US 12,326,991 B2
Electronic device and method for detecting attachment of external accessory for displaying user interface in electronic device
Hoyoung Seoc, Suwon-si (KR); Iksang Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Jungwon Lee, Suwon-si (KR); and Junghun Lee, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Mar. 7, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/598,597.
Application 18/598,597 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/016251, filed on Oct. 24, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0142397 (KR), filed on Oct. 25, 2021; and application No. 10-2022-0012746 (KR), filed on Jan. 27, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0211060 A1, Jun. 27, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 3/039 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G06F 3/046 (2006.01); G06F 3/04886 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 3/0393 (2019.05) [G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 3/046 (2013.01); G06F 3/04886 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04803 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a first housing;
a second housing;
a hinge configured to foldably connect one side of the first housing to one side of the second housing;
a display including a first display area disposed in the first housing and a second display area disposed in the second housing;
one or more processors; and
memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the electronic device to:
in case that attachment of an external accessory for displaying a user interface is detected in the second display area, display a user interface corresponding to a type of the external accessory in an area of the second display area to which the external accessory is attached.