公开(公告)号：US12271580B2

公开(公告)日：2025-04-08

申请号：US18153719

申请日：2023-01-12

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Cheonkum You ,  Jinseong Park ,  Bongseop Song ,  Taebong Ha ,  Sangheon Kim ,  Jinwan An

IPC: G06F3/04842 ,  G06F3/0486

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a sensor, a display, a processor, and a memory including instructions which, when executed, cause the processor to acquire display feature information based on a state of the electronic device, receive a first user input which selects a first icon displayed in a first area of the display for executing an application, determine a multi-window layout for displaying an execution screen of multiple applications in response to the first user input, based on the display feature information, display the determined multi-window layout in a second area of the display, display a second icon to which an operation of storing the displayed multi-window layout is mapped, upon receiving a second user input of selecting the second icon, store the multi-window layout, and generate a third icon to which the multi-window layout is mapped, and display the third icon in the first area.

公开(公告)号：US11989484B2

公开(公告)日：2024-05-21

申请号：US17523514

申请日：2021-11-10

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Taeyong Moon ,  Sangheon Kim ,  Wooyoung Park ,  Youngseung Seo ,  Gisoo Lee ,  Jiwoo Lee

IPC: G06F3/147 ,  G06F1/16

CPC classification number: G06F3/147 ,  G06F1/1616 ,  G06F1/1652 ,  G06F1/1681

Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments of the disclosure comprises: a foldable housing, a flexible display, a communication circuit, a sensor module, a processor, and a memory. The memory can store instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to sense whether an event configured to display a user interface has occurred, identify an angle between a first housing and a second housing using the sensor module, determine, based on the identified angle, at least one area for displaying the user interface from among at least one edge area or folding area of the flexible display, and control the display to display the user interface in the determined at least one area.

公开(公告)号：US11960697B2

公开(公告)日：2024-04-16

申请号：US17955026

申请日：2022-09-28

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Seunggeun Song ,  Dukhyun Kim ,  Kwangho Lim ,  Sangheon Kim ,  Jongchae Park ,  Seonghoon Choi ,  Yeunwook Lim

IPC: G06F3/0481 ,  G06F1/16

CPC classification number: G06F3/0481 ,  G06F1/1641 ,  G06F2203/04803

Abstract: A method and device for controlling a screen displayed on a display of an electronic device are provided. Aspects include displaying, on a first region of the display, a host window corresponding to an application run on the electronic device. Aspects also include displaying the first dependent window on a second region of the display corresponding to the first region based at least in part on a call of a first dependent window among dependent windows that are dependent on the host window. Aspects further include stacking and displaying, on the second region, a second dependent window among the dependent windows based at least in part on an event occurring in the first dependent window. Aspects further include initializing window display on the second region based at least in part on an event occurring in the host window.

公开(公告)号：US11921540B2

公开(公告)日：2024-03-05

申请号：US17480199

申请日：2021-09-21

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Youngseung Seo ,  Sangheon Kim ,  Taeyong Moon ,  Wooyoung Park ,  Gisoo Lee ,  Yeunwook Lim

IPC: G06F1/16 ,  G06F3/14

CPC classification number: G06F1/1616 ,  G06F3/1423 ,  G06F1/1601

Abstract: An electronic device and method are disclosed. The device includes a foldable housing including a hinge connecting a first and second housing, a first bendable display, a second display oriented facing the first display, at least one sensor for detecting the bending, a memory and a processor. The processor implements the method, including: detecting bending by the sensor while displaying an application, determining to pre-generate another screen of the application based on the bending angle, pre-generating the second execution screen before the change in the angle is reaches a threshold value, and active a deactivated display and display the second execution screen on the activated display when the angle surpasses the predetermined threshold value.

公开(公告)号：US11907737B2

公开(公告)日：2024-02-20

申请号：US17521233

申请日：2021-11-08

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Wonbyeong Park ,  Sangheon Kim ,  Jeonghoon Kim ,  Junyoung Kim ,  Yeunwook Lim

IPC: G06F9/451 ,  G06F3/0354 ,  G06F3/048 ,  G06F3/038 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F3/04842

CPC classification number: G06F9/451 ,  G06F3/038 ,  G06F3/03545 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F3/04842

Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments of the disclosure may includes a display and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to identify a first object and first data for content constituting the first object, receive an input for selecting a second object, generate a third object by synthesizing the second object based on the first object, display, on the display, third data for the generated third object and content constituting the third object, execute the second object on the displayed third object in case of detecting an occurrence of a predetermined event, and map a control of second data for content constituting the executed second object onto the third object and the third data.

