Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Soohyun Seo

Yangwook Kim

Hyunsuk Kim

Nakhyun Choi

Hyunju Hong

Sanghyuk Park

Byounguk Yoon

Myunghoon Kwak

Jooyoung Kang

Jihyung Jung

Changryong Heo

Hojin Jung

Yeonggyu Yoon

Moonchul Shin

Hyoungtak Cho

Moonsun Kim

Sukdong Kim

Jongchul Choi

Minwoo Yoo

Seungjoon Lee

Jookwan Lee

Youngmin Kang

Joongyeon Cho

Wonkyu Sung

Sangwon Ha

Hyunggwang Kang

Sanghoon Park

Baekeun Cho

Dahee Kim

Jongwan Shim

Changhan Lee

Yongjin Woo

Yeomoon Yoon

Subyung Kang

Sinhyung Jeon

Soyoung Lee

Junyoung Choi

Junyoung Lee

Wonho Lee

Jaeyoung Huh

Joungmin Cho

Sungho Ahn

Bumhee Bae

Junghyeob Lee

Youngmin Ji

Bohyeon Kim

Beomju Kim

Hyunchul Hong

Taewoong Park

Changkyu Park

Hanvit Kang

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

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 example electronic device may include a first housing, a second housing coupled to be slidable from the first housing, a flexible display supported by the first housing and the second housing and having a display area that varies based on the second housing being slid in or slid out. The electronic device may include a stopper assembly disposed in the first housing. The stopper assembly may include a stopper body elastically coupled to at least a portion of the first housing, and a pressing member coupled to the stopper body and configured to come into contact with a protrusion located in the second housing, wherein, in a slide-out state, the stopper body is at least partially disposed in a recess in the second housing by pressure from the pressing member being pressed by the protrusion.

Electronic device including drive motor

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 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

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a first housing and a second housing configured to contain at least a part of the first housing and to move relative to the first housing, a display configured to unfold based on sliding of the first housing, a motor structure disposed in the housing and configured to generate driving power for sliding of the first housing, a pinion gear configured to rotate based on the driving power generated by the motor structure, and a rack gear disposed in the housing and configured to mesh with the pinion gear. The rack gear includes a first part made of a first material, the first part including at least one recess, and a second part including a lower area disposed below the first part, at least a part of the second part being contained in the at least one recess.

Rollable electronic device including rack gear

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a first printed circuit board disposed in an internal space of the housing and including first conductive terminals, and a second printed circuit board disposed parallel to the first printed circuit board in the internal space and including second conductive terminals electrically connected to the first conductive terminals. The second printed circuit board includes at least some conductive terminals of the second conductive terminals, or at least one connection failure prevention structure disposed around at least some conductive terminals of the second conductive terminals.

Electronic device including interposer

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first structure, a second structure slidably coupled to the first structure in a first direction or an opposite direction to the first direction, a display of which a partial area is arranged in the second structure so as to move together with the second structure, and of which at least part of the remaining area is positioned in the first structure, wherein the size of an area of the display that forms the front surface of the electronic apparatus changes in response to the sliding motion of the second structure, and a plurality of substrates which are arranged in the first structure and include at least one printed circuit board, wherein the first structure may be configured so that at least a portion thereof is electrically connected to the printed circuit board and used as an antenna radiator.

Electronic apparatus comprising flexible display

An electronic device includes: a plate at least partially inserted into a first opening and including a transparent portion including a protruding portion having a gap spaced apart from an inner circumference of the first opening of the housing and a second opening spaced apart from an periphery of the protruding portion, a sidewall in which a plate including the transparent portion extends from a first printed circuit board in the housing towards the plate including the transparent portion, a second printed circuit board supported by the sidewall, a flash module comprising a flash disposed on one surface of the second printed circuit board facing the plate including the transparent portion, and a microphone disposed in a space formed through the at least one sidewall, and the second printed circuit board includes a through hole facing the microphone so that the microphone obtains an audio signal.

Electronic device including microphone and flash module

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

According to various embodiments of the disclosure, an electronic device may include: a housing, a rollable display, a shielding case disposed inside the housing and surrounding at least a part of the rollable display, and including a first opening accommodating the rollable display, and a first antenna structure including at least one antenna disposed in an area outside the shielding case.

Antenna structure and electronic device including the same

Disclosed is an electronic device comprising: a first housing; a second housing coupled to the first housing and configured to be slidable a specified reciprocating distance; a bendable support which forms the same plane according to retracted/expanded states; a flexible display; a sensing member; and a conductive member which is bendable such that the contact of the conductive member with the sensing member can be changed according to the sliding operation of the second housing.

Electronic device including sensing structure

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first structure, a second structure coupled to the first structure so as to be slidable in a first direction or a second direction opposite to the first direction, a display that is at least partially disposed on the second structure and that moves relative to the first structure together with the second structure, in which a size of an area of the display exposed on a front side of the electronic device is changed in response to a sliding motion of the second structure, and a driving unit that connects part of the first structure and part of the second structure and generates an elastic force in the first direction or the second direction in response to a movement of the second structure.

Electronic device including flexible display

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device comprises a housing, a flexible display configured to be at least partially rolled around a rotation axis in a substantially circular shape in an internal space of the housing, a battery located in the internal space in which the flexible display is rolled, a first printed circuit board located on one surface of the battery that is oriented in a direction of the rotation axis, the first printed circuit board being electrically connected to the flexible display and including a first wireless communication circuitry, and a second printed circuit board located inside the housing to face the first printed circuit board and including a second wireless communication circuitry. The first printed circuit board may be configured to be rotatable about the rotation axis in a state of being electrically connected to the second printed circuit board.

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing including a first conductive portion, a second housing slidably coupled to the first housing at a designated round-trip distance and configured to include a second conductive portion overlapping at least a part of the first conductive portion in a slide-in state, a wireless communication circuit disposed in the electronic device and electrically connected to the first conductive portion, and at least one electrical connection structure disposed in a second space of the second housing and configured to electrically connect the second conductive portion to the first conductive portion in the slide-in state. The wireless communication circuit may be configured to transmit and/or receive a radio signal in at least one frequency band through the first conductive portion and the second conductive portion in the slide-in state.

Electronic device including antenna

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Soohyun Seo