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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2022
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Jaewoong Chung, Suwon-si, KR;
Sanghyuk Koh, Suwon-si, KR;
Minsoo Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Juyeoung Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Seonkeun Park, Suwon-si, KR;
Sunghoon Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Jungwon Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Hanchul Jung, Suwon-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Abstract
An electronic device includes: a first housing, a second housing for accommodating the first housing to enable sliding of the first housing, a flexible display connected to the first housing, a slide driving unit for slidingly moving the first housing, and a processor. The processor identifies a reduced state where the flexible display is slid in a reduction direction or an expanded state where the flexible display is slid in an expansion direction, in the reduced state, identifies a first edge area of the flexible display as a first input area and controls the flexible display to enter the expanded state, based on an input through the first input area, and in the expanded state, identifies a second edge area of the flexible display as a second input area and controls the flexible display to enter the reduced state, based on an input through the second input area.