KR102096080B1 - Method and apparatus for providing event of portable device having flexible display unit - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention is a flexible display unit capable of dividing the flexible display unit into a main display area on the front side and an auxiliary display area on the side, and providing a notification event using the auxiliary display area in a mobile terminal having a flexible display unit. The present invention relates to a portable terminal having a method for operating the same, and the present invention includes a main display area on the front side and an auxiliary display area on the side where the main display area is extended to the side surface of the portable terminal. The flexible display unit, the sensor module for detecting the state of the portable terminal, and corresponding to the detected state of the portable terminal, selectively select event information in at least one of the main display area and the auxiliary display area of the flexible display unit It includes a control unit for controlling to output.

Description

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING EVENT OF PORTABLE DEVICE HAVING FLEXIBLE DISPLAY UNIT}

The present invention relates to a display unit of a portable terminal and a method for operating the same, and in particular, in a portable terminal having a flexible display unit, the flexible display unit is divided into a main display area on the front side and an auxiliary display area on the side, and the auxiliary display The present invention relates to a mobile terminal having a flexible display unit capable of providing a notification event using an area and a method for operating the same.

Recently, with the development of digital technology, various mobile terminals capable of processing communication and personal information while moving, such as a mobile communication terminal, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), an electronic notebook, a smart phone, and a tablet PC, have been released. These mobile terminals include voice calls, SMS (Short Message Service) / MMS (Multimedia Message Service), and video transmission, electronic notebooks, shooting, email transmission and reception, broadcast playback, Internet, music playback, schedule management, and social network services. Various functions such as (SNS, Social Networking Service), messenger, dictionary, game, etc. are provided.

And it is common for portable terminals to be carried at any time and anywhere as a necessity for users. Therefore, the user sets and uses the mobile terminal in a silent mode (eg, vibration mode or silent mode) provided by the mobile terminal in a public place (eg, a conference room, a classroom, a library, etc.) where noise generation by the mobile terminal should be avoided. have. The display unit may be turned on when a notification event such as a call reception or message reception occurs even in a situation in which the manner mode is set. In this case, the user performs an action such as forcibly turning off the power of the portable terminal, or hiding, lying down, and hiding the portable terminal. In this case, since the user cannot confirm the mobile terminal, even if an urgent notification event occurs, the user cannot recognize it. That is, when a call or message is received in a situation where the display unit of the mobile terminal is not used (for example, when the mobile terminal is turned high or when the display unit is blocked), the received information cannot be properly delivered to the user.

An object of the present invention is to provide a mobile terminal capable of extending a display area to a side as well as a front side by implementing a flexible display unit on a mobile terminal and an event processing method using the same.

Another object of the present invention is a portable terminal capable of dividing the flexible display unit into a main display area on the front side and an auxiliary display area on the side, and outputting event information of a notification event using the auxiliary display area. And an event processing method using the same.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a portable terminal capable of supporting event information output by a manner notification mode and an event processing method using the flexible display unit by extending and mounting the flexible display unit to the side of the main body of the portable terminal as an auxiliary display area. .

Another object of the present invention is to switch to silent notification mode according to the state of the portable terminal when a notification event occurs in the portable terminal having the flexible display unit, and process event information output of the notification event utilizing the auxiliary display area of the flexible display unit. It is to provide a portable terminal and an event processing method using the same.

Another object of the present invention is a mobile terminal capable of processing event information output of a notification event utilizing a secondary display area of a flexible display unit by supporting a menu setting-based manner notification mode switching in a mobile terminal having a flexible display unit and the same. The present invention provides a method of processing an event.

A method according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above objects, in the event processing method of the mobile terminal, the process of receiving event information in the manner notification mode, the main display area on the front and the auxiliary display area on the side And detecting a state of the portable terminal, and selectively outputting event information to at least one of the main display area and the auxiliary display area of the flexible display unit to correspond to the state of the portable terminal.

Method according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, in the event processing method of the mobile terminal, the process of determining the state of the mobile terminal, and using the main display area formed on the front of the mobile terminal If not, the process of switching to the manner notification mode, the process of receiving a notification event in the manner notification mode, and the process of outputting event information according to the notification event to a secondary display area formed on the side of the mobile terminal. Includes.

Method according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, in the event processing method of the mobile terminal, the process of receiving a notification event, and when receiving the notification event to determine the state of the mobile terminal Process, determining whether to enter the manner notification mode according to the state of the mobile terminal, and when entering the manner notification mode, outputs event information according to the notification event to a secondary display area formed on the side of the mobile terminal It includes the process.

A method according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above objects is a process of switching to a manner notification mode according to the state of the portable terminal when detecting a notification event, and a portable terminal by a sensor module in the manner notification mode And detecting a posture of and the output direction of event information in the auxiliary display area according to the posture of the portable terminal. The manner notification mode is characterized in that the event information output by the main display area on the front side is omitted, and only the event information output by the auxiliary display area on the side is supported, and the event information based on the auxiliary display area is provided. The output is characterized in that the main display area is output in a single color, or power supply to the main display area is cut off by separating power from the main display area and the auxiliary display area.

In order to achieve the above objects, an embodiment of the present invention includes a computer-readable recording medium recording a program for executing the method in a processor.

An apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above objects, in the mobile terminal, the main display area of the front and the main display area is extended to the side of the mobile terminal side display area formed by extending to the side It includes a flexible display unit including a, and a control unit for controlling to selectively output event information to at least one of the main display area and the auxiliary display area of the flexible display unit to correspond to the state of the portable terminal.

An apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above objects, in the mobile terminal, the main display area of the front and the main display area is extended to the side of the mobile terminal side display area formed by extending to the side A flexible display unit, a sensor module for detecting the state of the portable terminal, and at least one display area of the main display area and the auxiliary display area of the flexible display unit to correspond to the state of the portable terminal detected through the sensor module It includes a control unit for controlling to selectively output the event information.

In an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above objects, at least one surface of the auxiliary display area is engaged with at least one side of the portable terminal, or the at least one surface of the portable terminal is It is characterized by extending to the rear. In addition, when the height is greater than or equal to the minimum size for text display, the auxiliary display area notifies the event information based on at least one of event information and event identification items, and the height is the minimum size and color for text display. If present between the minimum size for the border display, the event information is notified based on at least one of the event information and a part of the event identification item, and when the height is smaller than the minimum size for text display, based on the event identification item It is characterized in that to notify the event information.

The recording medium according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above objects, in a portable terminal, in response to the state of the portable terminal, the flexible display portion of the main display area and the auxiliary display area of at least one display area It includes a configuration for selectively outputting the event information according to the alarm event.

The contents as described above are rather broad outlines of the features and technical advantages of the present invention in order for those skilled in the art to better understand from the detailed description of the invention that follows. In addition to these features and advantages, additional features and advantages of the invention that form the subject of the claims of the invention will be better understood from the detailed description of the invention which follows.

As described above, according to the method and apparatus for providing an event of a portable terminal having a flexible display unit proposed by the present invention, the display area can be expanded more easily by constructing the flexible display unit with both ends bent to the side of the portable terminal. In addition, according to the present invention, the flexible display unit may be divided into a main display area on the front side and an auxiliary display area on the side, and a notification event may be supported using the auxiliary display area. Through this, in the present invention, it is possible to support the user to more intuitively check the event information based on the auxiliary display area even when the user cannot utilize the front main display area.

According to the present invention, when a notification event occurs, the state of the mobile terminal may be checked, and event information output of the generated notification event may be processed in a mode corresponding to the checked state. For example, various situations in which the main display area of the flexible display unit is not used, that is, when responding to the manner notification mode, output event information according to a notification event using the auxiliary display area of the flexible display unit, and use the main display area That is, when responding to the normal mode, event information according to a notification event may be output through at least one display area based on a user setting among the main display area and the auxiliary display area. Through this, various responses to notification events such as call reception, message reception, push service reception, and SNS notification reception can be performed on the mobile terminal, thereby improving user convenience.

And the present invention can be implemented in all types of portable terminals and various devices corresponding thereto. In addition, according to the present invention, it is possible to implement an optimal environment for outputting event information for each state of the portable terminal, thereby contributing to improving usability, convenience, and competitiveness of the portable terminal.

