Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Lg Electronics Inc.

Sangil Park

Yoonho Yoo

Kiwon Kim

Gyuyeong Cho

Mooyoung Kim

Sungjun Lee

Kwonho Song

Iljoo Chae

Byoungho Jung

Sangmin Hyun

Jungchul An

Minwoo Yoo

Dae Kyung Ahn

Eunyoung Kim

Jaedeok Lim

Jinsoo Park

Doyong Ha

Byoungjin Ryu

Hayoul Jung

Jinchul Choi

Jaeheuk Choi

Baek Ki Kim

Junwon Bae

SeO Lee

Hyunju Hong

Seo Joon Lee

Dahyun Lee

Dongkyu Lee

Hyun-Cheol Park

Yongjin Lee

Eunyong Kim

Sangsik Park

Saehee Lee

Seungbum Choi

Keemoon Lee

Gwanghui Lee

Myeongsu Oh

Suhyun Kim

Jinwoo Seo

Hyein Park

Myeongsil Park

Juwan Park

Boram Namgoong

Taehee Kwak

Jaehwan Park

Jin Sagong

Shinhyuk Yoon

Ikjoo Byun

Jamin Goo

Jeheon Park

Junghee Yeo

Jaehyoung You

Jeonga Kang

Hyejin Bang

Kyungrock Kim

Gitae Mun

Saeah Oh

Youngha Cho

Sunggun Bae

Seonghoon You

Seyoon Oh

Taehan Lee

An electronic device may include: a first housing; a second housing that is foldably coupled to the first housing through a hinge device; a display; a digitizer disposed under the display; a first printed circuit board electrically connected to the digitizer; a second printed circuit board electrically connected to the digitizer; a third FPCB structure electrically connecting the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board; and a processor that detects the coordinates of an electronic pen. The digitizer may include a first electro magnetic resonance (EMR) sheet with a first flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) structure and a second EMR sheet with a second FPCB structure. The digitizer may include a plurality of x-axis channels and a plurality of y-axis channels orthogonal to the plurality of x-axis channels, and the plurality of x-axis channels may include single channels formed of single wires and common channels formed of common wires. A method of operating an electronic device determines a position of an electronic pen.

Electronic device comprising digitizer and operating method therefor

Electronic device

An electronic device and method are provided. The electronic device includes a first housing, a second housing, a hinge structure connected to the first housing and the second housing, a flexible display disposed from the first housing across the hinge structure to the second housing, at least one first magnetic member disposed on the first housing, and at least one second magnetic member disposed at a position on the second housing corresponding to a position of the first magnetic member. Each of the first magnetic member and the second magnetic member includes at least one vertical magnet component perpendicular to the flexible display and at least one horizontal magnet component parallel to the flexible display. The at least one vertical magnet component is longer than the at least one horizontal magnet component.

Electronic device including magnet array

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a foldable housing which has a hinge structure including a first housing and a second housing, the first housing is connected to the hinge structure and includes a first surface facing a first direction, a second surface facing a second direction opposite the first direction, and a first side surrounding the space between the first second surface, and the second housing is connected to the hinge structure and includes a third surface facing a third direction, a fourth surface facing a fourth direction opposite the third direction, and a second side, the first surface facing the third surface when the electronic device is in a folded state, and the third direction being the same as the first direction when the electronic device is in an unfolded state, a flexible display extending from the first and third surface, and a magnet array.

Electronic device comprising magnet array

According to various embodiments of the disclosure, an electronic device may include: a hinge plate coupled at least in part between a first support including a first magnet and a second support including a second magnet, a first housing coupled at least in part to a first side of the hinge plate through the first support, a second housing coupled at least in part to a second side of the hinge plate through the second support and configured to be foldable with the first housing through the hinge plate, and a flexible display supported on the first and second supports and configured to be foldable. The flexible display may include: a display panel; a support plate disposed on a lower surface of the display panel; a first digitizer and a second digitizer disposed on a lower surface of the support plate spaced apart from each other through a second gap; a first-first shielding member comprising a magnetic shielding material and a first-second shielding member comprising a magnetic shielding material disposed on lower surfaces of the first and second digitizers spaced apart from each other through a third gap; a first metal plate and a second metal plate disposed on lower surfaces of the first-first and first-second shielding members spaced apart from each other through a fourth gap; a third-first shielding member comprising a magnetic shielding material disposed on an upper surface of a first magnetization region of the first support in a first space between the first metal plate and the first support, and a third-second shielding member comprising a magnetic shielding material spaced apart from the third-first shielding member through a sixth gap and disposed on an upper surface of a second magnetization region of the second support in a second space between the second metal plate and the second support; and a fourth-first shielding member comprising a magnetic shielding material disposed on an upper surface of the third-first shielding member and surrounding at least a portion of the third-first shielding member through the sixth gap, and a fourth-second shielding member comprising a magnetic shielding material spaced apart from the fourth-first shielding member through the sixth gap, disposed on an upper surface of the third-second shielding member, and surrounding at least a portion of the third-second shielding member through the sixth gap.

