US 11,749,151 B2
Display apparatus and method for displaying
Soog-yeong Woo, Seoul (KR); Eun-bi Kim, Seoul (KR); Su-hyun Na, Seoul (KR); Jong-kee Lee, Seoul (KR); and Hee-young Chung, Seongnam-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Aug. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/461,112.
Application 17/461,112 is a continuation of application No. 16/251,796, filed on Jan. 18, 2019, granted, now 11,137,890.
Application 16/251,796 is a continuation of application No. 15/093,119, filed on Apr. 7, 2016, granted, now 10,216,398, issued on Feb. 26, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2015-0053875 (KR), filed on Apr. 16, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0390893 A1, Dec. 16, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G09G 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/04847 (2022.01); G09G 5/373 (2006.01); G09G 3/20 (2006.01); G09G 5/38 (2006.01)
CPC G09G 3/035 (2020.08) [G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); G06F 3/04847 (2013.01); G09G 5/373 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04102 (2013.01); G09G 3/20 (2013.01); G09G 5/38 (2013.01); G09G 2320/08 (2013.01); G09G 2340/04 (2013.01); G09G 2340/0407 (2013.01); G09G 2340/0442 (2013.01); G09G 2340/0464 (2013.01); G09G 2380/02 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device comprising:
a flexible display;
a mechanism including a roller and a motor, the motor configured to extend or retract the flexible display;
a housing body configured to contain the flexible display; and
at least one processor configured to:
based on a first mode being selected, control the motor via the mechanism to extend the flexible display in an upward vertical direction to expose a first area of the flexible display over the housing body,
while in the first mode, control the flexible display to display a video content on the first area of the flexible display,
based on a second mode being selected while in the first mode, control the motor via the mechanism to retract the flexible display in a downward vertical direction to expose a second area smaller than the first area of the flexible display over the housing body by reducing an area in which the flexible display is exposed over the housing body, and
while in the second mode, control the flexible display to display a text corresponding to information of a selected audio content including a title and a singer of the audio content on the second area of the flexible display and cease the display of the video content on the flexible display.