Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Seongwon Cha

Na-Young Kim

Dong Hun Kim

Chang-Ryong Heo

Hyun Soo Kim

Min-Sung Lee

Dong-Hyun Yeom

Youngsang Jang

Song Hee Jung

Ilgeun Bok

Na-Kyoung Lee

Harim Kim

An electronic device according to an embodiment of the disclosure may include a housing, a key cover that penetrates at least a part of the housing and exposes at least a part of the key cover to an outside, a key button that is disposed inside the key cover and generates a pressing signal when the key button is pressed, a pressure sensor including a plurality of depressurization points between the key cover and the key button, and at least one processor electrically connected to the pressure sensor and the key button, and the at least one processor obtains a pressure signal corresponding to each of the plurality of depressurization points through the pressure sensor, obtains the pressing signal through the key button, and performs a specified operation based on the pressure signal corresponding to each of the obtained depressurization points and the pressing signal.

Electronic device having key assembly comprising pressure sensor, and operating method therefor

An electronic cover according to an embodiment of the disclosure may include a light-transmissive first electrode layer, a light-transmissive second electrode layer disposed below the first electrode layer, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer and including a liquid crystal reacting to an electrical field generated when power is supplied to the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer, a color layer disposed below the second electrode layer and including a light-transmissive color material, and a reflective layer disposed below the color layer and including a light-reflective material. Various other embodiments are also possible.

Electronic cover, electronic device comprising same, and control method thereof

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Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Seongwon Cha