Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Jihea Park

Yangwook Kim

Jookwan Lee

Myunghoon Kwak

Raetae Kim

Yongjin Kwon

Junghyeob Lee

Youngrog Kim

Hyunju Hong

Taeyeong Kim

Moonjeong Kim

Gyeongtae Park

Youngseong Kim

Wonkyu Sung

Bohyeon Kim

Changhan Lee

Yangsoo Choi

Byungwoo Min

Taeyang Song

Junwoo Choi

Minsoo Kim

Hojin Jung

Moonchul Shin

Joongyeon Cho

Kibeom Kim

Sangeun Lee

Hyoungtak Cho

Junhyuk Kim

Dohun Cha

Wankyu Kim

Baekeun Cho

Hoyoung Jeong

Dahee Kim

Jonghwa Lee

Sukdong Kim

Songyi Lee

Sunghwan Park

Donghyun Jo

Bokyou Ko

Jonghyuck Yoo

An electronic device includes: a variable display having a main display region visible out of the electronic device, wherein a size of the main display region may be reduced from a first display region to a second display region, and including a touch screen panel serving as a first input device, and at least one processor, comprising processing circuitry, electrically connected to the variable display. At least one processor, individually and/or collectively, is configured to control the display to: display a cursor in the main display region and move the cursor into the second display region and display the cursor, based on identifying the main display region being reduced in size from the first display region to the second display region, based on the cursor being positioned in the first display region other than the second display region, in the state that the size of the main display region corresponds to the first display region.

Electronic device comprising variable display and method for operating same

According to an embodiment, a method of controlling an electronic device including a touch screen panel (TSP) at least a part of which is located in a housing may be withdrawn to the outside of the housing comprises: identifying a withdrawal extent of the TSP; selecting a reference line for controlling a power supplying range of a plurality of touch areas among a plurality of lines for dividing a plurality of touch areas of the TSP based on the withdrawal degree; supplying power to touch areas in a first direction in which the TSP is withdrawn based on the reference line and blocking power to touch areas in a second direction opposite to the first direction based on the reference line, among the plurality of touch areas; and restricting touch recognition with respect to a part extending from the reference line in one touch area adjacent to the reference line among the touch areas in the first direction.

Electronic device and control method therefor

An electronic device includes: a first housing; a second housing movably coupled with respect to the first housing; a flexible display; a first vibration motor in the first housing; a second vibration motor in the second housing; and at least one processor. The at least one processor: receives a touch input through a display region of the flexible display; in response to the touch input, identifies a first distance between the position of a contact point of the touch input and the first vibration motor, and a second distance between the position and the second vibration motor; and adjusts, on the basis of the first distance and the second distance, the strength of vibration provided through the first vibration motor and the second vibration motor so as to provide a haptic notification.

Electronic device including dual vibration motors, and method therefor

An electronic device according to various embodiments of this document may include a first housing, a second housing coupled to slide relative to the first housing, a rollable display in which a display area is reduced or extended based on sliding-in or sliding-out of the second housing, and a processor operatively coupled to the rollable display, wherein the processor may be configured to display a screen of a running application on the rollable display when the rollable display is in a first state, detect an input for switching the rollable display from the first state to the second state, in response to the input, and determine whether or not a screen state of the running application is able to be maintained when switching the state of the rollable display.

Electronic device comprising expandable display, and user interface provision method

A portable electronic device may include: a first housing; a second housing disposed to be slidable with respect to the first housing; a flexible display in which a display area of the display is contracted or extended on the basis of slide-in or slide-out driving of the second housing; a motor for generating driving force to slide the second housing; a driving circuit for driving the motor; and a processor(s). The processor(s) may: configure the display area of the flexible display as an activation area for displaying visual information; recognize that a consistency problem occurs in an application execution screen when switching from the slide-out state to the slide-in state on the basis of occurrence of a slide-in trigger for contraction of the activation area while displaying the application execution screen on the activation area in the slide-out state; and provide a user interface to allow extension of the activation area on the basis of the occurrence of the consistency problem.

Electronic device having flexible display

Disclosed is an electronic device comprising: a sensor configured to measure a temperature of the electronic device; a flexible display wherein an area of the flexible display visible to the outside can be changed; a memory storing executable instructions; and at least one processor, comprising processing circuitry configured to access the memory and execute the instructions, wherein at least one processor, individually and/or collectively, is configured to: identify a first input for changing the size of the visible area of the flexible display, identify the temperature of the electronic device via the sensor based on the identification of the first input, and identify change conditions of the size of the flexible display based on the identified temperature.

