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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2024

Filed:

Feb. 24, 2023
Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;

Inventors:

Jongah Kim, Suwon-si, KR;

Heewoong Yoon, Suwon-si, KR;

Kihyuk Lee, Suwon-si, KR;

Donghan Lee, Suwon-si, KR;

Jeongho Cho, Suwon-si, KR;

Gwangho Choi, Suwon-si, KR;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 1/3231 (2019.01); G06F 1/3234 (2019.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01); H04M 1/72463 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); G06F 1/1694 (2013.01); G06F 1/3231 (2013.01); G06F 1/3265 (2013.01); H04M 1/0239 (2013.01); H04M 1/0268 (2013.01); H04M 1/724631 (2022.02);
Abstract

According to the present disclosure an electronic device is disclosed comprising: a housing including a front surface, a rear surface facing the direction opposite to the front surface, and a side surface encompassing the space between the front surface and the rear surface; a display included in the housing and visible to the outside of the electronic device through the front surface; an optical sensor positioned between the display and the rear surface overlapping at least one region of the display when viewed from above the front surface, and including a light-emitting part and a light-receiving part; and a first partition positioned between the light-emitting part and the light-receiving part based on the electronic device having a first shape, and a second partition present between the light-emitting part and the light-receiving part based on the electronic device having a second shape transformed from the first shape, wherein a straight line connecting the light-emitting part and the light-receiving part is perpendicular to the direction in which the electronic device changes from the first shape to the second shape.


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