Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Hyunju Hong

Yangwook Kim

Myunghoon Kwak

Jungsik Park

Byounguk Yoon

Jooyoung Kang

Yongyoun Kim

Sanghyuk Park

Woosung Chun

Hojin Jung

Joungmin Cho

Raetae Kim

Jookwan Lee

Moonchul Shin

Wonho Lee

Sungho Ahn

Hyunggwang Kang

Soohyun Seo

Jihyung Jung

Jinwoo Kim

Junyoung Choi

Youngseong Kim

Woosup Lee

Yeonggyu Yoon

Yongjin Kwon

Hyunsuk Kim

Kibeom Kim

Jaeyoung Shin

Gyeongtae Park

Jungchul An

Dohyung Ha

Seungjoon Lee

Joongyeon Cho

Jihea Park

Seungki Choi

Junhyuk Kim

Inkuk Yun

Gisoo Lim

Seunghui Sunwoo

Minsoo Kim

Soyoung Lee

Namsu Kim

Jaebong Chun

Youngjae Kim

Sehwan Choi

Seunggil Jeon

Youngmin Kang

Hyungsup Byeon

Wonkyu Sung

Geonsoo Kim

Sunghyup Lee

Hyoungtak Cho

Yeonwoo Kim

Sangyong Kim

Myeongsu Oh

Gun Lim

Woongeun Kwak

Seonghoon Kim

Eric Huang

Dohun Cha

George Wallner

Moonsun Kim

Duho Chu

Hyunwoo Lee

Hyunchul Kim

Donghyun Yeom

Sungsoo Kim

Hyungjin Kim

Minwoo Lee

Minwoo Yoo

Dongyeon Kim

Yi Yang

Jieun Myung

Sukgi Hong

Minsung Lee

Kwang-Tai Kim

Kwonho Son

Soonho Hwang

Minuk Kim

Joon Young Heo

Donghun Shin

Mincheol Seo

Jaedeok Lim

Jisang Park

Sangyoup Seok

Sangeun Lee

Taeyeong Kim

Kyuyoung Kim

Soojung Kim

Moonjeong Kim

Seongyong An

Yoonjung Kim

Wonjoon Choi

Jungwon Kim

Sungjun Lim

Heeseok Jung

Byeong-Cheol Kim

Chongo Yoon

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a foldable housing including a hinge structure, a first housing connected to the hinge structure and including a first side wall structure and a first bracket located inside the first side wall structure, and a second housing connected to the hinge structure and including a second side wall structure and a second bracket located inside the second side wall structure, the second housing being folded with the first housing about the hinge structure, a display panel extending from the first housing to the second housing across the hinge structure and configured to output a screen, and a second antenna structure including a second ground and a second feeding portion disposed on the second side wall structure of the second housing, wherein the first side wall structure of the first housing and the second side wall structure of the second housing may include a first metal material, and the first bracket of the first housing includes the first metal material, and the second bracket of the second housing may include a second metal material.

Electronic device including bracket formed of metal material

An electronic device includes a display module including a first region and a second region which extends from the first region and tactically senses an input via a conductive layer, a first structure facing the display module, a second structure slidably connected to the first structure, and slidable together with the display module along the first structure, and a back cover forming a rear surface of the electronic device and including a window region, and the conductive layer which is on the window region. The second structure which slides towards and away the first structure respectively closes and opens the electronic device, the electronic device which is closed defines the front surface including the first region, together with the second region tactically exposed at the window region, and the electronic device which is open defines the front surface including the first region and a portion of the second region.

Input sensing slidable structure of flexible display module and electronic device including the same

An electronic device is disclosed, including: a first housing, a second housing, a folding housing that pivotably connects the first housing and second housing, a flexible display spanning the first, second and folding housings, a printed circuit board (PCB), a first camera module at least partly visible through a surface of the second housing, a first magnet disposed in the first housing, a second magnet disposed in the second housing, and a hall sensor disposed on the PCB, the hall sensor configured to detect magnetic flux caused by motion of the first and/or second magnet in folding and unfolding of the electronic device so as facilitate determination of a configuration state of the electronic device.

Electronic device comprising hall sensor for identifying folding state

According to various embodiments, an electronic device may include: a first housing including a first support member, a second housing including a second support member and foldably coupled to the first housing through a hinge device, a display panel supported by the first housing and the second housing, a support plate disposed under the display panel, a first reinforced plate at least partially disposed under the support plate to correspond to the first support member, a second reinforced plate at least partially disposed under the support plate to correspond to the second support member, a first waterproof structure disposed between the first housing and the first reinforced plate to define at least one first waterproof space, and a second waterproof structure disposed between the second housing and the second reinforced plate to define at least one second waterproof space.

Electronic device including waterproof structure

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a rollable display, includes a rotation shaft arranged in an inner space of a housing in a first direction, a first printed circuit board (PCB) coupled to the rotation shaft, a rollable display arranged to be wound in the inner space of the housing, and is drawn out from the inside to the outside of the housing in conjunction with the rotation of the rotation shaft and in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, a first electrical component which is arranged in the inner space of the housing and between a first flat portion and one end of the rotation shaft, fixed irrespective of the rotation of the rotation shaft, and a first rollable flexible PCB (FPCB) which allows the first PCB and the first electrical component to be electrically connected to each other.