1 to 3 are views showing an example of a mobile terminal having a flexible display according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a view schematically showing the configuration of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5A to 6 are diagrams illustrating an example of utilizing an auxiliary display area of a flexible display unit in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7A to 8 are diagrams illustrating an example of providing event information using an auxiliary display area according to an implementation form of a flexible display unit in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
9 is a diagram illustrating an example of event information output from the auxiliary display area of the flexible display unit according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
10 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an operation operation of the flexible display unit for a state change of the mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
11 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an operation operation of a flexible display unit for a notification event in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
12 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an operation operation of a flexible display unit for event information in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
13 is a view schematically illustrating a posture detection operation of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. At this time, it should be noted that the same components in the accompanying drawings are indicated by the same reference numerals as possible. In addition, detailed descriptions of known functions and configurations that may obscure the subject matter of the present invention will be omitted. That is, in the following description, it should be noted that only the parts necessary to understand the operation according to the embodiment of the present invention are described, and the description of other parts will be omitted so as not to distract the gist of the present invention.

According to the present invention, the flexible display unit is divided into a main display area on the front side and an auxiliary display area on the side, and a notification event can be provided using the auxiliary display area in a mobile terminal having a flexible display unit. The present invention relates to a mobile terminal having a flexible display unit and an operation method thereof.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a situation in which the main display area of the front side is not used in the portable terminal (eg, the main display area of the front side is blocked by other objects (eg, a case, a notebook, etc. of the portable terminal)), or the front side When a notification event occurs in a state in which it is in contact with the surface of the table and the like facing downward), event information for the notification event may be provided through a side auxiliary display area. In the present invention, the notification event includes call reception, message reception (eg, SMS (Short Message Service) / MMS (Multimedia Message Service) based message reception), mail reception, push service information reception, social network service ( SNS, Social Networking Service).

To this end, in an embodiment of the present invention, both ends have a curved shape, and according to such a shape, the main display area on the front of the portable terminal and the auxiliary display area on the side of the portable terminal are integrally formed, and the state of the portable terminal is detected. Configuration of a sensor module for controlling, a control unit for detecting a mobile terminal state when a notification event occurs, and processing event information output using at least one of a main display area and a secondary display area of the flexible display unit according to the mobile terminal state It includes. At this time, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the operation mode switching for the manner notification mode may be selected by a setting using a user's menu.

Hereinafter, a configuration and operation control method of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the following drawings. It should be noted that the configuration and operation control method of the portable terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention are not limited or limited to the contents described below, and thus can be applied to various embodiments based on the following embodiments.

1 to 3 are views showing an example of a mobile terminal having a flexible display according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1 to 3, the portable terminal of the present invention is formed on the flexible display unit 100 and the flexible display unit 100 is seated and fastened, and the main body 200, the body 200 It is configured to include an additional device for performing the function of the terminal. 1 to 3, the additional device includes a speaker 301, a microphone (not shown), a sensor module (especially, an illuminance sensor 303, a front camera module 305, etc.), a physical button (not shown), etc. It may include.

The flexible display unit 100 indicates a display device that can be bent, and is characterized by being able to bend, bend, or roll without damage through a thin and flexible substrate like paper. Since the flexible display unit 100 uses a plastic substrate rather than a commonly used glass substrate, it can be formed by using a low-temperature manufacturing processor without using an existing manufacturing processor to prevent damage to the substrate. The flexible display unit 100 displays liquid crystal in a liquid crystal display (LCD), light emitting diode (LED), organic light emitting diode (OLED, organic LED), and active OLED (AMOLED, Active Matrix OLED). By replacing the wrapped glass substrate with a plastic film, it gives flexibility to fold and unfold. The flexible display unit 100 is not only thin and light, but also resistant to impact, and also has the advantage of being able to bend or bend and be manufactured in various forms.

In the present invention, the flexible display unit 100 is an active matrix screen of a specific screen size (eg, 3 inches, 4 inches, 4.65 inches, 5 inches, 6.5 inches, 8.4 inches, etc.) according to the size of the mobile terminal. 1 and 2, extending to at least one side of the mobile terminal (for example, at least one of left, right, upper, and lower sides), the flexible display unit 100 is operable with a radius of curvature (radius of curvature) (eg, a radius of curvature of 5 cm, 1 cm, 7.5 mm, 5 mm, 4 mm, etc.) or less may be folded and fastened to the side of the body 200. Hereinafter, in the present invention, the display area appearing on the front surface of the flexible display unit 100 is referred to as a main display area 110 on the front surface, extending from the main display area and bent toward at least one side surface of the main body 200. The display area appearing on the side of (200) will be referred to as the auxiliary display area 120 on the side.

Here, the main display area 110 and the auxiliary display area 120 are separated for convenience of description of the present invention, and the main display area 110 and the auxiliary display area 120 are at least one. The end has a bent shape, and at least one bent end may be implemented by one flexible display unit 100 extending to at least one side surface of the mobile terminal. In addition, the bent at least one end may be implemented by one flexible display unit 100 extending to the back of the mobile terminal. Therefore, in the present invention, the display area of the front surface made of a flat surface is referred to as the main display area 110 based on the front portion of the portable terminal, and the display area formed on the side surface based on the front portion of the portable terminal is referred to as the auxiliary display area 120. To name. That is, the present invention is implemented by a single flexible display unit 100 composed of a main display area 110 on the front of the portable terminal and an auxiliary display area 120 on the side of the portable terminal.

As illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 3, the present invention divides the flexible display unit 100 into a main display area 110 on the front side and an auxiliary display area 120 on the side, and the auxiliary display area ( 120) to provide a notification event. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a situation in which the main display area 110 on the front side is not used in the portable terminal (eg, the main display area on the front side is an object (eg, the case 800 of the portable terminal, a notebook, etc.)) When the notification event occurs in a state in which the front side faces down or comes into contact with the surface of the table, event information for the notification event may be provided through the auxiliary display area 120 on the side.

For example, a user may turn the mobile terminal upside down on a table for a meeting. That is, the user can change the state of the portable terminal such that the main display area 110 of the portable terminal faces down and contacts the surface of the table. Alternatively, the user may cover the main display area 110 by putting the mobile terminal in a separate case 800 as shown in FIG. 3 or cover the main display area 110 with a note or the like.

Then, the mobile terminal can detect the state of the mobile terminal through the sensor module. At this time, the state detection of the portable terminal may be detected by an illuminance sensor detecting a change in the amount of light, a motion sensor detecting a posture of the portable terminal (for example, a geomagnetic sensor, an acceleration sensor, etc.), or a timer. . Here, in the sensor module, a plurality of sensors (eg, sensor 1, sensor 2, sensor 3, etc.) may be integrated in one chip, or a plurality of sensors may be implemented as separate chips.

For example, the mobile terminal may determine the current state according to the illuminance value detected by the illuminance sensor. The mobile terminal can determine the current state according to the posture information detected by the motion sensor (eg, measured values for the x-axis, y-axis, and z-axis). Alternatively, the mobile terminal may determine the current state according to the current time detected by the timer. When the timer is used, it is determined whether the current time of the mobile terminal corresponds to a time zone set by the user to automatically execute the manner notification mode, and corresponds to an operation of entering the manner notification mode when the current time corresponds to the user set time. You can.

Hereinafter, in the present invention, the illuminance value is first determined by the illuminance sensor, and when the measured illuminance value satisfies a set reference condition (for example, a condition in which the main display area 110 is obscured and the value is equal to or lower than a predetermined reference value) The operation of determining the state in which the mobile terminal is placed by the motion sensor and determining the output direction of the auxiliary display area 120 according to the state will be described as an example. However, according to an embodiment of the present invention, it can be set to operate by only one sensor, or may be set to operate by a combination of three or more sensors.

