US 12,008,936 B2
Electronic device and method for displaying user interface
Junhee Han, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Pilwon Seo, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Jiwoo Lee, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Inho Shin, Gyeonggi-do (KR); and Jiyoung Lim, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed on Nov. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/531,871.
Application 17/531,871 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2021/015908, filed on Nov. 4, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0150360 (KR), filed on Nov. 11, 2020; and application No. 10-2021-0001528 (KR), filed on Jan. 6, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0148477 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. G09G 3/00 (2006.01); H04B 5/72 (2024.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01); H05K 5/00 (2006.01); H05K 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC G09G 3/035 (2020.08) [H04B 5/72 (2024.01); H04W 64/00 (2013.01); H05K 5/0017 (2013.01); H05K 5/0217 (2013.01); G09G 2340/0464 (2013.01); G09G 2354/00 (2013.01); G09G 2370/04 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device, comprising:
a display including a first screen area that is maintained in exposure to an external environment, and an extended screen area that is exposed or stowed, according to a estate of the display of the electronic device;
communication circuitry configured to transceive a signal to or from an angle-of-arrival (AOA) antenna disposed within the extended screen area, and wherein a location of the AOA antenna changes in the electronic device changes when the state of the display of the electronic device changes;
a memory; and
a processor operatively coupled to the display, the AOA antenna, the communication circuitry, and the memory, wherein the memory stores instructions executable by the processor to cause the electronic device to:
determine a position of the electronic device relative to an external electronic device, using the AOA antenna,
execute a sharing operation with the external electronic device,
identify whether the display of the electronic device is disposed in a first state or a second state,
based on detecting that the display is disposed in the first state, perform a first positioning operation for the external electronic device, and
display a sharing interface according to the first positioning operation on the display.