# US 11,910,142 B2 · Electronic device and method for operating same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,910,142 B2 - Document ID: US11910142B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/703,635 - Filed: 2022-03-24 - Published: 2022-07-21 - Granted: 2024-02-20 - Earliest claimed: 2020-03-24 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Soyoung Ju; Kilsoo Choi; Sehyun Kim; Kwansik Yang; Jongin Lee - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11910142B2 ## CPC - H04R 1/028: {associated with devices performing functions other than acoustics, e.g. electric candles} - H04R 5/04: Circuit arrangements, {e.g. for selective connection of amplifier inputs/outputs to loudspeakers, for loudspeaker detection, or for adaptation of settings to personal preferences or hearing impairments (combinations of amplifiers H03F3/68; stereophonic systems H04S)} - G06F 3/14: Digital output to display device {; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units} - G06F 3/165: {Management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path} - G06K 19/07: with integrated circuit chips - G09G 3/035: {for flexible display surfaces} - H04R 3/00: Circuits for transducers (arrangements for producing a reverberation or echo sound G10K15/08; amplifiers H03F) - H04R 2499/15: Transducers incorporated in visual displaying devices, e.g. televisions, computer displays, laptops - H04R: LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS (producing sounds with frequency not determined by supply frequency G10K) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G06K: GRAPHICAL DATA READING (image or video recognition or understanding G06V); PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS - G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00) ## Abstract An electronic device and an operating method of the electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes an audio outputter; a rollable display; a communicator configured to receive a tagging input from an external device, when the electronic device is in a low-power mode state, and obtain information about content to be received from the external device according to the tagging input; and a processor configured to control output of the content received from the external device when the processor is woken up by the communicator, wherein the processor is further configured to determine, based on the information about the content, a content output mode indicating a degree to which the rollable display is to be withdrawn, and control at least one of the rollable display or the audio outputter to output the content received from the external device, according to the content output mode. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electronic device comprising: an audio outputter; a rollable display; a communicator configured to: receive a tagging input from an external device, when the electronic device is in a low-power mode state, and obtain information about content to be received from the external device according to the tagging input; and a processor configured to control output of the content received from the external device when the processor is woken up by the communicator, wherein the processor is further configured to: determine, based on the information about the content, a content output mode indicating a degree to which the rollable display is to be withdrawn, and control at least one of the rollable display or the audio outputter to output the content received from the external device, according to the content output mode. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the information about the content includes at least one of content identification information or identification information of an application used to execute the content, and the processor is further configured to determine the content output mode based on the at least one of the content identification information or the identification information of the application. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to: identify, based on the information about the content, a type of the content as one of audio content, audio content including audio information, or audio/video content, and determine the content output mode based on the identified type of the content. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the processor is further configured to: based on the identified type of the content being the audio content, determine the content output mode as a closed mode in which the audio content is output without controlling the rollable display to be withdrawn, and based on determining the content output mode as the closed mode, control the audio outputter to output the audio content received from the external device without controlling the rollable display to be withdrawn. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the processor is further configured to: based on the identified type of the content being the audio content including the audio information, determine the content output mode as a partial withdrawal mode in which the audio content is output in a state in which the rollable display is partially withdrawn, and based on determining the content output mode as the partial withdrawal mode: control the rollable display to be partially withdrawn, control the rollable display to output the audio information on the partially withdrawn rollable display, and control the audio outputter to output the received audio content. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the processor is further configured to: based on the identified type of the content being the audio/video content, determine the content output mode as a full withdrawal mode in which the audio/video content is output in a state in which the rollable display is fully withdrawn, and based on determining of the content output mode as the full withdrawal mode: control the rollable display to be fully withdrawn and output video content among the audio/video content received from the external device, and control the audio outputter to output the audio content among the audio/video content. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the processor is further configured to control the rollable display so that a first aspect ratio of the withdrawn rollable display corresponds to a second aspect ratio of the video content. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the communicator is further configured to: based on receiving the tagging input, wake up the processor, and provide, to the processor that is woken up, a boot reason including the information about the content. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the communicator is further configured to receive the tagging input from the external device through at least one of a near field communication (NFC) communication module or a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) communication module. