US 11,907,600 B2
Foldable electronic device and method for displaying information in foldable electronic device
Seungeun Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Seonghoon Choi, Suwon-si (KR); Minseok Kang, Suwon-si (KR); Oheon Kwon, Suwon-si (KR); Seungnyun Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Chakyum Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Taihoon Kim, Suwon-si (KR); and Yongsang Yun, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Feb. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/105,448.
Application 18/105,448 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2021/010176, filed on Aug. 3, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0097296 (KR), filed on Aug. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0185507 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/14 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 3/1423 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1641 (2013.01); G06F 1/1677 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a first housing comprising a first surface oriented in a first direction and a second surface oriented in a second direction opposite to the first direction;
a second housing comprising a third surface oriented in a third direction and a fourth surface oriented in a fourth direction opposite to the third direction;
a hinge disposed between the first housing and the second housing;
a first display positioned as visible via the first surface and the third surface;
a second display positioned as visible via the fourth surface;
a sensor module, comprising at least one sensor, configured to detect an angle between the first housing and the second housing; and
a processor operatively connected to the first display, the second display, and the sensor module,
wherein the processor is configured to:
detect that unfolding of the electronic device starts based on the electronic device being in a folded state and a screen being displayed on the second display;
based on the angle between the first housing and the second housing exceeding a first threshold angle during the unfolding of the electronic device: control the second display to an off-state, and control the first display to simultaneously display at least a part of the screen displayed on the second display on a first area of the first display positioned as visible via the first surface and a menu for controlling the screen displayed on the first area on a second area of the first display positioned as visible via the third surface; and
based on the angle between the first housing and the second housing exceeding a second threshold angle during the unfolding of the electronic device: control the first display to simultaneously display at least a part of the screen displayed on the first area on at least a portion of the first area of the first display and at least a portion of the second area of the first display, wherein the second threshold angle is greater than the first threshold angle.