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Samsung patents foldable phone that opens apps as you bend the screen

Samsung describes a system for foldable devices that changes what is on the screen based on how far the device is folded. If you are using one app and a notification for a second app arrives, partially folding the screen splits the view to show both apps side-by-side. Folding the device further to a third angle triggers a specific action within that second app.

Why it mattersThis could make foldable phones feel more responsive by using the physical bending motion as a way to manage multiple tasks without touching the screen.

In the filing’s own words

An electronic device includes a foldable display, a processor, and a memory configured to store instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the electronic device to display an execution screen of a first application when a folding angle of the foldable display is a first angle, output a notification for a second application when displaying the execution screen of the first application, display an execution screen of the second application associated with the notification in a second area of the foldable display, based on the folding angle of the foldable display changing from the first angle to a second angle when outputting the notification, display the execution screen of the first application in a first area, different from the second area, of the foldable display, and perform a function of the second application based on the folding angle changing from the second angle to a third angle.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. An electronic device comprising: a foldable display; a processor; and a memory configured to store instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the electronic device to: display an execution screen of a first application when a folding angle of the foldable display is a first angle, output a notification for a second application when displaying the execution screen of the first application, display an execution screen of the second application associated with the notification in a second area of the foldable display, based on the folding angle of the foldable display changing from the first angle to a second angle when outputting the notification, display the execution screen of the first application in a first area, different from the second area, of the foldable display, and perform a function of the second application based on the folding angle changing from the second angle to a third angle.

Facts

Company
Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
Official title
METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING EXECUTION SCREEN OF APPLICATION BASED ON FOLDING ANGLE
Publication number
US20260268821A1
Application number
19661040
Filed
Apr 28, 2026
Published
Sep 10, 2026
Inventors
2
Claims
20

Classified under

G09G 3/035 Physics & computingG09G 2340/045 Physics & computingG09G 2340/12 Physics & computingG09G 2354/00 Physics & computing
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