In addition, the portable terminal is a state in which the main display area 110 of the portable terminal is not used (for example, a spilled state or a state in which the main display area 110 is obscured) as a result of the determination based on the sensor module-based measurement values as described above. When recognizing that it can be determined to be in silent mode. In the state of the portable terminal, when the illuminance sensor detects a change in illuminance and transmits an electrical signal corresponding to the illuminance, the controller compares the electrical signal with a preset reference value and determines the state of the portable terminal accordingly. At this time, the controller may determine that the manner notification mode is entered and switch the operation mode when the illuminance value by the illuminance sensor is equal to or less than a preset reference value. For example, when the brightest illuminance measured by the illuminance sensor is 100, the darkest illuminance is 0, and the illuminance of a preset reference value is 30, the illuminance value measured by the illuminance sensor is less than the reference value 30 or In the same case, it may be determined that the manner is entered in the manner notification mode.

In the present invention, the manner notification mode corresponds to a mode in which event information output by the front main display area 110 is omitted, and only event information output by the side auxiliary display area 120 is supported. In, only the screen output is made, and the sound output and vibration output may be omitted, which may be variously defined according to user settings. The event information output based on the auxiliary display area 120 outputs the main display area 110 in a single color (for example, black) or powers the main display area 110 and the auxiliary display area 120. A method of separating and blocking power supply to the main display area 110 may be used.

In addition, although not illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 3, according to the present invention, the right-hand mode and the left-hand mode of the portable terminal may be defined using an environment setting provided by the portable terminal or a separate application. In addition, the mobile terminal can operate only the auxiliary display area 120 on the side corresponding to the determined corresponding mode. For example, in FIG. 1, when it is set to the right hand mode, event information is output through the auxiliary display area 120 on the right side, and when set to the left hand mode, event information is output through the auxiliary display area 120 on the left side. You can.

As described above, the mobile terminal may receive a notification event after switching to the manner notification mode. In the present invention, the notification event may include receiving a call, receiving a message, receiving information of a push service, receiving a mail, receiving an SNS notification, and the like, as described above. When receiving a notification event in the manner notification mode, the mobile terminal may output event information according to the notification event based on the auxiliary display area 120 of the side. Here, the output of the event information may be continuously output until the user's interaction is input, or may be output only for a predetermined period of time (eg, 1 second, 3 seconds, 5 seconds, etc.) and the display thereof may be omitted.

When receiving a notification event in the manner notification mode, the mobile terminal may determine the type of the notification event and extract event information according to the determined type of the notification event. In addition, the extracted event information may be processed into a form that can be displayed on the auxiliary display area 120 to process its output. For example, when determining a call-related notification event, it is possible to extract calling information (eg, a phone number), and compare the extracted calling information with user definitions set for the event processing method. In addition, the origination information may be processed into corresponding event information and output to the auxiliary display area 120 according to a priority (eg, important, general) set for the origination information.

Alternatively, when determining a message notification event, at least one of outgoing information (eg, a phone number) and message content may be extracted, and user definition of the event processing method and the extracted outgoing information may be compared. In addition, at least one of the calling information and the message content may be processed as the corresponding event information according to a priority (eg, important, general) set for the calling information and output to the auxiliary display area 120.

Meanwhile, in the above, the processing method for the corresponding notification event is exemplified based on the calling information, but according to the present invention, the processing method for the notification event for each event type may be determined. In other words, priority can be set for each notification event, such as call reception, message reception, push service information reception, mail reception, SNS notification reception, etc., and processed into different kinds of event information to process event information output. .

And the event information to be output through the auxiliary display area 120 as described above is classified according to the caller ID, caller name, message content (in this case, scroll function support), icon (call, message, mail, push service, SNS, etc.) Icon), color (all or part of the auxiliary display area 120 is displayed differently according to a set priority), and may be processed differently according to the event type in at least one form. This event information output method will be described with reference to FIG. 9 described later.

4 is a view schematically showing the configuration of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4, the communication module 310, a flexible display unit 100, a sensor module 330, a storage unit 350, and a control unit 390. In addition, the mobile terminal includes an audio processing unit having a microphone and a speaker, a digital broadcasting module for receiving digital broadcasting (for example, mobile broadcasting such as Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB) or Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB)), static image of the subject And support for communication functions based on short-range wireless communication such as camera module for dynamic image shooting, Bluetooth (BLUETOOTH) communication, Infrared Data Association (IrDA) communication, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) communication, and Near Field Communication (NFC). At least one short-range communication module for, a hard key (Hard key) -based input for supporting the input, and may further include a configuration such as a battery (battery) for supplying power to the above configurations, but for them Descriptions and illustrations are omitted.

The communication module 310 supports communication with an external server or other portable terminal through a communication network. In the present invention, the communication module 100 may include a radio frequency (RF) module for supporting mobile communication services such as voice communication, video call, and data communication based on mobile communication. In addition, the communication module 100 may support Internet communication services such as voice communication, video call, and data communication based on IP (Internet Protocol). In particular, the communication module 100 may receive a notification event from an external server or mobile terminal at the mobile terminal. In addition, in the present invention, the communication module 100 is not limited to a specific communication module or communication method, and may be implemented by various types of communication modules that are provided to allow a mobile device to communicate with an external server or other mobile device. You can.

The flexible display unit 100 may display a screen related to the operating state of the portable terminal. For example, the display unit 100 executes each of the mobile terminal's home screen, menu screen, call origination / reception screen, message creation / reception screen, chat screen, and application execution. The screen can be displayed. The flexible display unit 100 is divided into a main display area 110 on the front side and a sub-display area 120 on the side, and receiving a call, receiving a message, and receiving information according to a push service through the auxiliary display area 120, It is possible to output event information according to a notification event such as receiving information according to SNS. An example of an operation of operating the auxiliary display area 120 of the flexible display unit 100 will be described later.

In the present invention, the flexible display unit 100 is generally an LCD, but other display devices such as LEDs, OLEDs, and AMOLEDs may be used. Also, the flexible display unit 100 may include an interface supporting touch-based input. For example, the flexible display unit 100 supports various user inputs based on a touch by a touch-screen configuration, and generates an input signal according to the user input, and may transmit it to the control unit 390. In addition, when displaying various screens as described above, the flexible display unit 100 may display a screen in a horizontal mode, display a screen in a vertical mode, and display a horizontal mode and a vertical mode according to a rotation direction (or a laid direction) of the mobile terminal. It can support the adaptive screen switching display according to the change of the liver.

The sensor module 330 may detect at least one of various changes such as a posture change, an illuminance change, and an acceleration change of the portable terminal, and transmit an electrical signal corresponding to the change to the control unit 390. That is, the sensor module 330 may detect a state change made on the basis of the portable terminal, generate a detection signal accordingly, and transmit the detected signal to the control unit 390. In the present invention, the sensor module 330 may be made of various sensors, and when the portable terminal is driven (or user-set based), power is supplied to at least one sensor set under the control of the control unit 390, so that State changes can be detected. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the state of the mobile terminal can be detected by operating the sensor module 330 at all times. In the present invention, the sensor module 330 may be driven according to a predefined user setting, a notification event detection point of the present invention, or a user's manual manipulation.

The sensor module 330 may include at least one device among all types of sensing devices capable of detecting a state change of the portable terminal. For example, the sensor module 330 includes an acceleration sensor, a gyro sensor, an illuminance sensor, a proximity sensor, a pressure sensor, and a noise sensor Sensor (for example, a microphone), a video sensor (for example, a camera module), and a timer may be configured to include at least one sensor among various sensing devices.

In an embodiment of the present invention, various environments in which the main display area 110 of the mobile terminal is not used (for example, the main portion of the mobile terminal is turned upside down by contacting the surface of the table or the case 800 of the mobile terminal) As part of detecting the display area 120, for example, a state in which the display area 120 is blocked, operation by a combination of at least one of an illuminance sensor and an acceleration sensor will be described. That is, in the example of the present invention, the state of the mobile terminal can be detected using one or more sensors. Here, it is assumed that the sensor module 330 is the acceleration sensor, and the operation of detecting the posture of the portable terminal will be described with reference to FIG. 13.

13 is a view schematically illustrating a posture detection operation of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 13, when a notification event is collected from the communication module 310, the sensor module 330 is supplied with power under the control of the control unit 390 to measure the posture of the mobile terminal. In the present invention, the attitude of the portable terminal can be detected by always operating the sensor module 330. Alternatively, the sensor module 330, in particular, the acceleration sensor may operate after detecting a notification event.

