KR20140057183A - Mobile terminal capable of displaying on multi screen - Google Patents

Abstract

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable terminal capable of implementing various user interfaces (UI) and having a sophisticated design. A portable terminal capable of multi-display according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a cover glass covering the front and side surfaces of the portable terminal, and a display unit provided below the cover glass.

Description

[0001] MOBILE TERMINAL CAPABLE OF DISPLAYING ON MULTI SCREEN [0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a mobile terminal capable of multi-screen display, and more particularly, to a mobile terminal capable of implementing various user interfaces (UI) and having a sophisticated design.

A portable terminal is a portable information device including a function of reading, storing, inputting, searching, and communicating information. In a typical portable terminal, a display unit for displaying information is located on the front side, and an input unit for inputting information is arranged below the display unit.

In recent years, as the display unit of the portable terminal is released in the form of a touch screen, the display unit occupies most of the front side of the portable terminal and the size of the input unit becomes relatively small.

1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a conventional portable terminal.

As shown in FIG. 1, the conventional portable terminal has a display unit 1020 on the front surface, and thus has a limitation in implementing information display methods and various user interfaces (UIs).

In addition, unlike the display portion 1020, which is made of glass, the conventional portable terminal has a limitation in improving the appearance of the portable terminal because the side 1030 is made of plastic or metal.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a mobile terminal capable of realizing various user interfaces and having a sophisticated design.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a portable electronic device including: a cover glass covering a front surface and a side surface of a portable terminal; And a display unit provided below the cover glass.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the display unit may have a first display unit provided below the cover glass corresponding to the front surface, and a second display unit provided below the cover glass corresponding to the side surface .

In an embodiment of the present invention, information displayed according to the ON state and the OFF state of the first display unit may be different from that of the second display unit.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the first display unit and the second display unit each include an independent display unit and an independent driver for driving the independent display unit, or may drive the common display unit and the common display unit And a single driving unit for driving.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the display unit may include a flexible display.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the apparatus may further include an input unit provided below the cover glass corresponding to the side surface.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the input unit may further be provided below the cover glass corresponding to the front surface.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, since one cover glass covers the front and side surfaces of the portable terminal, it is possible to design the appearance to be stylish and beautiful.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, since information that has been displayed on one screen is divided into a plurality of display units, information can be efficiently provided to a user.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, a new user interface (UI) that can provide convenience to the user using the display unit provided on the side of the portable terminal can be further implemented.

It should be understood that the effects of the present invention are not limited to the above effects and include all effects that can be deduced from the detailed description of the present invention or the configuration of the invention described in the claims.

1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a conventional portable terminal.
2 is a perspective view illustrating a portable terminal capable of multi-display according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a plan view of a portable terminal capable of multi-display according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a perspective view illustrating a portable terminal capable of multi-display according to another embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a plan view of a portable terminal capable of multi-display according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, which will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. In order to clearly illustrate the present invention, parts not related to the description are omitted, and similar parts are denoted by like reference characters throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when an element is referred to as "comprising ", it means that it can include other elements as well, without excluding other elements unless specifically stated otherwise.

Also, the terms " part, "" module, " and " module" in the specification mean units for processing at least one function or operation, Lt; / RTI >

Throughout the specification, when a part is referred to as being "connected" to another part, it includes not only a direct connection but also a connection with another system in the middle.

In addition, throughout the specification, the portable terminal may be a cellular phone, a Portable Multimedia Player (PMP), a Smart Phone, a Desktop, a Tablet PC, a Note Book, a Net Book, A personal digital assistant (PDA), a music player, a video player, a game machine, an information communication device, and the like.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating a mobile terminal capable of multi-display according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a plan view illustrating a multi-displayable mobile terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

In the present invention, " multi-sided " can be interpreted to mean a case in which two or more planes are in contact, two or more curved surfaces are in contact with each other, or one or more planes and one or more curved surfaces are in contact with each other.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the portable terminal 100 may include a cover glass 10 and a display unit 20.

The cover glass 10 may cover at least one side surface with the front surface S1 of the portable terminal 100 (the + Z-axis direction surface in FIG. 2). Here, the side surface connects the front surface S1 and the rear surface S3 of the portable terminal 100. [ Referring to Fig. 2, the side surface is a surface in the ± X-axis direction and a surface in the ± Y-axis direction.

The cover glass 10 can cover all of the front surface S1 of the portable terminal 100 or cover only a part of the front surface S1 and can cover both or only part of the side surface. 2, the cover glass 10 covers the front surface S1 (the surface in the + Z axis direction in FIG. 2) and the right surface S2 (the surface in the + X axis direction in FIG. 2) Respectively. 2) of the mobile terminal 100, the lower side (the -Y axis direction surface of FIG. 2) or the left side surface (the -X axis direction of FIG. 2) And it is possible to cover two or more of the four sides.

The cover glass 10 may be folded at corners where the front face and the side face meet to cover the front face S1 and the side face of the portable terminal 100. [ In other words, the front surface and the side surface of the cover glass 10 can form a predetermined angle or radius of curvature R. Here, the front surface of the cover glass 10 means a surface corresponding to the front surface of the portable terminal 100, and the side surface of the cover glass 10 means a surface corresponding to the side surface of the portable terminal 100. The angle formed by the front surface and the side surface of the cover glass 10 may be 90 degrees or greater than 90 degrees and less than 180 degrees.

