Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Yongjin Kwon

Jookwan Lee

Byungseok Jung

Yangwook Kim

Seonghoon Choi

Hyunju Hong

Myunghoon Kwak

Jongwu Baek

Jihea Park

Soyoung Lee

Junyoung Choi

Seungmin Song

Joongshik Shin

Sungho Ahn

Sukjae Lee

Raetae Kim

Nakhyun Choi

Wooyoung Park

Jonghwa Lee

Taeyang Song

Jeongwon Yang

Beyounghyun Koh

Hyoyeon Kim

Jinwan An

Chihyun Cho

Hojin Jung

Seunghwan Lee

Wonho Lee

Kangmin Kim

Jaehoon Shin

Il Yong Jung

Byoungho Jung

Hyewon Koo

Sungsoo Ahn

Changryong Heo

Seungjoon Lee

Yeonggyu Yoon

Youngmin Kang

Moonchul Shin

Joongyeon Cho

Junghyeob Lee

Gyeongtae Park

Youngmin Ji

Wankyu Kim

Jinhyuk Kim

Hongik Son

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a flexible display including a first display area and a second display area that is transparent, a camera module including a first camera module and a second camera module, and at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor may be configured to execute a camera module application in a first state in which the second display area covers the first camera module, and when properties of a first transparent region are changed by adjusting an electrical signal with respect to the first transparent region of the second display area which abuts the first camera module, display an image received from the first camera module on a second transparent region of the first display area or a second transparent region of the second display area by reflecting the changed properties of the first transparent region for the image.

Slidable electronic device and method for using transparent display in same electronic device

According to an embodiment, a method of controlling an electronic device including a touch screen panel (TSP) at least a part of which is located in a housing may be withdrawn to the outside of the housing comprises: identifying a withdrawal extent of the TSP; selecting a reference line for controlling a power supplying range of a plurality of touch areas among a plurality of lines for dividing a plurality of touch areas of the TSP based on the withdrawal degree; supplying power to touch areas in a first direction in which the TSP is withdrawn based on the reference line and blocking power to touch areas in a second direction opposite to the first direction based on the reference line, among the plurality of touch areas; and restricting touch recognition with respect to a part extending from the reference line in one touch area adjacent to the reference line among the touch areas in the first direction.

Electronic device and control method therefor

An example electronic device includes a first housing, a second housing connected with the first housing and configured to perform a sliding operation, a driving device that adjusts the sliding operation, a flexible display, at least one sensor, and at least one processor. The processor is configured to control the electronic device to display content via at least a portion of a first area of the flexible display, identify an aspect ratio of the content, obtain orientation information of the electronic device using the sensor, and identify size information of a second area of the flexible display capable of maximally displaying the content with the identified aspect ratio of the content based on the obtained orientation information, the first area and the second area being one surface of an exposed area of the flexible display, and the second area being an area extended or reduced from the first area.

Electronic device comprising flexible display and operating method thereof

An electronic device may include a housing; a sliding frame, at least a portion of which is drawn out from the housing in a first direction, or at least a portion of which is retracted into the housing in a second direction; a flexible display including a first region visible from the outside, and a second region extending from the first region and varying in size; and a bending member disposed on a rear surface of the flexible display, the bending member including a plurality of bars arranged in a certain interval. The bending member may include a first bar including at least one first locking part protruding in an inner direction of the electronic device.

Rollable electronic device

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, an electronic apparatus may comprise: a first housing; a second housing configured to slide with respect to the first housing; a display comprising a first display area and a second display area extending from the first display area, positioned on the first housing and the second housing; and a rotating support configured to support the display, the rotating support being rotatably connected to the second housing.

Slidable electronic apparatus and method for using transparent display in said electronic apparatus

According to various embodiments, there may be provided an electronic device comprising: a housing, a flexible display having a resizable region visible to an outside of the housing by at least a portion being moved from the inside to the outside of the housing, a communication circuit configured to enable transmitting or receiving data to or from an external electronic device, at least one sensor configured to identify a size of a region where the flexible display is visible to the outside of the housing, a memory, and at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: control the display to display a first content on first region of the flexible display visible to the outside of the housing, establish communication connection with an external electronic device through the communication circuit, transmit, based on the establishing of the communication connection, first information on the first content to the external electronic device through the communication circuit so that the external electronic device displays the first content, when a second region where the flexible display located inside the housing is visible to the outside of the housing, display second content on a third region including the first region and the second region, based on at least one value obtained using the at least one sensor, identify second information on the second content, to be transmitted to the external electronic device, based on the obtained at least one value, and transmit the identified second information to the external electronic device through the communication circuit so that the external electronic device displays the second content.