Electronic device including shielding member

An example electronic device may include a foldable housing, including a hinge, a first housing connected to the hinge and including a first surface facing a first direction and a second surface facing a second direction opposite the first direction, and a second housing connected to the hinge, including a third surface facing a third direction and a fourth surface facing a fourth direction opposite the third direction, the second housing configured to be foldable with respect to the first housing about the hinge, wherein the first surface faces the third surface in a folded state of the electronic device; a display extending from the first surface to the third surface to provide the first surface and the third surface and including a touch controller configured to control a receiving function of an input on the display; a processor disposed inside the first or second housing and operatively coupled to the display; and a memory operatively connected to the processor, wherein the memory may store instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to control the electronic device to: detect the occurrence of changing an angle between the first housing and the second housing; receive a touch interrupt produced based on an input on the display; identify characteristics of the input in response to detecting the change in the angle; and determine whether to cancel the touch event corresponding to the input based on the characteristics of the input.

Electronic device for reducing occurrence of unintended user input and operation method for the same

In an electronic device and a method of operating an electronic device according to various embodiments, the electronic device may include: a foldable housing, including a hinge, a first housing connected to the hinge and including a first surface facing a first direction and a second surface facing a second direction opposite the first direction, and a second housing connected to the hinge, including a third surface facing a third direction and a fourth surface facing a fourth direction opposite the third direction, the second housing configured to be foldable with respect to the first housing about the hinge, wherein the first surface faces the third surface in a folded state of the electronic device; a display extending from the first surface to the third surface to provide the first surface and the third surface and including a touch controller configured to control a receiving function of an input on the display; a processor disposed inside the first or second housing and operatively coupled to the display; and a memory operatively connected to the processor, wherein the memory may store instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to control the electronic device to: detect the occurrence of changing an angle between the first housing and the second housing; receive a touch interrupt produced based on an input on the display; identify characteristics of the input in response to detecting the change in the angle; and determine whether to cancel the touch event corresponding to the input based on the characteristics of the input.

An air conditioner including an outdoor unit, an air conditioning indoor unit, a showcase indoor unit, and a combination unit. The combination unit includes a first gas control unit connected to the air conditioning indoor unit gas pipe, a second gas control unit connected to the showcase indoor unit gas pipe, a first pipe which connects the outdoor unit liquid pipe and the indoor unit liquid pipe, and a second pipe which connects the first pipe and the second gas control unit. The first gas control unit and the second gas control unit are converged to be connected to the outdoor unit gas pipe, so that the air conditioning indoor unit and the showcase indoor unit can use a single outdoor unit, and heat emitted from the air conditioning indoor unit to a room during a heating operation is used as condensation heat of the showcase indoor unit.

Air conditioner

An air conditioner may include a continuous refrigeration apparatus including a first gas control unit connected to a first indoor heat exchanger, a second gas control unit connected to a second indoor heat exchanger, a first pipe connecting a liquid pipe of an outdoor unit and a liquid of an indoor unit, and a second pipe branched from the first pipe and connected to the first and second gas control units. The first gas control unit may include a first-first flow path connecting the first gas control unit to the second pipe; a first-second flow path connected to the first-first flow path, and through which refrigerant discharged from the first indoor heat exchanger flows during a refrigeration operation; and a first-third flow path connected in parallel with the first-second flow path, and guiding refrigerant from the compressor to the first indoor heat exchanger during a defrosting operation.

Heat pump with simultaneous cooling and defrosting of heat exchangers arranged in parallel

Various embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an electronic device including an environment sensor and a method for controlling an operation thereof. The electronic device may comprise: at least one environment sensor; and at least one processor functionally coupled to the at least one environment sensor and configured to control the at least one environment sensor to collect environment information at designated intervals, to recognize presence or absence of a user based on the collected environment information, and to control an operation of the electronic device according to the presence or absence of the user. Other various embodiments are possible.

Electronic device and method for controlling operation thereof

An electronic device for measuring hydrature, and a method for the same are disclosed. The electronic device includes a display, a capacitive sensor and a processor implementing the method, including setting an attribute of a capacitive sensor using a first value, acquiring a first data measurement from the capacitive sensor in when an external object contacts a display and determining that a touch input has occurred based on the first data, detecting whether the determined touch input satisfies a prespecified condition, setting the operational attribute of the capacitive sensor using a second value when the prespecified condition is satisfied, acquiring a second data measurement from the capacitive sensor while the external object contacts the display when the at least one operational attribute is set using the second value, and determining a hydrature value associated with the external object at least based on the acquired second data measurement.

Electronic device for measuring hydrature using display and method for operating the same

Various examples of the present invention relate to a connector device having a multi-receiving part, the connector device enabling a SIM card and an SD card having different sizes to be individually or simultaneously mounted by using one tray, thereby increasing the spatial usability of an electronic device, having advantages in terms of outline design, saving manufacturing costs, and increasing the usability of the electronic device. Various examples, in addition to the examples disclosed in the present invention, are possible.

Connector device having multi-receiving part

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