Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Moonsun Kim

Myunghoon Kwak

Hojin Jung

Hyoungtak Cho

Junhyuk Kim

Changryong Heo

Soyoung Lee

Hyunju Hong

Hyunggwang Kang

Hoyoung Jeong

Sukdong Kim

Wonkyu Sung

Bohyeon Kim

Yangwook Kim

Junyoung Choi

Jookwan Lee

Yeonggyu Yoon

Soohyun Seo

Wonho Lee

Junghyeob Lee

Dahee Kim

Changhan Lee

Jooyoung Kang

Jihyung Jung

Kiwook Han

Baekeun Cho

Junwoo Choi

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

Disclosed are an electronic device for controlling attributes of one-handed mode screen on the basis of a grip shape and a method for controlling same. An electronic device according to an embodiment of the present document may be configured to display, on a flexible display, a one-handed mode screen which is reduced and displayed according to a predetermined ratio so as to correspond to a first screen, detect, while the one-handed mode screen is displayed, that a first housing is moved, and determine, on the basis of the detection of the movement of the first housing, the direction of expansion of the one-handed mode screen depending on whether a grip of a portion of a user's body on the top portion of the first housing is sensed by a first grip sensor, among grip sensors, which is disposed on the edge of the first housing.

Electronic device for controlling attributes of one-handed mode screen on basis of grip shape and method for controlling same

An electronic device and a touch control method therefor are provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a flexible display that is drawn into or out of the housing by a sliding operation, a transparent window disposed in the housing so that a partial region of the flexible display drawn into the housing passes therethrough, and a transparent electrode layer disposed between the transparent window and the flexible display. At least one first touch electrode may be disposed in the transparent electrode layer. The at least one first touch electrode disposed in the transparent electrode layer may be activated. At least one second touch electrode arranged in the partial region of the flexible display may be deactivated.

Electronic device including flexible display, window, and touch electrode in electrode layer between window and flexible display, and touch control method therefor

An electronic device may include a housing including a first housing and a second housing configured to receive at least a portion of the first housing and move relative to the first housing, a display configured to be rolled or unrolled based on a slide of the housing, a display supporting member supporting at least a portion of the display, a motor structure including a motor core configured to generate a driving force for the slide of the housing and disposed in the housing, a first gear assembly connected to the first housing and a first end of the motor structure and configured to transfer at least a portion of the driving force generated by the motor core to the first housing, and a second gear assembly connected to the display supporting member and a second end of the motor structure, which is opposite to the first end, and configured to transfer at least a portion of the driving force to the display supporting member.

Rollable electronic device including gear assembly

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 disposed movably with respect to the first housing; a display disposed on the second housing and expanded or contracted as the second housing moves; a motor; a pinion gear disposed in the first housing and rotatable by receiving driving force from the motor; a rack gear disposed in the second housing, engaged with the at least one pinion gear and movable by the rotation of the at least one pinion gear; a switching structure disposed between the motor and the pinion gear, and changeable to a gear-connected state, or a gear-released state, an actuator disposed in the first housing, configured to change a state of the switching structure; and at least one processor operably coupled to the motor and the actuator, and the processor may be configured to change the switching structure to the gear-connected state or the gear-released state through the actuator based on identifying the designated event.

Electronic device including flexible display

An electronic device may include a first housing, a second housing, a flexible display including a first area and a second area, wherein the first area is exposed for view to the outside of the electronic device in a first state, and when the first state is switched to a second state according to movement of the second housing with respect to the first housing, at least a portion of the second area may be exposed for view to the outside of the electronic device together with the first area, and a processor. The processor may be configured to, in the first state, supply power related to driving of the flexible display to a first portion of the second area, the first portion being adjacent to the first area and not exposed for view to the outside through a front surface of the electronic device.

Method for controlling flexible display and electronic device supporting the same

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display including a main area, a first sub area extending in a first direction, and a second sub area extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, a display driver integrated circuit (IC) for scanning a scan signal and a data voltage to the display, and a processor operatively connected to the display and the display driver IC, wherein the processor is configured to control the display driver IC to supply the scan signal to at least some areas among the main area, the first sub area, and the second sub area of the display, to control the display driver IC to partially scan a data voltage to an area in which a screen is to be displayed among the main area, the first sub area, and the second sub area.

Electronic device including display having plurality of states and method for controlling same

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a flexible display configured to move relative to at least a portion of the housing, and at least one noise detection circuitry disposed in the housing. The at least one noise detection circuitry may include a substrate, a microphone circuitry disposed on the substrate, a vibration detection sensor disposed on the substrate, a shielding member disposed on the substrate and surrounding at least a portion of the vibration detection sensor, and a waterproofing member disposed on the shielding member and covering the vibration detection sensor.

Electronic device including noise detection circuitry

Certain embodiments of the disclosure relate to a device and a method for increasing the efficiency of an antenna of an electronic device that includes a rollable display. The electronic device may include: a processor; a first housing, in which the processor is disposed, including a first conductive portion; a second housing configured to slide in a first direction from the first housing and including a second conductive portion; a rollable display, at least a portion of which is exposed in a slide-out manner according to movement of the second housing; and a variable element disposed in the second housing and is electrically connected to the second conductive portion. The processor may adjust an electrical characteristic of the variable element in response to sliding of the second housing. The disclosure may further include various other embodiments.

Electronic device and method for increasing antenna efficiency

Disclosed is an electronic device including a first housing including a first surface oriented in a first direction, a second surface oriented in a second direction opposite to the first direction, a first side surface at least partially surrounding a space between the first surface and the second surface, and a second side surface facing away from the first side surface, a flexible display including a first region oriented in a first direction and a second region extending from the first region, wherein the first region is configured to be expandable by causing at least a part of the second region to be oriented in the first direction based on a slide movement of at least a part of the housing, and an antenna module disposed adjacent to the second surface of the housing, the antenna module including a wireless charging antenna, and a module mounting unit configured to surround at least a part of the wireless charging antenna and to be movable in an internal space inside the housing such that the wireless charging antenna is located in a center of a width of the housing in response to a state of the electronic device according to expansion or contraction of a display region of the display.

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Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Moonsun Kim