Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Dong Sub Kim

Dong Woo Kim

Moon Hyuk Choi

Sang Yong Eom

Seong Jun Ban

Hoon Do Heo

Jung Hyun Kim

Jin Goo Kang

Joon Gyu Lee

Sang Hoon Kim

Soon Jin Kim

Hak Yeol Kim

Seong Sun Ban

Yong Chul Yoon

Sung Gu Kim

Hoon Do Heoh

Dong Jin No 102-603 Woobang Sincheonji Lee

Moon Hyuk No B-204 Jeonwonjutaek Choi

An apparatus and method for automatically controlling screens displayed on two display units of a mobile terminal are provided. The method includes receiving an input requesting to operate a camera of the mobile terminal; providing a video image that is obtained via the camera through a first display area disposed in a first surface of the mobile terminal or a second display area disposed in a second surface being opposite to the first surface of the mobile terminal, based on a camera mode, wherein the camera mode includes a first mode and a second mode; while providing the video image obtained via the camera through the first display area or the second display area, detecting a rotation of the mobile terminal; and in response to detecting the rotation, switching a display area providing the video image between the first display area and the second display area.

Apparatus and method for automatic display control of a video image in mobile terminal

An apparatus and method for automatically controlling screens displayed on two display units installed in a mobile terminal are provided. The apparatus includes a touchscreen display including a first display portion disposed in a first surface of the portable communication device and a second display portion disposed in a second surface of the portable communication device, the second surface being opposite to the first surface; a camera; and a processor adapted to present, via the first display portion, a preview image obtained via the camera module; while the preview image is presented via the first display portion, receive a user input with respect to a specified graphical object displayed via the first display portion; and in response to the user input, present the preview image via the second display portion.

Apparatus and method for automatic display control in mobile terminal

An method and apparatus are provided. The method includes, at an apparatus, determining a display mode to present content, selecting, based at least in part on the display mode, a display from a display module comprising a plurality of stacked displays, operatively coupled with the apparatus, and presenting at least a part of the content via the display.

Active matrix organic light-emitting diode display and method of controlling display thereof

An apparatus and method for automatically controlling screens displayed on two display units installed in a mobile terminal are provided. The apparatus includes a first display disposed on a front surface of the mobile device; a first user input device disposed on the front surface; a second display disposed on a rear surface of the mobile device; a second user input device disposed on the rear surface; and a controller configured to selectively operate at least one of the first display, the second display, the first user input device, and the second user input device according to detecting a user input or an operation being performed by the mobile device.

A method and an apparatus for controlling brightness in a portable terminal are provided. The method comprises measuring temperature according to a preset period, extracting a brightness value mapped to the measured temperature from a stored brightness table, and changing a brightness of the portable terminal to correspond to the extracted brightness value.

Method and apparatus for controlling brightness in a portable terminal

A method and an apparatus for providing a Graphical User Interface (GUI) on an Active Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode (AMOLED) display of a device for reducing an image sticking effect are provided. The method includes displaying at least one item at an initial position on a screen of the display device, turning off the screen according to a predefined condition, receiving a display-on input command, and shifting the at least one item as much as a predefined distance from the initial position on the screen.

Method and apparatus for reducing image sticking event on graphical user interface

A touch screen panel Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode (AMOLED) display device for decreasing the thickness of a mobile terminal and improving a degree of freedom in design is provided. The touch screen panel AMOLED display device includes a flexible AMOLED disposed on the bottom of a window, and a Chip-On-Film (COF) film connected to the flexible AMOLED and coupled with a flexible AMOLED driver Integrated Circuit (IC). Therefore, the thickness of the touch screen panel AMOLED display device may be decreased, and damage of the AMOLED due to an external shock may be prevented. Additionally, separation of the flexible AMOLED driver IC from a mounting surface may be prevented.

Touch screen panel active matrix organic light emitting diode display device

A slim type touch panel is provided. The slim type touch panel includes an upper substrate, a first sensor electrode layer disposed at a lower part of the upper substrate, an insulating film disposed at a lower part of the first sensor electrode layer, and a second sensor electrode layer disposed at a lower part of the insulating film, or includes a first sensor electrode cover sheet in which a sensor electrode layer is patterned, a first adhesive layer disposed at a lower part of the first sensor electrode cover sheet, and a film layer disposed at a lower part of the first adhesive layer and comprising a second sensor electrode layer.

Slim type touch panel and mobile terminal including the same

An apparatus and method for automatically controlling screens displayed on two display units installed in a mobile terminal are provided, in which, an event is identified, if an event occurs, and on and off states of the display units are controlled, if the event is identified as a control operation of the display units corresponding to a user's key input. If the event is identified as a control operation of the display units corresponding to an operation of a sensor, the display units are automatically controlled corresponding to rotation of the mobile terminal.

An on-cell Touch Screen Panel (TSP) Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode (AMOLED) structure is provided. The on-cell TSP AMOLED structure includes an AMOLED, a display driver for driving the AMOLED, a display driver reinforcing material positioned at an upper part of the display driver, and a window positioned at an upper part of the display driver reinforcing material, wherein a resin or Optical Clear Adhesive (OCA) is applied between an upper surface of the display driver reinforcing material and a lower surface of the window. Therefore, separation and twist of a display driver reinforcing material can be prevented.

On-cell TSP active matrix organic light emitting diode structure

An apparatus and method for providing an emergency alert service in a portable terminal and for generating an alarm for the emergency alert service are provided. The method includes detecting, by a controller, an SOS execution signal while the portable terminal is being operated in a certain mode, identifying, by the controller, a current operating mode of the portable terminal in response to the SOS execution signal, outputting a control signal according to the identified operating mode to a source audio signal processor, and outputting, by the source audio signal processor, a source audio signal according to an input port receiving the control signal.

Apparatus and method for providing emergency alert service in portable terminal

An Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode (AMOLED) display and a method of controlling a display thereof are provided. The AMOLED display includes an input unit, a controller, a display unit for displaying a low power mode screen, by enabling the controller to turn off an AMOLED and to turn on a cholesteric Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) in a low power mode, and for displaying a high picture quality mode screen, by enabling the controller to turn on the AMOLED and to turn off the cholesteric LCD in a high picture quality mode. When used in an indoor environment, the AMOLED display can operate in the high picture quality mode, and when used in an outdoor environment or as an e-book reader, the AMOLED display can operate in the low power mode.

A touch screen panel display device is provided. The touch screen panel display device includes a Y-touch sensor bonding pattern having a bonding portion bonded to a touch screen Flexible Printed Circuit Board (FPCB), an X-touch sensor bonding pattern positioned toward the touch screen FPCB further than the bonding portion of the Y-touch sensor bonding pattern and having a bonding portion bonded to the touch screen FPCB, and a touch screen FPCB having an X-contact point portion contacting the bonding portion of the X-touch sensor bonding pattern and a Y-contact point portion contacting the bonding portion of the Y-touch sensor bonding pattern. Thereby, an Anisotropic Conducting Film (ACF) swelling failure occurring as a heat is again applied to a location at which bonding is already complete can be prevented.

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Dong Sub Kim