Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Hyunggwang Kang

Myunghoon Kwak

Yangwook Kim

Hyunju Hong

Hojin Jung

Sanghyuk Park

Hyoungtak Cho

Junhyuk Kim

Changryong Heo

Kibeom Kim

Teayoung Kim

Soyoung Lee

Minsoo Kim

Byounguk Yoon

Junyoung Choi

Hochul Hwang

Seungjoon Lee

Joungmin Cho

Moonsun Kim

Kiwon Kim

Woojin Cho

Jookwan Lee

Yeonggyu Yoon

Byounghee Lee

Joongyeon Cho

Hyunsuk Kim

Nakhyun Choi

Youngmin Kang

Wonho Lee

Moonchul Shin

Joonrae Cho

Soohyun Seo

Junghyeob Lee

Changshik Yoon

Myoungsung Sim

Choonghyo Park

Youngmin Ji

Hoyoung Jeong

Jooyoung Kang

Jihyung Jung

Sangsoo Park

Kiwook Han

Baekeun Cho

Bohyeon Kim

Hoyoung Jeon

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 The second area may be configured to, during sliding of the second housing, be withdrawn from or inserted into an inner space of the electronic device while being supported by the second support.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

According to various embodiments of the disclosure, an electronic device may include: a housing including a first housing and a second housing configured to guide sliding movement of the first housing, a display configured to be at least partially unfolded based on the sliding movement of the first housing, and including a first display area disposed on the first housing and a second display area extending from the first display area, a battery disposed in the first housing, a driver configured to provide a driving force for the sliding movement to the first housing, and including a motor disposed in the first housing and a gear structure including a gear at least partially disposed in the second housing and connected to the motor, and an elastic member comprising a material arranged to be compressible and to provide an elastic restoring force disposed in the second housing. The gear structure may be disposed adjacent to one end of the battery, and the elastic member may be disposed adjacent to the other end of the battery facing a direction opposite to the one end of the battery.

Electronic device including elastic member

An electronic device may be provided. The electronic device may include a housing including a first housing and a second housing configured to receive at least a part of the first housing and guide a sliding movement of the first housing, a display configured to unfold based on the sliding movement of the first housing, an elastic member disposed in the housing and configured to be compressed based on the sliding movement of the first housing, a sensor module disposed in the housing and configured to sense a pressure provided by the elastic member, and a processor configured to determine a sliding distance of the electronic device, based on the pressure sensed by the sensor module.

Rollable electronic device including elastic member

Disclosed are an electronic device for controlling attributes of one-handed mode screen on the basis of a grip shape and a method for controlling same. An electronic device according to an embodiment of the present document may be configured to display, on a flexible display, a one-handed mode screen which is reduced and displayed according to a predetermined ratio so as to correspond to a first screen, detect, while the one-handed mode screen is displayed, that a first housing is moved, and determine, on the basis of the detection of the movement of the first housing, the direction of expansion of the one-handed mode screen depending on whether a grip of a portion of a user's body on the top portion of the first housing is sensed by a first grip sensor, among grip sensors, which is disposed on the edge of the first housing.

Electronic device for controlling attributes of one-handed mode screen on basis of grip shape and method for controlling same

An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes: a flexible printed circuit board configured to connect a first printed circuit board and a second printed circuit board and including a rigid area and a flexible area, and a guide at least partially coupled to the rigid area, and located inside the flexible printed circuit board.

Connecting assembly comprising flexible printed circuit board and electronic device including the same

An electronic device having a flexible display is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing, a second housing slidably coupled to a side of the first housing, a flexible display including a first area mounted on the first housing and a second area extending from the first area, a gear structure disposed within the first housing, and a mounting member rotatably coupled to the first housing and mounted on or separated from at least a portion of the human body, wherein the flexible display may be rotated and rolled according to rotation of the gear structure in a state in which the first area is exposed to the outside, thereby exposing at least a portion of the second area to the outside.