Electronic device comprising rollable display

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, an electronic apparatus may comprise: a first housing; a second housing configured to slide with respect to the first housing; a display comprising a first display area and a second display area extending from the first display area, positioned on the first housing and the second housing; and a rotating support configured to support the display, the rotating support being rotatably connected to the second housing.

Slidable electronic apparatus and method for using transparent display in said electronic apparatus

An electronic device according to various example embodiments may include a housing including a first housing and a second housing slidably coupled to the first housing within a specific range, a heating part disposed to at least one region of the first housing and second housing, a driving unit disposed to one region in the housing, a flexible display which may include a first portion exposed for view (visible to a user) to the outside of the housing and a second portion extending from the first portion and inserted into the housing or drawn out to the outside when the second housing moves with respect to the first housing, a support structure, at least one temperature sensor, and at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to sense a temperature and at least control a movement speed of the second housing based on at least the sensed temperature.

Electronic device and method including flexible display

An embodiment disclosed herein relate to a foldable electronic device for improving open convenience and a control method thereof. According to an embodiment, the disclosure may provide a foldable electronic device including: a hinge structure; a first housing connected to the hinge structure; a second housing connected to the hinge structure and foldable with respect to the first housing around the hinge structure; a flexible display; a first magnet disposed in a position adjacent to an edge of the first housing and including a magnetic substance arranged along the longitudinal direction of the first housing; and a second magnet disposed in a position adjacent to an edge of the second housing and corresponding to the first magnet, and including a magnetic substance arranged along the longitudinal direction of the second housing. Various other embodiments are also disclosed.

Foldable electronic device

According to various embodiments, there may be provided an electronic device comprising: a housing, a flexible display having a resizable region visible to an outside of the housing by at least a portion being moved from the inside to the outside of the housing, a communication circuit configured to enable transmitting or receiving data to or from an external electronic device, at least one sensor configured to identify a size of a region where the flexible display is visible to the outside of the housing, a memory, and at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: control the display to display a first content on first region of the flexible display visible to the outside of the housing, establish communication connection with an external electronic device through the communication circuit, transmit, based on the establishing of the communication connection, first information on the first content to the external electronic device through the communication circuit so that the external electronic device displays the first content, when a second region where the flexible display located inside the housing is visible to the outside of the housing, display second content on a third region including the first region and the second region, based on at least one value obtained using the at least one sensor, identify second information on the second content, to be transmitted to the external electronic device, based on the obtained at least one value, and transmit the identified second information to the external electronic device through the communication circuit so that the external electronic device displays the second content.

Electronic device including flexible display and method for operating the same

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a flexible display comprising a first housing, a second housing and a third housing movably coupled with respect to the first housing, a first region disposed in the first housing to form a first surface exposed to the outside of the electronic device, a second region which extends from the first region and is located inside the second housing, and a third region which extends from the first region and is located inside the second housing, and a processor that may display a first screen in the first region, determine a direction and a distance in which the flexible display is extended based on a value obtained by a sensor, and display a screen different from the first screen in the second region or the third region based on the determination.

Electronic device comprising expandable display, and method for controlling screen of electronic device

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device comprises a housing including a first surface facing a first direction, and a second surface facing a second direction opposite to the first surface, a conductive plate disposed at the first surface of the housing to be slidable in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and including a slot, a flexible display arranged to be supported by the conductive plate and including a first area facing the first surface and a second area extending from the first area and bendable according to the sliding of the conductive plate, and a wireless communication circuit configured to transmit and/or receive a signal in a selected or designated frequency band through an antenna formed on the basis of at least a part of the conductive plate, which surrounds the slot.

Electronic device comprising flexible display and antenna

An electronic device may include a display, a touch circuit, and a processor. The display may include an area visually exposed to an outside of the electronic device is capable of being changed between a first state and a second state. When an identified first stress value of a first unit area, among a plurality of unit areas, is greater than a first threshold value, based on a graphic user interface to be displayed, the display may be controlled to display a graphic user interface in a first area including the first unit area in a second area excluding the first unit area, to reduce pressure to the first unit area.

Electronic device including flexible display and controlling display of a graphic user interface based on sensed stress values caused by a touch on the flexible display

An electronic device may include: a first housing, a second housing configured to slide from the first housing, a flexible display disposed to the first housing and the second housing and having a screen configured to be reduced/extended according to the sliding of the second housing, a first antenna module including at least one antenna disposed to the first housing and configured to radiate a millimeter wave, and a second antenna module including at least one antenna disposed to the second housing and configured to radiate a millimeter wave. The second antenna module may be located adjacent to one side face of the second housing and may be configured to form a beam in a same direction as the first antenna module.

An electronic device includes a housing, a first substrate disposed in an internal space of the housing, a conductive structure disposed at a location isolated from the first substrate, a second substrate electrically connected to the conductive structure and the first substrate, and an electrical connection member electrically connecting the second substrate to the conductive structure. The electrical connection member may include a first fixing portion fixed to the conductive structure, a second fixing portion fixed to the second substrate, and a connection portion connecting the first fixing portion and the second fixing portion. The first fixing portion includes a first bent portion bent along a first bent line from a neck portion, that is, a boundary area with the connection portion, and a second bent portion bent along a second bent line from the first bent portion. The first bent portion is bent in a first direction becoming distant from the conductive structure, and the second bent portion is bent in a second direction opposite to the first direction.

Electronic device including electrical connection member

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

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Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Hyunju Hong