US 11,853,546 B2
Electronic device for controlling input mode according to folding angle, and method therefor
Gijae Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Jebin Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Sunggu Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Jiyoung Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Daehee Cho, Suwon-si (KR); Hoon Choi, Suwon-si (KR); Bumryong Hong, Suwon-si (KR); Pilwon Seo, Suwon-si (KR); and Jiwoo Lee, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Feb. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/163,943.
Application 18/163,943 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2021/010045, filed on Aug. 2, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0097053 (KR), filed on Aug. 3, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0185449 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/04886 (2022.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/04886 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1618 (2013.01); G06F 1/1643 (2013.01); G06F 1/1683 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a display;
at least one motion sensor configured to detect motion of the electronic device;
a coupling device coupled to an external device to be rotatable with respect to the electronic device;
a connector connected to the external device to transmit a signal to the external device or receive a signal from the external device as the electronic device is coupled to the external device; and
at least one processor operatively connected to the display, the at least one motion sensor, and the connector,
wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
obtain first motion data on motion of the electronic device through the at least one motion sensor;
obtain second motion data on motion of the external device through the connector;
determine a folding angle between the electronic device and the external device based on the first motion data and the second motion data; and
determine an input mode for setting whether to display a user interface on the display and/or whether to block an input signal received through the connector based on the determined folding angle.