In the present invention, it is assumed that the sensor module 200 uses an acceleration sensor to detect the posture of the mobile terminal. In this case, when the sensor module 200 is an acceleration sensor, detection of the portable terminal by the illuminance sensor may be omitted. In this case, the portable terminal of the present invention can be operated when the main display area 110 on the front side is in contact with the surface of the table. However, in the present invention, the mobile terminal can be operated even when the main display area 110 on the front side faces up and the rear side of the mobile terminal contacts the surface of the table. Accordingly, the illuminance of the mobile terminal can be controlled by using an illuminance sensor. After measuring first, the posture of the portable terminal is measured for the operation of the auxiliary display area 120 so that embodiments in all cases can be included. Hereinafter, a specific example of measuring the posture of the mobile terminal by the acceleration sensor will be described.

The sensor module 330 may measure the acceleration of the portable terminal to generate an electrical signal, and transmit the generated electrical signal to the control unit 390. For example, assuming that the sensor module 330 is a three-axis acceleration sensor, gravity acceleration for each of the X-axis, Y-axis, and Z-axis shown in FIG. 13 may be measured. In particular, the sensor module 330 measures the acceleration of the mobile terminal plus the acceleration of gravity and the acceleration of gravity, but if there is no movement of the mobile terminal, only the acceleration of gravity can be measured. As an example, it will be described on the assumption that the front side of the mobile terminal is upward in the positive (+) direction of gravity acceleration and the rear side of the mobile terminal is upward in the negative (-) direction of gravity acceleration.

As shown in FIG. 13, when the rear surface of the mobile terminal is placed so as to contact a horizontal surface, the acceleration of gravity measured by the sensor module 330 is measured in the X-axis and Y-axis components as 0 m / sec ² And only the Z-axis component can be measured with a certain amount of value (eg, + 9.8m / sec ² ). Conversely, when the front surface of the mobile terminal is placed so as to contact the horizontal surface, the acceleration of gravity measured by the sensor module 330 is measured in the X-axis and Y-axis components to 0 m / sec ² , and only the Z-axis component Certain negative values (eg, -9.8 m / sec ² ) can be measured.

In addition, assuming the case where the mobile terminal is placed at an angle to the surface of the table, the gravitational acceleration measured by the sensor module 330 is measured as a value other than 0 m / sec ² , at this time, three The square root of the sum of the squares of the components of the axis, that is, the magnitude of the vector sum may be the specific value (for example, 9.8 m / sec ² ). In the above case, the sensor module 330 detects each acceleration in the X-axis, Y-axis, and Z-axis directions in the coordinate system. Needless to say, the respective axes and the gravitational acceleration corresponding thereto may be changed according to the position where the sensor module 330 is attached.

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)은 도 13에서 X축을 중심으로 한 회전 각도를 나타내고, 상기 피치각(

)은 상기 도 13에서 Y축을 중심으로 한 회전 각도를 나타내며, 상기 요각(

)은 상기 도 13에서 Z축을 중심으로 한 회전 각도를 나타낼 수 있다. 상기 도 13에 도시된 예시의 경우, 상기 센서모듈(330)로부터 전달된 중력 가속도 중 Z축 중력 가속도가 +9.8m/sec²이면, 휴대단말이 놓인 자세는 상기 롤각(

), 및 피치각(

)은 '0'에 해당하므로, 상기 휴대단말이 놓이는 자세는 Z축의 중력 가속도를 받는 후면이 중력 방향으로 놓인 자세임을 알 수 있다. 상기와 같은 방식에 의해 휴대단말이 놓이는 어떠한 자세라도 감지 할 수 있으며, 또한 휴대단말의 자세 검출을 위한 자세 검출부가 추가적으로 구현될 수 있다.When the gravitational acceleration transmitted from the sensor module 330 is measured by at least one axis component, the control unit 390 can check (calculate) the posture of the mobile terminal using the acceleration for each axis. have. The posture is a roll angle (

), Pitch angle (

), And yaw angle (

). The roll angle (

) Denotes a rotation angle around the X axis in FIG. 13, and the pitch angle (

) Denotes the rotation angle around the Y axis in FIG. 13, and the yaw angle (

) May represent a rotation angle around the Z axis in FIG. 13. In the example shown in FIG. 13, if the Z-axis gravity acceleration of the gravity acceleration transmitted from the sensor module 330 is + 9.8m / sec ² , the posture of the mobile terminal is the roll angle (

), And pitch angle (

) Corresponds to '0', so it can be seen that the posture in which the mobile terminal is placed is a posture in which the rear surface receiving the gravitational acceleration of the Z axis is in the gravitational direction. In this manner, any posture placed by the portable terminal can be detected, and a posture detection unit for detecting the posture of the portable terminal can be additionally implemented.

In the present invention, the control unit 390 may determine the attitude of the mobile terminal using an algorithm such as an attitude calculation algorithm using an Euler angle, an attitude calculation algorithm using an extended Kalman filter, and an acceleration prediction switching algorithm. . That is, according to the present invention, a method for measuring the posture of a portable terminal using an accelerometer or the like may be implemented in various ways according to an embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 4 again, the storage unit 350 stores various applications and data processed and processed in the portable terminal, and may be composed of one or more nonvolatile memory and volatile memory. In the present invention, the storage unit 350 is one of ROM (Read Only Memory), flash memory (flash memory), RAM (Random Access Memory), internal hard disk (HDD, Hard Disk), external hard disk, external storage medium, etc. It may be composed of at least one. In addition, the storage unit 350 is associated with the operating system of the portable terminal, programs and data related to the display control operation of the flexible display unit 100, state detection of the portable terminal using the sensor module 330, and control operations related thereto. Programs and data can be stored continuously or temporarily. In particular, the storage unit 350 may store setting information 370 related to operation of the main display area 110 and the auxiliary display area 120 of the flexible display unit 100.

In the present invention, the setting information 370 determines whether the value measured by the sensor module 330 (especially the illuminance sensor) satisfies the condition for entering the manner notification mode (ie, the main display area 110 is used). Reference condition information for determining whether it does not meet the status, and priority information, right-hand mode and left-hand mode operation set by event type or by calling information for determining the event information output method of the auxiliary display area 120 Operation mode information, information for processing the completion of the output of event information (for example, continuously output until a user interaction is input, or output for a predetermined period of time, etc.), an operation method of the sensor module 330 for manner notification mode (for example, It may include information about the sensor to be used and event conditions for each sensor). The setting information 370 may be implemented and provided as at least one mapping table.

The control unit 390 controls the overall operation of the mobile terminal. In particular, the control unit 390 may control the operation related to the operation of the event information output function based on the manner notification mode for the notification event using the flexible display unit 100 in an embodiment of the present invention. That is, the control unit 390 in the flexible display unit 100 divided into the main display area 110 on the front side and the auxiliary display area 120 on the side, the auxiliary display area 120 according to the state of the mobile terminal The event information output of the used notification event can be controlled.

For example, the control unit 390 determines the state of the portable terminal based on the sensor module 330 regardless of the occurrence of the notification event, and determines whether to enter the manner notification mode according to the determined state of the portable terminal, The event information output of the notification event may be controlled based on the auxiliary display area 120 for the notification event generated in the manner notification mode. In addition, the control unit 390 determines the state of the mobile terminal at the time of detecting the occurrence of the notification event, determines whether to enter the manner notification mode according to the determined state of the mobile terminal, and enters the manner notification mode when the auxiliary display area ( 120) It is possible to control the event information output of the notification event based. In addition, the control unit 390 may operate a manner notification mode based on a timer regardless of whether a notification event occurs. For example, the control unit 390 may determine whether to enter the manner notification mode by determining the current time of the mobile terminal. As an example, the control unit 390 may determine the entry of the manner notification mode when the current time belongs to a predefined time (eg, midnight or a certain time range). In addition, the event information output of the notification event may be controlled based on the auxiliary display area 120 for the notification event generated in the manner notification mode.

In addition, when outputting event information based on the auxiliary display area 120, the control unit 390 determines an output method of event information according to a set priority for each notification event and a set priority for each call information, and the event information according to the determined method Can handle the output. In addition, the control unit 390 may adaptively control the display direction of the event information in the auxiliary display area 120 according to the state of the portable terminal.

