Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Hayoul Jung

Yongseok Bang

Jaehyung Hong

Jinseok Hwang

Howard Nuk

Jeff Jones

Eunyoung Kim

Wonseok Choi

Alex Millie

Jaewoong Choi

Seung-Min Park

Sangil Park

Seungmin Park

Dongkyu Lee

Kiwon Kim

Eunyong Kim

Jihyun Ko

Junghee Yeo

Suhyun Kim

Jinchul Choi

Boram Namgoong

Jin Sagong

Jeheon Park

Jamin Goo

Youngha Cho

Saeah Oh

Seonghoon You

The present invention comprises a flexible display that surrounds the front surface of an electronic device and a control unit that controls operation of functions of the flexible display-based electronic device. The control unit may display a plurality of icons corresponding to an application or a specific function in at least one area among sub areas of the flexible display; the control unit may sense an input for selecting at least one icon among the plurality of icons; the control unit may sense an input for swiping the at least one selected icon to at least one area among main areas of the flexible display; and the control unit may process a control such that an application or a specific function, which corresponds to the at least one selected icon, is executed, and a screen corresponding to the execution is displayed in the main area corresponding to the sensed swipe input.

Electronic device and computer program product for controlling display of information based on display areas of flexible display

According to various embodiments, an electronic device may comprise a bended display, a sensor unit, and a processor. The bended display includes a front display region, a side display region, and a back display region, which respectively correspond to a front face, a side face, and a back face of the electronic device. The sensor unit detects a motion of the electronic device. If an event occurs while content is displayed on the front display region, the processor controls the bended display to display a graphic object corresponding to the event on the front display region, and also controls the bended display to display a first screen corresponding to the graphic object on the back display region, based on the detected motion of the electronic device.

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Yongin-si, South Korea

Hayoul Jung