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公开(公告)号:US11422662B2
公开(公告)日:2022-08-23
申请号:US16006441
申请日:2018-06-12
Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Donghan Lee , Jeong-Ho Cho , Jongah Kim , Hee Woong Yoon , Taeho Kim , Jeong-Min Park , Byoung-Uk Yoon
IPC: G06F3/042
Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display panel, a light emitting module disposed adjacent to the display panel, and configured to output light, and a light receiving module disposed in a portion of the display panel or below or beneath the display panel, and configured to detect light of the outputted light that is reflected by an external object.
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公开(公告)号:US11175776B2
公开(公告)日:2021-11-16
申请号:US16931985
申请日:2020-07-17
Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Heewoong Yoon , Jeongho Cho , Sangjin Kim , Jongah Kim , Donghan Lee
Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a front surface, a rear surface opposite to the front surface, and a space between the front surface and the rear surface, a display located inside the housing and viewed through the front surface of the housing to the outside of the electronic device, a support member supporting the display by protruding from the side surface toward the inside of the housing, an optical sensor including a light emitting unit and a light receiving unit wherein the optical sensor is located on a rear surface of the display and overlaps at least one area of the display when viewed from top of the front surface; and a partition wall member formed of an elastic material wherein the partition wall member is located between the display and the optical sensor, and at least a part region of the partition wall member is located between the light emitting unit and the light receiving unit to separate the light emitting unit and the light receiving unit.
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公开(公告)号:US12279030B2
公开(公告)日:2025-04-15
申请号:US17945669
申请日:2022-09-15
Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Heewoong Yoon , Jeongho Cho , Jongah Kim , Kihyuk Lee , Donghan Lee , Seungyun Lee , Gwangho Choi
Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display, a first module for an operation of a camera and an operation of an optical sensor disposed under the display, and at least one processor. The first module may include an image sensor, an infrared filter, and the optical sensor disposed close to the image sensor and inside an area of the infrared filter. The at least one processor may be configured to separate a time to output one frame into a first time period for the operation of the camera and a second time period for the operation of the optical sensor, perform the operation of the camera in the first time period using the first module, and perform the operation of the optical sensor in the second time period using the first module.
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公开(公告)号:US12189431B2
公开(公告)日:2025-01-07
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
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.
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公开(公告)号:US11934229B2
公开(公告)日:2024-03-19
申请号:US18113938
申请日:2023-02-24
Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventor: Jongah Kim , Heewoong Yoon , Kihyuk Lee , Donghan Lee , Jeongho Cho , Gwangho Choi
IPC: G06F1/16 , G06F1/3231 , G06F1/3234 , H04M1/02 , H04M1/72463
CPC classification number: G06F1/1652 , G06F1/1694 , G06F1/3231 , G06F1/3265 , H04M1/0239 , H04M1/0268 , H04M1/724631
Abstract: According to the present disclosure an electronic device is disclosed comprising: a housing including a front surface, a rear surface facing the direction opposite to the front surface, and a side surface encompassing the space between the front surface and the rear surface; a display included in the housing and visible to the outside of the electronic device through the front surface; an optical sensor positioned between the display and the rear surface overlapping at least one region of the display when viewed from above the front surface, and including a light-emitting part and a light-receiving part; and a first partition positioned between the light-emitting part and the light-receiving part based on the electronic device having a first shape, and a second partition present between the light-emitting part and the light-receiving part based on the electronic device having a second shape transformed from the first shape, wherein a straight line connecting the light-emitting part and the light-receiving part is perpendicular to the direction in which the electronic device changes from the first shape to the second shape.
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公开(公告)号:US11307083B2
公开(公告)日:2022-04-19
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: G01J1/04 , F21V23/04 , G06F1/16 , G06F1/3234 , G06F1/3215 , G06F1/3231 , G01J1/42
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.
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公开(公告)号:US20220075480A1
公开(公告)日:2022-03-10
申请号:US17526564
申请日:2021-11-15
Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Heewoong YOON , Jeongho Cho , Sangjin Kim , Jongah Kim , Donghan Lee
Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a front surface, a rear surface opposite to the front surface, and a space between the front surface and the rear surface, a display located inside the housing and viewed through the front surface of the housing to the outside of the electronic device, a support member supporting the display by protruding from the side surface toward the inside of the housing, an optical sensor including a light emitting unit and a light receiving unit wherein the optical sensor is located on a rear surface of the display and overlaps at least one area of the display when viewed from top of the front surface; and a partition wall member formed of an elastic material wherein the partition wall member is located between the display and the optical sensor, and at least a part region of the partition wall member is located between the light emitting unit and the light receiving unit to separate the light emitting unit and the light receiving unit.
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公开(公告)号:US10718882B2
公开(公告)日:2020-07-21
申请号:US15806981
申请日:2017-11-08
Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Hee-Woong Yoon , Jeong-Ho Cho , Jongah Kim , Jin-Hee Won , Donghan Lee
IPC: G01J3/46 , G01V8/12 , G06F1/3234 , G06F1/3231 , G06F1/3215 , H04W52/02 , H04M1/725 , G01S17/04
Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device and a method for sensing proximity in an electronic device, which reduces an error in sensing a proximity distance by considering a color of an object when sensing the proximity distance to the object based on an amount of light reflected from the object.
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公开(公告)号:US12228967B2
公开(公告)日:2025-02-18
申请号:US17685228
申请日:2022-03-02
Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventor: Seonho Han , Donghoo Jang , Jongah Kim , Shinhun Moon , Hyungsoo Park
Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present disclosure may comprise: a housing including a front plate facing forward and a rear plate facing rearward; a display assembly comprising a display visible through at least a portion of the front plate and which includes an upper portion, a lower portion overlapping at least a partial region of the upper assembly and that includes a first opening, and a flexible circuit board overlapping at least a partial region of the lower portion and that includes a second opening corresponding to at least a portion of the first opening; a photosensor module including a sensing unit comprising a sensor corresponding to at least a portion of the second opening, and a plurality of pads arranged to be adjacent to the sensing unit and electrically coupled to the flexible circuit board; and an electrical component and/or mechanical structure arranged between the photosensor module and the rear plate and spaced from the photosensor module at a first distance.
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公开(公告)号:US12154527B2
公开(公告)日:2024-11-26
申请号:US18082351
申请日:2022-12-15
Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Inventor: Gwangho Choi , Jongah Kim , Jeongho Cho , Heewoong Yoon , Kihyuk Lee , Donghan Lee
Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing including a front surface and a rear surface; a display provided in the housing and exposed through the front surface of the housing; an illuminance sensor provided below a sensor area in an active area of the display, the active area being an area of the display in which visual information is to be displayed; and a processor connected to the display and the illuminance sensor, wherein the processor is configured to: determine an illuminance value based on data received from the illuminance sensor; obtain color information of an image displayed in the active area; determine a first color value of the active area and a second color value of the sensor area based on the color information; adjust the illuminance value based on the first color value and the second color value; and configure a luminance of the display based on the adjusted illuminance value.
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