US 12,248,723 B2
Electronic device with variable display area and operation method thereof
Gisoo Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Sangheon Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Changdo Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Taeyong Moon, Suwon-si (KR); Hyeongtaek Im, Suwon-si (KR); and Yeunwook Lim, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Oct. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/959,622.
Application 17/959,622 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/011434, filed on Aug. 2, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0103276 (KR), filed on Aug. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0042939 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/14 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 3/1423 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0488 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device, comprising:
a first housing and a second housing rotatably coupled to each other via a hinge to allow the electronic device to be folded and unfolded;
a main display disposed on a front side of the first housing and a front side of the second housing;
a sub display disposed on a rear side of the first housing;
a processor; and
memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the electronic device to:
display, on the sub display, a first home screen when the electronic device is folded, wherein the first home screen includes a first page layout and a first hotseat area, and the first hotseat area for the sub display includes a first set of application icons arranged separately from the first page layout; and
in response unfolding of the electronic device, display, on the main display, a second home screen comprising the first page layout and a second page layout which is subsequent to the first page layout displayed together,
wherein the second home screen displayed on the main display further includes a second hotseat area having a first zone including the first set of application icons and a second zone containing at least one additional application icon separate and independent of the first set of application icons, icons contained in the second zone of the second hotseat area are separate and independent of icons of a page area other than the second hotseat area in the second home screen.