Lg Electronics Inc.

Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Hyorim Park

Doyoung Lee

Yongsin Kim

Jihwan Kim

Dami Choe

Eunhyung Cho

Youngsin Kim

Sinae Chun

Sangmin Lee

Jihyun Kim

Sungil Cho

Jeonghwa Yang

Howon Son

Boram Kim

Woosik Choi

Seijun Lim

A smartwatch and a control method thereof are disclosed. According to an embodiment, the smartwatch includes a tilt sensor unit configured to sense a tilt of the smartwatch; a display unit configured to display an image; and a processor configured to control the tilt sensor unit and the display unit, wherein, when a front of the display unit is directed in a predetermined direction, the processor is further configured to: acquire, using the tilt sensor unit, a first rotation angle in a first direction when the smartwatch rotates in the first direction based on a rotation axis of the smartwatch and perform a first command corresponding to the first direction when the first rotation angle exceeds a first threshold angle, acquire, using the tilt sensor unit, a second rotation angle in a second direction when the smartwatch rotates in the second direction based on the rotation axis and perform a second command corresponding to the second direction when the second rotation angle exceeds a second threshold angle, and wherein the first direction is an opposite direction of the second direction and the first threshold angle is greater than the second threshold angle.

Smartwatch and control method thereof

The present specification is related to a digital device including a front side display unit and a back side display unit and a method of controlling therefor, more particularly, to a method of controlling an application in the back side display unit by rotating an icon corresponding to the application in the front side display unit and a digital device therefor.

Digital device and method of controlling therefor

Disclosed are a smart watch and a method for controlling the same, which determine a notification device that provides a notification of an event, based on wearing/non-wearing of a smart watch and on a distance between the smart watch and an external digital device. The smart watch includes a display unit configured to display content, a sensor unit configured to detect an input signal and transmit the detected input signal to a processor, a communication unit configured to transmit/receive data, and the processor configured to control the display unit, the sensor unit, and the communication unit, wherein the processor is configured to detect a mode of the smart watch, wherein the mode of the smart watch includes a worn mode and an unworn mode of the smart watch, detect an external digital device paired with the smart watch, and determine a notification device providing a notification of an event occurring in at least one of the smart watch and the external digital device based on the detected worn mode or unworn mode of the smart watch, wherein the notification device includes at least one of the smart watch and the external digital device.

Smart watch and method for controlling the same

A Head Mount Display (HMD) and a method for controlling the HMD are disclosed. The method includes detecting an external device in an image captured by the HMD, recognizing at least one component from a first User Interface (UI) of the external device, the at least one component including a keypad or a window for outputting data corresponding to an input signal to the keypad, generating a second UI including the recognized at least one component, displaying the second UI in the HMD, wherein the at least one component of the first UI being displayed on the external device is overlaid with the displayed second UI using the image from which the external device is detected, and displaying data corresponding to an input signal currently received at the external device on the second UI in the HMD.

Wearable display and method of controlling the wearable display generating a user interface according to that of an external device

A method for controlling a wearable device including a display, the method including changing a content currently displayed on an external device from a first content to a second content different from the first content; determining, via a controller, whether the changing the content is performed by a wearer of the wearable device; and displaying the first content on the display of the wearable device to be viewed by the wearer if it is determined that the changing the content is performed by a person other than the wearer of the wearable device, further during the displaying the first content on the display, the first content is displayed only on the display of the wearable device.

Wearable device and method for controlling display of the same

A foldable display device and a method of controlling therefor, and more particularly, to a method of configuring illuminance of a display screen according to an illuminance value detected based on a folding angle between a first body and a second body of the foldable display device.

Foldable display device and method of controlling therefor

A method for controlling a portable device including first and second display units at opposing surfaces of the portable device. The method includes detecting one of a first unlock command for switching a state of the first display unit to an active state and maintaining a state of the second display unit in a locked state or a second unlock command for switching the state of the first display unit to the active state and switching the state of the second display unit to a ready-to-activate state; switching the state of the first display unit to the active state and switching the state of the second display unit to the ready-to-activate state when the second unlock command is detected; detecting an unlock trigger for switching the second display unit, which is in the ready-to-activate state, to the active state; and switching the second display unit, which is in the ready-to-activate state, to the active state according to the detected unlock trigger.

Portable device and method for controlling the same

An electronic device includes a flexible display, a sensing unit configured to obtain bending information including at least one of a bending degree, the number of times of bending, a bending maintaining duration, and a bending speed of the display, and a controller configured to additionally display a second image on the display when the display is bent in a state in which a first image is displayed, and complementarily change transparency of the first image and that of the second image to reflect the bending information obtained by the sensing unit.

Electronic device including flexible display

Disclosed is a portable device including a first camera unit configured to capture a first image and a second camera unit configured to capture a second image; a communication unit configured to transmit and receive data to and from an external device; and a processor configured to control the first camera unit, the second camera unit, and the communication unit, wherein the processor is further configured to: detect a state of a third camera unit contained in the external device when activating at least one of the first camera unit and the second camera unit, the state of the third camera unit including an active state and an inactive state, detect a direction of the third camera unit when the third camera unit is in the active state, and activate at least one of the first camera unit and the second camera unit in a different direction from the detected direction of the third camera unit.

Portable device and control method thereof

Disclosed are a display device and a control method thereof. More particularly, disclosed is a method of providing various notification modes based on a folding angle of a foldable display device and a bending angle of a flexible display device.

Display device and control method thereof

A method of controlling a display device according to one embodiment of the present specification includes the steps of displaying a digital content, displaying a capturing window in a manner of overlapping the digital content, wherein the capturing window captures an inside area of the capturing window, detecting a first control input moving the digital content on an inside of the capturing window, moving the digital content according to the first control input and including the digital content, which moved to the inside of the capturing window, in a capturing object, detecting a second control input moving the digital content on an outside of the capturing window, and moving the digital content according to the second control input and excluding the digital content, which moved to the inside of the capturing window by the second control input, from the capturing object.

Display device capturing digital content and method of controlling therefor

A mobile terminal including a first display unit, a second display unit having an e-paper display panel, a sensor unit configured to detect an input signal and transmit the detected input signal to a processor, a power unit configured to supply power. The processor is further configured to detect a first time prior to a predetermined period from a second time at which the power of the mobile terminal is turned off, disable a detection of the input signal for the mobile terminal and control a content currently displayed on the first display unit to be displayed on the second display unit between the first time and the second time, and switch a state of the mobile terminal to a power-off state.

Mobile terminal having a double-sided display and controlling method thereof

A digital device and a method for controlling the same are disclosed, in which a scroll bar different from that provided when a user input for a front side is detected is provided to control the front side if a digital device, which enables double-sided touch recognition, detects a user input for a rear side.

Digital device and method for controlling the same that enable touch recognition from front and rear sides of the digital device

A head mounted display (HMD) device according to one embodiment comprises a communication unit configured to transmit and receive data; a display unit configured to display visual information; a camera unit configured to capture an image; and a processor configured to control the communication unit, the display unit and the camera unit, wherein the processor is further configured to: detect an object image from a first image, which includes the object image, the first image being displayed in an external device located in an angle of view area of the camera unit, display information related to the object image, and display the first image in addition to the information when detecting that the first image is switched to a second image, which does not include the object image.

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Hyorim Park