Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Hyoin Ahn

Soojung Lee

Kawon Cheon

Yeojun Yoon

Joayoung Lee

Yerin Park

Seonghoon Kang

Jaeik Lee

Doeun Shin

An electronic device according to various embodiments comprises: a housing, a display including a main display area and at least one expandable display area, the at least one expandable display area is hidden in the housing in a slide-in state and exposed to outside in a slide-out state and the main display area is exposed to outside in the slide-in state and the slide-out state, a communication module including communication circuitry, and a processor operatively connected to the display and the communication module, wherein the processor is configured to: control the display to display first content on the main display area in the slide-in state in which the at least one expandable display area is hidden in the housing, establish a connection with an external device through the communication module, determine a first area to display the first content and a second area to display second content based on information received from the external device through the communication module in the slide-out state in which the at least one expandable display area is exposed to outside, and control the display to display the first content on the determined first area and display the second content on the determined second area based on the at least one expandable display area being exposed to outside.

Electronic device including expandable display and content provision method

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes wireless communication with an external device, that determines a reference display position at which an extended screen of a mobile device is to be provided based on a wireless communication signal of the external device, and when a portion of the extended screen is included in a field of view (FOV), provides a user with the extended screen starting with the portion coming into the FOV.

Method and device to display extended screen of mobile device

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Hyoin Ahn