US 12,236,073 B2
Electronic device having display magnification function, and electronic device operation method
Duyeong Choi, Suwon-si (KR); Seonkeun Park, Suwon-si (KR); Jungwon Lee, Suwon-si (KR); and Jaewoong Chung, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Apr. 19, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/303,180.
Application 18/303,180 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2021/014361, filed on Oct. 15, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0135409 (KR), filed on Oct. 19, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0289047 A1, Sep. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/04845 (2022.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H04M 1/72469 (2021.01)
CPC G06F 3/04845 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); H04M 1/72469 (2021.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a housing including a first housing part and a second housing part configured to movably engage with the first housing part between a retracted position and an extended position;
a flexible display coupled to the first housing part and the second housing part such that a size of an area of the flexible display that is visible from a front side of the housing changes as the second housing part is moved between the retracted position and the extended position;
an actuator configured to move the second housing part with respect to the first housing part;
a memory; and
at least one processor operatively connected to the flexible display, the actuator and the memory,
wherein the memory includes instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the processor to:
display first content corresponding to a user input received through an execution screen of an application being executed, at a first magnification value on a first area of the flexible display that is visible from the front side of the housing as the second housing part is moved to the retracted position;
control the actuator to move the second housing part to the extended position based on a first specified input;
determine, based at least in part on the first content included in the execution screen, a display magnification of a second area of the flexible display that is visible from the front side of the housing as the second housing part is moved to the extended position, to be a second magnification value different from the first magnification value; and
display the first content on the second area of the flexible display based on the determined second magnification value,
wherein instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the electronic device to:
determine whether the first content includes at least one of text, a table, or a musical score;
based on a determination that the first content includes at least one of the text, the table, or the musical score:
maintain the display magnification of the second area of the flexible display at the first magnification value; and
display the first content on the second area of the flexible display based on the first magnification value, and
based on a determination that the first content does not include the text, the table, or the musical score:
determine the display magnification of the second area of the flexible display to be the second magnification value; and
display the first content on the second area of the flexible display based on the determined second magnification value.