Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Hyungsup Byeon

Kwangtai Kim

Jungchul An

Kwang-Tai Kim

Donghyun Yeom

Hyun-Ju Hong

Joungmin Cho

Gidae Kim

Seunghyun Hwang

Jungwon Lee

Hyoseok Na

Bokun Choi

Hyunju Hong

Jong-Chul Choi

Yongjoon Jeon

Seungjae Lee

Jungsik Park

Byounguk Yoon

Dohyung Ha

Taesung Kim

Mooyoung Kim

Min-Sung Lee

Hyunchang Shin

Seungmin Choi

Song Hee Jung

Jeong-Min Park

Dongil Son

Chihyun Cho

Minwoo Yoo

Na-Young Kim

Jieun Myung

Dong Hun Kim

Dongkyoon Han

Minsung Lee

Jongkon Bae

Jong-Kon Bae

Jae-Bong Chun

Oh H Kwon

Cheolho Cheong

Sunkey Lee

Younghwan Kim

Seung-Eun Lee

Jisang Park

Nayoung Kim

Seunghoon Ko

Byeong-Cheol Kim

Han-Vit Kang

Silkyu Lim

Suyeon Kim

Ho-Kyung Kang

Sangseol Lee

Jeongsik Jeong

Min-Su Jung

Jung Won Kim

Min-Woo Yoo

Kyungwan Park

Seong Hoon Kim

DaeHwan Kim

Seung Ah Oh

Joung-Min Cho

Jaewan Kim

Minyong Song

Sung-Won Hong

Donghwy Kim

Seonghoon Kim

Heung-Sik Shin

Jungwon Kim

Hanyuool Kim

Seung Wook Nam

Taewoong Lee

Injo Jeong

Jiwoong Oh

Seungkyu Choi

Seung-min Choi

Beomju Kim

Inhyuk Choi

Matheus Farias Miranda

Seokhyun Yoon

Seungwook Nam

Namhyeon Jeon

Seungheon Lee

Youngman Lee

Hyungdal Kim

Jungsu Ha

Kyongrok Kang

Min-Yong Song

Hyoungyong Ju

Wongeun Kwak

Hjunju Hong

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a flexible display including a plurality of layers and a support member having the flexible display mounted thereon. The flexible display includes a first region having a first flexibility and a second region having a second flexibility different from the first flexibility and extending from the first region in a first direction. At least one of the plurality of layers has a first structure in the first region and has a second structure different from the first structure in the second region. The support member includes a first portion that supports the first region such that at least part of the first region remains flat and a second portion that supports the second region such that at least part of the second region is bent and then unfolded.

Flexible display and electronic device having same

An electronic device includes a camera including at least one lens, an antenna array capable of outputting a beamforming signal in a direction corresponding to an axis of the at least one lens, a communication circuit electrically connected with the antenna array, and a processor. The processor may identify a function being executed through the processor, may output a first specified beamforming signal capable of communicating with an external electronic device through the antenna array by using the communication circuit, when the function does not use the camera, and may output a second specified beamforming signal capable of detecting an external object through the antenna array by using the communication circuit, when the function uses the camera.

Electronic device for detecting external object using antenna array and operation method thereof

An electronic device includes a housing including a first surface facing a first direction and a second surface facing a second direction opposite to the first direction; a transparent substrate forming at least a portion of the first surface; a display disposed between the transparent substrate and the second surface of the housing and including a third surface facing the first direction and a fourth surface facing the second direction; at least one sensor disposed between a portion of the second surface of the display and a portion of the second surface of the housing; an electrical structure disposed between the sensor and a portion of the second surface of the housing; and a control circuit electrically connected to the electrical structure, wherein the control circuit detects an electrical signal occurring by a pressure from the second direction to a portion of the transparent substrate using the electrical structure.

Disposition structure of sensor of electronic device

A display including a bending region is provided. The display includes a pixel layer including a plurality of pixel and a substrate disposed under the pixel layer and including a first area on which the pixel layer is disposed and a second area extending out of the pixel layer from the first area, at least a partial area of the second area being bendable, wherein the substrate includes: a wiring layer including at least one first wiring electrically connected with at least one pixel of the plurality of pixels and connected from the first area to the second area, and at least one second wiring disposed in the at least partial area and electrically connected with the at least one first wiring in the second area. Further, other embodiments may be possible.

Display including plurality of wiring layers in bending region

A display device according to various embodiments comprises: a pixel layer comprising a plurality of pixels and having one or more parts of an area of an outer line, on which the plurality of pixels are disposed, depressively formed; and a wiring layer disposed along the depressively-formed one or more parts of the outer line, and comprising detection wiring for detecting cracks on an area adjacent to the pixel layer, wherein the wiring layer can be disposed below the pixel layer. Other various embodiments are possible.

Display device including wiring for detecting cracks formed on area adjacent to opening formed on display, and electronic device including same

Various embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an apparatus and a method for outputting content in an electronic device, the electronic device comprises: a display located inside a housing and exposed through a portion of a first plate; a pressure sensor circuit, which detects pressure applied to the first plate by an external force; a wireless communication circuit; a display driving circuit; at least one processor; and a memory, wherein, the memory stores instructions for causing the processor to: perform control such that the display driving circuit displays at least one graphical element on a selected region of the display having a black background screen image while at least a portion of the processor is in a sleep mode; detect a change in pressure by using the pressure sensor circuit; and inactivate the display in response to the detected pressure change. Other embodiments are possible.

