Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Stats Chippac Pte. Ltd.

Sungmin Hong

Youngseong Kim

Jooyoung Kang

Gyeongtae Park

Changryong Heo

Hyunju Hong

Yangwook Kim

Yangsoo Choi

Myunghoon Kwak

Seungjoon Lee

Sungho Ahn

Wankyu Kim

Seunghyun Cho

Junhyuk Kim

Jaekyu Shim

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a flexible display comprising a first housing, a second housing and a third housing movably coupled with respect to the first housing, a first region disposed in the first housing to form a first surface exposed to the outside of the electronic device, a second region which extends from the first region and is located inside the second housing, and a third region which extends from the first region and is located inside the second housing, and a processor that may display a first screen in the first region, determine a direction and a distance in which the flexible display is extended based on a value obtained by a sensor, and display a screen different from the first screen in the second region or the third region based on the determination.

Electronic device comprising expandable display, and method for controlling screen of electronic device

According to certain embodiments, an electronic device performs: displaying a first screen lay; sensing a change in the size of the viewable portion of a flexible display through at least one sensor; displaying a list comprising at least one selectable item in at least a partial region of the flexible display during the changing of the size of the viewable portion of the flexible display; detecting that the changing of the size of the viewable portion of the flexible display has stopped; and if so, displaying the first screen corresponding to the viewable portion of the flexible display with the changed size; and in response to returning of the size of the viewable portion of the flexible display to an original size without completing the change in the size of the viewable portion of the flexible display, displaying a second screen corresponding to a selectable item on the viewable portion of the flexible display having the original size.

Electronic device capable of expanding display region and method for controlling screen thereof

An electronic device comprises a display having a display area, wherein a size of the display area visually exposed in a first state of the electronic device is reduced and a size of the display area visually exposed in a second state of the electronic device is enlarged, and a processor operatively connected to the display, wherein the processor may be configured to acquire state information of the electronic device, successively display a first preview image and a second preview images on the display, based on the state information of the electronic device, wherein the first preview image includes a first area of a specified image and corresponds to a preview image of a background screen in the first state, wherein the second preview image comprises a second area including the first area and a further area extending from the first area, and corresponds to a preview image of a background screen in the second state, and specify the image as a background screen, based on a first user input.

Electronic device including preview images for background screen for flexible display and control method thereof

An electronic device includes: a base housing, a sliding housing at least partially overlapping the base housing and slidably coupled to the base housing, a folding housing least partially overlapping the base housing and connected to the sliding housing, a display disposed on the folding housing and the sliding housing, at least part of the display being located inside the base housing, a rolling module comprising a rollable support coupled to a rear surface of the display and having one side connected to the sliding housing and an opposite side extending into an inner space of the base housing, and a hinge module comprising a hinge connected to the folding housing and the sliding housing wherein the sliding housing is configured to rotate about a first axis of rotation and the folding housing is configured to rotate about a second axis of rotation. The electronic device is configured to be capable of performing a sliding motion in which the folding housing and the sliding housing move in a sliding direction to extend or retract a display area of the electronic device and a folding motion in which the folding housing is folded or unfolded relative to the sliding housing to fold or unfold part of the display area.

Electronic device capable of folding motion and sliding motion

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a base housing, a sliding housing and that is coupled to the base housing so as to slide, a folding housing that at least partially overlaps the base housing and that is connected to the sliding housing, a display disposed on the folding housing and the sliding housing, a rolling module that is coupled to a rear surface of the display, and a hinge module connected to the folding housing and the sliding housing. The electronic device is configured to be capable of a sliding operation in which the folding housing and the sliding housing move in a sliding direction to extend or retract a display region of the electronic device and a folding operation in which the folding housing is folded or unfolded relative to the sliding housing to fold or unfold a portion of the display region.

Electronic device capable of folding and sliding operations

Various embodiments of the present invention relate to an electronic device for performing voice recognition using microphones selected on the basis of the operation state, and an operation method of same. According to an embodiment, the electronic device includes: one or more microphone arrays which include a plurality of microphones; at least one processor operatively connected to the microphone arrays; and at least one memory electrically connected to the processor, wherein the memory may store instructions for the processor to, at the time of execution; receive wake-up utterances, for calling designated voice services, by using a first group of microphones among the plurality of microphones when operating in a first state; operate in a second state in response to the wake-up utterances; and receive subsequent utterances using a second group of microphones among the plurality of microphones when operating in the second state. Various other embodiments are also possible.

Electronic device for performing voice recognition using microphones selected on basis of operation state, and operation method of same

An electronic device comprises a display having a display area, a size of the display area visually exposed in a first state is reduced and a size of the display area visually exposed in a second state is enlarged, and a processor, the processor configured to acquire state information of the electronic device, successively display a first and a second preview images on the display, based on the state information of the electronic device, the first preview image includes a first area of a specified image and corresponds to a preview image of a background screen in the first state, the second preview image comprises a second area including the first area and a further area extending from the first area, and corresponds to a preview image of a background screen in the second state, and specify the image as a background screen, based on a first user input.

According to certain embodiments, an electronic device comprises: a flexible display; at least one sensor configured to sense changes in a size of a viewable portion of the flexible display; at least one processor operatively connected to the flexible display and the at least one sensor; and a memory operatively connected to the at least one processor, wherein the memory stores instructions that, when being executed, cause the at least one processor to perform a plurality of operations comprising: displaying a first screen on the flexible display; sensing a change in the size of the viewable portion of the flexible display through the at least one sensor; displaying a list comprising at least one selectable item in at least a partial region of the flexible display during the changing of the size of the viewable portion of the flexible display; detecting that the changing of the size of the viewable portion of the flexible display has stopped; in response to detecting the size of the viewable portion of the flexible display has stopped, displaying the first screen corresponding to the viewable portion of the flexible display with the changed size; and in response to returning of the size of the viewable portion of the flexible display to an original size without completing the change in the size of the viewable portion of the flexible display, displaying a second screen corresponding to a selectable item while the size of the viewable portion of the flexible display changes, among items included in the list, on the viewable portion of the flexible display having the original size.

A stacked die chip scale package, in which a stacked die assembly is mounted within a cavity in a module substrate. In some embodiments certain of the die are stacked on a front side of a stacked die assembly substrate, and the stacked die assembly substrate is inverted in the cavity and the substrate is electrically interconnected to a front side of the module substrate; others of the die are stacked on the back side of the stacked die assembly substrate, and are interconnected by wire bonds to the front side of the module substrate. In some embodiments, the cavity is covered by a heat sink, and the stacked die assembly is mounted onto the heat sink. Also, methods for making the module are provided.

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Sungmin Hong