active state and an inactive state, detect a direction of the third camera unit when the third camera unit is in the active state, and activate at least one of the first camera unit and the second camera unit in a different direction from the detected direction of the third camera unit. | 03-19-2015 |
20150083817 | DIGITAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A digital device including a scent emitting unit and a method for controlling the same are disclosed. The digital device includes a display unit for displaying a first image including a first object having a first scent property and a second object having a second scent property, a sensor unit for sensing a distance from a specific body part of a user, a scent emitting unit, and a processor. The processor controls the scent emitting unit to emit any one of a first scent, a second scent or a mixture of the first scent and the second scent according to the distance from the specific body part of the user, and a mixture ratio of the first scent to the second scent in the mixture is changed according to a predetermined condition. | 03-26-2015 |
20150084840 | HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - Disclosed herein are a head-mounted display and a method of controlling the same, more particularly, a method of displaying an image preview interface based on the position of a camera unit in the case that the camera unit mounted to a head-mounted display is detached. | 03-26-2015 |
20150085621 | SMART WATCH AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Discussed are a smart watch and a control method thereof. The smart watch includes a rotation sensor unit configured to sense a rotation direction and a rotation speed of the smart watch; a display unit configured to display visual information; and a processor configured to control the rotation sensor unit and the display unit and detect a first snap motion and a second snap motion of the smart watch. The first snap motion is detected when the smart watch rotates on an axis of rotation of the smart watch in a first direction at a first threshold speed or more, and the second snap motion is detected when the smart watch rotates on the axis of rotation in the first direction at less than the first threshold speed and then rotates in a second direction at a second threshold speed or more within a predetermined time. | 03-26-2015 |