Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Teayoung Kim

Hyunju Hong

Yangwook Kim

Myunghoon Kwak

Sanghyuk Park

Kibeom Kim

Hyunggwang Kang

Joungmin Cho

Minsoo Kim

Moonchul Shin

An electronic device having a flexible display is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing, a second housing slidably coupled to a side of the first housing, a flexible display including a first area mounted on the first housing and a second area extending from the first area, a gear structure disposed within the first housing, and a mounting member rotatably coupled to the first housing and mounted on or separated from at least a portion of the human body, wherein the flexible display may be rotated and rolled according to rotation of the gear structure in a state in which the first area is exposed to the outside, thereby exposing at least a portion of the second area to the outside.

Electronic device having flexible display and operation method thereof

An electronic device including a flexible display is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing, a second housing slidably coupled to a side surface of the first housing, a flexible display including a first area on the first housing and a second area extending from the first area, a gear structure arranged in the first housing, and an installation member rotatably coupled to the first housing and separated from or mounted on at least a part of a human body, wherein the flexible display can be rotated and rolled according to the rotation of the gear structure while the first area is exposed to the outside, such that at least a part of the second area may be exposed to the outside.

Electronic device comprising flexible display and method for operating same

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a first display slidable through the housing, a portion of the first display being exposed to an outside through the housing, a region of the first display being capable of being changed based on a sliding of the first display through the housing, a second display spaced apart from the exposed portion of the first display and forming a flat surface with the exposed portion of the first display, an optical member positioned on a portion of the second housing associated with the exposed part of the first display; and at least one processor configured to output light through a first portion of the first display associated with the optical member, the light being diffused through the optical member.

Electronic device including a plurality of displays and method for operating same

Various embodiments may provide an electronic device including: a housing; a first display configured to be slidable through the housing, wherein at least a portion of the first display is exposed to an outside through the housing, and a region of the first display, exposed to the outside, is capable of being changed based on sliding of the first display through the housing; a second display spaced a certain distance apart from the exposed at least portion of the first display and disposed to form a flat surface with the exposed at least portion of the first display; and at least one processor disposed in the housing, wherein the at least one processor is configured to display first content on the first display and second content on the second display. Various other embodiments are possible.

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Teayoung Kim