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US 2023/0141581 A1Published application
Method of adjusting size of exposed area of flexible display and electronic device performing the method
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsMoonjeong KIM, Yangwook KIM, Gyeongtae PARK, Jookwan LEE, Myunghoon KWAK, Hyunju HONG
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Abstract
An electronic device may output, on at least a portion of a flexible display, an affordance for adjusting a size of an exposed area of a flexible display, receive information about a target size based on the affordance, and control the flexible display to have the size of the exposed size correspond to the target size.
Claims20
An electronic device comprising:
- a driving module comprising a motor and/or circuitry;
- a flexible display configured to have a variable size of an exposed area viewable externally on a side as at least a portion of the flexible display is drawn out from an inside of the electronic device at least by driving of the driving module;
- at least one memory configured to store executable instructions:
- and
- at least one processor configured to be operatively connected to the driving module, the flexible display, and the at least one memory, and to control the electronic device,
- wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
- identify a first size of the exposed area of the flexible display;
- control to output, on at least a portion of the exposed area, an affordance including at least one selectable user interface (UI) element configured to change a size of the exposed area based on the identified first size;
- and
- control the driving module, based on selection of a UI element from among the at least one UI element, to change the size of the exposed area from the first size to a second size corresponding to the selected UI element.
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A method performed by an electronic device, the method comprising:
- outputting, on at least a portion of an exposed area of a flexible display, an affordance for adjusting a size of the exposed area when the flexible display has a variable size of the exposed area viewable externally on one side as at least a portion of the flexible display is drawn out from an inside of the electronic device and the flexible display is activated;
- identifying a target size of the exposed area, based on an input to the affordance;
- and
- controlling a driver configured to move the flexible display to have the size of the exposed area correspond to the target size.
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An electronic device comprising:
- a flexible display with a variable size of an exposed area viewable externally on a side as at least a portion of the flexible display is to be drawn out from an inside of the electronic device;
- at least one memory configured to store instructions;
- and
- at least one processor configured to control the electronic device,
- wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
- control to output, on at least a portion of the exposed area, an additional affordance for adjusting a size of the exposed area when an input of deactivating the flexible display is received;
- receive information on a second target size based on the additional affordance;
- control the flexible display to have the size of the exposed area correspond to the second target size;
- and
- deactivate the flexible display.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.