Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Doohee Hong

Jongchul Choi

Byounguk Yoon

Minwoo Yoo

Changryong Heo

Cheolho Cheong

Wooseung Han

Sanguk Lee

According to certain aspects of the disclosure, an electronic device comprises a housing including a first plate facing a first direction, a second plate facing a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a side member configured to surround a space between the first plate and the second plate; a camera module, at least part of which is disposed in the space; a printed circuit board disposed in the space; and a flexible printed circuit board connecting the camera module and the printed circuit board, wherein between a first position in which the at least part of the camera module is located in the space and a second position in which the at least part of the camera module is located outside the housing in a third direction substantially orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction, the camera module moves in the third direction and rotates to face the first direction or the second direction, wherein the camera module includes a flexible printed circuit board frame configured to receive or shield at least part of the flexible printed circuit board, wherein the flexible printed circuit board includes: a rollable portion including a first distal end of the flexible printed circuit board and a rollable area, wherein the first distal end is connected to one area of the camera module, and at least part of the rollable area is wrapped or unwrapped in the same direction as the rotation of the camera module; a movable portion including a curved area and a second distal end of the flexible printed circuit board, wherein the second distal end extends from the curved area and is connected to the printed circuit board, and a position of the curved area is changed to correspond to the motion of the camera module in the third direction; and a connecting portion configured to connect the rollable portion and the movable portion, and wherein the flexible printed circuit board frame includes: a cylindrical area configured to receive or shield at least part of the rollable portion; and a planar area configured to receive or shield at least part of the movable portion and at least part of the connecting portion, wherein the at least part of the connecting portion is fixed to the planar area.

Electronic device including camera module

An electronic device includes housing, and a display, where at least part of the display is accommodated in the housing. The electronic device also includes a slide portion and a camera module unit. The slide portion includes an opening exposed to an outside and sliding with respect to the housing. The camera module unit is disposed at the opening and rotating with respect to the slide portion. The slide portion is configured to overlap with the display, in a first state, extend from the display by a first stroke, in a second state, and extend more than the first stroke by a second stroke, in a third state. The camera module unit is configured to face a first direction in the first state and the second state and to rotate toward a second direction different from the first direction, by the second stroke, when switching to the third state.

Electronic device including a camera capable of being a front camera and a rear camera and an operating method thereof

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Doohee Hong