US 11,815,954 B2
Method and electronic device for performing operation on basis of bending
Vipul Gupta, Hisar (IN); Rahul Agrawal, Gwalior (IN); Ankur Agrawal, KamlaNagar (IN); Amit Agrawal, Gudhiyari (IN); Kalgesh Singh, New Delhi (IN); Saurabh Kumar, Patna (IN); and Ashutosh Raghuvanshi, Jaunpur (IN)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Appl. No. 17/258,917
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
PCT Filed Jul. 10, 2019, PCT No. PCT/KR2019/008484
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 8, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/013596, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 16, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 201841025756 (IN), filed on Jul. 10, 2018; and application No. 10-2019-0062584 (KR), filed on May 28, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0325930 A1, Oct. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/04817 (2022.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/147 (2006.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1652 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0412 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04817 (2013.01); G06F 3/147 (2013.01); H04M 1/0268 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04102 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, performed by an electronic device, of performing an operation based on bending, the method comprising:
sensing bending that deforms a shape of a display of the electronic device;
determining a first region, from which the bending is sensed, from among regions of the display;
identifying an area of the display touched by the first region;
selecting an object in the identified area from at least one object displayed on the display; and
performing an operation on the selected object,
wherein the first region corresponds to a corner of the display, and
wherein the performing the operation on the selected object comprises:
displaying identification information representing a content of the selected object on a forward-facing display area faced forward by bending the display of the electronic device,
receiving a memo in the forward-facing display area faced forward by bending the display of the electronic device,
adding a memo based on the selected object to an app diary associated with the selected object, and
in case that one or more previously added memo associated with the selected object exist, displaying the number of the previously added memo associated with the selected object on a forward-facing display area faced forward by bending the display of the electronic device.
 
7. An electronic device for performing an operation based on bending, the electronic device comprising:
a display;
a memory storing one or more instructions; and
at least one processor configured to execute the one or more instructions stored in the memory, wherein the at least one processor is configured to execute the one or more instructions to:
sense bending that deforms a shape of the display,
determine a first region, from which the bending is sensed, from among regions of the display,
identify an area of the display touched by the first region,
select an object in the identified area from at least one object displayed on the display, and
perform an operation on the selected object,
wherein the operation on the selected object further comprises:
displaying identification information representing a content of the selected object on forward-facing display area faced forward by bending the display of the electronic device,
receiving a memo in the forward-facing display area faced forward by bending the display of the electronic device
adding a memo based on the selected object to an app diary associated with the selected object, and
in case that one or more previously added memo associated with the selected object exist, displaying the number of the previously added memo associated with the selected object on a forward-facing display area faced forward by bending the display of the electronic device.