# US 12,191,934 B2 · Electronic device including flexible display and method of operating the same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,191,934 B2 - Document ID: US12191934B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/561,011 - Filed: 2021-12-23 - Published: 2022-04-14 - Granted: 2025-01-07 - Earliest claimed: 2020-06-30 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Raetae Kim; Myunghoon Kwak; Yongyoun Kim; Gisoo Lim; Byounguk Yoon; Hyunju Hong - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12191934B2 ## CPC - H04B 5/79: for data transfer in combination with power transfer - G06F 1/16: Constructional details or arrangements - G06F 1/1624: {with sliding enclosures, e.g. sliding keyboard or display} - G06F 1/1652: {the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable} - G06F 3/0481: based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance - G06F 3/0482: Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus - G06F 3/0488: using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures - G06Q 20/204: {comprising interface for record bearing medium or carrier for electronic funds transfer or payment credit} - G06Q 20/227: {characterised in that multiple accounts are available, e.g. to the payer} - G06Q 20/3263: {characterised by activation or deactivation of payment capabilities} - G06Q 20/3278: {RFID or NFC payments by means of M-devices} - G06Q 20/363: {with the personal data of a user} - G06Q 20/40145: {Biometric identity checks} - H02J 50/10: using inductive coupling - H04M 1/0235: {Slidable or telescopic telephones, i.e. with a relative translation movement of the body parts; Telephones using a combination of translation and other relative motions of the body parts} - H04M 1/0245: {using open/close detection} - H04M 1/0268: {including a flexible display panel} - H04W 4/80: Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication - H04M 1/026: {Details of the structure or mounting of specific components} - H04M 2250/04: including near field communication means, e.g. RFID - H04B: TRANSMISSION - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - H02J: ELECTRIC POWER NETWORKS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract An electronic device comprising a flexible display and a method of the electronic device are provided. The method includes displaying, based on a sliding of the flexible display, an object related to a wireless charging function or a payment function, in a first region of the flexible display corresponding to a position of a first antenna included in the electronic device, and when the position of the first antenna is changed by the sliding of the flexible display, changing a display position of the object, based on the changed position of the first antenna. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electronic device comprising: a housing including a first structure and a second structure slidably connected to the first structure; a flexible display disposed on the first structure and the second structure; an antenna structure disposed on the first structure or the second structure; and a processor configured to: perform a first function related to a first antenna included in the antenna structure, display information about the first function on the flexible display, based on a sliding of the first structure, and display an object related to the first function in a display region of the flexible display corresponding to a position of the first antenna, based on the sliding of the first structure, wherein a state of the electronic device changes between an open state in which the first structure slides with respect to the second structure and a closed state in which the first structure does not slide with respect to the second structure, wherein, when the electronic device is in the open state, the flexible display is located on a front side of an area where the antenna structure is located and the flexible display is not located on a back side of an area where the antenna structure is located, and wherein, when the electronic device is in the close state, the flexible display is located on the front side and the back side of the area where the antenna structure is located. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the antenna structure is mounted to the first structure, wherein the antenna structure is positioned to face the second structure when the electronic device is in the close state, and wherein the antenna structure is positioned so as to at least partially not face the second structure when the electronic device is in the open state. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the antenna structure is disposed in the second structure, and wherein a display region of the flexible display is positioned to face a direction opposite to that of the antenna structure when the electronic device is in the open state. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the antenna structure is configured to perform at least one of near-field communication (NFC), wireless power transmission/reception, or magnetic secure transmission (MST). ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein a position of the information on the flexible display is configured to be changed when a relative position of the first antenna and the flexible display is changed by the sliding of the first structure. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first function includes a payment function when the first antenna is a magnetic secure transmission (MST) antenna. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the processor is further configured to: display objects on the flexible display regarding at least one credit card for performing the payment function; determine an input of selecting an object from among the displayed objects; and perform the payment function by using a credit card corresponding to the selected object when the first structure slides. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first function includes a wireless charging function when the first antenna is a wireless power transmission/reception antenna, and wherein the processor is further configured to display guide information on the flexible display about the sliding in order to perform the wireless charging function. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the processor is further configured to display guide information on the flexible display about a region brought into contact with an external electronic device in order to wirelessly transmit or receive power when the first structure slides. ### Claim 10 A method for operating an electronic device comprising a flexible display comprising a first region and a second region, the method comprising: performing a first function related to a first antenna of an antenna structure included in the electronic device while the second region of the flexible display is received in a structure of the electronic device such that the second region is not visually exposed out of the structure; displaying, on the first region of the flexible display, guide information to guide sliding of the flexible display while the second region of the flexible display is received in the structure of the electronic device such that the second region is not visually exposed out of the structure; and based on identifying the sliding of the flexible display to a specified position such that the second region slides out to the specified position with respect to the structure, displaying information related to the first function in a first area of the flexible display corresponding to a position of the first antenna. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein the displaying of the information related to the first function comprises: displaying at least one object regarding at least one credit card in order to perform the first function via the first antenna; determining an input of selecting an object from among the at least one object; and performing the first function by using a credit card corresponding to the selected object based on identifying that the flexible display slides. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein the first function includes a wireless charging function or a payment function. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein the displaying of the information related to the first function comprises: displaying the guide information about the sliding to perform the first function via the first antenna; and displaying information about the area brought into contact with an external electronic device for wireless charging based on identifying that the flexible display slides.