In this way, the control unit 390 can control the overall operation of the functional operation of the present invention, the detailed control operation of the control unit 390, with reference to the drawings to be described later in the operation example of the mobile terminal and its control method Will be explained. In addition, the control unit 390 may control various operations related to the normal function of the portable terminal in addition to the functions described above. For example, the control unit 390 may control its operation and screen display when a specific application is executed. In addition, the control unit 390 may receive input signals corresponding to various touch interaction inputs supported by a touch-based input interface and control function operation accordingly. In addition, the control unit 390 may control transmission and reception of various data based on wired communication or wireless communication.

The portable terminal of the present invention shown in FIG. 4 may include all information communication devices, multimedia devices, and application devices for supporting the functions of the present invention. For example, the mobile terminal includes a mobile communication terminal operating based on communication protocols corresponding to various communication systems, a tablet PC (Personal Computer), a smart phone, a digital camera, Devices such as a portable multimedia player (PMP), a media player (Media Player), a portable game terminal, and a personal digital assistant (PDA) may be included.

5A to 6 are diagrams illustrating an example of utilizing the auxiliary display area 120 of the flexible display unit 100 in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIGS. 5A to 6, in FIG. 5A, event information is displayed in the auxiliary display area 120 of the flexible display unit 100 when the front surface of the mobile terminal appears and its rear surface contacts the surface of the table. 400) is an example of a screen that is output, and FIG. 5B shows event information 400 in the auxiliary display area 120 of the flexible display unit 100 with the rear surface of the mobile terminal appearing and its front surface contacting the surface of the table. ) Is displayed, and FIG. 6 shows an event in which the display direction of the event information in the auxiliary display area 120 is rotated adaptively according to the position of the mobile terminal as shown in FIGS. 5A and 5B. It shows an example of the operation of outputting the information 400.

5A to 6, the display direction of event information in the auxiliary display area 120 of the flexible display unit 100 may always appear in a forward direction regardless of a state in which the mobile terminal is placed. For example, when the state of the mobile terminal is facing up again with the front side facing up, or when the state of the mobile terminal is facing up again with the rear side facing up, the event information ( 400) to be rotated (for example, 180 degrees) so that the user can always be displayed in the forward direction. In addition, when the state of the portable terminal is inclined at a predetermined angle (eg, 30 degrees, 120 degrees, etc.) based on the state in which the front side faces upward, event information in the auxiliary display area 120 is preceded by the predetermined angle. Likewise, the direction of rotation can be determined. For example, when the predetermined angle is 30 degrees, the display direction of the event information in the auxiliary display area 120 may appear in a direction corresponding to a state in which the front surface is shown upward, and when the predetermined angle is 120 degrees, the auxiliary display area The display direction of the event information in (120) may be displayed in a direction corresponding to a state in which the rear surface is shown upward. As described above, the rotation of the event information 400 according to the state in which the mobile terminal is placed is detected based on the acceleration sensor of the sensor module 330 as described above, and thus the output method of the event information is detected. Can be determined.

For example, when detecting an alarm event, the control unit 390 may primarily determine whether to enter the manner notification mode based on the illuminance sensor of the sensor module 330. In addition, when deciding to enter the manner notification mode, as described above, it is possible to determine the placed state (posture direction) of the portable terminal based on the acceleration sensor of the sensor module 330. Here, in the present invention, as shown in FIG. 5A, an additional device such as a speaker 301, an illuminance sensor 303, and a front camera module 305 and a surface on which the main display area 120 appears are referred to as the front surface, and the view As shown in 5b, the surface on which the rear camera module 500 and the battery cover 550 appear may be referred to as a rear surface.

When the mobile terminal is in a state in which the front side is facing upward as in the example of FIG. 5A, the mobile terminal directly outputs through the auxiliary display area 120 without rotation of the event information 400, and the mobile terminal has the front side as shown in the example of FIG. 5B. In the case of going to the event information 400 can be rotated 180 degrees and output through the auxiliary display area 120.

In addition, when the state of the portable terminal is switched from one state to another of the state as illustrated in FIGS. 5A and 5B, the event information 400 of the auxiliary display area 120 is displayed as illustrated in FIG. 6. The direction can be adaptively rotated and displayed. At this time, the control unit 390 during the output of the event information 400 on the basis of the auxiliary display area 120 when the attitude information of the front and rear of the portable terminal is changed from the sensor module 330 is detected accordingly The switching of the display direction of the event information 400 can be controlled.

In addition, in FIGS. 5A to 6, the case where the auxiliary display area 120 is used according to the state in which the mobile terminal is placed is illustrated as an example, but the above operation is the case of the mobile terminal as shown in FIG. 3. Even if it belongs to (800), it can operate.

7A to 8 are diagrams illustrating an operation of providing event information using the auxiliary display area 120 according to an implementation form of the flexible display unit 100 in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

7A to 8, in the case of FIG. 7A, an example in which the auxiliary display area 120 extending to the side of the mobile terminal main body 200 is implemented to the side end of the main body 200 is shown, 7B illustrates an example in which the auxiliary display area 120 extending to the side of the mobile terminal is implemented up to a portion of the side of the main body 200. In the case of FIG. 8, an example for explaining a method of outputting the event information 400 according to the type in which the auxiliary display area 120 is implemented in the portable terminal is illustrated.

As illustrated in FIGS. 7A to 8, when the height (the size in the vertical direction) of the auxiliary display area 120 that extends to the side surface of the main body 200 is assumed to be 'H', the height (vertical The size of the direction) may be represented by differently processing the event information 400 according to 'H'. For example, in the present invention, the event information 400 (eg, outgoing information, message content, push service information, and SNS) extracted according to the height (vertical direction size) 'H' of the auxiliary display area 120 Text such as notifications) and event identification items 450 (eg, event type identification icons (text type icons, image type icons), color borders, color bars, etc.) may be selectively displayed.

As in the example of FIG. 7A, when the height 'H' of the auxiliary display area 120 is greater than or equal to the minimum size 'A' for text display (for example, H = 7mm, A = 6mm), text And the event information 400 by any one or a combination of the event identification items 450. On the other hand, as in the example of FIG. 7B, when the height 'H' of the auxiliary display area 120 is smaller than the minimum display size 'A' for text display (for example, H = 6mm, A = 7mm), The text display is omitted and the event information 400 can be displayed by any one or a combination of the event identification items 450.

That is, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the event information 400 and the event identification item 450 may be selectively displayed according to the height 'H' of the auxiliary display area 120. This will be described with reference to FIG. 8 above.

As illustrated in the example of FIG. 8, the auxiliary display area 120 has a height 'H' of the auxiliary display area 120 and a minimum size 'h for displaying a color border implemented outside the text among the event identification items 450. ', The event information 400 may be displayed in consideration of a minimum size' A 'for text display. Here, the minimum size 'A' for text display may be defined as 2A, which is a gap between the text size 'T' and the auxiliary display area 120, that is, "A = T + 2a". The gap 2a of the auxiliary display area 120 includes an upper gap a and a lower gap a, respectively, and may be determined corresponding to a radius of curvature of the flexible display unit 100. In FIG. 8, a lower gap among the gaps of the auxiliary display area 120 may be omitted. For example, when only the side surface of the portable terminal main body 200 of the auxiliary display area 120 extends, it may be omitted, and when the auxiliary display area 120 extends to the rear surface of the portable terminal, the lower gap is curvature. It can be generated corresponding to the radius. In FIG. 8, for convenience of description, a case where both an upper gap and a lower gap are included will be described as an example.

