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Samsung patents folding phone screen that splits apps side-by-side

Patent drawing
Patent drawing from the official filing.

Samsung describes a method for using a flexible display on a multi-fold device to show two apps at once. When a user drags an app icon to a specific zone on the screen, the new app opens in that area while the existing app shifts to the side to make room.

Why it mattersThis filing suggests Samsung is refining how users manage multiple tasks on its tri-fold or multi-panel devices by making it easier to split the screen manually.

In the filing’s own words

An electronic device may: display, on a flexible display, a first execution screen related to a first application; display at least one icon related to at least one application in one area of the flexible display; receive an input for moving the at least one icon to a defined area of the flexible display; display a second execution screen related to the at least one application in the defined area of the flexible display based on receiving the input, and display the first execution screen related to the first application by moving the first execution screen to the left or right of the second execution screen.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. An electronic device comprising: a housing includes a first housing, a second housing rotatably coupled to the first housing, and a third housing rotatably coupled to the second housing; a flexible display disposed on a front side of the first housing, the second housing, and the third housing; memory, comprising one or more storage mediums, storing instructions; and at least one processor comprising processing circuitry, wherein the instructions, when executed by at least one processor, individually or in any combination, cause the electronic device to: display a first execution screen associated with a first application on the flexible display; display at least one icon associated with at least one application in a portion of the flexible display; receive an input to move the at least one icon to a defined portion of the flexible display; and based on receiving the input, display a second execution screen associated with the at least one application in the defined portion of the flexible display and display the first execution screen associated with the first application by moving to a left side or a right side of the second execution screen.

Facts

Company
Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
Official title
ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING PLURALITY OF EXECUTION SCREENS RESPECTIVELY ON PORTIONS OF FLEXIBLE DISPLAY, AND METHOD THEREFOR
Publication number
US20260319551A1
Application number
19704886
Filed
Jun 11, 2026
Published
Oct 15, 2026
Inventors
3
Claims
20

Classified under

G06F 1/1677 Physics & computingG06F 1/1641 Physics & computingG06F 1/1652 Physics & computingG06F 3/04817 Physics & computingG06F 2200/1637 Physics & computingG06F 2203/04803 Physics & computing
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