Electronic device including flexible display for screen recording, and method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12513237-B2
Application number	US-202218090312-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 28, 2022
Priority date	Jan 4, 2022
Publication date	Dec 30, 2025
Grant date	Dec 30, 2025

Abstract

The disclosure relates to an electronic device including a flexible display for screen recording, and a method thereof. The electronic device may include: a memory, a display module including a flexible display, and at least one processor electrically coupled to the memory and the display module. The at least one processor may be configured to: record a screen of the display displayed in an visible area of the display in a reference screen size, based on a screen size of the visible area being changed by extension or contraction of the display during the recording, control the display module to display an object to which a visual effect related to at least one content displayed on the screen is applied, in part of the visible area corresponding to the changed size, and in response to completion of the extension or contraction of the visible area of the display during the recording, control the display module to display an extended or contracted screen in an extended visible area or a contracted visible area.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An electronic device comprising:
a housing including a first housing part and a second housing part configured to movably engage with the first housing part between a retracted position and an extended position; display circuitry including a flexible display coupled to the first housing part and the second housing part such that a size of a visible area of the flexible display that is visible from a front side of the housing changes as the second housing part is moved between the retracted position and the extended position; an actuator configured to move the second housing part with respect to the first housing part; memory storing instructions; and at least one processor including processing circuitry, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to: record, in a reference screen size, a screen including at least one content displayed in the visible area of the flexible display, wherein the reference screen size corresponds to a screen size of a maximum visible area of a screen as the second housing part is moved to the extended position, and a recorded image of the screen includes the at least one content and a dummy area based on a screen size of the visible area being different from the reference screen size; based on identifying that the screen size of the visible area is changed by extension or contraction of the visible area of the flexible display during the recording, control the display circuitry to display a changed screen including the at least one content in a changed visible area and record, in the reference screen size, the changed screen displayed in the changed screen, wherein a recorded image of the changed screen includes the at least one content and the dummy area based on the screen size of the visible area being differing from the reference screen size; in response to completion of the extension or contraction of the visible area of the flexible display during the recording of the changed screen, control the display circuitry to display an extended or contracted screen in an extended visible area or a contracted visible area, and record the extended or contracted screen in the reference screen size, wherein a recorded image of the contracted screen includes the at least one content and the dummy area; and in response to identifying that the recording has finished, store a final recorded image including images recorded from a recording start time to a recoding end time in the memory.

2 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to: based on absence of a change in the screen size based on the extension or contraction of the visible area of the flexible display from the recording start time to the recording end time, store a recorded image recorded from the recording start time to the recording end time in an output size corresponding to the screen size of the visible area.

3 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to: based on identifying that the screen size of the visible area is changed by extension or contraction of the visible area of the flexible display during the recording, control the display circuitry to display the changed screen including an object to which a visual effect related to at least one content displayed on the screen is applied, in part of the visible area corresponding to the changed size.

4 . The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to:
based on the visible area of the flexible display being extended during the screen recording, control the display circuitry to extend the screen in response to the extension of the visible area, and control the display circuitry to display the object to which the visual effect is applied in the part of the visible area, while making the object larger in response to the extension of the visible area, wherein the extended screen includes a first screen including the at least one content or a second screen including the first screen and another content.

5 . The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to
based on the visible area of the flexible display being contracted during the screen recording, control the display circuitry to contract the screen in response to the contraction of the visible area, and control the display circuitry to display the object to which the visual effect is applied in the part of the visible area, while making the object smaller in response to the contraction of the visible area.

6 . The electronic device of claim 3 , further comprising a sensor circuitry including at least one sensor electrically coupled to the at least one processor,
wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to: based on the sensor circuitry detecting that a size of the visible area is equal to the reference screen size during the screen recording, obtain a first partial recorded image of the screen displayed in the visible area, based on the sensor circuitry detecting that the size of the visible area is less than the reference screen size during the screen recording, identify contraction of the visible area based on a first direction, and generate the object to which the visual effect is applied, based on at least one content included in the screen, obtain a second partial recorded image of the contracted screen and the object to which the visual effect is applied, and upon completion of the screen recording, store a final recorded image including the first partial recorded image and the second partial recorded image in the memory.

7 . The electronic device of claim 3 , further comprising a sensor module including at least one sensor electrically coupled to the at least one processor,
wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to: based on a sensor circuitry detecting that a size of the visible area is equal to or greater than a size of a first screen and less than the reference screen size during the screen recording, identify extension of the visible area based on a second direction, generate an object to which a visual effect related to at least one content included in the screen is applied, and obtain a third recorded image of the extended screen and the object to which the visual effect is applied in the extended visible area, based on the sensor circuitry detecting that the size of the visible area is equal to or greater than the reference screen size during the screen recording, obtain a fourth recoded image of the extended screen displayed in the extended visible area, and upon completion of the screen recording, store a final recorded image including the third recorded image and the fourth recorded image in the memory.

8 . The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to: based on the contraction of the visible area of the flexible display is completed during the recording, store a final recorded image by synthesizing the object to which the visual effect is applied in a dummy area in a recorded image of a screen displayed in the contracted visible area, in the memory, and
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Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ahn Chansu
• Kim Sooryuh
• Kim Joonhwan
• Nam Seungwook
• Ban Soryang
• Yoon Seoyoung
• Lee Minkyung
• Lee Jaemyoung
• Lee Nayoon
• Kim Seungjin
• Oh Younghak
• Lee Gwanghui
• Lee Kimyung

Classifications

• H04M1/0268

  including a flexible display panel · CPC title

• H04M2201/38

  Displays · CPC title

• H04M2201/42

  Graphical user interfaces · CPC title

• H04M1/0235 Primary

  Slidable or telescopic telephones, i.e. with a relative translation movement of the body parts; Telephones using a combination of translation and other relative motions of the body parts · CPC title

• H04N23/00

  Cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensors; Control thereof · CPC title