Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Yangsoo Choi

Youngseong Kim

Gyeongtae Park

Jooyoung Kang

Sungmin Hong

Hyunju Hong

Changryong Heo

Yangwook Kim

Jihea Park

Myunghoon Kwak

Junyoung Choi

Jookwan Lee

Junhyuk Kim

Junghyeob Lee

Youngrog Kim

Changhan Lee

Sukdong Kim

Taeyang Song

Songyi Lee

Donghyun Jo

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

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a flexible display comprising a first housing, a second housing and a third housing movably coupled with respect to the first housing, a first region disposed in the first housing to form a first surface exposed to the outside of the electronic device, a second region which extends from the first region and is located inside the second housing, and a third region which extends from the first region and is located inside the second housing, and a processor that may display a first screen in the first region, determine a direction and a distance in which the flexible display is extended based on a value obtained by a sensor, and display a screen different from the first screen in the second region or the third region based on the determination.

Electronic device comprising expandable display, and method for controlling screen of electronic device

An electronic device comprises a display having a display area, wherein a size of the display area visually exposed in a first state of the electronic device is reduced and a size of the display area visually exposed in a second state of the electronic device is enlarged, and a processor operatively connected to the display, wherein the processor may be configured to acquire state information of the electronic device, successively display a first preview image and a second preview images on the display, based on the state information of the electronic device, wherein the first preview image includes a first area of a specified image and corresponds to a preview image of a background screen in the first state, wherein the second preview image comprises a second area including the first area and a further area extending from the first area, and corresponds to a preview image of a background screen in the second state, and specify the image as a background screen, based on a first user input.

Electronic device including preview images for background screen for flexible display and control method thereof

An electronic device including a rollable display is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a main body, a first planar part disposed at one end of the main body, and a second planar part disposed at another end of the main body and disposed in parallel to the first planar part, a rollable display drawn out from an interior of the housing or inserted into the interior of the housing through a slit formed in a direction perpendicular to the first planar part, and a handler member combined with an end of the rollable display and including a first magnet. A second magnet having a polarity different from a polarity of the first magnet disposed within the main body so that the handler member is attached to a surface of the main body in a state in which a part of the rollable display has been drawn out from the interior of the housing.

Electronic device including rollable display rolled into circle

An electronic device comprises a display having a display area, a size of the display area visually exposed in a first state is reduced and a size of the display area visually exposed in a second state is enlarged, and a processor, the processor configured to acquire state information of the electronic device, successively display a first and a second preview images on the display, based on the state information of the electronic device, the first preview image includes a first area of a specified image and corresponds to a preview image of a background screen in the first state, the second preview image comprises a second area including the first area and a further area extending from the first area, and corresponds to a preview image of a background screen in the second state, and specify the image as a background screen, based on a first user input.

An electronic device according to various embodiments may include: a first structure comprising a reciprocating housing; a second structure including a guide configured to guide sliding movement of the first structure; a flexible display configured to be at least partially inserted inside the second structure or visible to an outside of the second structure by the sliding movement of the first structure; at least one sensor; and at least one processor operatively connected to the flexible display and the at least one sensor, wherein the at least one processor may be configured to: detect a touch on the flexible display through the at least one sensor, detect pressure of the touch through the at least one sensor, determine whether a direction in which the touch moves corresponds to a direction in which the first structure is capable of sliding, based on determining that the direction in which the touch moves corresponds to the direction in which the first structure is capable of sliding, determine whether a change in the detected pressure satisfies a specified condition, based on determining that the change in the detected pressure satisfies the specified condition, control an operation for the sliding movement of the first structure based on a change in the detected pressure, and based on determining that the change in the detected pressure does not satisfy the specified condition, execute a function of an application corresponding to the touch.

Electronic device including flexible display and method of operating same

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Yangsoo Choi