Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Wanjae Ju

Hyoseok Na

Sungjae Moon

Chanho Park

Seunghak Lee

Jungyong Yun

Jongdoo Kim

Jaehan Kim

Sungchel Hwang

Heewoong Yoon

Jaehoon Lee

Sanguk Kim

Wonsub Lim

Daeseung Park

Younghun Seong

Jaerok Cho

Minsoo Lee

Nanyoung Park

Kiyeong Jeong

Nurimaka Jung

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing configured to form an external shape thereof, a first board disposed in a first direction that is away from the housing, wherein at least one processor is mounted at the first board, a second board disposed between the housing and the first board and electrically connected with the first board, and a thermistor mounted on the second board, wherein the at least one processor measures a temperature of the housing based on an electrical signal received from the second board.

Structure for detecting temperature of electronic device

An electronic device includes a flexible display configured to be rollable; at least one camera; and a processor operatively connected to the flexible display and the camera, wherein the processor is configured to: detect operation initiation of the camera; identify a rolling state of the flexible display, based on the operation initiation; rotate the camera toward a designated direction, based on the rolling state of the flexible display; and based on the rolling state of the flexible display, display an image obtained from the designated direction via the camera in a center of the flexible display.

Electronic device having flexible display, and camera module control method therefor

A foldable electronic device is provided. The foldable electronic device includes a foldable housing including a first housing portion, a second housing portion, and a hinge structure connected with the first housing portion and the second housing portion, the foldable housing configured to be folded about a folding axis; a flexible display accommodated in the first housing portion and the second housing portion; a plurality of rigid printed circuit boards (RPCBs) including a first RPCB accommodated in the first housing portion and a second RPCB accommodated in the second housing portion; a first flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) configured to electronically connect with the first RPCB and the second RPCB, the first FPCB including a first flexible portion located through a designated area of the hinge structure, the first FPCB including a first rigid portion and a second rigid portion affixed to a part of the hinge structure; a second FPCB configured to electronically connect with the first RPCB and the second RPCB, the second FPCB including a second flexible portion located through the designated area of the hinge structure, the second FPCB including a third rigid portion and a fourth rigid portion affixed to a part of the hinge structure, wherein the second flexible portion of the second FPCB is spaced apart and substantially parallel from the first flexible portion of the first FPCB; and a bending-guide member attached to the first FPCB between the first rigid portion and the second rigid portion, and attached to the second FPCB between the third rigid portion and the fourth rigid portion such that the first flexible portion and the second flexible portion are held together.

Foldable electronic device

Various embodiments relate to an electronic device. The electronic device may include: a housing including a first surface facing a first direction and a second surface facing a second direction opposite the first direction; a first display viewable through the first surface; a battery disposed between the first display and the second surface; a second display having a size smaller than a size of the first display and viewable through a partial area of the second surface; a short-distance wireless communication antenna disposed at a lower end of the second display and configured to transmit/receive a short-distance wireless communication signal through the partial area of the second surface and the second display; and a shield disposed at a lower end of the short-distance wireless communication antenna and configured to block transmission/reception of the short-distance wireless communication signal through the first surface.

Electronic device

According to various embodiments, an electronic device may include: a housing, a plurality of cameras disposed on a surface of the housing, a light source disposed adjacent to at least one of the plurality of cameras on the surface of the housing, and a camera cover disposed on the housing, wherein the camera cover is disposed to cover at least a portion of the plurality of cameras and/or the light source. The camera cover may include a first light emitting area corresponding to the light source and configured to emit a part of light emitted from the light source to the outside, a first incident area corresponding to a first camera among the plurality of cameras and configured to allow and/or guide external light to be incident on the first camera, and at least one second light emitting area positioned closer to the first incident area than the first light emitting area, wherein the at least one second light emitting area is configured to emit another part of the light emitted from the light source to the outside.

Electronic device including camera

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first mechanical element, a second mechanical element moving with respect to the first mechanical element, a frame including a first frame formed of a conductive material and coupled to the first mechanical element and a second frame formed of a conductive material and coupled to the second mechanical element, a segmentation part formed at the frame to segment each of the first frame and the second frame into a plurality of parts, and a first substrate member which includes a first part and a second part spaced apart from each other, and a first bending part for bendably connecting the first part and the second part and is disposed to move together with at least one of the first mechanical element and the second mechanical element, wherein a plurality of wires arranged at the first substrate member may be arranged not to pass through a first area which is an area of the first bending part of the first substrate member and is adjacent to the segmentation part.

Electronic device including circuit board placed adjacent to frame made of conductive material

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first printed circuit board having a first surface and a second surface, a second printed circuit board having a first surface and a second surface disposed to be spaced apart from the first printed circuit board, a battery disposed between the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board, a first connection member to electrically connect the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board, and a second connection member to electrically connect the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board, wherein the first connection member and the second connection member may be arranged to at least partially overlap at a portion passing by the battery.

Electronic device including multiple printed circuit boards

According to various embodiments, an electronic device includes a housing, a display viewable through a front surface of the housing and configured to display a screen, a camera sensor disposed in at least a portion of the front surface of the housing and configured to measure an external illuminance, a processor operationally connected to the display and the camera sensor; and a memory operationally connected to the processor. The memory may store instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to control the electronic device to: detect an turn-on event of the display, turn on the camera sensor to acquire the external illuminance using the camera sensor based on the display being turned on, acquire preview image information for a specified time through the camera sensor, turn off the camera sensor, acquire the external illuminance using an exposure time and a brightness value based on the acquired preview image information, and control a luminance of the display based on the external illuminance.

Method of acquiring outside luminance using camera sensor and electronic device applying the method

Disclosed in various embodiments are an electronic device, the electronic device comprising: a power control circuit for controlling power supplied to at least one component of the electronic device; at least one submergence recognition circuit including a first pole connected to at least one port of the power control circuit, and a second pole connected to a ground; a processor electrically connected to the power control circuit; and a memory electrically connected to the processor, wherein the memory can be configured, during execution thereof, to store instructions for allowing the processor to: control the power control circuit such that power is supplied to the submergence recognition circuit; sense a current flowing from the submergence recognition circuit to the power control circuit; and determine, on the basis of the sensing result of the current, whether an area in which the submergence recognition circuit is arranged has been submerged.

Electronic device for confirming whether submergence has occurred by using submergence sensing circuit, and operating method of electronic device

Disclosed is an electronic device that includes a first cover, a second cover opposite the first cover, a side housing disposed between the first cover and the second cover and including a plate disposed between the first cover and the second cover and a frame surrounding the plate and connected with the first cover and the second cover, a display disposed between the plate and the first cover, and a printed circuit board disposed between the plate and the second cover and including a first surface facing the plate, a second surface facing the second cover, and side surfaces provided between the first surface and the second surface, at least some of the side surfaces including plated areas. The plate includes a connection structure to which the printed circuit board is electrically connected, the connection structure includes a recess, the recess including a first sidewall, a second sidewall facing the first sidewall, a first conductive structure comprising a conductive material disposed on the first sidewall, and a second conductive structure comprising a conductive material disposed on the second sidewall, and at least part of the printed circuit board is disposed in the recess such that the plated areas contact the first conductive structure and the second conductive structure.

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Wanjae Ju