公开(公告)号：US20200234659A1

公开(公告)日：2020-07-23

申请号：US16744633

申请日：2020-01-16

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Wanjae JU ,  Nanyoung PARK ,  Jungyong YUN ,  Heewoong YOON

IPC: G09G3/34 ,  H04M1/22 ,  G01J1/12

Abstract: According to various embodiments, an electronic device includes a housing, a display viewable through a front surface of the housing and configured to display a screen, a camera sensor disposed in at least a portion of the front surface of the housing and configured to measure an external illuminance, a processor operationally connected to the display and the camera sensor; and a memory operationally connected to the processor. The memory may store instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to control the electronic device to: detect an turn-on event of the display, turn on the camera sensor to acquire the external illuminance using the camera sensor based on the display being turned on, acquire preview image information for a specified time through the camera sensor, turn off the camera sensor, acquire the external illuminance using an exposure time and a brightness value based on the acquired preview image information, and control a luminance of the display based on the external illuminance.

公开(公告)号：US20200056771A1

公开(公告)日：2020-02-20

申请号：US16541028

申请日：2019-08-14

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Jeongho CHO ,  Donghan LEE ,  Jongah KIM ,  Heewoong YOON

IPC: F21V23/04

Abstract: Various embodiments of the disclosure relate to a proximity-illuminance sensor and an electronic device including the same to increase the accuracy of the illuminance sensor and addressing crosstalk issues. According to an embodiment, an electronic device comprises a transparent member, a scattering member disposed under a portion of the transparent member to scatter light incident at a designated angle from an outside of the electronic device through the transparent member, a light receiving element disposed under the portion and configured to obtain scattered light which is scattered by the scattering member from at least a part of incident light, and a control circuit configured to determine a brightness of the incident light based on, at least, the scattered light obtained through the light receiving element. The electronic device may be implemented in various manners according to embodiments of the disclosure.

公开(公告)号：US20240045473A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-08

申请号：US18378440

申请日：2023-10-10

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Donghan LEE ,  Jongah KIM ,  Jeongmin PARK ,  Heewoong YOON ,  Kihyuk LEE ,  Jeongho CHO ,  Gwangho CHOI

IPC: G06F1/16 ,  G06F3/048

CPC classification number: G06F1/1652 ,  G06F1/1656 ,  G06F3/048

Abstract: An electronic device includes: a first housing; a second housing movably coupled to the first housing; a third housing movably coupled to the second housing; a flexible display on at least a portion of the first housing, the second housing, and the third housing; at least one sensor; one or more electromagnets; at least one processor operatively coupled to the at least one sensor; and a memory operatively coupled to the at least one processor, wherein the memory stores instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the electronic device to: detect, through the at least one sensor, a state change in at least one of first arrangement of the first housing with respect to the second housing or second arrangement of the third housing with respect to the second housing, and, based on the state change, control magnetism of at least one electromagnet among the one or more electromagnets.

公开(公告)号：US20230171708A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-01

申请号：US18096181

申请日：2023-01-12

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Gwangho CHOI ,  Jongah KIM ,  Heewoong YOON ,  Kihyuk LEE ,  Donghan LEE ,  Jeongho CHO

IPC: H04W52/28

CPC classification number: H04W52/288

Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments comprises: a slidable housing including a first housing and a second housing; a flexible display visible to the outside of the electronic device via at least a part of the slidable housing; a wireless communication circuit; a grip sensor; and at least one processor electrically connected to the flexible display, the wireless communication circuit, and the grip sensor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: recognize that the slidable housing is in a first state and sets, to a first parameter corresponding to the first state, a parameter related to the proximity of a human body if a capacitance measurement value associated with the slidable housing satisfies a first range, and recognizes that the slidable housing is in a second state different from the first state and sets the parameter to a second parameter corresponding to the second state if the capacitance measurement value associated with the slidable housing satisfies a second range different from the first range, and the wireless communication circuit can control transmission power based on the result of comparison between a value measured by the grip sensor and the first parameter or the second parameter.

公开(公告)号：US20230025006A1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-26

申请号：US17868135

申请日：2022-07-19

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Jeongho CHO ,  Jongah KIM ,  Heewoong YOON ,  Kihyuk LEE ,  Donghan LEE ,  Gwangho CHOI

IPC: H04N5/235

Abstract: According to an embodiment, an electronic device may include an illuminance sensor including a first modulator obtaining a first signal for first illuminance values during a first integration time and a second modulator obtaining a second signal for second illuminance values during a second integration time, and a processor. The processor may be configured to calculate the first illuminance values and the second illuminance values based on the first and second signals, determine that an ambient light source is a flickering light source based on the second illuminance values, if obtaining display parameter information associated with an image output through the display, compensate for the first illuminance values based on the display parameter information and adjust a brightness value of the display based on the compensated first illuminance values, and if failing to obtain the display parameter information, adjust the brightness value of the display based on the second illuminance values.

