Electronic device and method for controlling screen displayed in flexible display which is rollable

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11106358-B2
Application number	US-202016744629-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 16, 2020
Priority date	Jan 16, 2019
Publication date	Aug 31, 2021
Grant date	Aug 31, 2021

Abstract

Methods and electronic devices are provided. A first user interface (UI) having a size of a first portion of the flexible display, is displayed within the first portion. A user input associated with a first point and a second point, both in the first portion, is identified while displaying the first UI within the first portion. The first point is different from the second point. A second UI, based at least in part on the first UI, is displayed within a second portion of the flexible display, in response to identifying the user input. The second portion is distinct from the first portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device comprising:
a rollable display;
at least one sensor;
a memory; and
a processor operatively coupled with the rollable display, the at least one sensor, and the memory,
wherein the memory includes a plurality of instructions, and the plurality of instructions allow the processor to:
display a first user interface (UI) within a first portion of the rollable display;
obtain, vie the at least one sensor, an input for unrolling the rollable display,
in response to the input, unroll the rollable display, wherein an unrolled area of the rollable display, formed by the input for unrolling the rollable display, corresponds to a second portion of the rollable display and the unrolled area is expanded from the first portion,
identify a user input including a first input and a second input while displaying the first UI within the first portion, wherein the first input is located on a first point in the first portion and the second input is moved from a second point to a third point in the second portion while the first input remains at the first point; and
in response to determining that the first point overlaps a visual element displayed in the first UI, display a second UI, based on information on the visual element displayed in the first UI, within the second portion of the rollable display,
in response to determining that the first point does not overlap the visual element displayed in the first UI, display the first UI in an area including the first portion and the second portion of the rollable display.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of instructions further allow the processor to:
display the first UI based on a first axis in the rollable display, wherein the first axis is opposite to a second axis around which a third portion of the rollable display is wound, wherein the third portion is distinct from the first portion; and
maintain the display of the first UI including the first axis and having a size of the first portion, while the rollable display is unrolled by a user of the electronic device.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of instructions further allow the processor to:
identify the user input, which includes a touch gesture at the first point and a drag gesture starting at the second point and ending at a third point distinct from the first point and the second point, while maintaining the touch gesture at the first point; and
identify the second UI having a size of the second portion, in response to identifying that the third point is within the second portion or is included in a designated portion including a boundary between the first portion and the second portion.

4. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the plurality of instructions further allow the processor to:
identify a visual element displayed in the first point in the first UI displayed in the first portion, in response to identifying the third point; and
display the second UI including information associated with the visual element in the second portion, based at least in part on an application associated with the first UI, in response to identifying the visual element.

5. The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein the plurality of instructions further allow the processor to:
display first data associated with the visual element in the second UI, in response to identifying that the second portion is smaller than a designated size; and
display the first data in the second UI and second data associated with the visual element, in response to identifying that the second portion is greater than or equal to the designated size, wherein displaying the second data is prohibited when the second portion is smaller than the designated size.

6. The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein the plurality of instructions further allow the processor to display the first UI adjusted by the user input to an entirety of the first portion and the second portion, in response to identifying that the visual element displayed at the first point corresponds to a background of the first UI.

7. The electronic device of claim 3 ,
wherein the rollable display includes a second sensor disposed in the rollable display and that acquires information associated with a fingerprint of a finger that touches the rollable display, and
wherein the plurality of instructions further allow the processor to:
acquire information associated with the fingerprint by using the second sensor, in response to identifying that the user input includes a touch gesture for touching the first point at least partially overlapping with a visual element, while displaying the first UI including the visual element for executing a function associated with the fingerprint; and
display the second UI in the second portion based at least in part on information associated with the fingerprint, in response to acquiring the information associated with the fingerprint.

8. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the plurality of instructions further allow the processor to display a third UI associated with a second user input to an entirety of the first portion and the second portion, in response to identifying the second user input for selecting a visual element in the first UI.

9. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of instructions further allow the processor to:
identify the user input, which includes a touch gesture for touching the first point for at least a designated time and a drag gesture starting at the first point and ending at the second point; and
display the second UI having a size of the second portion, in response to identifying a third point of the user input included in a designated portion including a boundary between the first portion and the second portion.

10. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of instructions further allow the processor to stop displaying the second UI in the second portion, while displaying the first UI and the second UI in the first portion and the second portion, respectively, in response to identifying a third user input including a drag gesture starting in the second portion and ending in the first portion.

11. A method of an electronic device, the method comprising:
displaying, on a rollable display, a first user interface (UI) within a first portion of the rollable display;
obtaining, vie at least one sensor, an input for unrolling the rollable display,
in response to the input, unrolling the rollable display, wherein an unrolled area of the rollable display, formed by the input for unrolling the rollable display, corresponds to a second portion of the rollable display and the unrolled area is expanded from the first portion;
identifying a user input including a first input and a second input while displaying the first UI within the first portion, wherein the first input is located on a first point in the first portion and the second input is moved from a second point to a third point in the second portion while the first input remains at the first point; and
in response to determining that the first point overlaps a visual element displayed in the first UI, displaying a second UI based on information on the visual element displayed in the first UI, within the second portion of the rollable display,
in response to determining that the first point does not overlap the visual element displayed in the first UI, display the first UI in an area including the first portion and the second portion of the rollable display.

12. The method of claim 11 ,
wherein displaying the first UI includes displaying the first UI based on a first axis in the rollable displ

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yoon Yeojun
• Kwak Jiyeon
• Rho Jaeyeon
• Kim Donghun

Classifications

• G06V40/12

  Fingerprints or palmprints · CPC title

• G06V40/1365

  Matching; Classification · CPC title

• G09F9/301 Primary

  flexible foldable or roll-able electronic displays, e.g. thin LCD, OLED · CPC title

• G06F3/0481 Primary

  based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance · CPC title

• G06F2203/04102

  Flexible digitiser, i.e. constructional details for allowing the whole digitising part of a device to be flexed or rolled like a sheet of paper · CPC title