US 12,322,320 B2
Seamless screen display during expansion or reduction of a flexible display of an electronic device
Seungjin Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Mooyoung Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Joonyung Park, Suwon-si (KR); Donghyun Yeom, Suwon-si (KR); Gwanghui Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Minwoo Lee, Suwon-si (KR); and Woojun Jung, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Mar. 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/122,372.
Application 18/122,372 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2021/012736, filed on Sep. 16, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0152849 (KR), filed on Nov. 16, 2020; and application No. 10-2021-0001361 (KR), filed on Jan. 6, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0222959 A1, Jul. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. G09G 3/20 (2006.01); G09G 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC G09G 3/2096 (2013.01) [G09G 3/035 (2020.08); G09G 2320/0686 (2013.01); G09G 2320/08 (2013.01); G09G 2340/0407 (2013.01); G09G 2354/00 (2013.01); G09G 2356/00 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a flexible display comprising a display area including a main display area and at least one expandable display area expandable from the main display area; and
at least one processor, comprising processing circuitry, operatively connected to the display,
wherein the at least one processor, individually and/or collectively, is configured to:
control the display to display a first content in the main display area having a first size while the electronic device is in a slide-in state;
based on first touch input information of the display area being received, obtain a snapshot by capturing the first content displayed in the main display and slide the display out to expand the flexible display to a second size;
display a second content in an entire display area including the main display area and viewable area of the expandable display area while the state of the electronic device is being switched into a slide-out state, the second content including the snapshot expanded to a size corresponding to the entire display area; and
based on the switching of the state of the electronic device into the slide-out state being completed, terminate the displaying of the second content and display the first content on at least a part of the flexible display.