# US 2022/0044655 A1 · Electronic device and method of controlling the same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2022/0044655 A1 - Document ID: US20220044655A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/509,549 - Filed: 2021-10-25 - Published: 2022-02-10 - Earliest claimed: 2019-08-19 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Youngchan CHO; Sungwook KWON; Nanhee KIM; Byeongcheol KIM; Seungeun LEE; Dugjin HAN; Seungnyun KIM - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20220044655A1 ## CPC - G09G 5/14: Display of multiple viewports - 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 1/1652: {the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable} - G06F 3/017: {Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures (interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883)} - G06F 3/0482: Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus - G06F 3/0487: using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser - 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 3/1446: {display composed of modules, e.g. video walls} - G06F 9/448: Execution paradigms, e.g. implementations of programming paradigms - G06F 3/0488: using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures - G06F 2203/04803: Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas - G09G 2354/00: Aspects of interface with display user - G09G 2360/12: Frame memory handling - 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) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes at least one display, at least one processor, and at least one memory. The at least one memory may store instructions to, when executed, enable the at least one processor to obtain, through a first display area of the at least one display activated while the at least one display is folded, an input to select a plurality of applications to be executed and displayed when the at least one display is unfolded, detect an unfolding of the at least one display, based on the detection of the unfolding, split a second display area of the at least one display activated while the at least one display is unfolded to correspond to a number of the plurality of applications, and execute the plurality of applications and display the plurality of applications on the split second display area. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electronic device comprising: at least one display; at least one processor; and at least one memory, wherein the at least one memory stores instructions configured to, when executed, enable the at least one processor to: obtain, through a first display area of the at least one display activated while the at least one display is folded, an input to select a plurality of applications to be executed and displayed when the at least one display is unfolded, detect an unfolding of the at least one display, based on the detection of the unfolding, split a second display area of the at least one display activated while the at least one display is unfolded to correspond to a number of the plurality of applications, and execute the plurality of applications and display the plurality of applications on the split second display area. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the at least one display includes a first display and a second display, the second display displaying a plurality of application execution objects for executing the plurality of applications in a folded state of the first display, and wherein the instructions are further configured to enable the at least one processor to determine an area, to display the plurality of applications, among a display area of the first display when the first display is unfolded, based on an order in which an application execution object among the plurality of application execution objects displayed on the second display is selected. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the at least one display includes a first display and a second display displaying a plurality of application execution objects for executing the plurality of applications in a folded state of the first display, and wherein the instructions are further configured to enable the at least one processor to determine an area, to display the plurality of applications, among a display area of the first display when the first display is unfolded, based on a time when an application execution object among the plurality of application execution objects displayed on the second display is touched. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the at least one display includes a first display and a second display, the second display displaying a plurality of application execution objects for executing the plurality of applications in a folded state of the first display, and wherein the instructions are further configured to enable the at least one processor to deactivate the second display upon detecting a switch of the first display from the folded state to the unfolded state. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the at least one display includes a first display and a second display displaying a plurality of application execution objects for executing the plurality of applications in a folded state of the first display, and wherein the instructions are further configured to enable the at least one processor to determine a form in which a display area of the first display is split, based on a touch-and-drag input on the second display. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the instructions are further configured to enable the at least one processor to: obtain a first input to select a plurality of application execution objects in a first state in which at least part of the at least one display is folded, obtain a second input to request to execute and display the plurality of applications, corresponding to the plurality of selected application execution objects, on the at least one display, detect a switch from the first state to a second state in which the at least one display is unfolded, split the second display area of the at least one display to correspond to the number of the plurality of selected application execution objects, according to detecting the switch to the second state, and execute and display the plurality of applications on the split second display area. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the at least one display includes a first display and a second display displaying the application execution objects in the folded state of the first display, and wherein the instructions are further configured to enable the at least one processor to: identify the first input based on touching one of the application execution objects displayed on the second display for a predetermined time, and identify the second input based on moving the plurality of selected application execution objects to a designated position. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The electronic device of claim 6, further comprising: a first housing structure and a second housing structure, wherein the instructions are further configured to enable the at least one processor to: identify that a state in which one surface of the first housing structure is disposed to face one surface of the second housing structure is the first state, and identify that a state in which the first housing structure and the second housing structure are disposed to face in a same direction is the second state. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the instructions are further configured to enable the at least one processor to store, in the at least one memory, a layout of the plurality of applications displayed on the second display area. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The electronic device of claim 9, wherein the instructions are further configured to enable the at least one processor to store, in the at least one memory, information related to an angle at which the at least one display is folded, along with the layout of the plurality of applications displayed on the second display area. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The electronic device of claim 9, wherein the instructions are further configured to enable the at least one processor to control the at least one display in response to an external input to execute and display the plurality of applications according to the stored layout. ### Claim 12 A method of controlling an electronic device, the method comprising: obtaining, through a first display area of at least one display of the electronic device activated while the at least one display is folded, an input to select a plurality of applications to be executed and displayed when the at least one display is unfolded; detecting an unfolding of the at least one display; based on the detection of the unfolding, splitting a second display area of the at least one display activated while the at least one display is unfolded to correspond to a number of the plurality of applications; and executing the plurality of applications and displaying the plurality of applications on the split second display area. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the at least one display includes a first display and a second display, the second display displaying a plurality of application execution objects for executing the plurality of applications in a folded state of the first display, and wherein the method further comprises determining an area, to display the plurality of applications, among a display area of the first display when the first display is unfolded, based on an order in which an application execution object among the plurality of application execution objects displayed on the second display is selected. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the at least one display includes a first display and a second display, the second display displaying a plurality of application execution objects for executing the plurality of applications in a folded state of the first display, and wherein the method further comprises determining an area, to display the plurality of applications, among a display area of the first display when the first display is unfolded, based on a time when an application execution object among the plurality of application execution objects displayed on the second display is touched. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the at least one display includes a first display and a second display, the second display displaying a plurality of application execution objects for executing the plurality of applications in a folded state of the first display, and wherein the method further comprises determining a form in which a display area of the first display is split, based on a touch-and-drag input on the second display. ### Claim 16 An electronic device comprising: a display, at least part of the display being folded; at least one processor; and at least one memory, wherein the at least one memory stores instructions to, when executed, enable the at least one processor to: obtain an input to select a plurality of applications, in a folded state of the display, store data related to the plurality of applications in a frame buffer included in the at least one memory, based on the input, in the folded state of the display, obtain an event in which the display switches from the folded state to an unfolded state, and display the data stored in the frame buffer, related to the plurality of applications, through the display, based on obtaining the event. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The electronic device of claim 16, wherein the instructions are configured to enable the at least processor to: select the plurality of applications based on at least one of an order of the input to select the plurality of applications, a strength of the input, a direction of the input, or duration of the input. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The electronic device of claim 16, wherein an attribute of the plurality of applications includes at least one of a number of the plurality of applications, a type of the plurality of applications, or a display history of the plurality of applications. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The electronic device of claim 16, wherein the data obtained related to the plurality of applications is displayed on at least a portion of a display area of the display split to correspond to a number of the plurality of applications.