公开(公告)号：US20220334224A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-20

申请号：US17836619

申请日：2022-06-09

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Jongah KIM ,  Heewoong YOON ,  Kihyuk LEE ,  Donghan LEE ,  Jeongho CHO ,  Gwangho CHOI

IPC: G01S7/481 ,  G09G3/00 ,  G01C3/08

Abstract: An electronic device including an optical sensor is disclosed. An electronic device may include: a first housing; a second housing connected to the first housing to be partially movable in a movement direction; a flexible display that is disposed to be supported by the first housing and the second housing, in which a size of a display area exposed to the outside changes according to a movement of the second housing with respect to the first housing, and in which a light transmitter through which light is transmitted is formed; a printed circuit board (PCB) disposed in an internal space formed by the first housing and the second housing; an optical sensor configured to sense a target located outside the flexible display; and a processor. The optical sensor may include: a light source disposed on the PCB and configured to irradiate light to the outside of the flexible display through the light transmitter; and a light receiver connected to a rear surface of the display area of the flexible display and configured to receive light reflected from the target through the light transmitter. Relative positions of the light source and the light receiver may change according to a change in the size of the display area. In addition, various example embodiments may be possible.

公开(公告)号：US20210248942A1

公开(公告)日：2021-08-12

申请号：US17144688

申请日：2021-01-08

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Heewoong YOON ,  Heejun CHOI ,  Oheon KWON ,  Jongah KIM ,  Kihyuk LEE ,  Donghan LEE ,  Jeongho CHO ,  Gwangho CHOI

IPC: G09G3/00 ,  G09G5/10 ,  G01D5/14 ,  G01P13/00 ,  G01P15/00 ,  G01C19/00 ,  G01B7/30 ,  G01J1/42 ,  G06F1/16

Abstract: A foldable mobile electronic device is provided. The foldable mobile electronic device includes a processor configured to recognize, based on the data received from the first sensor, a change in a state of the foldable mobile electronic device from the folded state to a partially folded state before reaching an unfolded state, to identify a first illuminance by using the data received from the second sensor, based on the recognized state change, to set a first luminance corresponding to the first illuminance as a brightness of the display, to when an angle identified after the state change falls within a predetermined first angle range or when a specific time has not elapsed after the state change, perform a real-time adjustment operation on the brightness of the display, based on a second illuminance identified using the second sensor, and to when the angle identified after the state change is outside the first angle range or when the specific time has elapsed after the state change, perform a hysteresis adjustment operation on the brightness of the display, based on the first illuminance.

公开(公告)号：US20210026419A1

公开(公告)日：2021-01-28

申请号：US16928260

申请日：2020-07-14

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Jongah KIM ,  Jeongho CHO ,  Heewoong YOON ,  Donghan LEE

IPC: G06F1/16 ,  H05K1/18 ,  G01S17/10 ,  G01S7/51 ,  G01S7/481

Abstract: In embodiments, an electronic device may include a housing, a display panel, and an optical sensor module. The display panel is disposed in an inner space of the housing and is at least partially visible from an outside through the housing, the display including a display area, a first non-display area disposed adjacent to at least a peripheral portion of the display area, and a second non-display area disposed adjacent to at least a peripheral portion of the first non-display area. The optical sensor module is disposed in the inner space at least partially overlapping the display panel, and includes a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB), a light emitting structure disposed on the FPCB at least partially overlapping the first non-display area when the display panel is viewed from above, and a light receiving structure disposed on the FPCB at least partially overlapping the display area when the display panel is viewed from above. The display area has a first transmittance, and the first non-display area has a second transmittance greater than the first transmittance.

公开(公告)号：US20190259351A1

公开(公告)日：2019-08-22

申请号：US16281506

申请日：2019-02-21

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Heewoong YOON ,  Jongah KIM ,  Changsoo KIM ,  Donghan LEE ,  Jeongho CHO ,  Yoomi TAK ,  Sangmin HWANG ,  Jeongmin PARK

IPC: G09G5/10 ,  H01L27/32 ,  H01L51/52 ,  H01L51/00 ,  G06F3/14 ,  G06F1/16

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes an optical sensor including a light-receiving module and a light-emitting module, a processor electrically connected to the optical sensor, and a housing including a first region, a second region, and a bendable region connecting the first region and the second region, the housing being disposed such that at least a portion of the optical sensor in the first region is exposed through one surface of the first region, wherein a light transmission region is included in at least a portion of the second region such that light related to sensing by the optical sensor passes through the second region in a state in which the one surface of the first region and one surface of the second region face each other according to bending of the bendable region.

公开(公告)号：US20230217793A1

公开(公告)日：2023-07-06

申请号：US18090914

申请日：2022-12-29

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Kihyuk LEE ,  Jeongho CHO ,  Jongah KIM ,  Heewoong YOON ,  Donghan LEE ,  Gwangho CHOI

IPC: H10K59/80 ,  H10K59/35

CPC classification number: H10K59/8792 ,  H10K59/35

Abstract: An electronic device may include a housing, a display panel including a plurality of color pixels and a black matrix provided between the plurality of color pixels, and a photosensor provided between the housing and the display panel, wherein the display panel has a first region corresponding to the photosensor and a second region surrounding the first region, the black matrix has a first plurality of holes having a first density in the first region, and a second plurality of holes a second density in the second region, and the second density is higher than the first density.