US 11,687,350 B2
Electronic device for providing execution screen of application and method for operating the same
Byungwoo Min, Suwon-si (KR); Nawoong Han, Suwon-si (KR); Seonghoon Choi, Suwon-si (KR); Sangheon Kim, Suwon-si (KR); and Jinwan An, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Feb. 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/167,551.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0015942 (KR), filed on Feb. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0247805 A1, Aug. 12, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 9/451 (2018.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 9/48 (2006.01); G06F 3/04886 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 9/451 (2018.02) [G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); G06F 3/04886 (2013.01); G06F 9/4843 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a first housing;
a second housing foldably connected with the first housing;
a flexible display disposed on the first housing and the second housing;
at least one sensor;
a memory; and
at least one processor operatively connected to the flexible display, the at least one sensor, and the memory,
wherein the at least one processor is configured, when instructions stored in the memory are executed, to:
control the flexible display to display a first execution screen of a first application when the first housing and the second housing are in an unfolded state, wherein the first execution screen includes a preview screen captured by a camera, a plurality of first UI elements above the preview screen and a plurality of second UI elements below the preview screen,
wherein the first application is configured to change an execution screen based on an angle between the first housing and the second housing, which is identified using the at least one sensor, falling within a predetermined range of a partially folded state, and
based on the first application being configured to change the execution screen according to a change in the angle, control the flexible display to display a second execution screen of the first application associated with the predetermined range instead of the first execution screen, and
wherein the second execution screen is configured to display the preview screen on a first portion of the flexible display corresponding to the first housing and to display, below the preview screen, the plurality of first UI elements and the plurality of second UI elements on a second portion of the flexible display corresponding to the second housing.