Electronic device and method for displaying screen including visual object

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12597385-B2
Application number	US-202418443891-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 16, 2024
Priority date	Feb 22, 2023
Publication date	Apr 7, 2026
Grant date	Apr 7, 2026

Abstract

An electronic device includes memory storing instructions. The electronic device includes at least one processor comprising processing circuitry. The electronic device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels. The instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually and/or collectively, cause the electronic device to: display, through the display panel, a screen for a low-power state including at least one visual object; identify an event for displaying a visual object in the screen while displaying the screen; identify an on-pixel ratio (OPR) of the visual object in response to the event; and based on changing a first value representing an attribute of the visual object to a second value lower than the first value in response to the OPR being higher than a reference OPR, display, through the display panel, the screen including the visual object.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An electronic device comprising,
memory including one or more storage media storing instructions; at least one processor including processing circuitry; and a display including organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs), wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually and/or collectively, cause the electronic device to: display, through the display, a screen including a first visual object in a state of the display for a lower power consumption; and while displaying the screen including the first visual object in the state of the display:
identify an event for additionally displaying a second visual object in the screen that includes the first visual object,
in response to the event, identify an on-pixel ratio (OPR) of the second visual object to be additionally displayed in the screen that includes the first visual object,
based on the OPR of the second visual object being identified as lower than a reference OPR, display the screen including the first visual object having a first transparency and the second visual object having a second transparency, and
based on the OPR of the second visual object being identified as higher than the reference OPR:
maintain a transparency of the first visual object as the first transparency;
adjust a transparency of the second visual object to a third transparency lower than the second transparency; and
display the screen including the first visual object having the first transparency and the second visual object having the third transparency.

2 . The electronic device of claim 1 ,
wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually and/or collectively, cause the electronic device to: based on image data representing the second visual object obtained from a first software application for displaying a widget, adjust the transparency of the second visual object to the third transparency using a second software application setting a screen in the state of the display for the lower-power consumption.

3 . The electronic device of claim 2 ,
wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually and/or collectively, cause the electronic device to: identify the OPR based on at least a portion of the OLEDs to be used to display the second visual object.

4 . The electronic device of claim 2 ,
wherein the first visual object is obtained from a third software application related to a first party, wherein the second visual object is obtained from the first software application related a third party, and wherein each the first visual object and the second visual object is defined as a widget in the screen.

5 . The electronic device of claim 2 ,
wherein the second software application is a software application for changing a setting of a user interface including a setting of the screen.

6 . The electronic device of claim 2 ,
wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually and/or collectively, cause the electronic device to: display, through the display, a user interface of the second software application including a preview for the screen based on executing of the second software application, set the second visual object to be displayed in the screen based on at least one input with respect to an icon included in the user interface, and display, through the display, the user interface including an item corresponding to the second visual object in response to the setting.

7 . The electronic device of claim 6 ,
wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually and/or collectively, cause the electronic device to: adjust a size of the item based on at least one input with respect to the item, wherein the screen includes the second visual object having the adjusted size.

8 . The electronic device of claim 6 ,
wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually and/or collectively, cause the electronic device to: display another user interface for adjusting an attribute of the second visual object based on at least one input with respect to the item, and adjust the attribute of the second visual object based on at least one input with respect to the another user interface, wherein the attribute of the second visual object includes transparency of the second visual object.

9 . The electronic device of claim 1 ,
wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually and/or collectively, cause the electronic device to: identify another event for displaying a third visual object in the screen while the screen including the first visual object having the first transparency and the second visual object having the third transparency is displayed, in response to the another event, identify another OPR of the third visual object, and based on the another OPR of the third visual object being identified as lower than the reference OPR, display the screen including the first visual object having the first transparency, the second visual object having the third transparency, and the third visual object having a fourth transparency, and based on the another OPR of the third visual object being identified as higher than the reference OPR:
maintain the transparency of the first visual object as the first transparency;
maintain the transparency of the second visual object as the third transparency;
adjust a transparency of the third visual object to a fifth transparency lower than the fourth transparency; and
display the screen including the first visual object having the first transparency, the second visual object having the third transparency, and the third visual object having the fifth transparency,
wherein the fourth transparency is different from the third transparency.

10 . The electronic device of claim 1 ,
wherein the state of the display for the lower-power consumption is a state in which at least portion of the at least one processor is in a sleep state in at least portion of while displaying the screen.

11 . A method performed by an electronic device with a display including organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs), the method comprising:
displaying, through the display, a screen including a first visual object in a state of the display for a lower power consumption; and while displaying the screen including the first visual object in the state of the display:
identifying an event for additionally displaying a second visual object in the screen that includes the first visual object,
in response to the event, identifying an on-pixel ratio (OPR) of the second visual object to be additionally displayed in the screen that includes the first visual object,
based on the OPR of the second visual object being identified as lower than a reference OPR, displaying the screen including the first visual object having a first transparency and the second visual object having a second transparency, and
based on the OPR of the second visual object being identified as higher than the reference OPR:
maintaining a transparency of the first visual object as the first transparency;
adjusting a transparency of the second visual object to a third transparency lower than the second transparency; and
displaying the screen including the first visual object having the first transparency and the second visual object having the third transparency.

12 . The method of claim 11 , the method comprising:
based on image data representing the second visual object obtained from a first software application for displaying a widget, adjusting the transparency of

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Sejong
• Lee Changrae
• Kim Sangheon

Classifications

• G09G2330/021

  Power management, e.g. power saving · CPC title

• G09G2340/04

  Changes in size, position or resolution of an image · CPC title

• G09G3/3208 Primary

  organic, e.g. using organic light-emitting diodes [OLED] · CPC title