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Granted Patent B2
US 11,609,660 · App. 17/539,428 · Granted Mar 21, 2023

Electronic device including flexible display and method using the same

Inventors: Jookwan Lee (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Yongjin Kwon (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Hyunju Hong (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
G06F3/0418G06F1/1652
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Patent No.
US 11,609,660
App. No.
17/539,428
Granted
Mar 21, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to certain embodiments, an electronic device, comprises a sensor module; a flexible display; and a processor operatively connected to the sensor module and the flexible display, wherein the processor is configured to: measure a first position of the flexible display using the sensor module, thereby resulting in a measured first position value, measure a second position of the flexible display using the sensor module based on a movement of the flexible display, thereby resulting in a measured second position value, determine a change amount in movement of the flexible display using the measured first position value and a measured second position value, thereby resulting in a determined movement change, correct the measured second position value using a threshold based on the determined movement change amount of the flexible display, thereby resulting in a corrected second position value, and display a screen based on the corrected second position value.

Claims (38)

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a sensor module;

a flexible display; and

a processor operatively connected to the sensor module and the flexible display,

wherein the processor is configured to:

measure a first position of the flexible display using the sensor module, thereby resulting in a measured first position value,

measure a second position of the flexible display using the sensor module based on a movement of the flexible display, thereby resulting in a measured second position value,

determine a change amount in movement of the flexible display using the measured first position value and a measured second position value, thereby resulting in a determined movement change,

correct the measured second position value using a threshold based on the determined movement change amount of the flexible display, thereby resulting in a corrected second position value, and

display a screen based on the corrected second position value.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to increase the threshold when it is determined that the movement change amount of the flexible display increases from a previously calculated movement change amount.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to decrease the threshold when it is determined that the movement change amount of the flexible display decreases from a previously calculated movement change amount.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to correct the measured second position value when a difference between the measured first position value and the measured second position value is greater than a minimum threshold.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to correct, when a difference between the measured first position value and the measured second position value is greater than a maximum threshold, the second position value using the maximum threshold.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the threshold is determined by at least one of a type of the sensor module, a method of the sensor module, sensitivity of the sensor module, or a specification of the sensor module.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the threshold is determined by at least one of a size of the flexible display, a user setting, or a resolution.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:

determine a moving angle of the flexible display using the measured first position value and the measured second position value, and

further correct the measured second position value using a threshold based on the determined moving angle of the flexible display.

9. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the sensor module comprises at least one of a contact sensor, an infrared (IR) sensor, a time of flight (TF) sensor, a non-contact sensor, or a magnetic force sensor.

10. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the threshold is stored as a lookup table.

11. A method of operating an electronic device, the method comprising:

measuring a first position of a flexible display using a sensor module, thereby resulting in a measured first position value;

measuring a second position of the flexible display using the sensor module based on a movement of the flexible display, thereby resulting in a measured second position value;

determining a movement change amount of the flexible display using the measured first position value and a measured second position value, thereby resulting in a determine movement change;

correcting the measured second position value using a threshold based on the determined movement change amount of the flexible display, thereby resulting in a corrected second position value; and

displaying a screen based on the corrected second position value.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising increasing the threshold when it is determined that the movement change amount of the flexible display increases from a previously calculated movement change amount.

13. The method of claim 11 , further comprising decreasing the threshold when it is determined that the movement change amount of the flexible display decreases from a previously calculated movement change amount.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein correcting the measured second position value comprises an operation performing when a difference between the measured first position value and the measured second position value is greater than a minimum threshold.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein correcting the measured second position value comprises correcting, when a difference between the measured first position value and the measured second position value is greater than a maximum threshold, the second position value using the maximum threshold.

16. The method of claim 11 , wherein the threshold is determined by at least one of a type of the sensor module, a method of the sensor module, sensitivity of the sensor module, or a specification of the sensor module.

17. The method of claim 11 , wherein the threshold is determined by at least one of a size of the flexible display, a user setting, or a resolution.

18. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

determining a moving angle of the flexible display using the measured first position value and the measured second position value; and

correcting the measured second position value using a threshold based on the determined moving angle of the flexible display.

19. The method of claim 11 , wherein the sensor module comprises at least one of a contact sensor, an infrared (IR) sensor, a time of flight (TF) sensor, a non-contact sensor, or a magnetic force sensor.

20. The method of claim 11 , wherein the threshold is stored as a lookup table.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 1, 2021
From: LEE, JOOKWAN; KWON, YONGJIN; HONG, HYUNJU
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 058255/0649 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2020-0150563 · Nov 11, 2020 · national
KR 10-2020-0172713 · Dec 10, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTKR2021016360 · Nov 10, 2021
Related Publication 20220147180A1 · May 12, 2022
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