Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electronic device comprising hall sensor for identifying folding state
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Application No.: US17837388Application Date: 2022-06-10
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Publication No.: US11977419B2Publication Date: 2024-05-07
- Inventor: Youngjae Kim , Woosung Chun , Changkwan Yang , Kwanghee Ryu , Hyunju Hong
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR Gyeonggi-do
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-si
- Agency: Cha & Reiter, LLC
- Priority: KR 20210105594 2021.08.10
- Main IPC: G06F1/16
- IPC: G06F1/16

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.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230049731A1 ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING HALL SENSOR FOR IDENTIFYING FOLDING STATE Public/Granted day:2023-02-16
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