Electronic device comprising rollable display, and control method therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025036164-A1
Application number	US-202418916265-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 15, 2024
Priority date	Apr 15, 2022
Publication date	Jan 30, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing, a second housing disposed to be movable with respect to the first housing, a rollable display inserted into the first housing or withdrawn from the first housing based on sliding-in or sliding-out of the second housing, a motor driving module disposed inside the first housing or the second housing and configured to move the second housing in a first direction or a second direction, communication circuitry, at least one processor, and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to display a first screen in an exposed area of the rollable display, move the second housing in the second direction so that the exposed area of the rollable display is extended, display a shared screen shared with an external electronic device, in a first area corresponding to an exposed area before the rollable display is extended, of extended exposed area,, based on a user input received through the first screen, and transmit information, related to the shared screen, to the external electronic device through the communication module.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An electronic device comprising:
a first housing; a second housing disposed to be movable with respect to the first housing; a rollable display inserted into or drawn out of the first housing based on slide-in or slide-out of the second housing; a motor driving module disposed inside the first housing or the second housing and configured to move the second housing in a first direction or a second direction; communication circuitry; at least one processor; and memory storing instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to:
display a first screen in an exposed area of the rollable display,
move the second housing in the second direction so that the exposed area of the rollable display is extended,
display a shared screen shared with an external electronic device in a first area corresponding to an exposed area before the rollable display is extended, of extended exposed area, based on a user input received through the first screen, and
transmit information related to the shared screen to the external electronic device through the communication module.

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 display a non-shared screen in a second area of extended exposed area other than the first area.

3 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the information related to the shared screen includes size information about the shared screen for extending the rollable display of the external electronic device based on a size of the shared screen.

4 . 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:
display a first shared screen in the first area, and display a second shared screen in a second area of extended exposed area other than the first area.

5 . The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to switch a screen displayed in the first area and a screen displayed in the second area when a set input is received.

6 . A method of controlling an electronic device including a first housing, a second housing disposed to be movable with respect to the first housing, and a rollable display inserted into or drawn out of the first housing, based on slide-in or slide-out of the second housing, the method comprising:
displaying a first screen in an exposed area of the rollable display; moving the second housing in a second direction so that the exposed area of the rollable display is extended; displaying a shared screen shared with an external electronic device in a first area corresponding to an exposed area before the rollable display is extended, of extended exposed area, based on a user input received through the first screen; and transmitting information related to the shared screen to the external electronic device.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the displaying of the first screen displays a non-shared screen in a second area of extended exposed area other than the first area.

8 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the information related to the shared screen includes size information about the shared screen for extending a rollable display of the external electronic device based on a size of the shared screen.

9 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the displaying of the first screen:
displays a first shared screen in the first area; and displays a second shared screen in a second area of extended exposed area other than the first area.

10 . The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
switching a screen displayed in the first area and a screen displayed in the second area when a set input is received.

11 . One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors individually or collectively, cause an electronic device to perform operations of controlling the electronic device including a first housing, a second housing disposed to be movable with respect to the first housing, and a rollable display inserted into or drawn out of the first housing, based on slide-in or slide-out of the second housing, the operations comprising:
displaying a first screen in an exposed area of the rollable display; moving the second housing in a second direction so that the exposed area of the rollable display is extended; displaying a shared screen shared with an external electronic device in a first area corresponding to an exposed area before the rollable display is extended, of extended exposed area, based on a user input received through the first screen; and transmitting information related to the shared screen to the external electronic device.

12 . The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 11 , wherein the displaying of the first screen displays a non-shared screen in a second area of extended exposed area other than the first area.

13 . The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 11 , wherein the information related to the shared screen includes size information about the shared screen for extending a rollable display of the external electronic device based on a size of the shared screen.

14 . The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 11 , wherein the displaying of the first screen:
displays a first shared screen in the first area; and displays a second shared screen in a second area of extended exposed area other than the first area.

15 . The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 12 , the operations further comprising:
switching a screen displayed in the first area and a screen displayed in the second area when a set input is received.

16 . An electronic device, comprising:
a first housing; a second housing disposed to be movable with respect to the first housing; a rollable display inserted into or drawn out of the first housing based on slide-in or slide-out of the second housing; a motor driving module disposed inside the first housing or the second housing and configured to move the second housing in a first direction or a second direction; communication circuitry; at least one processor; and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to:
display a first screen in an exposure area of the rollable display,
move the second housing in the second direction to expand the exposure area of the rollable display,
based on an user input received through the first screen, display a shared screen shared with an external electronic device in a second area of the expanded exposure area excluding a first area corresponding to a pre-expansion exposure area of the rollable display, and
transmit information related to the shared screen to the external electronic device through the communication circuitry.

17 . The electronic device of claim 16 ,
wherein instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to, displays a non-shared screen in the first area.

18 . The electronic device of claim 16 ,
wherein the information related to the shared screen includes size information o

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Choi Yangsoo
• Park Jihea
• Lee Junghyeob
• Kim Sukdong

Classifications

• G06F1/1652 Primary

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

• G06F1/1683

  for the transmission of signal or power between the different housings, e.g. details of wired or wireless communication, passage of cabling · CPC title

• G06F1/16

  Constructional details or arrangements · CPC title

• G06F1/1647 Primary

  including at least an additional display (G06F1/1692 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H04M1/72454

  according to context-related or environment-related conditions · CPC title