CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 119, this application claims the benefit of earlier filing date and right of priority to PCT International Application No. PCT/KR2020/000942 filed on Jan. 20, 2020, the contents of which are all hereby incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Field of the Invention

This disclosure relates to an electronic apparatus for displaying content associated with a notification in response to an event related to the notification and a control method thereof, and one particular implementation relates to an electronic apparatus for displaying, when an event related to a notification occurs, content associated with the notification on at least one of a first surface and a second surface of the electronic apparatus based on the input, and a control method thereof.

Discussion of the Related Art

Advances of network technologies and expansions of infrastructures have enabled an electronic device to perform various tasks. The electronic device, for example, a mobile terminal provides services for various content such as a multimedia viewing, in addition to communication services such as call service, text service, or the like.

Among such services provided by the electronic device, services providing content such as multimedia have attracted attention. For example, among the services provided by the electronic device, a use ratio of services providing various content with visual outputs (hereinafter, referred to as “visual content”) is increasing.

In addition, when another separate content is provided simultaneously with the visual content on the display, the other content may interfere with the visual content. For example, when a message is received and displayed during playing of the multimedia, the displayed message may interfere with a viewing of the multimedia.

Further, the electronic device can provide various functions. When an event such as a message reception occurs, a notification indicating the occurrence of the event can be provided to a user. Accordingly, there is a desire for a method to more efficiently provide a notification in association with content provision.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

An aspect provides an electronic apparatus that displays content associated with a notification on a first surface or a second surface of the electronic apparatus in response to an event related to the notification, thereby efficiently providing the content associated with the notification, and a control method of the electronic apparatus.

Technical goals of the present disclosure are not limited as mentioned above and, although not mentioned, may include goals that can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art to which the present disclosure pertains, from the following description.

According to an aspect, there is provided an electronic apparatus including a case including a first frame and a second frame configured to slide and extend with respect to the first frame, a flexible display wound over a first surface and a second surface of the case, wherein a first area of the flexible display on the first surface is increased or decreased in size based on a sliding movement of the second frame with respect to the first frame, and a controller configured to display content associated with an application in the first area, in response to an event, display notification information associated with the event in the first area, and in response to a first input to a second area of the flexible display on the second surface of the case, display at least a portion of content associated with the event in the first area.

According to another aspect, there is also provided a method of controlling an electronic apparatus having a case including a first frame and a second frame configured to slide and extend with respect to the first frame, and a flexible display wound over a first surface and a second surface of the case, wherein a first area of the flexible display on the first surface is increased or decreased in size based on a sliding movement of the second frame with respect to the first frame, the method comprising: displaying content associated with an application in the first area, in response to an event, display information associated with the event in the first area, and in response to a first input to a second area of the flexible display on the rear surface of the case, displaying at least a portion of content associated with the event in the first area.

