Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Hyunju Hong

Yangwook Kim

Myunghoon Kwak

Jungsik Park

Byounguk Yoon

Jooyoung Kang

Wonho Lee

Junyoung Choi

Hojin Jung

Jookwan Lee

Joungmin Cho

Sungho Ahn

Yongyoun Kim

Yeonggyu Yoon

Sanghyuk Park

Nakhyun Choi

Moonchul Shin

Inkuk Yun

Woosung Chun

Yongjin Kwon

Hyunggwang Kang

Soohyun Seo

Raetae Kim

Jihyung Jung

Kibeom Kim

Jinwoo Kim

Seungjoon Lee

Woosup Lee

Youngseong Kim

Joongyeon Cho

Hyunsuk Kim

Jaeyoung Shin

Hyoungtak Cho

Jungchul An

Dohyung Ha

Minsoo Kim

Youngmin Kang

Wonkyu Sung

Jihea Park

Sunghyup Lee

Seungki Choi

Woongeun Kwak

Junhyuk Kim

Moonsun Kim

Gisoo Lim

Soyoung Lee

Namsu Kim

Jaebong Chun

Sungsoo Kim

Hyungjin Kim

Youngjae Kim

Sehwan Choi

Seunggil Jeon

Kwonho Son

Hyungsup Byeon

Hyunwoo Lee

Hyunchul Kim

Donghyun Yeom

Daehyun Kim

Donghun Shin

Mincheol Seo

Jaedeok Lim

Geonsoo Kim

Sangyoup Seok

Taeyeong Kim

Seungbum Choi

Seongyong An

Yeonwoo Kim

Moonjeong Kim

Sangyong Kim

Yoonjung Kim

Myeongsu Oh

Seonghoon Kim

Gun Lim

Heeseok Jung

Eric Huang

Dohun Cha

Sungkoo Park

Duho Chu

George Wallner

Minwoo Lee

Minwoo Yoo

Dongyeon Kim

Yi Yang

Jieun Myung

Sukgi Hong

Minsung Lee

Soonho Hwang

Kwang-Tai Kim

Minuk Kim

Sangil Park

Joon Young Heo

Jisang Park

Sangeun Lee

Kyuyoung Kim

Soojung Kim

Jungwon Kim

Wonjoon Choi

An electronic device according to an embodiment of the disclosure includes: a first housing, a second housing coupled to one side of the first housing and configured to slide in multiple directions, and a display including a plurality of layers, and a size of a visible region of the display of a front surface of the electronic device is configured to be changed in response to a sliding operation of the second housing. The display includes a base part forming the front surface of the electronic device and configured to maintain a shape based on the second structure sliding and a rollable part extending from the base part and configured to be deformed to be flat or curved based on the sliding operation of the second housing. The plurality of layers include a panel layer, a reinforcement layer disposed on a surface of the panel layer, and a cover layer disposed on a surface of the reinforcement layer and facing the panel layer with the reinforcement layer therebetween. The cover layer includes a first portion included in the base part of the display and a second portion included in the rollable part of the display when a section of the display is viewed. The first portion and the second portion are different from each other in terms of at least one of a structure, a shape, or a property.

Electronic apparatus comprising flexible display

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a flexible display including a first display area and a second display area that is transparent, a camera module including a first camera module and a second camera module, and at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor may be configured to execute a camera module application in a first state in which the second display area covers the first camera module, and when properties of a first transparent region are changed by adjusting an electrical signal with respect to the first transparent region of the second display area which abuts the first camera module, display an image received from the first camera module on a second transparent region of the first display area or a second transparent region of the second display area by reflecting the changed properties of the first transparent region for the image.

Slidable electronic device and method for using transparent display in same electronic device

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a first display slidable through the housing and having at least a portion exposed to the outside through the housing, wherein the area exposed to the outside, of the first display is changeable on the basis of the sliding through the housing, a second display spaced apart from the at least an exposed portion of the first display by a predetermined distance, and disposed on a plane together with the at least an exposed portion, and at least one processor disposed within the housing, wherein the at least one processor is configured to display first content on the first display and display second content on the second display.

Electronic device including plurality of displays and method of operating same

According to various embodiments, an electronic device comprises: a first housing including a first space formed through a first side member comprising a first side, a second side extending in a direction perpendicular to the first side, and a third side extending from the second side in parallel with the first side; a second housing slidably coupled to the first housing along a first direction and comprising a second space formed through a second side member; a bendable support connected to the first housing, is, in a slide-in state, at least partially accommodated into the second space, and in a slide-out state, forms a side at least partially coplanar with the first housing; a flexible display supported through the first housing and the bendable support; at least one electronic component disposed in the second space and in communication with an external environment through a first opening formed in at least a portion of the second side member in the slide-in state; and a bendable electrical connection member configured to connect the electronic component to the first space, wherein in the slide-in state, at least a portion of the first side and the third side are accommodated in the second space so as not to be visible from the outside, and the at least one electronic component may be disposed at a position not interfered with by the first side and/or the second side in the slide-in state.

Electronic device comprising electronic component arrangement structure

An electronic device, according to various embodiments of the present disclosure, may comprise: a housing, a first circuit board disposed in the housing; flexible circuit boards electrically connected to the first circuit board, coil antennas disposed inside the housing and including a plurality of antennas having conductive patterns provided and configured to generate magnetic fields, a shielding layer disposed below a first antenna from among the plurality of antennas and metal shields disposed about side surfaces of the coil antennas and configured to shield a magnetic field in a first direction from among magnetic fields formed by the coil antennas.

