Foldable device and method of controlling the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJin La, Yu-dong Bae, Yong-ho Kim, Jong-hyun Ryu, Yong-gook Park, Ae-young Lim, Kyung-ho Jeong, Youn-ho Choi
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Abstract
A foldable device and a method of controlling the same are provided. The foldable device includes: a flexible display which includes a main display area and an edge display area; and a controller which is configured to determine, based on an angle at which the foldable device is unfolded, a range of a partial activation area of the main display area, wherein the range of the partial activation area is partially bounded by a boundary between the edge display area and the main display area.
Claims15
A foldable device comprising:
- a flexible display comprising a display area;
- a sensing unit configured to sense an angle at which the foldable device is unfolded;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- based on detecting an unfolding of the foldable device, control the flexible display to display a first content in a partial area of the display area based on the angle at which the foldable device is unfolded, and
- in response to the angle at which the foldable device is unfolded being increased, expand the partial area of the display area to display a second content,
- wherein the controller is further configured to adjust at least one of a type and an amount of the second content to be displayed on the expanded partial area of the display area in accordance with an increase in the angle at which the foldable device is unfolded.
A method for controlling a foldable device that comprises a flexible display comprising a display area, the method comprising:
- based on detecting an unfolding of the foldable device, controlling the flexible display to display a first content in a partial area of the display area based on an angle at which the foldable device is unfolded;
- in response to the angle at which the foldable device is unfolded being increased, expanding the partial area of the display area to display a second content;
- and
- adjusting at least one of a type and an amount of the second content that is to be displayed on the expanded partial area of the display area in accordance with an increase in the angle at which the foldable device is unfolded.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.