Electronic device including flexible display and method for operating the same

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a flexible display, a memory storing executable instructions, and at least one processor, wherein the instructions are configured to, when executed, enable the at least one processor to identify a first event triggering a first display operation for displaying an image based on a rotation of the electronic device, identify a second event triggering a second display operation for displaying an image based on a change in an area of the flexible display, and sequentially change a display attribute of an image displayed on the flexible display.

A memory device includes a substrate; a stacked structure including a plurality of gate layers and a plurality of interlayer insulating layers that are alternately stacked on the substrate in a vertical direction, the stacked structure including a row of cutouts, each of the cutouts extending in a first horizontal direction and being configured to cut the plurality of gate layers, the cutouts being apart from each other and arranged in a cell region of the stacked structure in the first horizontal direction; and a row of channel structures, the channel structures being arranged in the cell region in the first horizontal direction, each of the channel structures extending in the vertical direction to penetrate the plurality of gate layers.

Memory device

A mobile communication device is provided. The mobile communication includes a first touch display forming a portion of a first surface of the mobile communication device, a second touch display forming a portion of a second surface of the mobile communication device, and a processor configured to display in the first touch display a first screen corresponding to an application executed in a first folding state while a state of the device is the first folding state, identify the state of the mobile communication device changing to a second folding state, and display in the second touch display, based on the identification, a second screen corresponding to the application and an image partially overlapping the second screen, a touch input on the second touch display while the second screen and the image are displayed in the second touch display as overlapping is configured to not be processed as an input.

Electronic device and display control method thereof

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a hinge structure, a first housing, a second housing, a first display, a second display, and a processor. The processor may be set to control the first display to display a first screen of a first application while in a folded state, the first screen corresponding to the first display, control the second display to display a transition screen when unfolding is detected, and control the second display to display a second screen in replacement of the transition screen upon the completion of at least one operation set to be performed in order to display the second screen, corresponding to the second display, of the first application.

Foldable electronic device and operation method for same

According to various embodiments, an electronic device may include: a flexible display having a first portion disposed to be visible from an outside and a second portion extending from the first portion and accommodated in an inner space to be invisible from the outside in a slide-in state; a housing whose having a variable size wherein the flexible display is configured to be expanded in response to a change from the slide-in state to a slide-out state; a sensor disposed in the inner space and configured to detect a moving distance of the flexible display; a memory; and a processor operatively connected to the flexible display, the sensor, and the memory. The processor may be configured to: identify a first distance for the flexible display through the sensor in response to the change from the slide-in state to the slide-out state, control the display to display a user interface through the flexible display based on the first distance, detect a touch on at least a partial region of the flexible display, identify a second distance for the flexible display based on coordinate information corresponding to the detected touch, adjust a size or position of the user interface based on a difference value between the first distance and the second distance, and control the display to display the adjusted user interface through the flexible display.

Electronic device including flexible display and operation method thereof

An electronic device includes: a housing including a first side, a second side, a third side, and a fourth side, a variable display coupled to the housing and having a changeable position of a side area surrounding the first side, a sensor configured to detect a change in the position of the side area, and a processor electrically connected to the variable display and the sensor, wherein the processor may be configured to: obtain data on a state change of the variable display through the sensor, calculate an amount of change in the position of the side area based on the data on the state change, and change display coordinates of a soft key based on the calculated amount of change.

Electronic device including variable display and method of operating the same

A semiconductor device includes a substrate having cell array and extension regions, a gate electrode structure having gate electrodes stacked in a first direction, a channel through the gate electrode structure on the cell array region, a first division pattern extending in the second direction on the cell array and extension regions, the first division pattern being at opposite sides of the gate electrode structure in a third direction, an insulation pattern structure partially through the gate electrode structure on the extension region, a through via through the insulation pattern structure, and a support layer on the gate electrode structure and extending on the cell array and extension regions, the support layer contacting an upper sidewall of the first division pattern, and the support layer not contacting an upper surface of a portion of the first division pattern on the extension region adjacent to the insulation pattern structure.

Semiconductor device and electronic system including the same

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Yongjin Kwon