Multi-directional extension apparatus and method

    公开(公告)号:US12105560B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-01

    申请号:US17702905

    申请日:2022-03-24

    CPC classification number: G06F1/1652 G06F1/1624

    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic apparatus. The electronic apparatus may include a first display with a first side surface disposed along a first direction and a second side surface disposed along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, a flexible second display disposed behind the first display and including a main region, a first region extending from the main region toward the first side surface, and a second region extending from the main region toward the second side surface, a first roller configured to wind or unwind the first region and movable along the first direction, and a second roller configured to wind or unwind the second region and movable along the second direction. The first roller may move along the first direction based on a rolling operation of the second roller, and the second roller may move along the second direction based on a rolling operation of the first roller.

    Flexible display and electronic device comprising same

    公开(公告)号:US12038784B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-16

    申请号:US17257075

    申请日:2019-07-05

    Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present disclosure may comprise: a housing comprising a front plate facing in a first direction, a rear plate facing in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a side member disposed to surround a space between the front plate and the rear plate; a rigid display disposed between the front plate and the rear plate of the housing, for externally displaying information in the first direction; a flexible display extending from one side of the rigid display and bending relative to the rigid display, thereby forming a curved surface, or disposed in parallel to the rigid display, thereby forming a flat surface; a plurality of magnets arranged at a specified interval in the flexible display; and a first sensor disposed in the rigid display and configured to sense the degree of bending of the flexible display by sensing magnetic forces provided by the plurality of magnets.

    Rollable electronic device including flexible display

    公开(公告)号:US11997803B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-28

    申请号:US17520358

    申请日:2021-11-05

    CPC classification number: H05K5/0217 H05K5/0017

    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an electronic device including a rollable display is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a first surface oriented in a first direction, a second surface oriented in a second direction opposite to the first direction, a first side member slidable in a third direction different from the first direction and the second direction, and a second side member facing away from the first side member, a flexible display including a first region oriented in the first direction and a second region extending from the first region and oriented in the second direction opposite to the first direction, a plate configured to support at least a portion of the flexible display and to perform a sliding movement to cause at least a portion of the second region to be oriented in the first direction so as to substantially enable expansion of the first region, at least one member configured to enable the sliding movement of the plate through a rotational motion, and a rotation detection sensor configured to detect a degree of rotation while the at least one member rotates about a rotating axis.

    Electronic device comprising flexible display

    公开(公告)号:US11997225B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-28

    申请号:US17623108

    申请日:2020-06-24

    CPC classification number: H04M1/0268 H04M1/0216

    Abstract: A portable communication device in an embodiment may include a housing which forms an exterior of the portable communication device; a flexible display at least partially received in the housing and bendable with respect to a bending axis, the flexible display including at least one layer, an opening formed in the at least one layer; and an image sensor module at least partially positioned in a space formed by the opening, wherein the at least one layer may include a first inner side surface positioned in a first direction based on the image sensor module and a second inner side surface positioned in a second direction opposite to the first direction based on the image sensor module, as the flexible display is at least partially bent, the first inner side surface may be moved in the second direction, and if the flexible display is substantially flat, a first separation distance between a first side surface of the image sensor module facing the first inner side surface of the at least one layer and the first inner side surface of the at least one layer may be greater than a second separation distance between a second side surface of the image sensor module facing the second inner side surface of the at least one layer and the second inner side surface of the at least one layer.

    Accessory-recognizing electronic device

    公开(公告)号:US11831800B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-28

    申请号:US17483978

    申请日:2021-09-24

    CPC classification number: H04M1/7246 H04M1/0254 H04M1/72412 H04R5/02

    Abstract: An accessory-recognizing electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a housing; at least one metal plate disposed within the housing; at least one magnetic force detection sensor disposed on the bottom of the at least one metal plate; a memory; and a processor operatively connected to the at least one magnetic force detection sensor and the memory, wherein the processor recognizes attachment of the at least one accessory to the designated area of the housing on the basis of the strength and polarity of a magnetic force detected by the at least one magnetic force detection sensor, the at least one accessory including at least one magnet inside the at least one accessory, and determines properties of the attached at least one accessory corresponding to the detected strength and polarity of the magnetic force, by using information stored in the memory.

    Electronic device capable of expanding display region and method for controlling screen thereof

    公开(公告)号:US11244658B1

    公开(公告)日:2022-02-08

    申请号:US17324237

    申请日:2021-05-19

    Abstract: According to certain embodiments, an electronic device comprises: a flexible display; at least one sensor configured to sense changes in a size of a viewable portion of the flexible display; at least one processor operatively connected to the flexible display and the at least one sensor; and a memory operatively connected to the at least one processor, wherein the memory stores instructions that, when being executed, cause the at least one processor to perform a plurality of operations comprising: displaying a first screen on the flexible display; sensing a change in the size of the viewable portion of the flexible display through the at least one sensor; displaying a list comprising at least one selectable item in at least a partial region of the flexible display during the changing of the size of the viewable portion of the flexible display; detecting that the changing of the size of the viewable portion of the flexible display has stopped; in response to detecting the size of the viewable portion of the flexible display has stopped, displaying the first screen corresponding to the viewable portion of the flexible display with the changed size; and in response to returning of the size of the viewable portion of the flexible display to an original size without completing the change in the size of the viewable portion of the flexible display, displaying a second screen corresponding to a selectable item while the size of the viewable portion of the flexible display changes, among items included in the list, on the viewable portion of the flexible display having the original size.

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