Electronic device and method for operating same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11910142-B2
Application number	US-202217703635-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 24, 2022
Priority date	Mar 24, 2020
Publication date	Feb 20, 2024
Grant date	Feb 20, 2024

Abstract

An electronic device and an operating method of the electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes an audio outputter; a rollable display; a communicator configured to receive a tagging input from an external device, when the electronic device is in a low-power mode state, and obtain information about content to be received from the external device according to the tagging input; and a processor configured to control output of the content received from the external device when the processor is woken up by the communicator, wherein the processor is further configured to determine, based on the information about the content, a content output mode indicating a degree to which the rollable display is to be withdrawn, and control at least one of the rollable display or the audio outputter to output the content received from the external device, according to the content output mode.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electronic device comprising:
an audio outputter;
a rollable display;
a communicator configured to:
receive a tagging input from an external device, when the electronic device is in a low-power mode state, and
obtain information about content to be received from the external device according to the tagging input; and

a processor configured to control output of the content received from the external device when the processor is woken up by the communicator, wherein the processor is further configured to:
determine, based on the information about the content, a content output mode indicating a degree to which the rollable display is to be withdrawn, and
control at least one of the rollable display or the audio outputter to output the content received from the external device, according to the content output mode.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the information about the content includes at least one of content identification information or identification information of an application used to execute the content, and
the processor is further configured to determine the content output mode based on the at least one of the content identification information or the identification information of the application.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
identify, based on the information about the content, a type of the content as one of audio content, audio content including audio information, or audio/video content, and
determine the content output mode based on the identified type of the content.

4. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
based on the identified type of the content being the audio content, determine the content output mode as a closed mode in which the audio content is output without controlling the rollable display to be withdrawn, and
based on determining the content output mode as the closed mode, control the audio outputter to output the audio content received from the external device without controlling the rollable display to be withdrawn.

5. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
based on the identified type of the content being the audio content including the audio information, determine the content output mode as a partial withdrawal mode in which the audio content is output in a state in which the rollable display is partially withdrawn, and
based on determining the content output mode as the partial withdrawal mode:
control the rollable display to be partially withdrawn,
control the rollable display to output the audio information on the partially withdrawn rollable display, and
control the audio outputter to output the received audio content.

6. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
based on the identified type of the content being the audio/video content, determine the content output mode as a full withdrawal mode in which the audio/video content is output in a state in which the rollable display is fully withdrawn, and
based on determining of the content output mode as the full withdrawal mode:
control the rollable display to be fully withdrawn and output video content among the audio/video content received from the external device, and
control the audio outputter to output the audio content among the audio/video content.

7. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the processor is further configured to control the rollable display so that a first aspect ratio of the withdrawn rollable display corresponds to a second aspect ratio of the video content.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the communicator is further configured to:
based on receiving the tagging input, wake up the processor, and
provide, to the processor that is woken up, a boot reason including the information about the content.

9. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the communicator is further configured to receive the tagging input from the external device through at least one of a near field communication (NFC) communication module or a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) communication module.

10. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the communicator comprises a near field communication (NFC) communication module configured to:
obtain, through the tagging input received from the external device, identification information of the external device and the information about the content to be received from the external device,
wake up the processor according to the tagging input, and
provide, to the processor that is woken up, the identification information of the external device and the information about the content.

11. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the communicator comprises a plurality of near field communication (NFC) communication modules,
an NFC communication module, among the plurality of NFC communication modules, that has received the tagging input from the external device, is configured to:
obtain, through the tagging input received from the external device, identification information of the external device and the information about the content to be received from the external device, and
wake up the processor according to the tagging input, and provide, to the processor that is woken up, the identification information of the external device and the information about the content, and

the processor is further configured to identify a type of the content to be received from the external device by identifying the NFC communication module, among the plurality of NFC communication modules, that has woken up the processor.

12. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the communicator comprises a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) communication module is configured to:
receive the tagging input based on a signal strength of a signal received from the external device,
obtain, through the tagging input, identification information of the external device and the information about the content to be received from the external device,
wake up the processor according to the tagging input, and
provide, to the processor that is woken up, the identification information of the external device and the information about the content.

13. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the communicator comprises a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) communication module is configured to:
receive the tagging input based on an acceleration sensor value of the external device,
obtain, through the tagging input, identification information of the external device and the information about the content to be received from the external device,
wake up the processor according to the tagging input, and
provide, to the processor that is woken up, the identification information of the external device and the information about the content.

14. The external device of claim 3 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
based on the identified type of the content being the audio content, control the communicator to receive the audio content through Bluetooth communication, and
based on the identified type of the content being the audio/video content, control the communicator to receive the audio/video content through Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) communication.

15. A method of operating an electronic device comprising a rollable display, an audio outputter, a communicator, and a processor, the method comprising:
receiving, by the communicator, a tagging input from an external device, in a low-power mode state of the electronic device;
obtaining information a

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ju Soyoung
• Choi Kilsoo
• Kim Sehyun
• Yang Kwansik
• Lee Jongin

Classifications

• H04R1/028 Primary

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