Granted Patent B2

US 12,547,219 · App. 18/987,025 · Granted Feb 10, 2026

Inventors: Hyungmin Lee (Suwon-si, KR); Jun Kim (Suwon-si, KR)

Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

G06F1/1677G06F1/165G06F1/1652G06F3/0485G06F3/1423

Abstract

Claims (79)

1 . An electronic device comprising:

a first housing,

a second housing,

a hinge structure including a hinge rotatably coupling the second housing to the first housing,

a flexible display disposed at the first housing and the second housing,

memory comprising one or more storage mediums storing instructions,

a sensor configured to detect an angle between the first housing and the second housing, and

at least one processor, comprising processing circuitry, operably coupled to the flexible display, the memory, and the sensor,

wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to:

display a first screen within a first portion between the first portion and a second portion of the flexible display, based on identifying the angle included in a specified range, using the sensor, and

while displaying the first screen within the first portion, display, within the second portion, a second screen for reflecting the first screen in the second portion.

2 . The electronic device of claim 1 ,

wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to:

receive an input within the second portion, while displaying the second screen, and

in response to receiving the input, execute a function based on the input, within the first screen displayed within the first portion.

3 . The electronic device of claim 2 ,

wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to:

display a third screen within the first portion, based on at least one application stored in the memory, and

initiate execution of the at least one application, in response to receiving a different input from the input, within the second portion corresponding to the third screen.

4 . The electronic device of claim 1 ,

wherein the specified range includes an angle causing the first screen displayed within the first portion to be reflected in the second portion.

5 . The electronic device of claim 1 ,

wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to:

based on identifying the angle exceeding the specified range, using the sensor, display, within the first portion and the second portion, a fourth screen associated with the first screen and based on a second direction different from a first direction of the first screen.

6 . The electronic device of claim 5 ,

wherein the second direction is opposite to the first direction, and

wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to:

receive a swipe input corresponding to the first direction, within the second portion, and

in response to receiving the swipe input, identify the swipe input as a swipe input corresponding to the second direction within the first screen displayed within the first portion.

7 . The electronic device of claim 5 ,

wherein the fourth screen includes at least one of contents included in the first screen.

8 . The electronic device of claim 1 ,

wherein the first screen includes content for controlling at least one application stored in the memory.

9 . The electronic device of claim 1 ,

wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to:

adjust brightness of the first portion to specified brightness.

10 . The electronic device of claim 1 ,

wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to:

based on identifying the angle, using the sensor, adjust at least one of a size or a location of the first screen, within the first portion.

11 . A method of operating an electronic device comprising

based on identifying an angle exceeding a specified angle from a sensor, displaying, within a first portion and a second portion different from the first portion of a flexible display, a first screen based on a first direction,

while displaying, within the first portion and the second portion, the first screen based on the first direction, based on identifying that the angle is decreased to be equal to or less than the specified angle, using the sensor, displaying, within the first portion, a second screen associated with the first screen and based on a second direction different from the first direction, and

while displaying, within the first portion, the second screen, in response to receiving an input within the second portion, within the second screen displayed within the first portion, executing a function based on the input.

12 . The method of claim 11 ,

wherein the sensor includes a first sensor, and

wherein the method comprises:

deactivating a first area of a second sensor disposed on the first portion,

mapping a second area of the second sensor disposed on the second portion to the first area, based on the angle, and

identifying an input corresponding to the second area as an input corresponding to the first area.

13 . The method of claim 12 ,

wherein the second direction is opposite to the first direction,

wherein the method comprises:

receiving a swipe input corresponding to the first direction, within the second portion, and

in response to receiving the swipe input, identifying the swipe input as a swipe input corresponding to the second direction within the second screen displayed within the first portion.

14 . The method of claim 12 , comprising:

adjusting brightness of the first portion to specified brightness, and

displaying, within the second portion, a third screen different from the second screen.

15 . The method of claim 11 ,

wherein the second screen includes at least one of contents within the first screen displayed on any one of the first portion or the second portion.

16 . A method of operating an electronic device comprising

in a state that a surface of a first housing and a surface of a second housing are in contact, identifying, an angle exceeding a specified angle from a sensor,

based on identifying the angle, displaying, a first screen within a first portion of a flexible display based on a first direction, using a first application among a plurality of applications stored in memory,

while displaying the first screen in the first portion, displaying, a second screen different from the first screen within a second portion different from the first portion, and while displaying the second screen, receiving at least one input within the second portion,

in response to receiving the input, initiating execution of the first application.

17 . The method of claim 16 ,

wherein the sensor includes a first sensor, and

wherein the method comprises:

deactivating a first area of a second sensor disposed in the first portion,

mapping an input for a second area different from the first area disposed in the second portion as an input for the first area, based on the angle, and

identifying an input for the second area as an input for the first area, based on the mapping.

18 . The method of claim 16 , comprising:

based on identifying the angle, using the sensor, adjusting at least one of a size or location of the first screen, within the first portion.

19 . The method of claim 16 ,

wherein the specified angle is a first specified angle, and

wherein the method comprises:

based on a second application different from the first application, displaying a fourth screen within the first portion based on the first direction, and

based on identifying the angle exceeding a second specified angle using the sensor, displaying a fifth screen associated with the fourth screen and based on a second direction different from the first direction, within the first portion and the second portion.

20 . The method of claim 19 , comprising:

based on a third application, within the first portion, displaying information requesting to maintain within the first specified angle and the second specified angle.

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