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EP-4738084-A1 - ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING USER INTERFACE ON FLEXIBLE DISPLAY

EP4738084A1EP 4738084 A1EP4738084 A1EP 4738084A1EP-4738084-A1

Abstract

According to an embodiment, a method performed by an electronic device includes, while an application for obtaining an image related to an external environment is executed, based on a state of the electronic device, determining at least one of a first display area, a second display area, and a third display area as a display area to display a user interface for the application, determining one of a first camera and a second camera as a camera to display a preview image to be displayed in the user interface, determining, based on the determined display area and an orientation of the electronic device identified via one or more sensors, a layout of the user interface for the application, and displaying, based on the determined layout, the user interface for the application, including a preview image obtained via the determined camera, in the determined display area.

Inventors

  • KIM, SANGHEON
  • Kim, Koeun
  • KIM, JEONGSEOB
  • MIN, BYUNGWOO
  • EOM, JUNBONG

Assignees

  • SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Dates

Publication Date
20260506
Application Date
20250611

Claims (15)

  1. An electronic device (300) comprising: a first housing part (301); a second housing part (302) rotatably coupled with the first housing part (301); a third housing part (303) rotatably coupled with the second housing part (302); a flexible display (331) including a first display area (361) corresponding to a first surface of the first housing part (301), a second display area (362) corresponding to a first surface of the second housing part (302), and a third display area (363) corresponding to a first surface of the third housing part (303), a first camera (341) disposed on the first surface of the first housing part (301); a second camera (342) disposed on a second surface opposite to the first surface of the first housing part (301); one or more sensors (350); memory (320) including storage media, storing instructions; and at least one processor (310) including processing circuitry; wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor (310) individually and/or collectively, cause the electronic device (300) to: while executing an application for obtaining an image related to an external environment, based on a state of the electronic device (300) according to a positional relationship between the first housing part (301), the second housing part (302), and the third housing part (303): determine at least one of the first display area (361), the second display area (362), and the third display area (363) as a display area to display a user interface for the application, and determine one of the first camera (341) and the second camera (342) as a camera to obtain a preview image to be displayed in the user interface, determine, based on the determined display area and an orientation of the electronic device identified via the one or more sensors (350), a layout of the user interface for the application, and display, based on the determined layout, the user interface for the application, including the preview image obtained via the determined camera, in the determined display area.
  2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the one or more sensors (350) are configured to: detect a first angle (451) between the first surface of the first housing part (301) and the first surface of the second housing part (302) and a second angle (452) between the first surface of the second housing part (302) and the first surface of the third housing part (303), and identify the state based on the first angle (451) and second angle (452).
  3. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor (310) individually and/or collectively, cause the electronic device (300) to: identify that the electronic device is in a first state in which the first angle (451) is greater than a first reference angle and the second angle (452) is greater than the first reference angle, and based on identifying that the electronic device (300) is in the first state: determine the first display area (361), the second display area (362), and the third display area (363) as a display area to display the user interface, and determine the first camera (341) as a camera to display the preview image.
  4. The electronic device (300) of claim 3, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor (310) individually and/or collectively, cause the electronic device (300) to: identify that the electronic device (300) is in a second state in which the first angle (451) is greater than the first reference angle and the second angle (452) is less than the second reference angle, which is less than the first reference angle, and based on identifying that the electronic device (300) is in the second state: determine the first display area (361) as a display area to display the user interface, and determine the first camera (341) as a camera to display the preview image, and display, within the first display area (361) , the preview image obtained via the first camera, between an area where the first camera is disposed and a visual object provided on the first display area (361) for capturing the preview image.
  5. The electronic device (300) of claim 4, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor (310) individually and/or collectively, cause the electronic device (300) to: while the electronic device (300) is in a first semi-folded state between the first state and the second state, based on identifying that the orientation of the electronic device corresponds to a first orientation in which a top of the user interface is displayed within the first display area in the first state: display, within the first display area (361) and the second display area (362), the user interface including the preview image obtained via the first camera (341), and display, within the third display area (363), a reference color, and,
  6. The electronic device (300) of claim 5, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor (310) individually and/or collectively, cause the electronic device (300) to: while the electronic device (300) is in the first semi-folded state between the first state and the second state, based on identifying that the orientation of the electronic device (300) corresponds to a second orientation in which a top of the user interface is displayed within the third display area (363) in the first state: display, within the first display area (361) and the second display area (362), a control area including a visual object for capturing the preview image obtained via the first camera (341) included in the user interface, and display, within the third display area (363), the preview image obtained via the first camera (341).
  7. The electronic device (300) of any of claims 3 to 6, wherein the electronic device comprises: a cover display (332) including a fourth display area (364) corresponding to a second surface that is opposite to the first surface of the second housing part (302); and a third camera (343) disposed on the second surface of the second housing part (302), wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor (310) individually and/or collectively, cause the electronic device (300) to: identify that the electronic device (300) is in a third state in which the first angle (451) is less than a second reference angle which is less than the first reference angle and the second angle (452) is less than the second reference angle, based on identifying that the electronic device (300) is in the third state, determine the fourth display area (364) as a display area to display the user interface, and display, within the fourth display area (364), the user interface including the preview image obtained via the third camera (343).