In addition, the front surface and the side surface of the cover glass 10 may form a flat surface or a curved surface. That is, as shown in FIG. 2, the front surface of the cover glass 10 may be formed as a flat surface, and the right surface may be formed as a curved surface. It goes without saying that the front and right sides of the cover glass 10 may all be planar or curved, the front surface of the cover glass 10 may be a curved surface, and the right side may be a flat surface.

As described above, since the cover glass 10 can be formed so as to have a planar and curved surface at the same time, a more refined design with a neat but smooth feeling can be realized. In addition, since the cover glass 10 covers the front and side surfaces of the portable terminal 100, a high quality and uniform feeling can be obtained.

Further, the display portion 20 is formed corresponding to the cover glass 10. More specifically, the display portion 20 is located below the cover glass 10. [ Therefore, when the cover glass 10 is formed so as to cover the front and side surfaces of the portable terminal 100, the display portion 20 is formed corresponding to the front and side surfaces of the cover glass 10. At this time, a plurality of display units 20 may be provided.

Further, the display section 20 includes a display device. The display device may be a liquid crystal display (LCD), a thin film transistor (TFT) LCD, an organic light emitting diode (OLED), an active matrix organic LED (AMOLED), a light emitting diode (LED), an electronic ink, display) and the like.

Then, the cover glass 10 and the display unit 20 can be integrated with each other. That is, the cover glass 10 can function as a part of the display section 20. [ For example, the display unit 20 may be constituted by a touch screen.

In addition, the display unit 20 may include a first display unit 22 and a second display unit 24. The first display unit 22 may be provided below the cover glass 10 corresponding to the front surface of the portable terminal 100 and the second display unit 24 may be provided below the cover glass 10 corresponding to the side surface of the portable terminal 100. [ 10, respectively.

The first display section 22 and the second display section 24 may each include a separate display device or may include a common display device. When the first display portion 22 and the second display portion 24 include independent display devices, independent driving portions for driving the respective independent display devices may be provided.

When the first display section 22 and the second display section 24 include a common display device, they may include a single driver for driving the common display device.

In addition, the display device may also be provided in a bent shape corresponding to the bent shape of the cover glass 10. For this purpose, it is preferable that a display device capable of being bent such as a flexible display is provided. Flexible displays can be implemented with LCDs, TFT-LCDs, LEDs, and OLEDs. The flexible display is a display manufactured using mainly organic materials, which is resistant to impact, bends well, and can be implemented in various types of displays. Such a flexible display can use a plastic substrate, a thin glass substrate, a metal foil substrate, or the like which can be bent at the substrate side. On the driving element side, an amorphous silicon thin film transistor (a-Si thin film transistor), a low temperature polysilicon thin film transistor (LTPS), an organic thin film transistor (OTFT) transistor can be used. On the display element side, an electronic paper (E-paper, electronic paper) technique and the like can be used in addition to the conventional OLED and LCD. A display device, such as a flexible display, may be a touch screen, thereby having both a display function and an input function.

Further, the first display unit 22 and the second display unit 24 can display different information. That is, the information displayed on the first display unit 22 may include contents provided by ordinary portable terminals, for example, contents provided by various applications such as a standby screen, a menu list, a message and a web browser.

The second display unit 24 may display status information of the portable terminal 100, a menu favorite, a time, a received message, a battery capacity, an alarm, and the like.

In addition, the second display unit 24 may display different information according to the ON / OFF state of the first display unit 22. [ For example, when the first display unit 22 is in the on state, the second display unit 24 displays the battery capacity, new message display, time, network status, Bluetooth, GPS, ringer type, alarm, ) Can be displayed or utilized as a favorite button of a specific menu.

When the first display unit 22 is in the off state, the second display unit 24 can display the current time, new message contents or notification, alarm information, battery capacity during charging, and the like.

Since the conventional portable terminal has one display unit, there are limitations on the screen division and the implementation of the user interface (UI) when providing different types of information. Also, unlike the display part which is made of glass, since the side is made of plastic or metal, there is a limit to the appearance design due to the heterogeneity of the material.

On the other hand, since the cover glass 10 covers the front and side surfaces of the portable terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention, the appearance can be designed in a sophisticated and elegant manner. In addition, since the portable terminal 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention divides the information displayed on one screen into a plurality of display sections, the first display section 22 having a larger area Only specific information can be provided intensively. The other information is provided through the second display unit 24, so that information can be efficiently provided to the user. In addition, the portable terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention can further implement new user interfaces (UI) that can provide convenience to a user such as favorites of a specific application by using the second display unit 24 It is effective.

Further, the input unit 30 may be further provided corresponding to the cover glass 10. More specifically, the input unit 30 may be further provided under the cover glass 10. [ In addition, the input unit 30 may be integrally formed with the cover glass 10. That is, the cover glass 10 can function as a part of the input section 30.

