US 12,118,908 B2
Electronic device and method for controlling display of same
Chaehoon Lim, Suwon-si (KR); Kyoungup Kim, Suwon-si (KR); and Hyungu Park, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Jul. 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/347,183.
Application 18/347,183 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2023/009335, filed on Jul. 3, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0081398 (KR), filed on Jul. 1, 2022; and application No. 10-2022-0098141 (KR), filed on Aug. 5, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0005828 A1, Jan. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. G09G 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC G09G 3/035 (2020.08) [G09G 2320/0626 (2013.01); G09G 2320/0666 (2013.01); G09G 2320/0673 (2013.01); G09G 2320/0686 (2013.01); G09G 2330/021 (2013.01); G09G 2340/0407 (2013.01); G09G 2340/0435 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a flexible display;
a foldable housing configured to be movable between a flat state, a partially folded state, and a fully folded state, the foldable housing comprising:
a first housing configured to support a first area of the flexible display, and
a second housing configured to support a second area of the flexible display;
a first display driving circuit configured to control the first area of the flexible display;
a second display driving circuit configured to control the second area of the flexible display;
memory storing one or more computer programs; and
one or more processors communicatively coupled to the flexible display, the first display driving circuit, the second display driving circuit, and the memory,
wherein the one or more computer programs include computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the electronic device to:
while the foldable housing is in the flat state, display a first execution screen on the first area and the second area of the flexible display, the first execution screen corresponding to a first application,
while displaying the first execution screen on the first area and the second area of the flexible display, identify that the foldable housing changes from the flat state to the partially folded state,
based at least on the foldable housing changing from the flat state to the partially folded state while displaying the first execution screen on the first area and the second area, display a second execution screen on the first area and the second area of the flexible display, the second execution screen corresponding to the first application and being different from the first execution screen, and
while displaying the second execution screen on the first area and the second area in the partially folded state, control the first display driving circuit and the second display driving circuit such that a first one of the first area or the second area of the flexible display, which is facing a ground, consumes a first amount of electrical power less than a second amount of electrical power consumed by a second one of the first area or the second area of the flexible display different from the first one.