US 12,315,399 B2
Mobile device with a foldable display and method of providing user interfaces on the foldable display
Duncan Knarr, Santa Rosa, CA (US); Andrew R McHugh, San Jose, CA (US); and Seokhyun Yoon, Cupertino, CA (US)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Dec. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/537,514.
Application 18/537,514 is a continuation of application No. 17/814,465, filed on Jul. 22, 2022, granted, now 11,978,371.
Application 17/814,465 is a continuation of application No. 16/569,291, filed on Sep. 12, 2019, granted, now 11,398,168, issued on Jul. 26, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/828,893, filed on Apr. 3, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0105084 A1, Mar. 28, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G09F 9/30 (2006.01)
CPC G09F 9/301 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1626 (2013.01); G06F 1/1643 (2013.01); G06F 1/1652 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a foldable housing including:
a hinge structure;
a first housing structure coupled to the hinge structure; and
a second housing structure coupled to the hinge structure, wherein the second housing structure is foldable and unfoldable with respect to the first housing structure about the hinge structure, wherein the second housing structure is folded onto the first housing structure in a folded state, and wherein the second housing structure forms a substantially planar surface with the first housing structure in an unfolded state;
a foldable display including a first portion positioned in the first housing structure and a second portion positioned in the second housing structure;
a touchscreen display separate from the foldable display and positioned on an opposite side of the first housing structure from the first portion of the foldable display;
a processor operatively connected to the foldable display and the touchscreen display; and
a memory operatively connected to the processor, wherein the memory stores one or more application programs and further stores instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to:
in the folded state:
receive a first user input to select a first application program among the one or more application programs through the touchscreen display; and
display a first user interface of the first selected application program on at least part of the touchscreen display in response to the first user input; and
in the unfolded state, display all or substantially all of the first user interface of the first selected application program on one of the first portion or the second portion of the foldable display based at least partially on a user interface size restriction associated with the first selected application program.