  8. The electronic device (300) of any of claims 3 to 7, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor (310) individually and/or collectively, cause the electronic device (300) to: identify that the electronic device (300) is in a fourth state in which the first angle (451) is less than a second reference angle which is less than the first reference angle and the second angle (452) is greater than the first reference angle, based on identifying that the electronic device (300) is in the fourth state: determine the third display area (363) as a display area to display the user interface, and determine the second camera (342) as a camera to obtain the preview image
  9. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor (310) individually and/or collectively, cause the electronic device (300) to: while the electronic device (300) is in a second semi-folded state between the first state and the fourth state, based on identifying that the orientation of the electronic device (300) corresponds to a first orientation in which a top of the user interface is displayed within the first display area (361) in the first state: display, within the first display area (361), a preview image obtained via the first camera, and display, within the second display area (362) and the third display area (363), a control area including a visual object for capturing the preview image obtained via the first camera (341), in the user interface.
  10. The electronic device of claim 9, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor (310) individually and/or collectively, cause the electronic device (300) to: while the electronic device is in the second semi-folded state between the first state and the fourth state, based on identifying that the orientation of the electronic device corresponds to a second orientation in which a top of the user interface is displayed within the third display area in the first state: display, within the second display area (362) and the third display area (363), the user interface.
  11. The electronic device (300) of claim 3, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor (310) individually and/or collectively, cause the electronic device (300) to: in response to identifying that the state of the electronic device (300) changes from a second state in which the first angle (451) is greater than a first reference angle and the second angle (452) is less than a second reference angle which is less than the first reference angle to a third state in which the first angle (451) is less than a second reference angle which is less than the first reference angle and the second angle (452) is less than the second reference angle, based on identifying that the second camera (342) is facing a user, cease execution of the application.
  12. The electronic device (300) of claim 11, wherein the electronic device (300) comprises: a cover display (332) including a fourth display area (364) corresponding to a second surface opposite to the first surface of the second housing part (302); and a third camera (343) disposed on the second surface of the second housing part (302), wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor (310) individually and/or collectively, cause the electronic device to: in response to identifying that the state of the electronic device (300) is changed from the second state to the third state, display the user interface including a preview image obtained via the third camera (343) based on identifying that the third camera (343) is facing the user.
  13. The electronic (300) device of claim 1, wherein the electronic device (300) comprises: a cover display (332) including a fourth display area (364) corresponding to a second surface opposite to the first surface of the second housing part (302); and a third camera (343) disposed on the second surface of the second housing part (302), wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor (310) individually and/or collectively, cause the electronic device (300) to: identify that the electronic device (300) is in a second state in which the first angle (451) is greater than a first reference angle and the second angle (452) is less than a second reference angle which is less than the first reference angle, while the electronic device (300) is in the second state: based on identifying that the first camera (341) is facing a user of the electronic device (300), display, within the first display area (361), the user interface including the preview image obtained via the first camera (341), and based on identifying that the second camera (342) is facing a user of the electronic device (300), display, within the fourth display area (364), the user interface including a preview image obtained via the second camera (342).
  14. A method performed by an electronic device (300), comprising: wherein the electronic device (300) comprises a first housing part (301), a second housing part (302) rotatably coupled with the first housing part (301), a third housing part (303) rotatably coupled with the second housing part (302), a flexible display (331) including a first display area (361) corresponding to a first surface of the first housing part (301), a second display area (362) corresponding to a first surface of the second housing part (302), and a third display area (363) corresponding to a first surface of the third housing part (303), a first camera (341) disposed on the first surface of the first housing part (301), a second camera (342) disposed on a second surface opposite to the first surface of the first housing part (301), and one or more sensors (350), while executing an application for obtaining an image related to an external environment, based on a state of the electronic device (300) according to a positional relationship between the first housing part (301), the second housing part (302), and the third housing part (303): determining at least one of the first display area (361), the second display area (362), and the third display area (363) as a display area to display a user interface for the application, and determining one of the first camera (341) and the second camera (342) as a camera to obtain a preview image to be displayed in the user interface, determining, based on the determined display area and an orientation of the electronic device (300) identified via the one or more sensors (350), a layout of the user interface for the application, and displaying, based on the determined layout, the user interface for the application, including the preview image obtained via the determined camera, in the determined display area.
  15. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs comprise instructions, when executed by at least one processor (310) of an electronic device (300) comprising a first housing part (301), a second housing part (302) rotatably coupled with the first housing part (301), a third housing part (303) rotatably coupled with the second housing part (302), a flexible display (331) including a first display area (361) corresponding to a first surface of the first housing part (301), a second display area (362) corresponding to a first surface of the second housing part (302), and a third display area (363) corresponding to a first surface of the third housing part (303), a first camera (341) disposed on the first surface of the first housing part (301), a second camera (342) disposed on a second surface opposite to the first surface of the first housing part (301), and one or more sensors (350), , cause the electronic device to: while executing an application for obtaining an image related to an external environment based on a state of the electronic device (300) according to a position relationship of the first housing part (301), the second housing part (302), and the third housing part (303): determine at least one of the first display area (361), the second display area (362), and the third display area (363) as a display area to display a user interface for the application, and determine one of the first camera (341) and the second camera (342) as a camera to obtain a preview image to be displayed in the user interface, determine, based on the determined display area and an orientation of the electronic device identified via the one or more sensors (350), a layout of the user interface for the application, and display, based on the determined layout, the user interface for the application, including the preview image obtained via the determined camera, in the determined display area.

