IP Library Granted Patent US 11,675,489
Granted Patent B2
US 11,675,489 · App. 17/231,385 · Granted Jun 13, 2023

Electronic device including flexible display

Inventors: Byeongcheol Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Jooho Seo (Suwon-si, KR); Sungho Lee (Suwon-si, KR); Junwon Lee (Suwon-si, KR); Donghee Kang (Suwon-si, KR); Jongchul Choi (Suwon-si, KR); Changryong Heo (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
G06F3/04845G06F3/0481G06F1/1652G06F3/04886G06F2203/04803
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Patent No.
US 11,675,489
App. No.
17/231,385
Granted
Jun 13, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to display a multi-window in the display region of the display, identify the position of a user input, receive an input related to the size change of the display region of the display, and change the size of the display region of the display and display a window corresponding to the identified position of the user input in the display region of the display.

Claims (39)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a motor;

a housing configured to be extended or reduced by the motor;

a flexible display configured to change a size of a display region according to extension of the housing or reduction of the housing; and

a processor,

wherein the processor is configured to:

display a multi-window in the display region,

receive a notification in the display region,

receive a user input for extending the display region at a position at which the notification is displayed,

in response to receiving the user input and based on a position of the user input,

extend the display region according to a movement of the housing, and

execute an application related to the notification to be displayed in the extended display region of the display.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to extend the display region according to an extension of the housing.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the processor is further configured to display the executed application in a window in the extended display region of the display.

4. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein, in the window displayed in the extended display region, a pre-extension window is extended and displayed or a hidden region of the pre-extension window is further displayed.

5. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine that the position of the user input is a boundary of the multi-window.

6. The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein the processor is further configured to display a predetermined window in the display region.

7. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the predetermined window comprises a window in which one of a home screen or a screen having a particular application executed thereon is displayed.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to reduce the display region according to the reduction of housing.

9. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to identify a window corresponding to a position of an other user input in the multi-window.

10. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the processor is further configured to display the identified window in a reduced display region.

11. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine that the other user input is positioned outside the display region.

12. The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configured to display, in the reduced display region, a multi-window displayed in a pre-extension display region of the display.

13. An operation method of an electronic device, the method comprising:

displaying a multi-window in a display region of a display the display being a flexible display configured to change a size of the display region according to extension of a housing or reduction of the housing, wherein the housing is configured to be extended or reduced by a motor;

displaying a notification in the display region;

receiving a user input for extending the display region at a position at which the notification is displayed;

in response to receiving the user input and based on a position of the user input,

extending the display region according to a movement of the housing; and

executing an application related to the notification to be displayed in the extended display region of the display.

14. The operation method of claim 13 , wherein the extending the display region comprises extending the display region according to an extension of the housing.

15. The operation method of claim 14 , further comprising:

displaying the executed application in a window in the extended display region of the display.

16. The operation method of claim 15 , further comprising:

displaying a pre-extension window in the extended display region of the display or further displaying a hidden region of the pre-extension window in the extended display region of the display.

17. The operation method of claim 14 , further comprising:

selecting a window based on a position of a user input being a boundary of the multi-window.

18. The operation method of claim 17 , further comprising:

displaying a predetermined window in the display region based on the position of the user input being a boundary of the multi-window.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 15, 2021
From: KIM, BYEONGCHEOL; SEO, JOOHO; LEE, SUNGHO; LEE, JUNWON; KANG, DONGHEE; CHOI, JONGCHUL; HEO, CHANGRYONG
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0078017 · Jun 25, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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