Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Jinwan An

Kwangtaek Woo

Jiwoo Lee

Changho Lee

Minsoo Kim

Sangheon Kim

Seonghun Kim

Deukkyu Oh

Byoungkug Kim

Yongwoon Kim

Jaeho Choi

Hyesoon Jeong

Daesik Hwang

Jihun Kim

Seonghoon Choi

Dongjeon Kim

Joonwon Chang

Jaegyun Son

Ganghyun Goo

Hyunsuk Choi

Seokwoo Lee

Yonggil Han

Kwangho Shin

Seyoup Chu

Jinhee Ahn

Bonghee Lee

Kyunglim Choi

Soonok Kim

Euiyong Hong

Taehoon Kim

Yeunwook Lim

Soyoung Kim

Yongjin Kwon

Geonsoo Kim

Banghyun Kwon

Jungho Kim

Jongmoo Lee

Il Yong Jung

Minsik Kim

Myeongsil Park

Byungseok Jung

Yanggyun Jung

Bowoong Seo

Hyosung Kang

Yongjoo Shin

Hosung Bang

Byungwoo Min

Soogyu Lee

Yunjeong Choi

Sangyup Lee

Jeongwon Yang

Hyoungook Jo

Nawoong Han

Mingyu Kim

Sungjun Kim

Daehyun Kim

Jinyoung Kim

Jaeyoung Choi

Jinkyu Kim

Junyoung Kim

Inhyung Jung

Jeonghoon Kim

Sanghyeon Kim

Seungmin Choi

Hakryoul Kim

Jinman Kim

Eunsung Lee

Hoyeon Kim

Pilwon Seo

Jieun Jung

Mira Seo

Muyeol Lee

Jaehyun Bae

Eunsoo Park

Hyukjin Jung

Taejeong Kim

Gunhyuk Yoon

Hokyung Kang

Jeongsik Kim

Jaeryong Han

Yongkwon Kim

Kyujin Kwak

Kyunghwan Song

Bongjun Ko

Keunwon Jang

Youngmin Moon

Byounggyu Park

Hyunchul Oh

Jongwoon Jang

Hyuntae Jung

Heangsu Kim

Hosoon Lee

Jinseong Park

Kyuchul Kong

Jinyoung Jang

Mangun Hur

Yongho Hwang

Yunjae Jun

A foldable electronic device includes a display including a first and second areas; a first and second housings; a hinge structure foldably connecting the first housing and the second housing to each other on a folding axis; a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) extending across the folding axis from a first space between the first housing and the display to a second space between the second housing and the display and including a first bending portion and a second bending portion; a sensor configured to identify an impedance in the FPCB; and a processor configured to identify a folding angle between the first housing and the second housing based on the impedance. The first bending portion includes a first sensing pattern part including a first pattern forming a first electrical path and a second pattern forming a second electrical path.

Electronic device including flexible printed circuit board and operating method thereof

An electronic device includes a flexible display panel connected to a first housing and a second housing; and a flexible window that is coupled to one surface of the flexible display panel. The flexible window includes a deformation area that is deformable together with the flexible display panel around at least one folding axis. The flexible window includes a glass layer. A first polymer layer is disposed between the glass layer and the flexible display panel. An adhesive layer is laminated on the second surface of the glass layer. The adhesive layer includes at least one uneven structure formed on one surface that faces an opposite direction to the second surface of the glass layer and is at least partially overlapped with the at least one first curved-surface portion or the at least one second curved-surface portion. A second polymer layer is laminated on the adhesive layer.

Electronic device comprising flexible window

An electronic device includes a communication module, an embedded-subscriber identification module (eSIM) in which at least one profile is stored, and a processor. The processor is configured to, when accessing a server and succeeding in authentication for a first profile among at least one profile stored in the eSIM, receive an authentication token indicating successful authentication for the first profile from the server, when establishing communication with a first electronic device through the communication module, inform the first electronic device that the first profile is transmittable data, and when transmission of the first profile is requested from the first electronic device, transmit, to the first electronic device, the authentication token for downloading a second profile corresponding to the first profile from the server.

Electronic device and method for installing eSIM profile in electronic device

A foldable electronic device may include a flexible display, a sensor circuit, a processor and a memory. The foldable electronic device may be such that it: executes an application on the basis of a first mode, if a folding angle is within a first range; identifies a folding angle via the sensor circuit according to a first cycle while the application is executed in the first mode; if the identified folding angle is not within the first range, switches the execution mode of the application from the first mode to a second mode; and changes the range for switching the execution mode of the application from the first range to the second range based on at least one of the identified folding angles.

Method for executing application, and electronic device supporting same

Provided is an electronic device including a hinge module; a first and second housing; a first battery detachably disposed in a first internal space of the first housing, a second battery detachably disposed in a second internal space of the second housing; a first and second cover, a memory, and a processor. The processor is configured to execute instructions stored in the memory to display integrated battery information on first and second batteries, based on remaining capacity information on the first sand second batteries, display first battery information and second battery information based on detecting that at least one of the remaining capacity of the first and second batteries is equal to or less than a predetermined capacity, or based on detecting a detachment of the first or second cover.

