公开(公告)号：US20230229190A1

公开(公告)日：2023-07-20

申请号：US18077532

申请日：2022-12-08

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Sungho AHN ,  Jihyung JUNG ,  Inkuk YUN ,  Myunghoon KWAK ,  Yangwook KIM ,  Jookwan LEE ,  Hyunju HONG

IPC: G06F1/16

CPC classification number: G06F1/1624 ,  G06F1/1652 ,  G06F1/1641

Abstract: An electronic device may include a plurality of housings including a first housing and a second housing, wherein the first housing movably connects to the second housing in a moving direction, a display panel in which a screen display area visually exposed to an outside changes depending on a movement of the second housing relative to the first housing, and a lattice plate disposed on a rear surface of the display panel to support the display panel. The display panel may include a flat portion forming the screen display area and comprising a surface substantially forming a flat surface, an edge portion connected to one end portion of the flat portion and comprising at least a partial region which is curved, and a bending portion connected to the other end portion of the flat portion opposite to the edge portion and comprising at least a partial region which bends according to a movement of the first housing relative to the second housing. The lattice plate may include a first lattice portion disposed on a rear surface of the edge portion and including a first lattice pattern, and a second lattice portion disposed on a rear surface of the bending portion and including a second lattice pattern that is different from the first lattice pattern so as to have a relatively higher modulus than the first lattice portion.

公开(公告)号：US20230214174A1

公开(公告)日：2023-07-06

申请号：US18092524

申请日：2023-01-03

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Wankyu KIM ,  Jooyoung KANG ,  Dahee KIM ,  Byungwoo MIN ,  Sangeun LEE ,  Moonjeong KIM ,  Sunghwan PARK ,  Jookwan LEE

IPC: G06F3/16 ,  H04M1/02

CPC classification number: G06F3/165 ,  H04M1/0268 ,  H04M1/0235 ,  H04M2201/38

Abstract: An example electronic device may include a housing, a flexible display, wherein at least a portion of the flexible display which is positioned in the housing is configured to be exposed to an outside of the housing as the housing slides, a speaker, and a processor operatively connected with the speaker and the flexible display. The processor may be configured to control the speaker to output a first sound at a first volume value while a state of the housing is a normal state, identify a size of a first area of the flexible display exposed to the outside, based on a first slide of the housing to change the state of the housing to an extended state, and control the speaker to output the first sound at a second volume value higher than the first volume value based on a size of the first area while the state of the housing is the extended state.

公开(公告)号：US20230195171A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-22

申请号：US18110076

申请日：2023-02-15

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Soohyun SEO ,  Moonchul SHIN ,  Baekeun CHO ,  Sanghyuk PARK ,  Nakhyun CHOI ,  Jooyoung KANG ,  Myunghoon KWAK ,  Yangwook KIM ,  Hyunsuk KIM ,  Jookwan LEE ,  Changryong HEO

IPC: G06F1/16 ,  G06F1/18 ,  G06F1/20 ,  H05K7/20

CPC classification number: G06F1/1652 ,  G06F1/1624 ,  G06F1/184 ,  G06F1/203 ,  H05K7/205

Abstract: An electronic device may include a housing including a first housing and a second housing to move relative to the first housing, a flexible display supported by at least one of the first housing or the second housing and changeable in form of a display area based on a movement of the second housing relative to the first housing, a board module disposed inside the housing, and a seating portion that forms a seating space receiving the board module and supports the board module.

公开(公告)号：US20230130795A1

公开(公告)日：2023-04-27

申请号：US17970134

申请日：2022-10-20

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Yeonggyu YOON ,  Youngmin KANG ,  Moonchul SHIN ,  Seungjoon LEE ,  Joongyeon CHO ,  Junyoung CHOI ,  Myunghoon KWAK ,  Yangwook KIM ,  Gabseong LEE ,  Wonho LEE ,  Jookwan LEE ,  Junghyeob LEE ,  Hyunju HONG

IPC: H05K5/02 ,  H04M1/02

Abstract: According to various embodiments of the disclosure, an electronic device may comprise: a first housing, a second housing configured to change a position relative to the first housing based on sliding of the first housing, a flexible display including a first area and a bendable or rollable second area extending from the first area, a supporting structure coupled with the flexible display to support at least a portion of the flexible display and including a plurality of bars, and a guide rail configured to guide a movement of the plurality of bars based on the sliding of the first housing. Each of the plurality of bars may include a frame and a header formed on an end of the frame. When the second area of the flexible display is bent or rolled, the headers of the at least two or more adjacent bars may be disposed to at least partially overlap each other. Each of the headers may include at least one pole at least partially received in the guide rail.

公开(公告)号：US20240221563A1

公开(公告)日：2024-07-04

申请号：US18605060

申请日：2024-03-14

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Youngrog KIM ,  Kibeom KIM ,  Junwoo CHOI ,  Myunghoon KWAK ,  Jookwan LEE ,  Jihea PARK ,  Yangwook KIM ,  Junghyeob LEE

IPC: G09G3/00 ,  G01K13/00 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/04845 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F3/16

CPC classification number: G09G3/035 ,  G01K13/00 ,  G06F3/04845 ,  G06F3/016 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F3/167 ,  G09G2320/041 ,  G09G2354/00

Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device comprising: a sensor configured to measure a temperature of the electronic device; a flexible display wherein an area of the flexible display visible to the outside can be changed; a memory storing executable instructions; and at least one processor, comprising processing circuitry configured to access the memory and execute the instructions, wherein at least one processor, individually and/or collectively, is configured to: identify a first input for changing the size of the visible area of the flexible display, identify the temperature of the electronic device via the sensor based on the identification of the first input, and identify change conditions of the size of the flexible display based on the identified temperature.

