US 12,131,676 B2
Electronic device including preview images for background screen for flexible display and control method thereof
Gyeongtae Park, Suwon-si (KR); Jooyoung Kang, Suwon-si (KR); Youngseong Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Yangsoo Choi, Suwon-si (KR); Sungmin Hong, Suwon-si (KR); and Changryong Heo, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Mar. 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/181,262.
Application 18/181,262 is a continuation of application No. 17/519,070, filed on Nov. 4, 2021, granted, now 11,636,791.
Application 17/519,070 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2021/013404, filed on Sep. 29, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0148048 (KR), filed on Nov. 6, 2020; and application No. 10-2021-0008252 (KR), filed on Jan. 20, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0215312 A1, Jul. 6, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G09G 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC G09G 3/035 (2020.08) [G09G 2340/045 (2013.01); G09G 2354/00 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a housing including slidable structures;
a display disposed at the housing;
at least one processor operatively connected to the display; and
a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the electronic device to:
display at least one preview image including a first area indicating a background screen to be displayed corresponding to current state of the electronic device, wherein the state of the electronic device is changed between a first state where the electronic device is retracted and a second state where the electronic device is extended,
based on changing the state of the electronic device from the first state to the second state, extend the first area gradually,
specify the at least one preview image as an image for the background screen, and
display a portion of the at least on preview image indicated by the first area as the background screen based on the state of the electronic device.