US 12,244,749 B2
Method for controlling flexible display and electronic device supporting the same
Hankon Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Junghyung Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Daehee Park, Suwon-si (KR); Junkyu Park, Suwon-si (KR); Dongil Son, Suwon-si (KR); Jaehoon Song, Suwon-si (KR); Seungbo Shim, Suwon-si (KR); Duhoon Jung, Suwon-si (KR); and Myungkyoon Chung, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Nov. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/992,333.
Application 17/992,333 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/005728, filed on Apr. 21, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0051848 (KR), filed on Apr. 21, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0079189 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/01 (2006.01); H02K 7/14 (2006.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC H04M 1/0268 (2013.01) [G06F 3/011 (2013.01); H02K 7/14 (2013.01); H04M 1/0237 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a flexible display comprising a first area and a second area extending from the first area, the first area being exposed to an outside of the electronic device in a first state, at least a part of the second area being exposed to the outside together with the first area in a second state different from the first state;
a motor configured to move the at least the part of the second area according to a driving state in the first state and the second state; and
a processor electrically connected to the flexible display and the motor,
wherein the processor is configured to:
in response to the flexible display changing from the first state to the second state, identify a characteristic value related to the motor, and
based on the characteristic value, control the motor to change an area exposed to the outside among the second area.