公开(公告)号：US20240048025A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-08

申请号：US18488288

申请日：2023-10-17

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Hyoungtak CHO ,  Junyoung CHOI ,  Myunghoon KWAK ,  Moonsun KIM ,  Baekeun CHO ,  Soyoung LEE ,  Yangwook KIM ,  Junghyeob LEE ,  Jookwan LEE

IPC: H02K7/116 ,  H05K5/02 ,  H02P29/00

CPC classification number: H02K7/116 ,  H05K5/0217 ,  H02P29/00

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing, a second housing slidably coupled to the first housing, a flexible display configured to be expanded or contracted based on slide-out or slide-in movement of the second housing, a drive motor disposed in the second housing and including a pinion gear, a rack gear structure disposed in the first housing and including a rack gear engaged with the pinion gear, at least one sensor module configured to detect movement of the second housing, a memory configured to store executable instructions, and at least one processor configured to access the memory and execute the instructions, and control the drive motor based on sensing information detected from the at least one sensor module.

公开(公告)号：US20230324955A1

公开(公告)日：2023-10-12

申请号：US18209749

申请日：2023-06-14

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Byungwoo MIN ,  Myunghoon KWAK ,  Jookwan LEE ,  Yangwook KIM ,  Jihea PARK

IPC: G06F1/16 ,  H04M1/02 ,  G06F3/04886

CPC classification number: G06F1/1624 ,  G06F3/04886 ,  H04M1/0237

Abstract: According to certain embodiments, an electronic device further comprises: a first housing; a second housing slidably coupled with respect to the first housing; a display in which an viewable area to an outside of the electronic device is changeable from a first size to a second size according to a sliding distance of the second housing with respect to the first housing; a memory storing computer-executable instructions; and a processor configured to access the memory and execute the computer-executable instructions, wherein execution of the computer-executable instructions by the processor causes the processor to perform a plurality of operations, the plurality of operations comprising: in response to receiving a first input requesting a recent task list of at least one application being serviced when the viewable area has the first size, display at least one execution screen image having a first aspect ratio for the first size corresponding to the at least one application; and when the viewable area has the second size, displaying the at least one execution screen image having a second aspect ratio for the second size.

公开(公告)号：US20230217612A1

公开(公告)日：2023-07-06

申请号：US18076832

申请日：2022-12-07

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Bohyeon KIM ,  Myunghoon KWAK ,  Changryong HEO ,  Yangwook KIM ,  Soohyun SEO ,  Yeonggyu YOON ,  Jookwan LEE

IPC: H05K5/02

CPC classification number: H05K5/0217

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a first housing and a second housing configured to contain at least a part of the first housing and to move relative to the first housing, a display configured to unfold based on sliding of the first housing, a motor structure disposed in the housing and configured to generate driving power for sliding of the first housing, a pinion gear configured to rotate based on the driving power generated by the motor structure, and a rack gear disposed in the housing and configured to mesh with the pinion gear. The rack gear includes a first part made of a first material, the first part including at least one recess, and a second part including a lower area disposed below the first part, at least a part of the second part being contained in the at least one recess.

公开(公告)号：US20230185421A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-15

申请号：US18066650

申请日：2022-12-15

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Myunghoon KWAK ,  Sangeun LEE ,  Yangwook KIM ,  Jookwan LEE ,  Jihea PARK

IPC: G06F3/0481 ,  G06F3/04886 ,  G06F3/042

CPC classification number: G06F3/0481 ,  G06F3/04886 ,  G06F3/0428

Abstract: The electronic device detects a pointing input to an edge area in a viewable screen portion on one side of a display screen of a display module, provides an affordance for changing a size of the viewable screen portion based on one or a combination of two or more of a time when a pointing input is maintained in the edge area, a moving distance of the pointing input, and a moving speed of the pointing input, and changes an area of the viewable screen portion to a size determined by the pointing input through a variable driver.

公开(公告)号：US20230177982A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-08

申请号：US18074005

申请日：2022-12-02

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Jookwan LEE ,  Yongjin KWON ,  Gyeongtae PARK ,  Yangwook KIM ,  Jihea PARK

IPC: G09F9/30 ,  G06F1/16 ,  H04M1/02 ,  G06F3/0346

CPC classification number: G09F9/301 ,  G06F1/1652 ,  H04M1/0268 ,  G06F3/0346 ,  G06F1/1677 ,  G06F1/1624

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a flexible display, a memory storing executable instructions, and at least one processor, wherein the instructions are configured to, when executed, enable the at least one processor to identify a first event triggering a first display operation for displaying an image based on a rotation of the electronic device, identify a second event triggering a second display operation for displaying an image based on a change in an area of the flexible display, and sequentially change a display attribute of an image displayed on the flexible display.