Electronic device for managing temperature, and operating method therefor

An electronic device and its screen control method are disclosed. The electronic device may include a flexible display configured to change a size of a display area and at least one processor. The at least one processor may, based on a first screen being displayed in the display area of a first size, receive an input for changing the display area into a second size The at least one processor may, based on the display area being changed to the second size according to the received input, control the display to display a second screen which changes the first screen in response to the second size in the display area changed into the second size. The second screen may include, among a plurality of elements in content, a first element corresponding to an element in the first screen and a second element of the content.

Electronic device having flexible display with variable size and reference position and screen control method thereof

According to various embodiments, there may be provided an electronic device comprising: a housing, a flexible display having a resizable region visible to an outside of the housing by at least a portion being moved from the inside to the outside of the housing, a communication circuit configured to enable transmitting or receiving data to or from an external electronic device, at least one sensor configured to identify a size of a region where the flexible display is visible to the outside of the housing, a memory, and at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: control the display to display a first content on first region of the flexible display visible to the outside of the housing, establish communication connection with an external electronic device through the communication circuit, transmit, based on the establishing of the communication connection, first information on the first content to the external electronic device through the communication circuit so that the external electronic device displays the first content, when a second region where the flexible display located inside the housing is visible to the outside of the housing, display second content on a third region including the first region and the second region, based on at least one value obtained using the at least one sensor, identify second information on the second content, to be transmitted to the external electronic device, based on the obtained at least one value, and transmit the identified second information to the external electronic device through the communication circuit so that the external electronic device displays the second content.

Electronic device including flexible display and method for operating the same

An electronic device for providing user experience based on a display extension profile and a method of controlling the same are disclosed. An electronic device according to an embodiment may include a housing, a flexible display disposed inside the housing, at least one driving motor disposed inside the housing and configured to extend a part of the flexible display from the housing, a memory storing a display extension profile related to control of the driving motor, and at least one processor. The at least one processor may be configured to identify occurrence of an event related to display of a preview screen showing a process of drawing out the flexible display, and display the preview screen showing the process of drawing out the flexible display through the flexible display, based on the display extension profile stored in the memory in response to the identification of the occurrence of the event.

Electronic device including preview of flexible display extension and method of controlling the same

An electronic device may output, on a display module, a first graphical element corresponding to first direction information calculated based on a first sensing value received from at least one sensor module, monitor a change in a relative location between the first graphical element being currently output and the at least one sensor module in response to an occurrence of an event to change a size of a viewable region, correct second direction information calculated based on a second sensing value received from the at least one sensor module based on the change in the relative location, and output, on the display module, a second graphical element corresponding to the corrected second direction information.

Electronic device with flexible display

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a flexible display, a memory storing executable instructions, and at least one processor, wherein the instructions are configured to, when executed, enable the at least one processor to identify a first event triggering a first display operation for displaying an image based on a rotation of the electronic device, identify a second event triggering a second display operation for displaying an image based on a change in an area of the flexible display, and sequentially change a display attribute of an image displayed on the flexible display.

An electronic device identifies an occurrence of a first event for displaying a first notification message on at least a portion of the display module of the first shape, detects a beginning of shape transformation of the display module from the first shape to the second shape, and maintains the display of the first notification message during the shape transformation of the display module.

Method and device for displaying notification message

Various embodiments of the disclosure relate to a device and method for communicating using an avatar in a virtual space. To that end, an electronic device may display a first avatar corresponding to a user of the electronic device in a virtual space, display a first graphic user interface (GUI) resource including at least one device capable of establishing connection with the electronic device and, based on receiving an input on the first GUI resource, display a device icon corresponding to the input device in a matching position of the first avatar.

Communication method and device using avatar in virtual space

An electronic device includes an extendable support including a first structure and a second structure to receive at least a portion of the first structure and guide relative movement of the first structure with respect to the second structure, a display having compact and expanded positions based on the relative movement of the first structure, a motor to generate an output force to cause the relative movement of the first and second structures, a sensor to detect a posture in which the electronic device is positioned, and a processor to change the output force of the motor based on the posture of the electronic device detected by the sensor.

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Jihea Park