)를 가지는 경우로, 특히 보조 표시영역(120)의 높이 'H'가 텍스트 표시를 위한 최소 크기 'A'보다 크거나 같은 조건인 경우의 예를 나타낸다. 상기와 같은 조건의 경우 상기 보조 표시영역(120)에는 이벤트 정보(400)(예컨대, 발신 정보, 메시지 내용, 푸시 서비스의 정보, SNS의 알림 등의 텍스트)와 이벤트 식별 아이템(450)(예컨대, 이벤트 타입 식별용 아이콘(텍스트 타입 아이콘, 이미지 타입 아이콘), 컬러 테두리, 컬러 바 등) 중 적어도 하나가 사용자 설정에 따라 선택적으로 표시될 수 있다.In the case of the reference numeral <801>, the height 'H' of the auxiliary display area 120 is greater than or equal to the minimum size 'A (A = T + 2a)' for text display, and the minimum size for text display ' An example of a case where A 'is greater than or equal to the minimum size' h 'for displaying a color border is shown. That is, the size 'H' of the auxiliary display area 120 includes all other sizes (for example,

), In particular, an example of a case in which the height 'H' of the auxiliary display area 120 is greater than or equal to the minimum size 'A' for text display. In the case of the above conditions, the auxiliary display area 120 includes event information 400 (for example, text such as call information, message content, push service information, and SNS notification) and an event identification item 450 (eg, At least one of an event type identification icon (text type icon, image type icon), color border, color bar, etc. may be selectively displayed according to a user setting.

)를 가지는 경우로, 특히 보조 표시영역(120)의 높이 'H'가 텍스트 최소 표시 크기 'A'보다 크거나 같지만, 컬러 테두리 표시를 위한 최소 크기 'h'보다 작은 조건인 경우의 예를 나타낸다. 상기와 같은 조건의 경우 상기 보조 표시영역(120)에는 이벤트 정보(400)(예컨대, 발신 정보, 메시지 내용, 푸시 서비스의 정보, SNS의 알림 등의 텍스트)와 이벤트 식별 아이템(450)의 일부가 사용자 설정에 따라 선택적으로 표시될 수 있다. 상기 이벤트 식별 아이템(450)의 일부는 컬러 테두리를 제외한 이벤트 타입 식별용 아이콘 및 컬러 바 중 적어도 하나를 포함할 수 있다.In the case of the example of reference numeral <803>, the height 'H' of the auxiliary display area 120 is greater than or equal to the minimum size 'A (A = T + 2a)' for text display, and the minimum size for color border display An example of a case less than or equal to 'h' is shown. That is, the height 'H' of the auxiliary display area 120 includes all other sizes or the size between them (eg,

), In particular, an example of a case in which the height 'H' of the auxiliary display area 120 is greater than or equal to the text minimum display size 'A', but less than the minimum size 'h' for color border display . In the case of the above conditions, the auxiliary display area 120 includes the event information 400 (eg, outgoing information, message content, push service information, SNS notification text, etc.) and a part of the event identification item 450. It can be selectively displayed according to user settings. A part of the event identification item 450 may include at least one of an event type identification icon and a color bar except for a color border.

)를 가지는 경우로, 특히 보조 표시영역(120)의 높이 'H'가 텍스트 표시를 위한 최소 크기 'A'보다 작은 조건인 경우의 예를 나타낸다. 상기와 같은 조건의 경우 상기 보조 표시영역(120)에는 이벤트 정보(400)(예컨대, 발신 정보, 메시지 내용, 푸시 서비스의 정보, SNS의 알림 등의 텍스트)의 표시는 생략되고, 이벤트 식별 아이템(450)의 일부가 사용자 설정에 따라 선택적으로 표시될 수 있다. 상기 이벤트 식별 아이템(450)의 일부는 상기 이벤트 타입 식별용 아이콘(특히, 이미지 타입 아이콘) 및 컬러 바 중 사용자 설정에 따른 적어도 하나를 포함할 수 있다.In the case of the reference numeral <805>, the height 'H' of the auxiliary display area 120 is smaller than the minimum size 'A (A = T + 2a)' for text display, and the minimum size 'A' for text display Shows an example where is smaller than the minimum size 'h' for color border display. That is, the height 'H' of the auxiliary display area 120 is smaller than all other sizes (for example,

), In particular, an example in which the height 'H' of the auxiliary display area 120 is less than the minimum size 'A' for text display. In the case of the above conditions, the display of event information 400 (for example, text such as call information, message content, push service information, SNS notification, etc.) is omitted in the auxiliary display area 120, and event identification items ( A part of 450) may be selectively displayed according to user settings. A part of the event identification item 450 may include at least one of the event type identification icon (in particular, an image type icon) and a color bar according to a user setting.

In summary, it can be expressed as follows.

(1) When the height 'H' of the auxiliary display area 120 is greater than or equal to the minimum size 'A' for text display, according to the user setting among the text-based event information 400 and the event identification item 450 At least one sign

(2) When the height 'H' of the auxiliary display area 120 exists between the minimum size 'A' for text display and the minimum size 'h' for color border display, event information 400 and event identification items ( 450) At least one of the items (especially at least one of an icon and color bar for identifying an event type except a color border) is displayed.

(3) When the 'H' of the auxiliary display area 120 is smaller than the minimum size 'A' for text display, the event identification item 450 (especially, at least one of the image type icon and color bar according to the user setting) Display

For example, in the case of (1), as shown in reference numerals <801> in FIGS. 7A and 8, a notification event type (eg, call, message, mail, push service, SNS) when a notification event occurs And the like, and extract event information 400 (eg, text-based calling information, caller information, message content, push service notification content, SNS notification content, etc.) from the notification event. And at least one of various event identification items 450 (eg, event type identification icons (text type icons, image type icons), color borders, color bars, etc.) may be determined according to the type of the notification event and the priority set therein. You can. Subsequently, the event information 400 and the determined event identification item 450 may be displayed together. In the case of the method (1), only one of the event information 400 and the event identification item 450 may be selectively displayed according to a user setting method.

In the case of the method (2), as shown in reference numeral <803> in FIG. 8, when a notification event occurs, a notification event type (eg, call, message, mail, push service, SNS, etc.) is determined, and the Event information 400 (eg, text-based calling information, caller information, message content, push service notification content, SNS notification content, etc.) may be extracted from the notification event. And at least one of a part (for example, an event type identification icon (text type icon, image type icon), color bar, etc.) of the various event identification items 450 may be determined according to the type of the notification event and the priority set therein. have. Subsequently, the event information 400 and the determined event identification item 450 may be displayed together. In the case of the method (2), only one of the event information 400 and the event identification item 450 may be selectively displayed according to a user setting method.

In the case of the (3) method, as shown in reference numeral <805> in FIGS. 7B and 8, a notification event type (eg, call, message, mail, push service, SNS, etc.) is generated when a notification event occurs. It is possible to determine and extract an event identification item 450 (especially, an event type identification icon (image type icon) or color bar) mapped to the determined notification event type. Alternatively, only the event identification item 450 (eg, color bar) according to the priority of the notification event type (or origination information) may be extracted. In addition, the extracted at least one event identification item 450 may be displayed.

And in the present invention, the height 'H' of the auxiliary display area 120 as defined above, the minimum size 'A' for text display, the gap 'a' of the auxiliary display area 120, and the text display size ' T 'and a minimum size' h 'for displaying a color border may be defined differently depending on the mobile terminal. For example, it may be defined differently depending on the size of the mobile terminal and the implementation form of the flexible display unit 100.

Hereinafter, an example of a specific operation for notifying the event information of the notification event as described above using the auxiliary display area 120 will be described with reference to FIG. 9.

9 is a view illustrating an example of event information output from the auxiliary display area 120 of the flexible display unit 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 9, in an embodiment of the present invention, at least one of a text and an event identification item may be displayed on the event information for a notification event through the auxiliary display area 120. At this time, the event information output through the auxiliary display area 120 is displayed by any one or a combination of text-based and event identification item-based, or a combination of the events, depending on the height of the auxiliary display area 120, as described above. It can be displayed based on the item. In addition, event information output through the auxiliary display area 120 may be provided in various combinations according to a user setting method.

For example, as shown in reference numeral <901>, the received notification event is a call reception, and a text type icon for identifying the type of the notification event, such as "Call:" in the event identification item 450, Event information 400 such as “010-1234-5678 mother” may be provided through the auxiliary display area 120 together.