Method for displaying one or more graphical elements in a selected area of display while a portion of processor is in a sleep mode

Various embodiments of the present invention relate to an electronic device for adjusting voltage and an operation method therefor. The electronic device may comprise: a display; and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: identify first information which relates to the brightness of at least one first content included in a first image layer and is to be displayed using the display, and second information which relates to the brightness of at least one second content included in a second image layer and is to be displayed using the display; adjust the brightness of the second content at least on the basis of a difference between the first information and the second information; and in a state where the second image layer is superimposed on the first image layer including the first content, display the at least one first content, and the second content the brightness of which has been adjusted, using the display. Other embodiments are also possible.

Electronic device for controlling display of content on basis of brightness information and operation method therefor

The present disclosure provides an electronic device equipped with a pressure sensor according to various embodiments. The electronic device may include: a housing including a first face facing a first direction and a second face facing a second direction opposite to the first direction, and including a conductive material provided on at least a portion of the second face; a touch screen display disposed between the first face and second face of the housing and exposed through the first face; a first pressure sensor disposed between the touch screen display and the second face of the housing and configured to sense pressure of an external object for the touch screen display; a second pressure sensor coupled to the second face of the housing and configured to sense pressure of an external object for the second face of the housing; and a support member spaced apart from the second face of the housing in the second direction. The second pressure sensor may include: a conductive pattern disposed between the support member and the conductive material; and a dielectric layer disposed between the conductive pattern and the conductive material. The second pressure sensor may be configured to generate an output on the basis of a change in capacitance associated with the conductive pattern, the conductive material, and the dielectric layer. Various embodiments may be possible for the pressure sensor.

Electronic device equipped with pressure sensors

Provided is a flexible display. A flexible display, having a first region and a second region extending therefrom in a first direction, may comprise: a display panel comprising a pixel array; and a touch sensor layer comprising first electrodes arranged on the first region and second electrodes arranged on the second region; and switches, each electrically connecting a first and second electrodes.

Flexible display and electronic device equipped with same

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing that forms a rear surface of the electronic device and at least a portion of a side surface of the electronic device, a display that forms a portion of a front surface of the electronic device, a flexible layer extended from the display, the flexible layer including: a bent portion, and a planar portion extended from the bent portion and disposed between the display and the rear surface of the housing, the planar portion including a first surface facing the display and a second surface facing the rear surface, a display driver integrated circuit (DDIC) mounted on the first surface of the planar portion of the flexible layer, the DDIC electrically connected to the display, and a flexible printed circuit board connected with the flexible layer on the second surface of the planar portion of the flexible layer.

Electronic device with display

A video encoding method and an electronic device adapted to the method are provided. The electronic device includes: a wireless communication circuit configured to communicate with a first electronic device, a touchscreen configured to display a user interface for performing a video call, a speaker, a microphone, one or more processors electrically connected to the communication circuit, the touchscreen, the speaker, and the microphone, and a memory electrically connected to the one or more processors, wherein the memory stores instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more processors to: receive a signal related to an incoming video call from the first electronic device via the wireless communication circuit, receive a user input accepting the video call via the user interface, transmit a signal accepting the video call to the first electronic device via the wireless communication circuit in response to the user input, receive a video stream from the first electronic device via the wireless communication circuit, wherein the video stream has been adapted at the first electronic device, based at least partly on: status information on the electronic device and/or status information on wireless communication between the electronic device and the first electronic device, display the received video stream on the touchscreen while providing voice from the video call, using the speaker, receive voice, using the microphone, and transmit the received voice to the first electronic device, using the wireless communication circuit.

Video encoding method and electronic device adapted thereto

According to various embodiments, an electronic device may include a first structure including a first plate including a first surface and a second surface facing away from the first surface, and at least one side surface, a second structure including a second plate facing the second surface of the first plate; a first side wall extended to the second plate; a second side wall extending to the first side wall and the second plate and facing the side surface; and a third side wall extending to the first side wall and the second plate, parallel to the second side wall and facing the side surface, wherein the second plate, the first side wall, and the second side wall and the third side wall together form a trough with one side opened to receive at least part of the first structure, the first structure is movable between an open state and a closed state with respect to the second structure in a first direction parallel to the second plate and the second side wall, and the first structure is placed at a first distance from the first side wall in the closed state, and placed at a second distance which is greater than the first distance from the first side wall in the open state, at least one mechanical button mounted on the second side wall, and moving toward the first structure from outside of the second structure, and a sensing circuit disposed between the side wall and the second side wall with at least partial area, and configured to detect the movement of the mechanical button. Besides, various embodiments are possible.

Electronic device comprising flexible display, and key button arrangement structure applied to same

An electronic device includes a battery; a display; a touch sensor configured to detect a touch on the display; a pressure sensor disposed between the display and the battery configured to detect a pressure on the display; and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to obtain a pressure signal using the pressure sensor, to identify, in response to the obtaining of the pressure signal, touch information including at least one of an occurrence of a touch signal and a position of the touch signal corresponding to the touch obtained through the touch sensor, and to adjust at least one characteristic related to charging of the battery based on at least a portion of the pressure signal and the touch information.

Method of detecting swelling of battery using pressure sensor and electronic device using the method

A display assembly and electronic device are provided. The display assembly includes a display panel including one or more display pixels, a substrate electrically connected with the one or more display pixels and including a first area including at least one of layer of the display panel and a second area extending from the first area to an outside of the display panel, and an antenna configured to be formed in at least part of the second area of the substrate.

Display assembly including antenna and electronic device including the same

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Hyungsup Byeon