Electronic device including flexible display and method for operating the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJookwan Lee, Yongjin Kwon, Gyeongtae Park, Yangwook Kim, Jihea Park
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Abstract
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a flexible display, a memory storing executable instructions, and at least one processor, wherein the instructions are configured to, when executed, enable the at least one processor to identify a first event triggering a first display operation for displaying an image based on a rotation of the electronic device, identify a second event triggering a second display operation for displaying an image based on a change in an area of the flexible display, and sequentially change a display attribute of an image displayed on the flexible display.
Claims20
An electronic device comprising:
- a housing including a first housing and a second housing configured to move with respect to the first housing;
- a first sensor configured to obtain first sensing information associated with a movement of the second housing;
- a second sensor configured to obtain second sensing information associated with a rotation of the electronic device;
- a flexible display including a first display area and a second display area extended from the first display area, wherein an externally exposed area of the flexible display is configured to be extended or contracted based on the movement of the second housing;
- memory storing executable instructions;
- and
- at least one processor to access the memory and execute the instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the electronic device to:
- control the flexible display to display an execution screen,
- identify whether the second housing is being moved based on the first sensing information obtained by the first sensor,
- identify whether the electronic device is rotated based on the second sensing information obtained by the second sensor, and
- in case that the electronic device is rotated while the second housing is being moved with respect to the first housing:
- control the flexible display to rotate the execution screen and display the rotated execution screen, and
- in case that the second housing is moved by a specified distance after displaying the rotated execution screen, control the flexible display to extend the rotated execution screen and display the extended execution screen.
A method for operating an electronic device, the method comprising:
- displaying an execution screen on a flexible display;
- identifying whether a second housing of the electronic device is being moved based on first sensing information obtained by a first sensor of the electronic device;
- identifying whether the electronic device is rotated based on second sensing information obtained by a second sensor of the electronic device;
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- in case that the electronic device is rotated while the second housing is being moved with respect to a first housing of the electronic device:
- rotating the execution screen and displaying the rotated execution screen, and
- in case that the second housing is moved by a specified distance after displaying the rotated execution screen, extending the rotated execution screen and displaying the extended execution screen.
A non-transitory storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of an electronic device individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to perform a plurality of operations, the plurality of operations comprising:
- identifying whether a second housing of the electronic device is being moved based on first sensing information obtained by a first sensor of the electronic device;
- identifying whether the electronic device is rotated based on second sensing information obtained by a second sensor of the electronic device;
- and
- in case that the electronic device is rotated while the second housing is being moved with respect to a first housing of the electronic device:
- rotating an execution screen and displaying the rotated execution screen on a flexible display, and
- in case that the second housing is moved by a specified distance after displaying the rotated execution screen, extending the rotated execution screen and displaying the extended execution screen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.