Electronic device and method for displaying screen thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12549663-B2
Application number	US-202218080121-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 13, 2022
Priority date	Feb 8, 2022
Publication date	Feb 10, 2026
Grant date	Feb 10, 2026

Abstract

An electronic device may include a sensor; a display; and a processor operatively connected to the sensor and the display, wherein the processor may be configured to determine the feature of a context included in a user interface (UI) component on the basis of an analysis result of the UI component, determine a display direction of the contents displayed on the display on the basis of the feature of the context and the posture of the electronic device, identify a rotation angle of the electronic device through a sensor in accordance with a change in the posture of the electronic device in a state that the contents are displayed on the display, and change the display direction of the contents on the basis of identifying that the rotation angle is equal to or greater than a first value. The first value may be configured differently in accordance with the feature of the context.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . An electronic device comprising:
a sensor; a display; and at least one processor, comprising processor circuitry, that is operatively connected to the sensor and the display, wherein the at least one processor is configured, individually and/or collectively, to: determine a feature of a context included in a user interface (UI) component based on an analysis result of the UI component, wherein the analysis result is obtained by analyzing a layout of the UI component to determine whether contents displayed on the display comprise at least one of a text, an image or a video, determine a display direction of the contents displayed on the display based on the feature of the context and a posture of the electronic device, identify, via at least the sensor, a rotation angle of the electronic device based on a posture change of the electronic device in a state that the contents are displayed on the display, and change the display direction of the contents based on identifying that the rotation angle is equal to or greater than a first value, wherein the first value is configured differently based on the feature of the context.

2 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is configured, individually and/or collectively, to determine the feature of the context based on a package name of the context and the package name is determined during development of an application including the context.

3 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is configured, individually and/or collectively, to determine that the contents displayed on the display have horizontal usability in which the contents displayed on the display are mainly displayed in a horizontal direction based on at least one component of the electronic device.

4 . The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the at least one component of the electronic device includes at least one of a codec, a camera, a navigation device, a GPS, and an inertial sensor.

5 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is configured, individually and/or collectively, to determine the feature of the context based on a refresh rate of the display.

6 . The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein the at least one processor is configured, individually and/or collectively to determine that the contents displayed on the display have horizontal usability in which the contents displayed on the display are displayed in a horizontal direction in response to the refresh rate of the display exceeding a preset first level.

7 . The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein the at least one processor is configured, individually and/or collectively, to determine that the contents displayed on the display have vertical usability in which the contents displayed on the display are mainly displayed in a vertical direction in response to identifying that the refresh rate of the display is less than a preset first level.

8 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is configured, individually and/or collectively,
to control automatic rotation of displayed content to occur at a low frequency at least by configuring the first value as a high value in a case that the contents displayed on the display are horizontally displayed compared with a case where the contents displayed on the display are vertically displayed in response to determining that the contents displayed on the display have horizontal usability by being displayed in a horizontal direction, and to controls the automatic rotation of the displayed content to occur at a frequency higher than the low frequency by configuring the first value as a value lower than the high value in the case that the contents displayed on the display are vertically displayed compared with the case where the contents displayed on the display are horizontally displayed.

9 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is configured, individually and/or collectively,
to control the automatic rotation of the displayed content to occur at a relatively low frequency by configuring the first value as a high value in a case that the contents displayed on the display are vertically displayed compared with a case where the contents displayed on the display are horizontally displayed in response to determining that the contents displayed on the display have vertical usability by being mainly displayed in the vertical direction, and to control the automatic rotation of the displayed content to occur at a frequency higher than the low frequency by configuring the first value to be a value lower than the high value in the case that the contents displayed on the display are horizontally displayed compared with the case where the contents displayed on the display are vertically displayed.

10 . An electronic device comprising:
a hinge module comprising a hinge; a first housing connected to the hinge module and includes a first surface, a second surface facing a direction opposite to the first surface, and a first side surface at least partially surrounding a first space between at least the first surface and the second surface; a second housing connected to the hinge module so that folding is possible with respect to the first housing, and wherein the second housing includes, in an unfolded state, a third surface facing the same direction as the first surface, a fourth surface facing the opposite direction to the third surface, and a second side surface at least partially surrounding a space between at least the third surface and the fourth surface; a first display disposed from at least a portion of the first surface to at least a portion of the third surface; a second display viewable through at least a portion of the fourth surface in a second space; a first sensor that is disposed in at least a portion of the first space and is configured to collect sensor data with respect to movement of the first housing; a second sensor that is disposed in at least a portion of the second space and is configured to collect sensor data with respect to movement of the second housing; and at least one processor, comprising processor circuitry, that is operatively connected to the first display, the second display, the first sensor, and the second sensor, wherein the at least one processor is configured, individually and/or collectively, to: determine a feature of a context included in a user interface (UI) component based on an analysis result of the UI component, wherein the analysis result is obtained by analyzing a layout of the UI component to determine whether contents displayed on the display comprise at least one of a text, an image or a video, determine a display direction of the contents displayed on a display based on the feature of the context and a posture of the electronic device, identify a rotation angle of the electronic device based on a posture change of the electronic device through at least one of the first sensor or the second sensor in a state that the contents are displayed in at least one of the first display or the second display, and change the display direction of the contents based on identifying that the rotation angle is equal to or greater than a first value, wherein the first value is configured differently based on the feature of the context.

11 . The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the at least one processor is configured, individually and/or collectively, to determine the feature of the context based on a package name on the context and the package name determined during development of an application including the context.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Jin Seoyoung
• Kim Jinik
• Park Namjoon
• Kang Jeonggwan
• Choi Heejun

Classifications

• H04M1/0216

  Foldable in one direction, i.e. using a one degree of freedom hinge · CPC title

• H04M2201/38

  Displays · CPC title

• H04M2201/42

  Graphical user interfaces · CPC title

• G06F9/451

  Execution arrangements for user interfaces · CPC title

• G06F3/14

  Digital output to display device {; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units} · CPC title