Description

[Technical Field] The following descriptions relate to an electronic device and a method for displaying a user interface in a flexible display. [Background Art] A shape and/or a size of electronic devices are diversifying. To enhance mobility, electronic devices which may have a reduced size and/or a reduced volume are being designed. Examples of the electronic devices may include a display for visualizing information. As the number of functions supported by an electronic device increases, a size of the display may increase to visualize more information to a user and/or to support execution of the functions. For example, the electronic device may be designed so that the size of the display is maintained or increased while decreasing the size and/or the volume of the electronic device. The above-described information may be provided as a related art for the purpose of helping understanding of the present disclosure. No argument or decision is made as to whether any of the above description may be applied as a prior art related to the present disclosure. [Disclosure] [Technical Solution] According to an embodiment, an electronic device may comprise a first housing part, a second housing part rotatably coupled with the first housing part, a third housing part rotatably coupled with the second housing part, a flexible display including a first display area corresponding to a first surface of the first housing part, a second display area corresponding to a first surface of the second housing part, and a third display area corresponding to a first surface of the third housing part, a first camera disposed on the first surface of the first housing part, a second camera disposed on a second surface opposite to the first surface of the first housing part, one or more sensors, memory, including one or more storage mediums, storing instructions, and at least one processor comprising processing circuitry. The instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually and/or collectively, may cause the electronic device to, while an application for obtaining an image related to an external environment is executed, based on a state of the electronic device according to a position relationship between the first housing part, the second housing part, and the third housing part, determine at least one of the first display area, the second display area, and the third display area as a display area to display a user interface for the application, determine one of the first camera and the second camera as a camera to display a preview image to be displayed in the user interface, determine, based on the determined display area and an orientation of the electronic device identified via the one or more sensors, a layout of the user interface for the application, and display, based on the determined layout, the user interface for the application, including a preview image obtained via the determined camera, in the determined display area. According to an embodiment, an electronic device may comprise a first housing part, a second housing part rotatably coupled with the first housing part, a third housing part rotatably coupled with the second housing part, a flexible display including a first display area corresponding to a first surface of the first housing part, a second display area corresponding to a first surface of the second housing part, and a third display area corresponding to a first surface of the third housing part, a first camera disposed on the first surface of the first housing part, a second camera disposed on a second surface opposite to the first surface of the first housing part, and one or more sensors. A method performed by the electronic device may comprise, while an application for obtaining an image related to an external environment is executed, based on a state of the electronic device according to a position relationship between the first housing part, the second housing part, and the third housing part, determining at least one of the first display area, the second display area, and the third display area as a display area to display a user interface for the application, determining one of the first camera and the second camera as a camera to display a preview image to be displayed in the user interface, determining, based on the determined display area and an orientation of the electronic device identified via the one or more sensors, a layout of the user interface for the application, and displaying, based on the determined layout, the user interface for the application, including a preview image obtained via the determined camera, in the determined display area. According to an embodiment, a non-transitory computer readable storage medium may store one or more programs. The one or more programs may comprise instructions, when executed by at least one processor of an electronic device comprising a first housing part, a second housing part rotatably coupled with the first housing part, a t