Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Hyungsoo Kim

Ying Zheng

Jungjin Kim

Rajesh M Dighde

Jaehee Kim

Jongkeun Kim

Chongkun Cho

Jaeho Kang

Iksu Jung

Hyun Woo Koo

Minsung Lee

Vasudha Gupta

Younghun Paik

Sang-Hyun Joo

Chungkeun Yoo

Won-Taeck Jung

Samu Matias Kallio

Jaewoo Im

Giyun Lee

Tae-Min Park

Won-taeck Jung

Baek Woon Lee

An electronic device may include: a housing including a first housing, and a second housing accommodating at least a portion of the first housing and guiding a sliding movement of the first housing; a flexible display including a first display area connected to the first housing, and a second display area extending from the first display area; and a display support member supporting at least a portion of the second display area, wherein the display support member includes a plurality of bars which are arranged side by side and include a first processing structure formed on a side surface, wherein the plurality of bars may include: a first bar including a processing structure having a protrusion or groove shape; and a second bar at least partially facing the processing structure and including a processing structure corresponding to the shape of the processing structure.

Electronic device comprising display support member

An electronic device includes a flexible display slidably coupled to a housing and including a first portion exposed outside the housing and a second portion connected to the first portion and both extendable out of and retractable into the housing together with sliding of the first portion, a first roller inside the housing and rotatable about a first shaft having a radius of curvature, and a second roller which is inside the housing, rotatable about a second shaft spaced apart from the first shaft and being further from the end portion of the housing than the first shaft. Retraction of the flexible display into the housing extends the second portion of the flexible display along the first roller to have a curvature corresponding the radius of curvature of the first roller, together with the second portion of the flexible display being extended along the second roller.

Electronic device having flexible display

An electronic device includes: first and second housings configured to move relative to each other; a display disposed in the first and second housings; and a hinge module rotatably connecting the first and second housings, where the hinge module includes: first and second rotary members connected to the first and second housings; a rotary bracket in which the first and second rotary members are disposed; a first arm member connected to the first rotary member and including a first cam structure; a second arm member connected to the second rotary member and including a second cam structure; and a third cam structure facing the first and second cam structures, where the first and second cam structures include: an outer cam structure having a first cam profile; and an inner cam structure surrounded by the outer cam structure and having a second cam profile different from the first cam profile.

Electronic device comprising hinge module

Examples are disclosed that relate to mitigating a piezoelectric response of an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display from static charge. One example provides an electronic device, comprising an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display, the OLED display comprising an organic light emitting layer, a thin film transistor (TFT), a polyimide layer disposed on an opposite side of the TFT as the organic light emitting layer, a buffer layer between the TFT and the polyimide layer, and a conductor positioned to mitigate a piezoelectric response of the polyimide layer to static charge on the OLED display.

Mitigating induced emission in OLED display

A hinge structure is provided. The hinge structure includes a fixed structure including a first guide rail and a second guide rail, a center of an arc of the first guide rail is a first axis of rotation parallel to an axial direction and a center of an arc of the second guide rail is a second axis of rotation parallel to the axial direction, a first rotary structure including a first guide portion accommodated in the first guide rail and a first helical groove extending around and along the first axis of rotation, a second rotary structure including a second guide portion accommodated in the second guide rail and a second helical groove extending around and along the second axis of rotation, and a sliding structure including a first guide protrusion accommodated in the first helical groove and a second guide protrusion accommodated in the second helical groove.

Hinge structure and electronic device including the same

The disclosure herein describes a display panel that includes a display area and a non-display area. The example display panel includes a flexible substrate, a touch metal layer, and a metal layer between the flexible substrate and the touch metal layer. Each of the display area and the non-display area include the flexible substrate, the touch metal layer, and the metal layer. The metal layer includes signal lines for transmitting signals between the display area and the non-display area. The non-display area includes a bending area with the touch metal layer being disposed on the metal layer in the non-display area to shield noise from signals transmitted through the signal lines in the bending area from the antenna. The display area includes light emitting diodes and a thin film encapsulation layer disposed between the touch metal layer and the metal layer.

Radio frequency shielding using a touch on encapsulation layer

A display assembly includes a display layer with a plurality of display elements to provide display light and form a display image. A first subset of display elements is used while the display assembly is operating in a full visibility mode, and a second subset of display elements is used while the display assembly is operating in a restricted visibility mode. A touch-sensitive layer includes a plurality of conductive traces disposed proximate to the display layer. The plurality of conductive traces are shaped and positioned to block a first portion of the display light while the display assembly is operating in the full visibility mode, and block a second, greater portion of the display light while the display assembly is operating in the restricted visibility mode. A visibility controller is used to switch the display assembly between the full visibility mode and the restricted visibility mode.

Display image visibility restriction

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing, a second housing, a hinge structure configured to connect the first housing and the second housing, and a foldable display module. The hinge structure includes a rotating shaft, a first idle gear, a second idle gear, a first gear, a second gear, a first pressing member configured to move the first gear toward the second gear, and a first interconnecting structure formed between the first gear and the second gear to enable the first gear to engage with the second gear, the first interconnecting structure being formed between the first gear and the second gear such that, as first pressing member moves the first gear toward the second gear, the first gear and the second gear receive with rotational forces in opposite directions.

Disclosed is a foldable electronic device including a flexible display, a first housing and a second housing, a hinge housing, and a hinge structure. The hinge structure includes a first rotary member coupled to the first housing, a second rotary member coupled to the second housing, a first arm part coupled to the first rotary member and including a first rotary cam, a second arm part coupled to the second rotary member and including a second rotary cam, a fixed cam part including a first fixed cam engaged with the first rotary cam, a second fixed cam engaged with the second rotary cam, and a cam body connecting the first fixed cam and the second fixed cam, a stopper that restricts rotational angles of the arm parts, and an additional structure disposed between the stopper and the fixed cam part.

Hinge structure and foldale electronic device including the same

A hinge structure is provided. The hinge structure includes a first rotary member connected with a first housing, a second rotary member connected with a second housing, a gear structure that makes the first rotary member and the second rotary member operate in conjunction with each other, a first arm connected with the first rotary member, a second arm connected with the second rotary member, a first torque providing member that fastens the first arm and the first rotary member, and a second torque providing member that fastens the second arm and the second rotary member.

Structure of hinge for foldable electronic device, and electronic device including the same

Disclosed is a nonvolatile memory device, which includes a memory cell array including cell strings, a row decoder connected with a ground selection transistor of each of the cell strings through a ground selection line, connected with memory cells of each of the cell strings through word lines, and connected with a string selection transistor of each of the cell strings through a string selection line, and a page buffer connected with the cell strings through bit lines. In a first period of a check operation, the page buffer applies a first bias voltage to the bit lines, and the row decoder applies a turn-off voltage to the ground selection line, a turn-on voltage to the string selection line, and a first check voltage to the word lines. In a second period of the check operation, the page buffer senses first changes of voltages of the bit lines.

Nonvolatile memory device and storage device including nonvolatile memory device

A display with a curved portion is provided. The display includes a capacitive sensor mesh layer including a plurality of cells, wherein at least a cell of the plurality of cells includes at least one cell face that has a discontinuity in the cell face based at least in part on a position of the cell on the curved portion.

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Hyungsoo Kim