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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2022
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Youngjae Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Woosung Chun, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Changkwan Yang, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Kwanghee Ryu, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Hyunju Hong, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
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.