As shown in reference numeral <903>, the received notification event is a call reception, and a text type icon for identifying the type of the notification event, such as "Call:" in the event identification item 450, and "010-1234 -5678 Mother ", and the event information 400, and the text type icon and the event information 400 is formed in a specific shape (eg, square shape, ellipse shape, etc.) and configured for the notification event. A color frame for notifying the priority may be provided through the auxiliary display area 120 together. The color border may be provided in a color classified for each priority, such as red, yellow, and blue, according to priority (important, general, favorite, etc.) according to user settings. For example, a red color-based color border may be provided, assuming that the priority number is set as an important priority for the calling number of “010-1234-5678” in the reference number <903>. At this time, if there is no priority setting for the generated notification event, a border of a specific color (for example, black color) provided or set without a separate border item, such as reference number <901>, may be provided according to the setting method. have.

"과 같이 상기 알림 이벤트의 타입 식별을 위한 이미지 타입 아이콘과, "010-1234-8765 친구1"와 같은 이벤트 정보(400)를 비롯하여, 상기 이미지 타입 아이콘과 이벤트 정보(400)의 외곽을 둘러싸는 특정 형태(예컨대, 사각 형태, 타원 형태 등)로 형성되어 상기 알림 이벤트에 대해 설정된 우선순위를 알림하기 위한 컬러 테두리가 함께 보조 표시영역(120)을 통해 제공될 수 있다. 상기 컬러 테두리는 사용자 설정에 따른 우선순위(중요, 일반, 즐겨찾기 등)에 따라 빨강, 노랑, 파랑 등과 같이 각 우선순위별로 구분된 컬러로 제공될 수 있다. 예를 들어, 상기 참조번호 ＜905＞에서 "010-1234-8765"의 발신 번호에 대해 즐겨찾기 우선순위로 설정된 경우를 가정할 시 파랑 컬러 기반의 컬러 테두리가 제공될 수 있다.As shown in reference number <905>, the received notification event is a call reception, and among the event identification items 450 "

The image type icon for identifying the type of the notification event, such as ", and event information 400 such as" 010-1234-8765 friend 1 ", and surrounding the outer periphery of the image type icon and event information 400 Formed in a specific shape (for example, a square shape, an oval shape, etc.), a color border for notifying the priority set for the notification event may be provided through the auxiliary display area 120. The color border is set by the user According to the priority (important, general, favorite, etc.) according to each other, it may be provided in a color classified for each priority, such as red, yellow, blue, etc. For example, "010-1234" in the reference number <905> A blue color-based color border may be provided, assuming a case where the favorite priority is set for the caller ID of -8765 ".

"과 같이 상기 알림 이벤트의 타입 식별을 위한 이미지 타입 아이콘과, "일찍 들어오세요!!"와 같은 이벤트 정보(400)를 비롯하여, 상기 이미지 타입 아이콘과 이벤트 정보(400)의 외곽을 둘러싸는 특정 형태(예컨대, 사각형태, 타원 형태 등)로 형성되어 상기 알림 이벤트에 대해 설정된 우선순위를 알림하기 위한 컬러 테두리가 함께 보조 표시영역(120)을 통해 제공될 수 있다. 상기 컬러 테두리는 사용자 설정에 따른 우선순위(중요, 일반, 즐겨찾기 등)에 따라 빨강, 노랑, 파랑 등과 같이 각 우선순위별로 구분된 컬러로 제공될 수 있다. 예를 들어, 상기 참조번호 ＜907＞에서 메시지를 발신한 발신 번호에 대해 일반 우선순위로 설정된 경우를 가정할 시 노랑 컬러 기반의 컬러 테두리가 제공될 수 있다. 이때, 스팸 메시지와 같이 발생된 알림 이벤트에 대한 어떠한 우선순위 설정도 없는 경우, 설정 방식에 따라 상기 참조번호 ＜901＞과 같이 별도의 테두리 아이템 없이 제공되거나 설정된 특정 컬러(예컨대, 검정 컬러)의 테두리가 제공될 수 있다.As shown in reference numeral <907>, the received notification event is a message reception, and among the event identification items 450

The image type icon for identifying the type of the notification event, such as ", and event information 400 such as" Please come in early !! ", and a specific shape surrounding the outer edge of the image type icon and event information 400 (For example, a rectangular shape, an elliptical shape, etc.) may be provided through the auxiliary display area 120 together with a color border for notifying the priority set for the notification event. Depending on the priority (important, general, favorite, etc.), it may be provided in a color classified for each priority, such as red, yellow, blue, etc. For example, the calling number that originated the message at the reference number <907> Assuming that it is set as a general priority for, a yellow color-based color border may be provided, in which case, for a notification event generated as a spam message, If no tteohan first order setting, the border of a particular color (e.g., black color) is set or provided at no extra border items, such as the reference number <901> in accordance with the setting method can be provided.

In the case of reference numbers <909> and <911>, it may correspond to a case where the height of the auxiliary display area 120 is smaller than the text minimum display size or a color bar is provided according to a user setting. As shown in the reference numerals <909> and <911>, the shape of the color bar may be differently displayed for each received notification event, and the color of the color bar may be differently displayed according to the priority set for the received notification event. . For example, in the case of a notification event of a call reception, it has a straight bar shape as in the reference number <909>, and the bar can be represented by a color corresponding to the set priority. Alternatively, in the case of a notification event for receiving a message, it has a dotted bar shape as in the reference number <911>, and the bar can be represented in a color corresponding to a set priority. In addition, various forms in addition to the reference numbers <909> and <911> may be provided according to user definition. For example, an image type icon and a color bar as described above may be provided in a combined form, or an incoming notification event may be configured to appear on all or part of the auxiliary display area 120 according to user-defined importance or conditions. It might be.

10 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an operation operation of the flexible display unit 100 for a state change of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 10, in the case of FIG. 10, a manner notification mode of the present invention may be predefined by a user. For example, the user can operate the mobile terminal environment in a predefined state for a manner notification mode when participating in a meeting or the like. For example, when the user puts the mobile terminal on the surface of a table such as a desk, the user can place the front portion of the mobile terminal facing the floor. Alternatively, the user can place the mobile terminal in a state such that the main display area 110 is covered by using the case 800 of the mobile terminal when the front portion thereof is placed upward. In the case of FIG. 10, at least one specific sensor module 330, such as an illuminance sensor and an acceleration sensor, as described above for switching to the manner notification mode, is in operation, or the specific sensor module 330 is a user. It can be operated by manual operation.

As illustrated in FIG. 10, the control unit 390 may detect a change in posture (or change in illuminance) of the mobile terminal as described above (step 1001). For example, the user can put the mobile terminal on a floor such as a desk. Then, the control unit 330 may detect a change in posture (or change in illumination) of the mobile terminal based on the measurement value obtained from the sensor module 330 such as an illumination sensor or an acceleration sensor.

When detecting a change in attitude (illuminance change) of the mobile terminal, the control unit 390 may compare the preset attitude information (or illuminance information) (step 1003). In this case, the comparison may correspond to an operation for determining whether the detected posture change (or change in illuminance) satisfies the condition for entering the manner notification mode.

The control unit 390 may determine whether the state change of the portable terminal is to switch to the manner notification mode by comparing the posture information (or illuminance information) (step 1005). For example, if the posture information (or illuminance information) corresponds to predefined setting information, it is determined to switch to a manner notification mode, and if it does not correspond to the predefined setting information, it can be determined to be an operation process according to the general mode.

If the control unit 390 determines to change the manner notification mode (YES in step 1005), the operating mode currently being operated by the mobile terminal may be switched to the manner notification mode (step 1007). In addition, when the manner notification mode is switched, the controller 390 may control the operation of the flexible display unit 100 based on the turn-off of the main display area 110 and the auxiliary display area 120 (step 1009). ).

If it is determined that the control unit 390 is not a manner notification mode change (NO in step 1005), the control unit 390 may maintain an operation mode currently being operated by the mobile terminal (step 1011). At this time, if the operation mode currently being operated by the portable terminal corresponds to the manner notification mode, the control unit 390 may switch the operation mode to the normal mode in step 1007. In addition, the control unit 390 may control the operation of the flexible display unit 100 by selectively operating at least one of the main display area 110 and the auxiliary display area 120 (step 1013).

