US 12,112,670 B2
Electronic device comprising flexible display, and method for controlling same
Hyunho Shin, Suwon-si (KR); Yongyoun Kim, Suwon-si (KR); and Jungchul An, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Jul. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/361,077.
Application 18/361,077 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/001449, filed on Jan. 27, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0013165 (KR), filed on Jan. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0368713 A1, Nov. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. G09G 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC G09G 3/035 (2020.08) [G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); G09G 2320/02 (2013.01); G09G 2320/0666 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a flexible display, and
at least one processor,
wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
identify a folding angle of the electronic device,
identify a displacement of a printed layer of the flexible display based on the identified folding angle,
generate a virtual dead space area substantially contacting a part of a boundary of the printed layer of the flexible display, based on the identified displacement, and
control to output at least a part of the generated virtual dead space area in a specified color on the flexible display.