US 12,079,044 B2
Electronic device having flexible display and method for providing control panel according to mode change thereof
Hyeonseung Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Iseul Song, Suwon-si (KR); Zion Kwon, Suwon-si (KR); Seoyoung Son, Suwon-si (KR); Jaein Yoo, Suwon-si (KR); and Seungchan Lee, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Feb. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/672,064.
Application 17/672,064 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/000471, filed on Jan. 11, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0003222 (KR), filed on Jan. 11, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0221910 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/03 (2006.01); G06F 3/048 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 1/1677 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); G06F 3/03 (2013.01); G06F 3/048 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a flexible display;
at least one processor; and
memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor individually and/or collectively, cause the electronic device to:
display a first execution screen of a first application as a full screen of the flexible display,
enter a designated mode when the electronic device switches from an unfolded state to a predetermined angle folded state while displaying the first execution screen of the first application as the full screen,
based on the entering the designated mode,
control the flexible display to display the first execution screen of the first application on the first display region and a second execution screen of a second application on the second display region,
provide a first control panel related to the first application on the first display region and a second control panel related to the second application on the second display region,
detect at least one of a first input via the first control panel or a second input via the second control panel,
control, in response to detecting the first input via the first control panel, a function related to the first application based on the first input, and
control, in response to detecting the second input via the second control panel, a function related to the second application based on the second input,
wherein when the electronic device is in the predetermined angle folded state, the first display region faces a first direction and the second display region faces a second direction different from the first direction.