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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2023
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Gihoon Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Gyuyeong Cho, Suwon-si, KR;
Jaedeok Lim, Suwon-si, KR;
Yongyoun Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Hyein Park, Suwon-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
An example electronic device includes a first housing; a second housing coupled to be movable with respect to the first housing; a flexible display disposed on at least a portion of the first housing and the second housing; a magnet having at least two polarities arranged in a first direction in one plane; a sensor configured to move in the first direction along the central axis of the magnet as the arrangement of the second housing relative to the first housing is changed, and detect at least two or more direction components including a first direction component and a second direction component of magnetic flux density; a memory configured to store state reference information on a state of the electronic device corresponding to the first direction component and the second direction component; and a processor configured to obtain magnetic detection data including the at least two or more direction components from the sensor; and detect the state of the electronic device based on the obtained magnetic detection data and the state reference information.