Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Hoyoung Jeong

Junhyuk Kim

Myunghoon Kwak

Soyoung Lee

Hojin Jung

Hyoungtak Cho

Moonsun Kim

Hyunju Hong

Hyunggwang Kang

Baekeun Cho

Changryong Heo

Yangwook Kim

Jookwan Lee

Yeonggyu Yoon

Youngmin Kang

Wonho Lee

Jaedeok Lim

Jihea Park

Junghyeob Lee

Jihyung Jung

Gyuyeong Cho

Youngrog Kim

Songyi Lee

An electronic device and a touch control method therefor are provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a flexible display that is drawn into or out of the housing by a sliding operation, a transparent window disposed in the housing so that a partial region of the flexible display drawn into the housing passes therethrough, and a transparent electrode layer disposed between the transparent window and the flexible display. At least one first touch electrode may be disposed in the transparent electrode layer. The at least one first touch electrode disposed in the transparent electrode layer may be activated. At least one second touch electrode arranged in the partial region of the flexible display may be deactivated.

Electronic device including flexible display, window, and touch electrode in electrode layer between window and flexible display, and touch control method therefor

An electronic device may include: a first housing; a second housing disposed movably with respect to the first housing; a display disposed on the second housing and expanded or contracted as the second housing moves; a motor; a pinion gear disposed in the first housing and rotatable by receiving driving force from the motor; a rack gear disposed in the second housing, engaged with the at least one pinion gear and movable by the rotation of the at least one pinion gear; a switching structure disposed between the motor and the pinion gear, and changeable to a gear-connected state, or a gear-released state, an actuator disposed in the first housing, configured to change a state of the switching structure; and at least one processor operably coupled to the motor and the actuator, and the processor may be configured to change the switching structure to the gear-connected state or the gear-released state through the actuator based on identifying the designated event.

Electronic device including flexible display

An electronic device includes an extendable support including a first structure and a second structure to receive at least a portion of the first structure and guide relative movement of the first structure with respect to the second structure, a display having compact and expanded positions based on the relative movement of the first structure, a motor to generate an output force to cause the relative movement of the first and second structures, a sensor to detect a posture in which the electronic device is positioned, and a processor to change the output force of the motor based on the posture of the electronic device detected by the sensor.

Electronic device including posture sensor and method for controlling relative movement of parts thereof

The disclosure relates to an electronic device including a rollable display is provided. The electronic device includes a 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 member slidable in a third direction different from the first direction and the second direction, and a second side member facing away from the first side member, a flexible display including a first region oriented in the first direction and a second region extending from the first region and oriented in the second direction opposite to the first direction, a plate configured to support at least a portion of the flexible display and to perform a sliding movement to cause at least a portion of the second region to be oriented in the first direction so as to substantially enable expansion of the first region, at least one member configured to enable the sliding movement of the plate through a rotational motion, and a rotation detection sensor configured to detect a degree of rotation while the at least one member rotates about a rotating axis.

Rollable electronic device including flexible display

An operating method of an electronic device is provided. The method includes measuring an external temperature of the electronic device by using at least one sensor. The method may calculate, from an entire region of a flexible display, a fixed region that is visually exposed to an outside regardless of a screen size of the electronic device, and a variable region that is visually exposed at least in part to the outside in a screen expansion or screen size change state of the electronic device. The method may compare the external temperature with a preset first threshold temperature, thereby determining heating of the variable region in response to the external temperature being less than the first threshold temperature. The method may heat the variable region by controlling at least one of a luminance or a driving frequency of the variable region.

Electronic device including a flexible display with variable region and method of heating the variable region of the flexible display

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing, a second housing, a flexible display, a printed circuit board, an antenna radiator, and a flexible printed circuit board. The second housing slides in a first direction to be pulled out of the first housing and slides in a second direction opposite to the first direction to be pulled into the inside of the first housing. The flexible display is disposed in the first housing and the second housing. The printed circuit board is disposed in the second housing and may move according to sliding of the second housing. The antenna radiator is disposed on a side surface of the first housing. The flexible printed circuit board electrically connects the printed circuit board and the antenna radiator. The first housing includes a through hole formed in a side surface thereof, and at least a portion of the antenna radiator may be inserted via the through hole into the inside of the first housing. The antenna radiator may move on the side surface of the first housing according to sliding of the second housing.

Electronic device including flexible display and antenna

An electronic device includes a first part. The electronic device also includes a second part that is configured to move with respect to the first part. The electronic further device includes a magnetic member that is disposed on one of the first part and the second part. Additionally, the electronic device includes a sensor that is disposed on the other one of the first part and the second part and facing the magnetic member. The magnetic member includes a body extending in a movement direction of the second part and magnets respectively disposed at both ends of the magnetic member such that different polarities are close to each other.

Sensor device for determining relative position, electronic device including same and method for determining relative position

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Hoyoung Jeong