Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Woosung Chun

Hyunju Hong

Kihuk Lee

Mooyoung Kim

Chanyoung Moon

Hokeun Kwak

Doosik Park

Seungki Choi

Jungchul An

Youngjae Kim

Joon Young Heo

Seungbum Choi

Kwanghee Ryu

Dongyup Lee

Changkwan Yang

Jinwoo Kim

Soyoung Lee

Jungsik Park

Dongil Son

Sungsoo Kim

Sumin Yun

Seongjin Park

Jaehoon Jo

Sungjun Lee

Jaedeok Lim

Soojung Kim

Wonjoon Choi

Hyunwoo Sim

Seongeun Kim

Seunghui Sunwoo

Kyungjung Kim

Byoungryoul Song

Inji Jin

Seyoon Bae

Yujeong Jeon

Jingil Yang

Kiyoung Jung

Soohyeon Sim

Seulki Lee

Sujin Cho

An electronic device includes a display which is foldable at a folding region of the display, a housing which is foldable together with the display, the housing including a first housing and a second housing, and a sensor which is on the first housing and detects a magnetic field, and a hinge structure which corresponds to the folding region of the display, is foldable together with the display and hingedly connects the first housing and the second housing to each other, the hinge structure including a magnet which is slidable along the first housing. Folding of the hinge structure includes folding of the housing together with folding of the display and sliding of the magnet relative to the sensor.

Flexible display and electronic device including the same

An electronic device is disclosed, including: a first housing, a second housing, a folding housing that pivotably connects the first housing and second housing, a flexible display spanning the first, second and folding housings, a printed circuit board (PCB), a first camera module at least partly visible through a surface of the second housing, a first magnet disposed in the first housing, a second magnet disposed in the second housing, and a hall sensor disposed on the PCB, the hall sensor configured to detect magnetic flux caused by motion of the first and/or second magnet in folding and unfolding of the electronic device so as facilitate determination of a configuration state of the electronic device.

Electronic device comprising hall sensor for identifying folding state

An embodiment disclosed herein relate to a foldable electronic device for improving open convenience and a control method thereof. According to an embodiment, the disclosure may provide a foldable electronic device including: a hinge structure; a first housing connected to the hinge structure; a second housing connected to the hinge structure and foldable with respect to the first housing around the hinge structure; a flexible display; a first magnet disposed in a position adjacent to an edge of the first housing and including a magnetic substance arranged along the longitudinal direction of the first housing; and a second magnet disposed in a position adjacent to an edge of the second housing and corresponding to the first magnet, and including a magnetic substance arranged along the longitudinal direction of the second housing. Various other embodiments are also disclosed.

Foldable electronic device

An electronic apparatus having a housing, a flexible display, and a key button which is arranged in a first area on a side of a first part is provided. The key button includes at least one protrusion extending toward the inside of the first part and an antenna structure arranged on the inside of the first part with respect to the first area. The housing includes the first part, a second part, and a connection part arranged between the first part and the second part, the second part being rotatably coupled to the first part through the connection part. The antenna structure includes a dome switch arranged above a substrate at a position corresponding to the at least one protrusion, and a plurality of conductive patches provided on a conductive layer of the substrate. The dome switch may be arranged at the corresponding position between the plurality of conductive patches.

Electronic apparatus comprising antenna

An electronic device according to various embodiments of the disclosure may include: a first housing, a second housing, a hinge assembly comprising a hinge disposed between the first housing and the second housing, and including a hinge plate and a hinge module disposed at both ends of the hinge plate in a longitudinal direction of the hinge plate, a first circuit board disposed in the first housing, a second circuit board disposed in the second housing, a flexible display disposed on the first housing, the second housing, and the hinge assembly, a first waterproof member comprising a waterproof material disposed between the first housing and the flexible display, a first adhesive member comprising an adhesive disposed between the hinge module and the flexible display, an electrical component disposed between the first waterproof member and the first adhesive member, an electrical component waterproof member comprising a waterproof material disposed between the electrical component and the flexible display, and a first support disposed between the electrical component waterproof member and the flexible display. An electrical component groove may be formed in the first housing, the electrical component may be disposed in an area of the first circuit board corresponding to the electrical component groove, and covered by the electrical component waterproof member, and a first electrical component hole coupled to the electrical component groove may be formed in a part of the first housing.

