US 12,169,606 B2
Electronic device including flexible display, and display method using same
Youngho Cho, Suwon-si (KR); Dahee Lim, Suwon-si (KR); and Mooyoung Kim, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Mar. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/127,466.
Application 18/127,466 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2021/014877, filed on Oct. 22, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0152303 (KR), filed on Nov. 13, 2020; and application No. 10-2021-0029936 (KR), filed on Mar. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0236697 A1, Jul. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/04166 (2019.05) [G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); G06F 3/0412 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04102 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a housing;
a touch circuit comprising multiple TX electrodes and multiple RX electrodes, wherein the multiple RX electrodes are arranged to cross over the multiple TX electrodes;
a flexible display comprising the touch circuit, the flexible display being movable out from an inner space of the housing;
a touch controller; and
a processor operatively connected to the touch circuit, the flexible display, and the touch controller,
wherein the touch controller is configured to:
apply a driving signal through the multiple TX electrodes of the touch circuit;
acquire the driving signal through the multiple RX electrodes;
identify a capacitance value based on the acquired driving signal; and
identify information about a folded area of the flexible display based on the capacitance value, and
wherein the processor is configured to:
based on the information about the folded area of the flexible display, determine an activation area with respect to an unfolded area of the flexible display;
determine an area of the display area of the flexible display, which is inserted into the inner space of the housing and formed to be a planar area, as a deactivation area;
detect movement of the folded area based on the capacitance value;
adjust the activation area based on the detected movement of the folded area;
adjust a ratio of a screen including visual information to be displayed on an adjusted activation area and reconfigure the screen including the visual information based on the adjusted activation area; and
output the reconfigured screen through the adjusted activation area.