US 12,260,142 B2
Electronic device and method for controlling display of at least one external object among one or more external objects
Mingyu Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Kwangtaek Woo, Suwon-si (KR); Jaeho Choi, Suwon-si (KR); Seonghun Kim, Suwon-si (KR); and Jinwan An, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Sep. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/367,269.
Application 18/367,269 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2023/012822, filed on Aug. 29, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0111743 (KR), filed on Sep. 2, 2022; and application No. 10-2022-0130893 (KR), filed on Oct. 12, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0078069 A1, Mar. 7, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 3/14 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/04842 (2022.01); G09G 5/377 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/14 (2013.01) [G02B 27/0172 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G09G 5/377 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a camera;
a display;
memory comprising one or more storage mediums, and storing instructions; and
at least one processor comprising processing circuitry;
wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to:
receive a first input for enabling a designated setting,
in response to the first input, recognize, from a screen being displayed through the display, a first area in which a first visual object indicating a first external object is displayed and a second area in which a second visual object indicating a second external object is displayed, based on an image being obtained via the camera,
receive a second input on the first area and not on the second area after the first area and the second area are recognized from the screen according to the designated setting, and
in response to the second input:
maintain display of the first area in the screen; and
change display of the second area in the screen such that an imaginary object different from the second visual object is displayed in the second area in the screen.