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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2019
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
According to one or more embodiments, an electronic device may include a foldable housing including a first housing structure and a second housing structure foldably connected to the first housing structure, a flexible display disposed in the foldable housing, a display disposed on a first surface of the first housing structure or the second housing structure, the first surface being opposite to a second surface of the foldable housing on which the flexible display structure is disposed, and a processor. The processor may be configured to detect a folding of the foldable housing caused by a user gesture, identify status information of the electronic device in response to detecting the folding of the foldable housing, determine a user's intention for the user gesture, based on both the user gesture and the status information, and perform a particular operation corresponding to the user's intention. Other embodiments are also disclosed.