Electronic device with waterproof structure

Provided is an electronic device including a first housing, a second housing, a flexible housing including a hinge structure, a first printed circuit board disposed in the first housing, a second printed circuit board disposed in the first housing, laminated on one surface of the first printed circuit board facing a second direction and including a connector on one surface facing the second direction, a flexible printed circuit board connected with the connector, extending from the second housing through the hinge structure to the first housing, a rib supporting the first printed circuit board, disposed between the first printed circuit board and a first surface, including a through hole through which part of the flexible printed circuit board passes, extending in the second direction from one end, and at least one sealing member sealing a space between the through hole and part of the flexible printed circuit board.

Electronic device including structure for preventing fracture of flexible printed circuit board

An electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention may include: a housing including a first housing and a second housing; a hinge unit rotatably connected to the first housing and the second housing; a display; a first speaker disposed in the first housing; a second speaker disposed in the second housing; at least one sensor; and a memory. The memory may store instructions which, when executed, cause the processor to: receive an event related to audio data; identify a state of the electronic device on the basis of information obtained through the at least one sensor; determine at least one speaker to output the audio data, among the first speaker and the second speaker, on the basis of the state of the electronic device; and output the audio data through the at least one speaker.

Method for providing audio data according to the folding state of an electronic device and electronic device for supporting same

According to various embodiments of the disclosure, an electronic device may comprise: a foldable housing including a hinge structure comprising a hinge, a first housing connected to the hinge structure and including a first surface and a second surface spaced apart from the first surface and inclined at a first angle with respect to the first surface and a second housing connected to the hinge structure and including a third surface and a fourth surface spaced apart from the third surface, wherein in a folded state, the first surface faces the third surface and, in a fully unfolded state, a direction in which the first surface faces is identical to a direction in which the third surface faces, a first support disposed in the first housing and including a fifth surface inclined at a second angle different from the first angle with respect to the first surface, a first battery disposed on the fifth surface, and a display including a display panel extending from the first surface to the third surface and a display driving circuit disposed between the first surface and the first battery.

Electronic device including supporting member

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes as a foldable housing, a first housing structure which includes a first face facing a first direction, a second face facing a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a first side member surrounding at least part of a space between the first face and the second face and including at least one second conductive portion, and a second housing structure which includes a third face facing a third direction, a fourth face facing a fourth direction opposite to the third direction, and a second side member surrounding at least part of a space between the third face and the fourth face, a flexible display extending from the first face to the third face, and at least one camera disposed to the camera mounting region.

Electronic device with flexible display and camera

An electronic device is disclosed, including: a printed circuit board, a first support member including a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the first support member defining a first hole formed through the first surface and the second surface, wherein the printed circuit board is coupled to the second surface, and a display coupled to the first surface of the first support member, the display defining: a second hole on a first side of the display to correspond to at least a portion of the first hole, and a third hole on a second side of the display opposite the first side, the third hole adjacent to the second hole and corresponding to the remaining portion of the first hole, wherein signal lines related to driving pixels of the display are disposed in an area between the second hole and the third hole, and wherein at least a partial area of the display is set as an active area configured to display a screen.

Electronic device including display having holes for sensors

A foldable electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a first housing and a second housing, a flexible display including a first display part and a second display part, a first camera module mounted in the first housing and disposed adjacent to the cutting structure, and a second camera module and a third camera module mounted in the second housing, in which the first housing includes a notch having any suitable shape. At least one of the second camera module or the third camera module is disposed to face the same direction as the first camera module when the first housing and the second housing are folded.

Foldable electronic device including a plurality of camera modules

A method and an apparatus for running and configuring a display in connection with an electronic device that can be folded and unfolded (foldable electronic device) are provided. The electronic device includes a first display surface, a second display surface, at least one sensor, at least one processor, and a memory configured to store a first application program including a first user interface and a second application program including a second user interface. The memory may store instructions that, when executed, cause the at least one processor to display the first user interface on the first display surface, display the second user interface on the second display surface, receive data from the at least one sensor, and select one of a first mode or a second mode with regard to the first display surface and select one of a third mode or a fourth mode with regard to the second display surface, at least partially based on the data.

Electronic device having two display surfaces and method for running display thereof

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a foldable housing including a first housing part that includes a first surface and a second surface facing opposite to the first surface, a second housing part including a first surface that faces the first surface of the first housing part when the housing is folded in a first direction and a second surface that faces the second surface of the first housing part when the housing is folded in a second direction. The electronic device includes a first display, a second display disposed, a first sensor disposed in the first housing part, a second sensor disposed in the second housing part, and a processor that is configured to identify an angle between the first housing part and the second housing part using the first sensor and the second sensor and execute at least one action of the electronic device based on the identified angle.

Method for measuring angles between displays and electronic device using the same

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Woosung Chun