Electronic apparatus for displaying content associated with application and control method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11257401-B2
Application number	US-202016796777-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 20, 2020
Priority date	Dec 31, 2019
Publication date	Feb 22, 2022
Grant date	Feb 22, 2022

Abstract

Disclosed is an electronic apparatus including a flexible display of which at least a portion is located at a first surface of the electronic apparatus and a first-surface exposed display size is changed, and a controller configured to display, when a first input corresponding to a first icon is received, content corresponding to at least one application of an application set corresponding to the first icon on the display based on layout information and application set information of the application set in response to the first input.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:
a flexible display of which at least a portion is exposed at a first side of the electronic apparatus, an area of the exposed portion being changeable; and
a controller configured to;
cause the flexible display to display a first icon;
receive a first input corresponding to the first icon; and
cause the flexible display to display content corresponding to at least one application included in an application set corresponding to the first icon based on layout information and application set information of the application set in response to the first input;

wherein the controller is further configured to:
expand the display exposed on the first side based on the layout information; and
display content corresponding to at least one application of the application set in at least a portion of an area corresponding to the expanded display based on the layout information.

2. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
cause the flexible display to display content corresponding to a first application included in the application set based on the first input;
expand the area of the exposed portion in response to an additional input related to display expansion; and
cause the flexible display to display content corresponding to a second application included in the application set in at least a portion of the area corresponding to the expanded area of the exposed portion.

3. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to cause the flexible display to display content corresponding to a predetermined application of the application set in response to a second input corresponding to the first icon, the second input received following the first input.

4. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:
the application set includes a first application and a second application;
the first application is determined based on a second input corresponding to a second icon related to the first application; and
the second application is determined based on a third input corresponding to a user interface displayed to correspond to the second input.

5. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to cause the flexible display to:
display content corresponding to a predetermined first application included in the application set in a first area of the flexible display based on the layout information; and
display content corresponding to a second application selected from the application set based on at least one of an execution time related to the first application or a number of execution times related to the first application, in a second area of the flexible display based on the layout information.

6. The electronic apparatus of claim 5 , wherein:
the application set further includes a third application; and
the controller is further configured to cause the flexible display to display content corresponding to the third application in at least a portion of an area in which the content corresponding to the second application is displayed in response to a second input related to the second area.

7. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:
the layout information includes first layout information and second layout information; and
the controller is further configured to cause the flexible display to display the content corresponding to the at least one application of the application set based on one of the first layout information and the second layout information that corresponds to the received first input.

8. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:
the layout information includes information on a screen split based on an input to the flexible display; and
the input to the flexible display includes an input for setting a size of at least a portion of areas corresponding to the split screen.

9. The electronic apparatus of claim 8 , wherein:
the input to the flexible display further includes a drag input moving from a first point to a second point; and
a size of an area of the split screen is set based on a moving length of the drag input.

10. A method for controlling an electronic apparatus comprising a flexible display of which at least a portion is exposed at a first side of the electronic apparatus, wherein an area of the exposed portion is changeable, the method comprising:
receiving a first input corresponding to a first icon;
identifying layout information and application set information of an application set corresponding to the first icon based on the first input; and
displaying, on the flexible display, content corresponding to at least one application included in the application set corresponding to the first icon based on the layout information and application set information of the application set in response to the first input,
wherein the displaying comprises:
expanding the display exposed on the first side based on the layout information; and
displaying content corresponding to at least one application of the application set in at least a portion of an area corresponding to the expanded display based on the layout information.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:
displaying content corresponding to a first application included in the application set on the flexible display based on the first input;
expanding the area of the exposed portion in response to an additional input related to display expansion; and
displaying content corresponding to a second application included in the application set in at least a portion of the area corresponding to the expanded area of the exposed portion.

12. The control method of claim 10 , further comprising displaying content corresponding to a predetermined application of the application set on the flexible display in response to a second input corresponding to the first icon, the second input received following the first input.

13. The method of claim 10 , wherein:
the application set includes a first application and a second application;
the first application is determined based on a second input corresponding to a second icon related to the first application; and
the second application is determined based on a third input corresponding to a user interface displayed to correspond to the second input.

14. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:
displaying content corresponding to a predetermined first application included in the application set in a first area of the flexible display based on the layout information; and
displaying content corresponding to a second application selected from the application set based on at least one of an execution time related to the first application or a number of execution times related to the first application, in a second area of the flexible display based on the layout information.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein:
the application set further includes a third application; and
the method further comprises displaying content corresponding to the third application in at least a portion of an area in which the content corresponding to the second application is displayed in response to a second input related to the second area.

16. The method of claim 10 , wherein:
the layout information includes first layout information and second layout information and
the displaying the content comprises displaying, on the flexible display, the content corresponding to the at least one application of the application set based on one of the first layout information and the second layou

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Lee Juhye
• Ahn Shinhui
• Oh Euitaek
• Cho Sangyoung

Classifications

• G06F1/1652

  the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable · CPC title

• G09F9/301 Primary

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

• G09G2340/0464

  Positioning · CPC title

• G09G2340/14

  Solving problems related to the presentation of information to be displayed · CPC title

• G06F3/0481

  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