11 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an operation operation of the flexible display unit 100 for a notification event in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 11, in the case of FIG. 11, when a notification event occurs from the outside, the state (illumination, posture, etc.) of the mobile terminal is checked, and according to the state of the mobile terminal, a manner notification mode is operated or a normal mode is used. It shows an example of processing the operation. 11, the specific sensor module 330 for determining the state of the mobile terminal for switching to the manner notification mode may be operated at the time of the notification event.

As illustrated in FIG. 11, the control unit 390 may detect any one of various notification events as described above (step 1101). For example, the control unit 390 may detect the occurrence of a notification event according to call reception, message reception, information reception of a push service, email reception, information reception of an SNS, and the like.

When detecting the occurrence of the notification event, the controller 390 may determine an event processing method according to the notification event (step 1103) (step 1105). For example, the control unit 390 checks the status of the mobile terminal through the sensor module 330 as described above, and then processes the event in the manner notification mode or the event in the normal mode according to the status of the mobile terminal. You can decide either. That is, when the notification event occurs, the controller 390 may determine whether to operate the manner notification mode for each state of the mobile terminal. In addition, the control unit 390 may determine whether to enter the manner notification mode by determining the current time of the mobile terminal when a notification event occurs. For example, the control unit 390 may determine whether the current time belongs to a predefined time (for example, midnight, or a predetermined time range) and determine whether to operate the manner notification mode of the mobile terminal.

If the control unit 390 determines that the event processing by the manner notification mode (YES in step 1105), activates the auxiliary display area 120 (step 1107) and controls the output of event information based on the auxiliary display area 120. You can (step 1109). Here, in the present invention, when a notification event occurs, the state of the portable terminal is primarily determined by the illuminance sensor or the acceleration sensor of the sensor module 330, and it may be determined whether to enter the manner notification mode according to the state of the portable terminal. In addition, when entering the manner notification mode, the attitude of the mobile terminal may be secondarily determined by the acceleration sensor of the sensor module 330, and the direction of displaying event information according to the attitude of the mobile terminal may be determined.

If the control unit 390 determines that event processing is performed in the normal mode (NO in step 1105), at least one of the main display area 110 and the auxiliary display area 120 may be selectively activated (step 1111). ). In addition, the control unit 390 may control the output of event information based on the activated display area (step 1113).

12 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an operation operation of the flexible display unit 100 for event information in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 12, in the case of FIG. 12, an example of determining an event information output method for a notification event in a manner in which a manner notification mode is in operation and processing an event information output according to the determined output method is illustrated.

As illustrated in FIG. 12, first, the control unit 390 may determine an event type according to the notification event when processing in the manner notification mode for the generated notification event as described above (step 1201). For example, the control unit 390 may determine where the notification event belongs to among various event types such as call reception, message reception, push service information reception, mail reception, and SNS information reception. The event type can be identified by checking the header of data transmitted according to the event.

When determining the event type, the controller 390 may determine an event output (notification) method according to the determined event type (step 1203). For example, as described above with reference to FIG. 9 as an example, the control unit 390 determines an event identification icon (for example, a text type icon, an image type icon, etc.) corresponding to the event type, event information, and an event identification item. The output determination by one or a combination of them, the determination of whether to apply color by priority for the event identification item, etc. may be determined.

When the event output method is determined, the controller 390 may process event information according to the determined event output method (step 1205). For example, the control unit 390 transmits event information to the determined event output method so that it can be output in any one form as described in the description with reference to reference numerals <901> to <911> in FIG. Accordingly, processing such as combining with an event identification item can be performed.

The control unit 390 may control the output of the processed event information using the auxiliary display area 120 (step 1207). At this time, the control unit 390 checks the posture of the mobile terminal to determine whether the event information to be displayed on the auxiliary display area 120 is rotated, and when the rotation is determined, rotate the event information 180 degrees to rotate the auxiliary display area 120 ).

Meanwhile, the method for providing an event of a portable terminal having the flexible display unit of the present invention as described above may be implemented in a program command form that can be executed through various computer means and recorded in a computer-readable recording medium. In this case, the computer-readable recording medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, or the like alone or in combination. Meanwhile, the program instructions recorded on the recording medium may be specially designed and configured for the present invention, or may be known and usable by those skilled in computer software.

The computer-readable recording medium includes optical media such as magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tapes, compact disc read only memory (CD-ROM), and digital versatile discs (DVD). ), Specially configured to store and perform program instructions such as magneto-optical media (Floptical Disk), and program instructions such as read only memory (ROM), random access memory (RAM), flash memory, etc. Hardware devices are included. In addition, the program instructions include not only machine language codes produced by a compiler, but also high-level language codes that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. The hardware device described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operation of the present invention, and vice versa.

In addition, the embodiments of the present invention disclosed in the specification and drawings are merely intended to easily describe the technical contents of the present invention and to provide specific examples to help understanding of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should be construed as including all the modified or modified forms derived on the basis of the technical spirit of the present invention in addition to the embodiments disclosed herein.

100: flexible display
110: main display area
120: auxiliary display area
200: main body
301: speaker
303: illuminance sensor
305: front camera module
310: communication module
330: sensor module
350: storage
390: control
400: Event identification item
500: rear camera module

Claims (14)

In the mobile terminal,
A flexible display unit located on the front surface of the portable terminal and extending to at least one side of the portable terminal; The plurality of ends of the flexible display unit includes first and second ends, and the first end of the flexible display unit is bent and is located on at least one side of the portable terminal, and the flexible display unit is a main display. An area and an auxiliary display area, wherein the auxiliary display area includes the first end and the second end of the flexible display unit,
Includes a control unit that operates in a mode that allows the portable terminal to provide output information related to an alarm event only on the auxiliary display area.
The control unit determines whether to output information related to an alarm event to the auxiliary display area only when the occurrence of the alarm event is detected.
According to claim 1,
The main display area is provided on the front surface of the portable terminal,
The portable terminal does not output event information to the main display area during the mode.
According to claim 1,
The control unit determines a state of the portable terminal, and determines whether to operate in the mode according to the state of the portable terminal.
According to claim 1,
Further comprising; a sensor for detecting the rotational movement of the mobile terminal,
When the rotation movement of the portable terminal is detected while the information related to the alarm event is output on the auxiliary display area in the mode, the flexible display unit may provide the alarm provided on the auxiliary display area by a predetermined angle. A mobile terminal that rotates information related to an event and outputs the rotated information.
According to claim 1,
The control unit outputs information related to the alarm event on the auxiliary display area only during a threshold time.
According to claim 1,
The information related to the alarm event includes a color indicator corresponding to the type of the alarm event.
According to claim 1,
The control unit selectively provides information related to the alarm event on the auxiliary display area according to a setting state.
In the event processing method of the portable terminal which is located on the front of the portable terminal and includes a flexible display unit extended to at least one side of the portable terminal, the plurality of ends of the flexible display unit may include first and first terminals. It includes a second stage, the first end of the flexible display unit is bent and is located on at least one side of the portable terminal, the flexible display unit includes a main display area and an auxiliary display area, and the auxiliary display area is the flexible The display includes the first end and the second end, and.
Determining whether the portable terminal operates in a mode that provides output information related to an alarm event only on the auxiliary display area; And
And outputting information related to the alarm event only on the auxiliary display area during the mode.
The determining step is a method of determining whether to output information related to an alarm event only in the auxiliary display area when the occurrence of the alarm event is detected.
The method of claim 8,
The main display area is provided on the front surface of the portable terminal,
The mobile terminal does not output event information to the main display area during the mode.
The method of claim 8,
The portable terminal determines a state of the portable terminal and determines whether to operate in the mode according to the state of the portable terminal.
The method of claim 8,
When the rotation movement of the mobile terminal is detected while the information related to the alarm event is output on the auxiliary display area in the mode, the information related to the alarm event provided on the auxiliary display area is rotated by a predetermined angle. , Outputting the rotated information.
The method of claim 8,
The step of outputting,
A method of outputting information related to the alarm event on the auxiliary display area only during a critical time.
The method of claim 8,
The information related to the alarm event includes a color indicator corresponding to the type of the alarm event.
The method of claim 8,
The mobile terminal selectively provides information related to the alarm event on the auxiliary display area according to a setting state.

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