Electronic device having flexible display and operation method thereof

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 including a flexible display is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing, a second housing slidably coupled to a side surface of the first housing, a flexible display including a first area on the first housing and a second area extending from the first area, a gear structure arranged in the first housing, and an installation member rotatably coupled to the first housing and separated from or mounted on at least a part of a human body, wherein the flexible display can be rotated and rolled according to the rotation of the gear structure while the first area is exposed to the outside, such that at least a part of the second area may be exposed to the outside.

Electronic device comprising flexible display and method for operating same

An electronic device includes: a plate at least partially inserted into a first opening and including a transparent portion including a protruding portion having a gap spaced apart from an inner circumference of the first opening of the housing and a second opening spaced apart from an periphery of the protruding portion, a sidewall in which a plate including the transparent portion extends from a first printed circuit board in the housing towards the plate including the transparent portion, a second printed circuit board supported by the sidewall, a flash module comprising a flash disposed on one surface of the second printed circuit board facing the plate including the transparent portion, and a microphone disposed in a space formed through the at least one sidewall, and the second printed circuit board includes a through hole facing the microphone so that the microphone obtains an audio signal.

Electronic device including microphone and flash module

According to various embodiments of the disclosure, an electronic device may include: a first housing, a second housing accommodating at least a portion of the first housing and configured to guide sliding movement of the first housing, a flexible display including a first display area disposed on the first housing and a second display area extending from the first display area, a speaker module including a speaker unit including at least one speaker disposed in the second housing and a speaker enclosure accommodating the speaker unit and including a vent hole, and a seal connected to the first housing and the speaker enclosure and configured to be variable based on the sliding movement of the first housing.

Electronic device including speaker module

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 electronic device may include: a first housing capable of being slid; a second housing; a flexible display including a first region mounted on one surface of the first housing and a second region extending from the first region, wherein the second region is at least partially accommodated inside the first housing or the second housing or exposed to an outside of the first housing or the second housing based on a sliding movement of the first housing; a driving unit disposed in the second housing and configured to provide power for sliding the first housing; and a rail unit including a rail configured to receive the power from the driving unit and to move together with the first housing when the first housing slides.

A portable electronic device is provided. The portable electronic device includes a housing, a slider unit having an inlet portion configured to retract into the housing, a flexible display, a first antenna, a wireless communication, a state detection sensor, a first grip sensor, a processor, and a memory, processor performs recognizing that the state of the slider unit is changed from first to second state, correcting a capacitance value calculated using the first grip sensor as a correction value using an offset value corresponding to the second state, and a power back-off that lowers the power of a RF signal to be output from the wireless communication circuit to the first antenna using a power back-off value corresponding to the second state when the correction value is equal to or greater than a threshold value corresponding to the second state.

Electronic device having slidable structure

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a flexible display configured to move relative to at least a portion of the housing, and at least one noise detection circuitry disposed in the housing. The at least one noise detection circuitry may include a substrate, a microphone circuitry disposed on the substrate, a vibration detection sensor disposed on the substrate, a shielding member disposed on the substrate and surrounding at least a portion of the vibration detection sensor, and a waterproofing member disposed on the shielding member and covering the vibration detection sensor.

Electronic device including noise detection circuitry

An electronic device according to various embodiments of the disclosure may include: a first housing, a second housing accommodating at least a portion of the first housing and configured to guide sliding movement of the first housing, and an acoustic assembly including an acoustic component comprising acoustic circuitry disposed inside the first housing, a first pipe extending from the acoustic component toward a first end of the first housing, and a second pipe extending from an edge portion of the second housing to a second end of the second housing toward the first housing. The first end of the first housing or the second end of the second housing for connecting the first pipe and the second pipe when the first housing is accommodated in the second housing may be provided in a shape having a specified slope with respect to the edge portion of the second housing.

Electronic device including acoustic assembly

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Hyunggwang Kang