Electronic device including coil antenna

An electronic device may output, on at least a portion of a flexible display, an affordance for adjusting a size of an exposed area of a flexible display, receive information about a target size based on the affordance, and control the flexible display to have the size of the exposed size correspond to the target size.

Method of adjusting size of exposed area of flexible display and electronic device performing the method

An example electronic device includes a first housing, a second housing connected with the first housing and configured to perform a sliding operation, a driving device that adjusts the sliding operation, a flexible display, at least one sensor, and at least one processor. The processor is configured to control the electronic device to display content via at least a portion of a first area of the flexible display, identify an aspect ratio of the content, obtain orientation information of the electronic device using the sensor, and identify size information of a second area of the flexible display capable of maximally displaying the content with the identified aspect ratio of the content based on the obtained orientation information, the first area and the second area being one surface of an exposed area of the flexible display, and the second area being an area extended or reduced from the first area.

Electronic device comprising flexible display and operating method thereof

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing, a second housing slidably coupled to the first housing, a display of which at least a part is fixed to the second housing so that an information display region, which is a part of the electronic device visible on the outside, increases or decreases according to the sliding of the second housing, and a support member including a bendable structure, supporting at least a part of the display, and moving according to the sliding of the second housing, wherein, the information display region increases if the second housing slides in a first direction at a reference position at which the end of the second housing and the end of the first housing are substantially aligned, and the information display region decreases if the second housing slides in a second direction opposite to the first direction at the reference position.

Electronic device including rollable or slidable display

An electronic device may include a first housing, a second housing configured to change a position relative to the first housing based on sliding of the first housing, a flexible display including a first area and a bendable or rollable second area extending from the first area, a supporting structure coupled with the flexible display to support at least a portion of the flexible display and including a plurality of bars, and a guide rail configured to guide a movement of the plurality of bars based on the sliding of the first housing. Each of the plurality of bars may include a frame and a header formed on an end of the frame. When the second area of the flexible display is bent or rolled, the headers of adjacent bars may be disposed to at least partially overlap each other. Each of the headers may include at least one pole at least partially received in the guide rail.

Flexible display, structure supporting the flexible display, and electronic device including the same

An electronic device may include: a main substrate; a frame having at least one part exposed outside the electronic device, and formed from a metal material; a flexible printed circuit board having at least one part disposed adjacent to the frame; a first connecting part for electrically connecting the flexible printed circuit board and the main substrate; a second connecting part formed to be bendable to electrically connect the flexible printed circuit board and the frame; and an integrated circuit disposed on, directly or indirectly, the flexible printed circuit board. Various other embodiments are possible.

Antenna power feeding structure comprising flexible printed circuit board, and electronic device comprising same

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing including a first space formed by a first side member including a first side, a second side extending in a direction perpendicular to the first side, and a third side extending from the second side in parallel with the first side, a second housing which is slidably coupled to the first housing in a first direction and includes a second space, a bendable member which is connected to the first housing, is at least partially accommodated into the second space in a slide-in state, and forms a plane that is at least partially identical to the first housing in a slide-out state, a flexible display including a first portion disposed to be viewable from an outside in the slide-in state and a second portion which extends from the first portion and is accommodated into the second space through the bendable member so as not to be at least partially viewable from the outside, and a component assembly which is disposed in the first space to correspond to the outside through an opening formed in at least a portion of the first housing and comprises at least two electronic components, wherein the opening may be covered by at least a portion of the second housing in the slide-in state, and in the slide-in state, the first side and the third side may be accommodated into the second space so as not to be viewable from the outside.

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

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing, a second housing, the first housing slidable with respect to the second housing, a flexible display including a first display area and a second display area extending from the first display area and bendable or rollable, a battery disposed in the first housing or the second housing, and a supporting structure supporting at least a portion of the flexible display. The supporting structure includes a first area overlapping the battery and a second area extending from the first area. The first area of the supporting structure has a first thickness, and the second area of the supporting structure has a second thickness larger than the first thickness.

Flexible display and electronic device including same

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a foldable housing which has a hinge structure including a first housing and a second housing, the first housing is connected to the hinge structure and includes a first surface facing a first direction, a second surface facing a second direction opposite the first direction, and a first side surrounding the space between the first second surface, and the second housing is connected to the hinge structure and includes a third surface facing a third direction, a fourth surface facing a fourth direction opposite the third direction, and a second side, the first surface facing the third surface when the electronic device is in a folded state, and the third direction being the same as the first direction when the electronic device is in an unfolded state, a flexible display extending from the first and third surface, and a magnet array.

Electronic device comprising magnet array

An electronic device including a reinforcing structure is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing, a second housing movable relative to the first housing, a flexible display supported by at least one of the first housing or the second housing, and a reinforcing structure disposed on a rear surface of the flexible display, wherein the flexible display may include a rolling portion that is at least partially bent in a process of changing from the first state to the second state, and the reinforcing structure may include a support coupled to the flexible display so as to cover a rear surface of the rolling portion.

Electronic device including reinforcing structure

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Hyunju Hong