Accordingly, the display unit 20 and the input unit 30 can be formed corresponding to the cover glass 10, and more specifically, the display unit 20 and the input unit 30 can be positioned below the cover glass 10 . Either or both of the display unit 20 and the input unit 30 may be integrally formed including the cover glass 10. [ That is, the cover glass 10 can function as a part of the display unit 20 and / or the input unit 30.

The input unit 30 may be formed corresponding to the side surface of the cover glass 10. [ That is, the input unit 30 may be provided under the cover glass 10 corresponding to the side surface of the portable terminal 100. Further, when the cover glass 10 covers two or more side surfaces of the portable terminal, the input portion may also be formed corresponding to two or more side surfaces of the cover glass.

The input unit 30 may include an input device, and the input device may be a sensor including a touch pad, a pointing device, an operation button, an optical sensor, and a fingerprint sensor. When the input device is a pointing device, an operation button and a sensor, it can be disposed under the cover glass or exposed through an opening (not shown) formed in the cover glass. The input unit 30 may include functions such as upward / downward movement, selection, execution, cancellation, termination, cursor movement, fingerprint input, and the like. In addition, the input unit 30 may further include functions such as volume up / down, scroll, zoom in / out, deletion, and movement between applications according to an application.

As described above, the portable terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention can add various input functions using the side input unit 30, and thus can implement new UIs . As a result, the portable terminal 100 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention can provide a convenient function to the user.

In addition, the input unit 30 may be displayed on the display unit 20. For example, the input unit 30 may be displayed on the display unit 20 and receive a command by touching the user on the screen. In this case, the display unit 20 may be constituted by a touch screen. In the case where the input unit 30 is displayed on the display unit 20 and a command is inputted by a user's touch on the screen, the process of forming the opening, the process of assembling the input device, There is an effect that can be omitted. In addition, since the input unit 30 is displayed on the display unit 20, the surface of the cover glass 10, in which the opening is formed or the projection of the input device is not formed, forms the outer surface of the portable terminal 100, It is possible to provide an appearance design with a pleasant feel.

The input unit 30 may further be provided below the cover glass 10 corresponding to the front surface of the portable terminal 100. The configuration of the input unit 30 can be selectively added.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a portable terminal capable of multi-view display according to another embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a plan view illustrating a multi-viewable portable terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention. In the embodiment of the present invention, the cover glass may be formed so as to cover the two side surfaces, and the other structures are the same as those of the above-described embodiment, and thus description thereof is omitted.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the cover glass 210 may cover two or more sides of the side surface of the portable terminal 200. Hereinafter, a case where the cover glass 210 covers two sides of the front surface S10, the right side surface S20 and the left side surface S40 of the portable terminal 200 will be described for convenience.

The side surfaces of the cover glass 210 covering the right side surface S20 and the left side surface S40 of the portable terminal 200 may be formed to be symmetrical to each other or may have different shapes and sizes. The side surfaces of the cover glass 210 covering the right side surface S20 and the left side surface S40 of the portable terminal 200 may all be planar or all curved surfaces or one plane and the other surface may be curved.

The display unit 220 may include three or more display units. For example, the display unit 220 may include a first display unit 222 provided below the cover glass 210 corresponding to the front side S10 of the portable terminal 200, a right side surface S20 of the portable terminal 200, And a second display unit 224 provided below the cover glass 210 corresponding to the left side S40 of the portable terminal 200. The second display unit 224 is disposed below the cover glass 210 corresponding to the left side S40 of the portable terminal 200, ).

The input unit 230 may correspond to two or more side surfaces of the cover glass 210 and may be formed under the cover glass 210 corresponding to the right side surface S20 of the portable terminal 200, And may be provided under the cover glass 210 corresponding to the left side S40 of the portable terminal 200. [ An input unit provided below the cover glass 210 corresponding to the right side surface S20 of the portable terminal 200 and below the cover glass 210 corresponding to the left side surface S40 of the portable terminal 200 Other input information can be input.

It is to be understood that the foregoing description of the disclosure is for the purpose of illustration and that those skilled in the art will readily appreciate that other embodiments may be readily devised without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics of the disclosure will be. It is therefore to be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all aspects and not restrictive. For example, each component described as a single entity may be distributed and implemented, and components described as being distributed may also be implemented in a combined form.

It is to be understood that the scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims rather than the foregoing description and that all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and equivalents thereof are included in the scope of the present invention .

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Claims (7)

A cover glass covering the front and side surfaces of the portable terminal; And
And a display unit provided below the cover glass. The method according to claim 1,
The display unit
Wherein the cover glass has a first display portion provided below the cover glass corresponding to the front surface and a second display portion provided below the cover glass corresponding to the side surface. 3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the second display unit is capable of displaying the information displayed on the first display unit in accordance with the ON and OFF states of the first display unit. 3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the first display unit and the second display unit each include an independent display unit and an independent driver for driving the independent display unit, or a common display unit and a single driver for driving the common display unit A portable terminal capable of being displayed. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the display unit includes a flexible display. The method according to claim 1,
And an input unit provided below the cover glass corresponding to the side surface. The method according to claim 6,
Wherein the input unit is further provided below the cover glass corresponding to the front surface.

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