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Title:
METHOD FOR PROVIDING SCREEN BY USING FLEXIBLE DISPLAY, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE SUPPORTING SAME
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2022/080698
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
An electronic device, according to various embodiments, comprises: a housing including a first housing, a second housing, and a third housing; a hinge part including a first hinge part and a second hinge part; a display including a first area arranged in the first housing, a second area arranged in the second housing, and a third area arranged in the third housing; at least one sensor; a communication module; a processor; and a memory, wherein the memory may store instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to: detect, through the at least one sensor, whether a state of the electronic device is changed from a first state or a second state to a third state in which the second housing is expanded by a predetermined angle or more with respect to the first housing and the third housing centering on the hinge part; check, through the communication module, whether there is an external electronic device that has established communication with or is capable of establishing communication with the electronic device when it is detected that the state of the electronic device is changed to the third state; check the type of an external electronic device when there is the external electronic device that has established communication with or is capable of establishing communication with the electronic device; and display, through the first area, the second area, and the third area of the display, a screen corresponding to a first mode or a screen corresponding to a second mode different from the first mode, on the basis of the type of the external electronic device.

Inventors:
KIM NAYOUNG (KR)
KIM SEUNGNYUN (KR)
YUN YONGSANG (KR)
LEE SEO (KR)
CHUN YOUNGSOO (KR)
Application Number:
PCT/KR2021/013111
Publication Date:
April 21, 2022
Filing Date:
September 27, 2021
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD (KR)
International Classes:
G06F3/14; G06F1/16; G06F3/0481; G06F3/0484; G09F9/30; H04M1/72409
Foreign References:
KR20150060278A2015-06-03
KR20190043015A2019-04-25
KR20160055646A2016-05-18
KR20160033507A2016-03-28
US20170229100A12017-08-10
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
LEE, Keon-Joo et al. (KR)
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