US 12,032,822 B2
Portable device comprising a touch-screen display, and method for controlling same
Joon-Kyu Seo, Seongnam-si (KR); Kyung-A Kang, Seoul (KR); Ji-Yeon Kwak, Seoul (KR); Hyun-Jin Kim, Seoul (KR); Hyun-Jung Song, Seoul (KR); Sung-Sik Yoo, Yongin-si (KR); Ju-Youn Lee, Seongnam-si (KR); Dong-Seok Ryu, Seoul (KR); and Min-Kyu Park, Seongnam-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Apr. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/308,859.
Application 18/308,859 is a continuation of application No. 17/579,276, filed on Jan. 19, 2022, granted, now 11,640,238.
Application 17/579,276 is a continuation of application No. 17/107,353, filed on Nov. 30, 2020, granted, now 11,237,723, issued on Feb. 1, 2022.
Application 17/107,353 is a continuation of application No. 16/834,705, filed on Mar. 30, 2020, granted, now 10,852,942, issued on Dec. 1, 2020.
Application 16/834,705 is a continuation of application No. 16/741,377, filed on Jan. 13, 2020, granted, now 10,642,485, issued on May 5, 2020.
Application 16/741,377 is a continuation of application No. 16/414,476, filed on May 16, 2019, granted, now 10,534,531, issued on Jan. 14, 2020.
Application 16/414,476 is a continuation of application No. 15/344,665, filed on Nov. 7, 2016, granted, now 10,459,625, issued on Oct. 29, 2019.
Application 15/344,665 is a continuation of application No. 14/790,496, filed on Jul. 2, 2015, granted, now 9,489,079, issued on Nov. 8, 2016.
Application 14/790,496 is a continuation of application No. 13/984,805, granted, now 9,489,078, issued on Nov. 8, 2016, previously published as PCT/KR2012/000888, filed on Feb. 7, 2012.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/441,491, filed on Feb. 10, 2011.
Prior Publication US 2023/0266876 A1, Aug. 24, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/04817 (2022.01); G06F 3/0484 (2022.01); G06F 3/04842 (2022.01); G06F 3/04845 (2022.01); G06F 3/04847 (2022.01); G06F 3/0485 (2022.01); G06F 3/0486 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01); G06F 3/04883 (2022.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01); G09G 5/14 (2006.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01); H04M 1/724 (2021.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04886 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 3/04883 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1616 (2013.01); G06F 1/1641 (2013.01); G06F 1/1643 (2013.01); G06F 1/1647 (2013.01); G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2013.01); G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G06F 3/04817 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06F 3/04845 (2013.01); G06F 3/04847 (2013.01); G06F 3/0485 (2013.01); G06F 3/0486 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/1431 (2013.01); G06F 3/1438 (2013.01); G09G 5/14 (2013.01); H04M 1/0214 (2013.01); H04M 1/0241 (2013.01); H04M 1/724 (2021.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04886 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04102 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04806 (2013.01); G09G 2380/14 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A portable device comprising:
a flexible display;
a hinge about which the flexible display is unfolded and folded into a first area of the flexible display and a second area of the flexible display; and
at least one processor configured to:
control the flexible display to display first information on the first area of the flexible display and control the flexible display not to display information on the second area of the flexible display in a folded configuration about the hinge in which the first area of the flexible display corresponds to a first side of the portable device and the second area of the flexible display corresponds to a second side of the portable device that opposes the first side,
based on unfolding the flexible display from the folded configuration to an unfolded configuration in which the first area of the flexible display and the second area of the flexible display corresponds to the first side of the portable device, control the flexible display to display the first information on the first area of the flexible display and control the flexible display not to display information on the second area of the flexible display, and
control the flexible display to display information corresponding to the first information on the first area of the flexible display and the second area of the flexible display in the unfolded configuration.