Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Bohyeon Kim

Myunghoon Kwak

Yangwook Kim

Hyunju Hong

Changryong Heo

Chihyun Cho

Jihea Park

Jonghyun Han

Hojin Jung

Dongku Kang

Moonsun Kim

Baekeun Cho

Jookwan Lee

Yeonggyu Yoon

Joongyeon Cho

Jinyong Park

Hyoungtak Cho

Hyunggwang Kang

Soohyun Seo

Raetae Kim

Junhyuk Kim

Wankyu Kim

Byungwoo Min

Junwoo Choi

Hyuncheol Jin

According to an embodiment of the disclosure, an electronic device may include: a first housing, a second housing, a first support, a second support, a flexible display, a motor assembly including a motor, and a first thermal conductive member including a thermally conductive material. The second housing may be slidable relative to the first housing. The first support may be positioned in the first housing. The second support may be positioned in the second housing. The flexible display may include a first area and a second area configured to extend from the first area. The first area may be disposed on the first support and be configured to be visible to the outside of the electronic device. The second area may be configured to, during sliding of the second housing, be withdrawn from or inserted into an inner space of the electronic device while being supported by the second support. The motor assembly may be connected to the second support through a bracket disposed on the second support and be configured to provide a drive force for sliding of the second housing. The first thermal conductive member may be disposed on the first support. Based on the second area being inserted in the inner space of the electronic device, the bracket may be configured to be in contact with the first thermal conductive member.

Electronic device including sliding structure and flexible display

An electronic device comprising a flexible display is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, the flexible display exposed to the outside through the housing and slidable through the housing, a plurality of sensors including a first sensor of which the position is changed according to sliding of the flexible display, a second sensor of which the position is not changed regardless of the sliding of the flexible display, and a processor disposed in the housing and being configured to, when a first function using the first sensor is executed, display a first screen for the first function on a first region of the flexible display, based on the sliding of the flexible display, identify the position of the first sensor, and display the first screen on a second region corresponding to the position of the first sensor.

Electronic device comprising flexible display, and method for operating same

An electronic device may include a display, a touch circuit, and a processor. The display may include an area visually exposed to an outside of the electronic device is capable of being changed between a first state and a second state. When an identified first stress value of a first unit area, among a plurality of unit areas, is greater than a first threshold value, based on a graphic user interface to be displayed, the display may be controlled to display a graphic user interface in a first area including the first unit area in a second area excluding the first unit area, to reduce pressure to the first unit area.

Electronic device including flexible display and controlling display of a graphic user interface based on sensed stress values caused by a touch on the flexible display

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a first housing and a second housing configured to contain at least a part of the first housing and to move relative to the first housing, a display configured to unfold based on sliding of the first housing, a motor structure disposed in the housing and configured to generate driving power for sliding of the first housing, a pinion gear configured to rotate based on the driving power generated by the motor structure, and a rack gear disposed in the housing and configured to mesh with the pinion gear. The rack gear includes a first part made of a first material, the first part including at least one recess, and a second part including a lower area disposed below the first part, at least a part of the second part being contained in the at least one recess.

Rollable electronic device including rack gear

Various embodiments of the disclosure relate to an electronic device and a method for increasing efficiency of an antenna. The method may include performing a short-range communication function using a first coil in a closed state in which at least a portion of a first housing of the electronic device is slid into an inner space of a second housing of the electronic device, and performing the short-range communication function using a second coil in an open state in which at least a portion of the first housing is slid out of the inner space of the second housing. The disclosure provides various other embodiments.

Electronic device and method for increasing antenna efficiency of electronic device

According to various embodiments, an electronic device may comprise a housing, a plate coupled to the housing to reciprocate, a flexible display including a first portion disposed on the plate and a second portion extending from the first portion and exposed to an outside or retracted into an inside of the housing as the plate reciprocates, a motor configured to move the plate, at least one electronic component, a battery, and at least one processor. The at least one processor may be configured to identify an event for triggering a movement of the plate, identify a first power of the battery and a second power for controlling the flexible display and the at least one electronic component, based on the event, identify a third power for controlling the motor, based on the first power and the second power, and provide the motor with a signal corresponding to the third power.

Electronic device including flexible display and method for operating the same

An electronic device according to various embodiments may include: a housing, a battery, a flexible display including a first area and a second area extending from the first area and configured to move from the housing to change the size of an area visible to the front face of the electronic device, a sensor configured to identify information related to the size of the visible area of the display, and a processor, wherein the processor may be configured to: identify size information of the visible area of the display using the information received from the sensor, and control the display to display information related to an available usage time of the electronic device based on the identified size information and the remaining amount of the battery.

Electronic device including flexible display and method of operating the same

Disclosed is an electronic device including a first housing including a first surface oriented in a first direction, a second surface oriented in a second direction opposite to the first direction, a first side surface at least partially surrounding a space between the first surface and the second surface, and a second side surface facing away from the first side surface, a flexible display including a first region oriented in a first direction and a second region extending from the first region, wherein the first region is configured to be expandable by causing at least a part of the second region to be oriented in the first direction based on a slide movement of at least a part of the housing, and an antenna module disposed adjacent to the second surface of the housing, the antenna module including a wireless charging antenna, and a module mounting unit configured to surround at least a part of the wireless charging antenna and to be movable in an internal space inside the housing such that the wireless charging antenna is located in a center of a width of the housing in response to a state of the electronic device according to expansion or contraction of a display region of the display.

Electronic device including flexible display

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Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Bohyeon Kim