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Samsung patents phone with a smaller screen section for split views

Samsung describes a device with a display that has two distinct sections: a larger main area and a smaller area that physically protrudes slightly from the surface. When a specific condition is met, the device shows two different screens side-by-side, separated by a colored gap, allowing users to view multiple apps or media at once.

Why it mattersThis design could make it easier to use two apps simultaneously on a phone without needing to manually resize windows or use complex gestures.

In the filing’s own words

An electronic device according to the disclosure may comprise a first housing, a cover display accommodated in the first housing, a processor, and memory. A first side of the first housing may include a hole region including at least one hole. A cover display may include an active display area visible to an outside of the electronic device through at least a portion of a remaining region other than the hole region of the first side. The active display area may include a first display area and a second display area smaller than the first display area. The electronic device may identify whether a specified condition for a first event associated with multi-view display and display a first view having a first size in the first display area, a second view having a size smaller than the first size in the second display area, and a gap area with a first color between the first view and the second view, based on the specified condition being met.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. An electronic device comprising: a first housing, a first side of the first housing including a hole region including one or more holes; a cover display accommodated in the first housing, wherein the cover display includes an active display area visible to an outside of the electronic device through at least a portion of a remaining region other than the hole region of the first side, wherein the active display area includes a first display area and a second display area protruding in a first direction with respect to the first display, and wherein the second display area is smaller than the first display area; a processor; and memory, wherein the memory stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the electronic device to: identify whether a specified condition for a first event associated with multi-view display is met; and based on the specified condition being met, display a first view having a first size in the first display area, a second view having a second size smaller than the first size in the second display area, and a gap area with a first color between the first view and the second view.

Facts

Company
Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
Official title
ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING EXTERNAL DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR OPERATING ELECTRONIC DEVICE
Publication number
US20260267505A1
Application number
19655224
Filed
Apr 22, 2026
Published
Sep 10, 2026
Inventors
2
Claims
20

Classified under

G06F 3/04886 Physics & computingG06F 1/1616 Physics & computingG06F 1/1652 Physics & computingG06F 1/1677 Physics & computingG06F 3/04842 Physics & computing
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