Patents using "side screen" of curved display will be released

A smartphone with a curved display "GALAXY RoundIt was announced and also for the next iPhoneIt is expected to adopt large curved glassAs curved displays are expected to be one of the future trends, it turned out that the US patent published in November this year included technologies on how to use the side screen of the curved display.

United States Patent Application: 0130300697
http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.html&r=116&f=G&l=50&d=PG01&s1=Samsung&p=3&OS=Samsung&RS=Samsung

Samsung shows off flexible OLED phone prototype (hands-on) | The Verge
http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/9/3855960/samsung-flexible-oled-phone-prototype-hands-on

In March this year, I applied for this patent is Samsung selling the Galaxy series, and the published patent shows how to use the left and right sides of the smartphone screen as a separate section. This is under development by SamsungFlexible curved display smartphoneIt is thought that it used with the use in.


The method of use described in this patent is as follows.

◆ Slide lock and release of screen
Slide the side screen to lock and unlock the screen


◆ Touch the side to unlock
In addition to unlocking by slide, you can also operate by touching a specific part


◆ Battery level indicator
At the time of charging, the remaining battery level is displayed larger on the side screen


◆ Chapter · Duck · Heading Function
Display headlines on the side screen, mark chapters of e-books, mark them as fake in photo folders for easy viewing, and display heading letters of phone books


◆ Shortcut key · Hot key function
You can assign shortcut keys and hot keys to the side screen, and you can quickly perform links and specific actions


◆ Visual clipboard
One that visually displays the contents of the clipboard. Drag image data with your finger and keep it on the sidebar ......


Drag the stored data and paste it in the text


◆ Scroll bar
Scroll bar on side screen


◆ Show file attachment status
Display status of file attachment such as mail


Looking at the contents, it seems that smartphones that make good use of the side are coming out, but it is likely to increase the malfunction of momentary momentum, which is where I'm concerned about how to put together the functions in actual machines.