US 9,866,669 B2 · Mobile device and method of controlling the same

Abstract

The present disclosure discloses a mobile device and a method of controlling the same. In this case, the mobile device according to the present invention includes a sensor unit configured to detect a first action and a second action of a user to fold the mobile device, a control unit configured to control a folding indicator to be outputted on a screen according to the detected first action of the user, configured to control a function corresponding to the detected second action to be executed, configured to control data resulted from executing the function to be outputted on the screen, configured to control the mobile device based on the outputted data, and a display configured to output the folding indicator and the data resulted from executing the function.

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Dependent claims

A method of controlling a mobile device, the method comprising the steps of:

detecting a first action of a user;
outputting a folding indicator on a screen of a flexible display of the mobile device according to the detected first action of the user, wherein detecting the first action and outputting the folding indicator occur before folding of the flexible display is performed;
detecting a second action of the user;
executing a function corresponding to the detected second action and outputting data resulted from executing the function on the screen;
and
controlling the device based on the outputted data,
wherein the folding indicator indicates:
at least one folding line capable of being folded along the screen of the flexible display;
and
at least one function to be performed in case the at least one folding line is folded.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Mobile device and method of controlling the same

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