# US 2020/0401190 A1 · Electronic device and method for controlling display > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2020/0401190 A1 - Document ID: US20200401190A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/958,243 - Filed: 2019-01-24 - Published: 2020-12-24 - Earliest claimed: 2018-01-26 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Hyejin SIM; Hyunkyoung KIM; Hyundo LEE; Joonhwan KIM; Minwook NA; Jiwon YOO; Boeun SONG; Yunsung JUNG; Hyemi HONG - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20200401190A1 ## CPC - G06F 1/1652: {the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable} - G06F 3/04886: by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus - G06F 1/1616: {with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position} - 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 3/04817: using icons (graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34) - G06F 3/0482: Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus - G06F 3/0483: Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor - G06F 3/0484: for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range - G06F 3/04842: Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements (G06F3/0482 takes precedence) - G06F 1/1677: {for detecting open or closed state or particular intermediate positions assumed by movable parts of the enclosure, e.g. detection of display lid position with respect to main body in a laptop, detection of opening of the cover of battery compartment} - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract According to various embodiments, an electronic device includes: a flexible display; a processor electrically connected to the flexible display; and a memory electrically connected to the processor, wherein the memory may store instructions configured to, when executed, cause the processor to display a first portion of a main page including a first object group in a folded state of the flexible display, and when the flexible display is spread, to display a second portion of the main page including a second object group in which at least one object is hidden, along with the first portion of the main page, and in response to a user input for unhiding of the second object group in which at least one object is hidden, to display the second object group in a second portion of the main page. Other embodiments are possible. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electronic device comprising: a flexible display; a processor electrically connected to the flexible display; and a memory electrically connected to the processor, wherein the memory stores instructions configured to, when executed, cause the processor to: display a first portion of a main page including a first object group in a folded state of the flexible display; display a second portion of the main page including a second object group in which at least one object is hidden, along with the first portion of the main page when the flexible display is spread; and display the second object group in the second portion of the main page in response to a user input for unhiding of the second object group in which the at least one object is hidden. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein each of the first and second object groups comprises at least one object, and wherein the at least one object comprises at least one of an icon or a widget. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the main page comprises: a first layer in which a background is disposed; a second layer in which the first object group of the first portion is disposed on the first layer; and a third layer in which the second object group of the second portion is disposed on the first layer. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein in the main page, the first portion and the second portion are configured as one page, based on a surface on which the flexible display is spread. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the instructions are configured to cause the processor to: hide or unhide the at least one object in the second object group while the second object group is displayed on the second portion of the main page; or provide an interface for adding a new object in the second object group. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The electronic device of claim 5, wherein the instructions are configured to cause the processor to: receive a user input for selecting or deselecting at least one object in the second object group included in the second portion of the main page using the interface; and hide or unhide the selected or deselected object in the second object group, based on the user input. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the instructions are configured to cause the processor to: group adjacent objects in the second object group included in the second portion of the main page into at least one sub-object group; receive a user input for selecting or deselecting at least one sub-object group using the interface; and hide or unhide the selected or deselected sub-object group in the second object group, based on the user input. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The electronic device of claim 7, wherein the instructions are configured to cause the processor to: receive a user input for individually selecting or deselecting at least one object in the at least one sub-object group using the interface; and hide or unhide the selected or deselected object in the second object group, based on the user input. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the instructions are configured to cause the processor to provide a configuration button for configuring to hide or unhide the at least one object in the second object group according to an attribute of the at least one object in the second object group, while the second object group is displayed on the second portion of the main page. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The electronic device of claim 9, wherein the instructions are configured to cause the processor to: receive a user input for selecting or deselecting the configuration button; and hide or unhide at least one object in the second object group according to the attribute of the at least one object in the second object group, based on the user input. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the attribute of the at least one object comprise at least one of the total number of uses for an application corresponding to the at least one object included in the second object group, recent frequency of use for the application corresponding to the at least one object, or the state of the flexible display when the application is executed. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the instructions are configured to cause the processor to rearrange and display positions of at least one unhidden object, if there is the at least one unhidden object in the second object group in which the at least one object included in the second portion of the main page is hidden. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The electronic device of claim 12, wherein the instructions are configured to cause the processor to rearrange and display the display positions of the at least one unhidden object within the group region to which the at least one unhidden object belongs, if there is the at least one unhidden object in the second object group in which the at least one object included in the second portion of the main page is hidden. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the instructions are configured to cause the processor to display a third object group on a second portion of the main page if an execution screen of a first application is displayed on the first portion of the main page while the flexible display is spread, the third object group including at least one object associated with the first application and corresponding to at least one second application different from the first application. ### Claim 15 A non-transitory storage medium storing instructions, the instructions configured to cause at least one circuit to perform at least one operation when executed by the at least one circuit, wherein the at least one operation comprises: displaying a first portion of a main page including a first object group in a state where the flexible display is folded; displaying a second portion of the main page including a second object group in which at least one object is hidden, along with the first portion of the main page when the flexible display is spread; and displaying the second object group in the second portion of the main page in response to a user input for releasing the hiding of the second object group in which the at least one object is hidden.