Electronic device and method of displaying information of a plurality of batteries using the same

A notification and connection method for an electronic pen is provided. Aspects include receiving a touch input of a first electronic pen to a display, identifying whether the first electronic pen is connected to an electronic device through a communication module in response to receiving the touch input, and identifying whether a second electronic pen is connected to the electronic device in response to identifying that the first electronic pen is not connected to the electronic device. Aspects also include transmitting a notification signal to the second electronic pen in response to identifying that the second electronic pen connected to the electronic device is present and establishing communication connection with the first electronic pen in response to identifying that the second electronic pen is not connected to the electronic device.

Electronic device, and notification and connection method for electronic pen

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing, a second housing slidable with respect to the first housing, a display having one end fixed to the second housing and having a variable information display area in which information is visually displayed according to sliding of the second housing, a sliding motor, and a processor operatively connected to the display and the sliding motor and, when an application is executed, the processor acquires first information including a display ratio of application-related information that is be displayed on the display by executing the application, acquires second information including a screen ratio according to the information display area of the display, compares the first information with the second information, and controls the sliding motor on the basis of the comparison result.

Electronic device comprising display with variable display area and control method

Disclosed is an electronic device comprising: a display, a sensor configured to detect geometric deformation of the electronic device, at least one processor, and a memory operatively connected to the at least one processor and storing at least one application. The memory may include one or more instructions which, when executed, cause the at least one processor to: control the display to display an execution screen of the at least one application on the display in response to execution of the at least one application in the memory; check a rotation mode setting of the electronic device; obtain display characteristic information of the display in response to a geometric deformation event detected by the sensor; determine a display mode of the execution screen based on the display characteristic information and the checked rotation mode setting and map same to the at least one application; and control the display to display the execution screen on the display based on the mapped display mode.

Electronic device comprising display and screen operation method thereof

An electronic device includes a memory, a touch panel, a display having a flexible structure, at least one sensor, and at least one processor, and the memory stores instructions that cause, when executed, the at least one processor to during a driving section in which a changing in the screen size of the display is detected by the at least one sensor, adjust a touch sensitivity of the touch panel from a first setting value to a second setting value, and to, based on determining that the changing of the screen size of the display is detected to be finished by a sensing result of the at least one sensor, adjust the touch sensitivity of the touch panel from the second setting value to the first setting value.

Flexible-type electronic device and operating method therefor

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a memory configured to store at least one application, a database storing determination criteria information to determine an abnormal operation of the at least one application, and an agent configured to control a process of the at least application, and a processor, coupled to the memory, configured to execute the agent, in which, when executing the agent, the processor is configured to receive state information related to the abnormal operation of the at least one application from an operating system (OS), determine a target application from the at least one application in which an abnormal operation is expected based on the determination criteria information, and preload the target application in a background.

Electronic device preloading abnormal application in background, and operation method thereof

An electronic device including a flexible display module is provided. The flexible display module includes a patterned window. The patterned window includes a plurality of patterned portions. The plurality of patterned portions each have at least three corners having a predetermined curvature. One or more first corners formed on an upper side of the patterned window have a first curvature, and one or more second corners formed on a lower side of the patterned window have a second curvature, the first curvature and the second curvature being different from each other.

Electronic device having flexible display module

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing, a second housing foldably connected with the first housing, a flexible display disposed on the first housing and the second housing, at least one sensor, a memory, and at least one processor operatively connected to the flexible display, the at least one sensor, and the memory, wherein the at least one processor is configured, when instructions stored in the memory are executed, to control the flexible display to display a first execution screen of a first application, based on an angle between the first housing and the second housing, which is identified using the sensor, falling within a predetermined range, identify whether the first application supports changing of an execution screen according to a change in angle, control the flexible display to display a second execution screen of the first application associated with the predetermined range.

Electronic device for providing execution screen of application and method for operating the same

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device may include: a battery, a first sensor configured to detect a folding angle of the electronic device, a flexible display, a sub-display, and a processor configured to determine whether the electronic device is in a folding mode or an unfolding mode based on a detection result from the first sensor, wherein the processor is configured to: based on a battery information provision request in the folding mode of the electronic device, calculate a first available time of the battery in the folding mode based on a power consumption in the folding mode and an available capacity of the battery and control the sub-display to display the available capacity and the first available time on the sub-display, and based on the battery information provision request in the unfolding mode of the electronic device, calculate a second available time of the battery in the unfolding mode based on a power consumption in the unfolding mode and the available capacity and control the flexible display to display the available capacity and the second available time on the flexible display.

Electronic device and operating method thereof

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including an opening, a first cover disposed in the housing to close the opening and includes a first surface facing the outside and a second surface facing an internal space of the housing, at least one air vent formed from the first surface to the second surface in a region of the first cover to connect the outside of the electronic device to the internal space and includes a first space formed to have a specified depth in a direction starting from the first surface to the second surface, and a second space formed to have a specified depth in a direction starting from the second surface to the first surface, wherein the first space and the second space are connected, and a breathable waterproof member disposed to close the second space in the second surface.

Electronic device including air vent

In electronic devices according to various embodiments, after a partition in which one or more applications are installed is reset by a factory data reset function, the one or more applications installed in the partition can be installed on the basis of a backup file. When the factory data reset function is not requested by a user who has purchased an electronic device, for example, when an inspector of the electronic device requests the factory data reset function or the factory data reset function is requested on the basis of the SIM card that was first inserted into the electronic device, the restoration of the one or more applications using the backup file can be performed by the electronic device.

Device and method for restoring application removed by factory data reset function

Growing community of inventors

Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Jinwan An