	US 12,265,748 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 Jan. 12, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/411,088.
Application 18/411,088 is a continuation of application No. 17/959,622, filed on Oct. 4, 2022.
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 2024/0143261 A1, May 2, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 3/14 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01)

CPC G06F 3/1423 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0488 (2013.01)]

10 Claims

1. A mobile communication device comprising:

a housing including a first housing portion and a second housing portion, the first housing portion including a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and the second housing portion including a third surface and a fourth surface opposite to the third surface, the first surface and the third surface configured to face each other when the housing is fully folded;

a first display accommodated at least partially in the first housing portion, the first display having a first size and configured to be substantially visible through the second surface;

a second display accommodated at least partially in the first housing portion and the second housing portion, the second display having a second size larger than the first size and wherein the second display is configured to be substantially visible at the first surface and the third surface when the housing is at least partially unfolded; and

a processor including processing circuitry configured to:

while the housing is fully folded, display, via the first display, a first page layout of a group of page layouts arranged such that the first page layout is sequentially switchable to a second page layout and a third page layout of the group of page layout based on a first touch input on the first touch display; and

while the housing is at least partially unfolded, display, via the second display, a first view layout of a group of view layouts arranged such that the first view layout is switchable to a second view layout of the group of view layouts based on a second touch input on the second display, the first view layout including the first page layout and the second page layout of the group of page layouts, and the second view layout including the third page layout of the group of page layouts;

while the housing is fully folded, display, via the first display, a first hotseat area including a first group of application icons at a lower side of the first group of indicators; and

while the housing is at least partially unfolded, display, via the second display, a second hotseat area having a first zone including a first set of application icons corresponding to the first group of application icons and a second zone having at least one additional application icon corresponding to an application that differs from applications corresponding to the first set of application icons,

wherein application icons contained in the second hotseat area are separately manageable from application icons in the group of view layouts such that a user change to the application icons in the group of view layouts does not change application icons contained in the second hotseat area.