Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Joungmin Cho

Kwangtai Kim

Hyunju Hong

Donghyun Yeom

Yangwook Kim

Jungchul An

Myunghoon Kwak

Yeonggyu Yoon

Jooyoung Kang

Hyungsup Byeon

Gidae Kim

Sanghyuk Park

Inkuk Yun

Seunghoon Ko

Byounguk Yoon

Changryong Heo

Taesung Kim

Junyoung Choi

Hyunchang Shin

Wonho Lee

Minuk Kim

Kibeom Kim

Sungho Ahn

Hyunggwang Kang

Jihyung Jung

Jiwoong Oh

Teayoung Kim

Sungdae Choi

Minsoo Kim

Jiyong Kim

Sungjun Lee

Songhee Jung

Nakhyun Choi

Soohyung Kim

Harksang Kim

Bowon Jung

Seungjin Kim

Moonchul Shin

Hyunsuk Kim

Soohyun Seo

Minsuk Uhm

Jonghae Kim

Heungsik Shin

Gyusang Cho

Sangyong Eom

Hyunwoong Chung

Soonik Park

Jiyoung Kwak

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 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 various embodiments of the disclosure, an electronic device may include: a housing, a display viewable to the outside of the electronic device, wherein the display includes a plurality of layers at least one of which includes an opening area, an optical sensor at least a portion of which is disposed in the opening area, and a printed pattern disposed to correspond to the opening area and having a ring shape, wherein the printed pattern may be disposed on a top surface or a bottom surface of a first layer that does not include the opening area among the plurality of layers, and wherein a portion of the ring shape may have a first height, and a remaining portion of the ring shape may have a second height higher than the first height.

Electronic device including display

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

A method and an electronic device are provided for compensating for changed touch sensitivity of a touch panel of the electronic device. It is detected whether a rollable display of the electronic device is expanded. It is detected whether the touch sensitivity of the touch panel of the rollable display is changed, in case that the rollable display is expanded. A rolling direction and a length of extension of the rollable display is changed, in case that the touch sensitivity is changed. It is detected whether a resistance of an expansion area of the rollable display is changed. The touch sensitivity of the touch panel is compensated for, in case that the resistance is changed.

Electronic device including rollable display

An electronic device and flexible display are disclosed. The electronic device includes a first housing defining an inner space, a second housing slidably coupled to the first housing, and the flexible display. The flexible display includes a protection layer, a display panel laminated on at least a portion of the protection layer, a first portion at least partially connected to the first housing and visible from an exterior of the electronic device when disposed in a retracted state, a second portion extending from the first portion and at least partially retracted into the inner space so as to be invisible from the exterior, and an extension extending from the display panel, the extension disposed in a region corresponding to the second portion, having a control circuit disposed thereon, and disposed to be supported by the protection layer.

Electronic device including flexible display

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 including a flexible display is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing, a second housing slidably coupled to a side surface of the first housing, a flexible display including a first area on the first housing and a second area extending from the first area, a gear structure arranged in the first housing, and an installation member rotatably coupled to the first housing and separated from or mounted on at least a part of a human body, wherein the flexible display can be rotated and rolled according to the rotation of the gear structure while the first area is exposed to the outside, such that at least a part of the second area may be exposed to the outside.

Electronic device comprising flexible display and method for operating same

An electronic device includes a first housing including a first space and including a first support member. The device includes a second housing including a second space, including a second support member, and slidably combined with the first housing. The device includes a bendable member connected to the first housing, being at least partly accommodated in a second space in a slide-in state, and at least partly forming the same plane with the first housing in a slide-out state. The device includes a flexible display including a first part disposed to be seen from an outside in the slide-in state, and a second part not seen from the outside. The device includes at least one first antenna and a wireless communication circuit configured to transmit or receive a wireless signal. The first support member includes a non-overlapping part not overlapping the second support member in the slide-in state.

Electronic device including antenna arrangement

A foldable electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a flexible display, a first window including a first surface facing the flexible display and a second surface facing the opposite direction to the first surface, the first surface adhered to at least partial region of the flexible display via a first adhesive, and a second window adhered to at least partial region of the second surface of the first window via a second adhesive, in which the first adhesive has a greater thickness than the second adhesive.

Foldable electronic device including plurality of windows

A portable communication device in an embodiment may include a housing which forms an exterior of the portable communication device; a flexible display at least partially received in the housing and bendable with respect to a bending axis, the flexible display including at least one layer, an opening formed in the at least one layer; and an image sensor module at least partially positioned in a space formed by the opening, wherein the at least one layer may include a first inner side surface positioned in a first direction based on the image sensor module and a second inner side surface positioned in a second direction opposite to the first direction based on the image sensor module, as the flexible display is at least partially bent, the first inner side surface may be moved in the second direction, and if the flexible display is substantially flat, a first separation distance between a first side surface of the image sensor module facing the first inner side surface of the at least one layer and the first inner side surface of the at least one layer may be greater than a second separation distance between a second side surface of the image sensor module facing the second inner side surface of the at least one layer and the second inner side surface of the at least one layer.

Electronic device comprising flexible display

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a first display slidable through the housing, a portion of the first display being exposed to an outside through the housing, a region of the first display being capable of being changed based on a sliding of the first display through the housing, a second display spaced apart from the exposed portion of the first display and forming a flat surface with the exposed portion of the first display, an optical member positioned on a portion of the second housing associated with the exposed part of the first display; and at least one processor configured to output light through a first portion of the first display associated with the optical member, the light being diffused through the optical member.

Electronic device including a plurality of displays and method for operating same

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Joungmin Cho