公开(公告)号：US11688330B2

公开(公告)日：2023-06-27

申请号：US17894467

申请日：2022-08-24

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Sangheon Kim ,  Myungyeol Park

IPC: G09G3/20 ,  G06F3/14

CPC classification number: G09G3/2096 ,  G06F3/1423 ,  G09G2320/08 ,  G09G2370/04 ,  G09G2370/12 ,  G09G2370/22

Abstract: A display apparatus and a controlling method are provided. The display apparatus includes a communication interface to communicate with an external device, a display, and a processor which, in response to connecting to a plurality of external devices, may identify one external device based on usage history, identify whether the external device is turned on based on a clock signal included in an input signal of the identified external device, based on the identified external device not being turned on, transmit a control signal to turn on the external device to the external device, identify a feature of content provided by the identified external device, change an output setting state of the display corresponding to the identified feature of the content, and based on receiving content from the external device, control the display to display the received content based on the changed output setting state of the display.

公开(公告)号：US11651750B2

公开(公告)日：2023-05-16

申请号：US17703915

申请日：2022-03-24

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Sangheon Kim ,  Jongwu Baek ,  Seungnyun Kim ,  Woocheol Jung ,  Younghak Oh ,  Munhwi Kim ,  Junwon Jung ,  Kyuok Choi

IPC: G09G5/14 ,  H04M1/02

CPC classification number: G09G5/14 ,  G09G2340/0407 ,  G09G2354/00 ,  G09G2360/04 ,  H04M1/0216

Abstract: Disclosed is a foldable electronic device comprising: a foldable housing which includes a first housing and a second housing; a first display which is disposed at a first surface of the foldable housing, can be folded according to folding operations of the first housing and the second housing, and includes an exposure region exposed to the outside in a folded state; a second display which is disposed in at least a portion of a second surface of the first housing, positioned opposite to the first surface; a sensor which senses a folding angle of the foldable housing; and a processor which is operatively connected to the first display, the second display, and the sensor.

公开(公告)号：US11567532B2

公开(公告)日：2023-01-31

申请号：US17070055

申请日：2020-10-14

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Junwon Jung ,  Younghak Oh ,  Kyuok Choi ,  Munhwi Kim ,  Sangheon Kim ,  Seungnyun Kim ,  Jongwu Baek ,  Woocheol Jung

IPC: G06F1/16 ,  H05K5/02

Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments may include: a housing including a first housing, a second housing, and a third housing; a first hinge configured to enable the first housing and the third housing to pivot, and a second portion configured to enable the second housing and the third housing to pivot; a first display viewable through a first area of the first housing, a second area of the second housing, and a third area of the third housing; at least one sensor; a processor operably connected to the first display and the at least one sensor; and a memory operably connected to the processor, wherein the memory may store instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to control the electronic device to: display a first screen of an application in a first state in which the first area and the second area face the third area, detect, through the at least one sensor, a change from the first state to a second state in which the first area and the third area face a same direction or a third state in which the second area and the third area face a same direction, determine a second screen of the application to be displayed through the first display in a state, among the second state and the third state, changed from the first state, and display the second screen through the first display in the changed state.

公开(公告)号：US11508339B2

公开(公告)日：2022-11-22

申请号：US17116520

申请日：2020-12-09

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Seoghee Jeong ,  Ilsik Kim ,  Sangheon Kim ,  Changhoon Kang ,  Kwangkyu Park ,  Yeunwook Lim

IPC: G09G5/373 ,  G09G5/02 ,  H04N5/225

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display, a camera module configured to be positioned below the display, a memory configured to store instructions, and a processor configured to be functionally connected to the display, the camera module, and the memory, wherein the processor is configured, by executing the instructions, to cause the electronic device to identify a change in an operating state of the camera module while displaying a predetermined image in an area of the display surrounding the camera module, change a size of the area surrounding the camera module in response to identifying the change in the operating state of the camera module, and display the predetermined image in the changed area.

公开(公告)号：US10671273B2

公开(公告)日：2020-06-02

申请号：US15374383

申请日：2016-12-09

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： In-Hyung Jung ,  Sangheon Kim ,  Jong-Wu Baek ,  Geon-Soo Kim ,  Yohan Lee

IPC: G06F3/0484 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F3/0481 ,  G06K9/00 ,  G06K9/20 ,  G06K9/22 ,  G06F3/0354 ,  G06F3/041

Abstract: An electronic device and a method of the electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a touch screen display that displays a user interface, a force sensor that detects a pressure with which an external object touches the touch screen display, a wireless communication circuit, and a processor that controls the touch screen display to display the user interface, receives, from at least one of the force sensor and the wireless communication circuit, data representing that the external object is pressing a portion of the user interface with a pressure greater than or equal to a selected pressure, receives a handwriting input through the touch screen display, and displays the handwriting input on the user interface on the touch screen display.