Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Jookwan Lee

Myunghoon Kwak

Yangwook Kim

Jihea Park

Hyunju Hong

Yongjin Kwon

Sangho Lee

Soyoung Lee

Suyoung Park

Wonsuk Chung

Moonchul Shin

Sunmin Hwang

Junghyeob Lee

Jangbok Lee

Youngrog Kim

Youngmin Kang

Hyejeong Kim

Moonjeong Kim

Raetae Kim

Jihyung Jung

Hansung Leem

Changryong Heo

Yeonggyu Yoon

Soomin Lee

Jooyoung Kang

Joongyeon Cho

Junsuk Kim

Gyeongtae Park

Baekeun Cho

Hongju Park

Junwoo Choi

Kisung Park

Junyoung Choi

Seungjoon Lee

Hojin Jung

Kyunghoon Lee

Wonho Lee

Hyunsuk Kim

Sanghyuk Park

Sungho Ahn

Sangeun Lee

Taeyeong Kim

Hyunggwang Kang

Soohyun Seo

Nakhyun Choi

Inkuk Yun

Seonmi Kim

Junhyuk Kim

Byunggil Lee

Taeseop Lee

Moonsun Kim

Wankyu Kim

Jongmin Baik

Hong Bae Kim

Hong Jung Kim

Songyi Lee

Sohmann Kim

Sunghwan Park

Minjung Kim

Youngseong Kim

Kibeom Kim

Hyoungtak Cho

Hong Jin Kim

Youngmin Ji

Dahee Kim

Hoyoung Jeong

Bohyeon Kim

HoYoung Jeong

Yangsoo Choi

Byungwoo Min

Hong Chul Kim

Hoyoung Jeon

Gabseong Lee

KyungHoon Lee

An electronic device includes: a variable display having a main display region visible out of the electronic device, wherein a size of the main display region may be reduced from a first display region to a second display region, and including a touch screen panel serving as a first input device, and at least one processor, comprising processing circuitry, electrically connected to the variable display. At least one processor, individually and/or collectively, is configured to control the display to: display a cursor in the main display region and move the cursor into the second display region and display the cursor, based on identifying the main display region being reduced in size from the first display region to the second display region, based on the cursor being positioned in the first display region other than the second display region, in the state that the size of the main display region corresponds to the first display region.

Electronic device comprising variable display and method for operating same

According to an embodiment, a method of controlling an electronic device including a touch screen panel (TSP) at least a part of which is located in a housing may be withdrawn to the outside of the housing comprises: identifying a withdrawal extent of the TSP; selecting a reference line for controlling a power supplying range of a plurality of touch areas among a plurality of lines for dividing a plurality of touch areas of the TSP based on the withdrawal degree; supplying power to touch areas in a first direction in which the TSP is withdrawn based on the reference line and blocking power to touch areas in a second direction opposite to the first direction based on the reference line, among the plurality of touch areas; and restricting touch recognition with respect to a part extending from the reference line in one touch area adjacent to the reference line among the touch areas in the first direction.

Electronic device and control method therefor

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 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 housing including a first housing and a second housing to move relative to the first housing, a flexible display supported by at least one of the first housing or the second housing and changeable in form of a display area based on a movement of the second housing relative to the first housing, a board module disposed inside the housing, and a seating portion that forms a seating space receiving the board module and supports the board module.

Electronic device including printed circuit board module

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 includes: a first housing; a second housing movably coupled with respect to the first housing; a flexible display; a first vibration motor in the first housing; a second vibration motor in the second housing; and at least one processor. The at least one processor: receives a touch input through a display region of the flexible display; in response to the touch input, identifies a first distance between the position of a contact point of the touch input and the first vibration motor, and a second distance between the position and the second vibration motor; and adjusts, on the basis of the first distance and the second distance, the strength of vibration provided through the first vibration motor and the second vibration motor so as to provide a haptic notification.

Electronic device including dual vibration motors, and method therefor

According to various embodiments of the disclosure, an electronic device may include: a housing including a first housing and a second housing configured to guide sliding movement of the first housing, a display configured to be at least partially unfolded based on the sliding movement of the first housing, and including a first display area disposed on the first housing and a second display area extending from the first display area, a battery disposed in the first housing, a driver configured to provide a driving force for the sliding movement to the first housing, and including a motor disposed in the first housing and a gear structure including a gear at least partially disposed in the second housing and connected to the motor, and an elastic member comprising a material arranged to be compressible and to provide an elastic restoring force disposed in the second housing. The gear structure may be disposed adjacent to one end of the battery, and the elastic member may be disposed adjacent to the other end of the battery facing a direction opposite to the one end of the battery.

Electronic device including elastic member

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

Disclosed is an electronic device comprising: a sensor configured to measure a temperature of the electronic device; a flexible display wherein an area of the flexible display visible to the outside can be changed; a memory storing executable instructions; and at least one processor, comprising processing circuitry configured to access the memory and execute the instructions, wherein at least one processor, individually and/or collectively, is configured to: identify a first input for changing the size of the visible area of the flexible display, identify the temperature of the electronic device via the sensor based on the identification of the first input, and identify change conditions of the size of the flexible display based on the identified temperature.

Electronic device for managing temperature, and operating method therefor

An electronic device may include a housing; a sliding frame, at least a portion of which is drawn out from the housing in a first direction, or at least a portion of which is retracted into the housing in a second direction; a flexible display including a first region visible from the outside, and a second region extending from the first region and varying in size; and a bending member disposed on a rear surface of the flexible display, the bending member including a plurality of bars arranged in a certain interval. The bending member may include a first bar including at least one first locking part protruding in an inner direction of the electronic device.

Rollable 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 example electronic device may include a housing, a flexible display, wherein at least a portion of the flexible display which is positioned in the housing is configured to be exposed to an outside of the housing as the housing slides, a speaker, and a processor operatively connected with the speaker and the flexible display. The processor may be configured to control the speaker to output a first sound at a first volume value while a state of the housing is a normal state, identify a size of a first area of the flexible display exposed to the outside, based on a first slide of the housing to change the state of the housing to an extended state, and control the speaker to output the first sound at a second volume value higher than the first volume value based on a size of the first area while the state of the housing is the extended state.

An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes: a flexible printed circuit board configured to connect a first printed circuit board and a second printed circuit board and including a rigid area and a flexible area, and a guide at least partially coupled to the rigid area, and located inside the flexible printed circuit board.

Connecting assembly comprising flexible printed circuit board and electronic device including the same

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a flexible display, a memory storing executable instructions, and at least one processor, wherein the instructions are configured to, when executed, enable the at least one processor to identify a first event triggering a first display operation for displaying an image based on a rotation of the electronic device, identify a second event triggering a second display operation for displaying an image based on a change in an area of the flexible display, and sequentially change a display attribute of an image displayed on the flexible display.

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Jookwan Lee