US 12,073,751 B2
Electronic device capable of folding and sliding operations
Gyeongtae Park, Suwon-si (KR); Sungho Ahn, Suwon-si (KR); Youngseong Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Sungmin Hong, Suwon-si (KR); Jooyoung Kang, Suwon-si (KR); Yangwook Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Seungjoon Lee, Suwon-si (KR); and Hyunju Hong, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Dec. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/077,441.
Application 18/077,441 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2021/007292, filed on Jun. 10, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0070411 (KR), filed on Jun. 10, 2020; and application No. 10-2021-0059953 (KR), filed on May 10, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0095528 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. G09G 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01); G06F 3/04886 (2022.01); G09F 9/30 (2006.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC G09G 3/035 (2020.08) [G06F 1/1624 (2013.01); G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); G06F 1/1616 (2013.01); G06F 1/1681 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/04886 (2013.01); G09F 9/301 (2013.01); G09G 2354/00 (2013.01); H04M 1/0216 (2013.01); H04M 1/0237 (2013.01); H04M 1/0268 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a base structure;
a sliding structure configured to at least partially overlap the base structure and coupled to the base structure so as to be slidable in a first direction;
a folding structure coupled to the sliding structure so as to be at least one of slidable in the first direction or rotatable about a rotational axis, the rotational axis being parallel to a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction;
a hinge connected to the sliding structure and the folding structure, wherein the folding structure is configured to rotate about the rotational axis by the hinge;
a display disposed on the sliding structure and the folding structure, at least a portion of the display being disposed inside the base structure;
at least one sensor;
memory storing instructions; and
at least one processor,
wherein the electronic device includes:
a default state,
an extended state in which a display region on which content is displayed is extended by sliding of the hinge, the sliding structures, and the folding structure in the first direction with respect to the base structure in which the rotational axis is slid across the base structure, and
a folded state in which a first region, disposed on the folding structure, of the display region and a second region, disposed on the sliding structure, of the display region are folded or bent with respect to each other by the hinge, and
wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
determine a state of the electronic device, based on a value obtained from the at least one sensor,
display first content on the display region in the extended state, and
display second content on the first region and third content different from the second content on the second region in the folded state.