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the communicator comprises a near field communication (NFC) communication module configured to: obtain, through the tagging input received from the external device, identification information of the external device and the information about the content to be received from the external device, wake up the processor according to the tagging input, and provide, to the processor that is woken up, the identification information of the external device and the information about the content. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the communicator comprises a plurality of near field communication (NFC) communication modules, an NFC communication module, among the plurality of NFC communication modules, that has received the tagging input from the external device, is configured to: obtain, through the tagging input received from the external device, identification information of the external device and the information about the content to be received from the external device, and wake up the processor according to the tagging input, and provide, to the processor that is woken up, the identification information of the external device and the information about the content, and the processor is further configured to identify a type of the content to be received from the external device by identifying the NFC communication module, among the plurality of NFC communication modules, that has woken up the processor. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the communicator comprises a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) communication module is configured to: receive the tagging input based on a signal strength of a signal received from the external device, obtain, through the tagging input, identification information of the external device and the information about the content to be received from the external device, wake up the processor according to the tagging input, and provide, to the processor that is woken up, the identification information of the external device and the information about the content. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the communicator comprises a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) communication module is configured to: receive the tagging input based on an acceleration sensor value of the external device, obtain, through the tagging input, identification information of the external device and the information about the content to be received from the external device, wake up the processor according to the tagging input, and provide, to the processor that is woken up, the identification information of the external device and the information about the content. ### Claim 14 (depends on 3) The external device of claim 3, wherein the processor is further configured to: based on the identified type of the content being the audio content, control the communicator to receive the audio content through Bluetooth communication, and based on the identified type of the content being the audio/video content, control the communicator to receive the audio/video content through Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) communication. ### Claim 15 A method of operating an electronic device comprising a rollable display, an audio outputter, a communicator, and a processor, the method comprising: receiving, by the communicator, a tagging input from an external device, in a low-power mode state of the electronic device; obtaining information about content to be received from the external device according to the tagging input; determining, by the processor woken up by the communicator, a content output mode indicating a degree to which the rollable display is to be withdrawn according to the information about the content obtained from the communicator; and outputting the content received from the external device through at least one of the rollable display or the audio outputter, according to the content output mode. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, wherein the receiving of the tagging input from the external device, in the low-power mode state of the electronic device, comprises: receiving, by the communicator in an active state when the electronic device is in the low-power mode state, the tagging input from the external device using at least one of near field communication (NFC) tagging technology, wireless tagging technology using an acceleration sensor, and wireless tagging technology using radio signal strength information. ### Claim 17 An electronic device comprising: an audio outputter configured to output audio content; a rollable display configured to withdraw from a housing module; a memory storing instructions; and at least one processor communicatively coupled to the audio outputter, the rollable display, and the memory, wherein the at least one processor is configured to execute the instructions to: transition from a low power mode state to an active state, in response to receiving, from an external device, a tagging input based on signal strength information received from the external device; obtain, according to the tagging input, content information of to-be-shared content from the external device; determine, based on the content information, a type of the to-be-shared content and a content output mode; identify, based on the type of the to-be-shared content, at least one communication module of the electronic device to receive the to-be-shared content from the external device; withdraw the rollable display to a position corresponding to the content output mode; receive, via the at least one communication module from the external device, the to-be-shared content as received content; and output, according to the content output mode, the received content using at least one of the rollable display and the audio outputter. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The electronic device of claim 17, wherein the content information of the to-be-shared content from the external device comprises at least one of content identification information of the to-be-shared content and application identification information of an application used to execute the to-be-shared content. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The electronic device of claim 17, wherein a first communication module of the at least one communication module is configured to: monitor the signal strength information received from the external device; and identify the tagging input based on a predetermined signal strength pattern, the predetermined signal strength pattern corresponding to a tagging input operation. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The electronic device of claim 19, wherein the predetermined signal strength pattern includes at least one signal strength threshold value and at least one duration threshold value of a radio signal.