Title:
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AN ADAPTIVE EDGE-TO-EDGE DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR MULTI-TOUCH DEVICES
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2014/112807
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
An apparatus and method for adjusting a display of a portable electronic device having a display unit are provided. The method includes detecting a user's touch of the portable electronic device, determining touch information including at least one of a location and an area of the user's touch on the display unit, determining whether the user's touch is a touch input for executing an operation on the portable electronic device or a user's gripping of the portable electronic device according to the touch information, and adjusting the displaying of a User Interface (UI) according to the user's gripping of the portable electronic device, wherein an entirety of an outward facing surface of the display unit is touch-enabled so as to receive a touch input of a user at any point of the outward facing surface.
Inventors:
XIA ZHIPING (US)
LEE HOWARD Z (US)
LEE HOWARD Z (US)
Application Number:
PCT/KR2014/000479
Publication Date:
July 24, 2014
Filing Date:
January 16, 2014
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD (KR)
International Classes:
G06F3/048; G06F3/041
Foreign References:
| US20100085317A1 | 2010-04-08 | |||
| US20110316807A1 | 2011-12-29 | |||
| KR20120109027A | 2012-10-08 | |||
| KR20120018531A | 2012-03-05 | |||
| US20100171699A1 | 2010-07-08 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
KWON, Hyuk-Rok et al. (Jongro-gu, Seoul 110-062, KR)
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