Abstract:
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first structure, a second structure coupled to the first structure so as to be slidable in a first direction or a second direction opposite to the first direction, a display that is at least partially disposed on the second structure and that moves relative to the first structure together with the second structure, in which a size of an area of the display exposed on a front side of the electronic device is changed in response to a sliding motion of the second structure, and a driving unit that connects part of the first structure and part of the second structure and generates an elastic force in the first direction or the second direction in response to a movement of the second structure.
Abstract:
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a first surface facing in a first direction, a second surface facing in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a side surface member enclosing the first surface and the second surface, a display visible through at least a portion of the first surface, an opening formed on a portion of the first surface, a speaker positioned within the housing, a sensor positioned within the housing, and a first path configured to guide a sound of the speaker to the opening, and a second path configured to guide the sound of the speaker to the opening and to avoid overlapping the first path, and at least a portion of the sensor is positioned between the first path and the second path
Abstract:
An electronic device is provided that includes a housing including a front plate facing a first direction, a rear plate facing a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a lateral member surrounding a space between the front plate and the rear plate and at least partially constructed of a metal material, wherein the front plate includes a first edge having a first length and extending in a third direction, a second edge having a second length longer than the first length and extending in a fourth direction orthogonal to the third direction, a third edge parallel to the first edge, having the first length, and extending in the third direction from the second edge, a fourth edge parallel to the second edge, having the second length, and extending in the fourth direction from the first edge, a first region in which the third edge and the fourth edge meet, and a second region in which the second edge and the third edge meet, a display viewable through the front plate, and an adhesive layer constructed in a closed-curve shape along the first edge, second edge, third edge, and fourth edge of the front plate, wherein, when viewed from above the display, a width of the adhesive layer in the first region and the second region is greater than a width of the adhesive layer outside the first region and the second region.
Abstract:
An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present invention can comprise: a housing including a first plate, a second plate, and a side member surrounding the space between the first plate and the second plate; a processor arranged in the space; a display exposed through a part of the first plate; a communication circuit arranged in the space; a piezoelectric actuator arranged in the space and providing vibration to the first plate; a speaker arranged in the space near the edge of the first plate; an audio processing circuit arranged in the space and electrically connected to the piezoelectric actuator and the speaker; and a memory arranged in the space and electrically connected to the processor. According to various embodiments, when instructions, which can be included by the memory, are executed, the processor wirelessly connects to an external device by using the communication circuit, receives an audio signal through the communication circuit, and provides the audio signal to the audio processing circuit. According to various embodiments, the side member can be separated from or integrated with the second plate. According to various embodiments, the audio processing circuit can provide, to the piezoelectric actuator, a first signal having a first frequency band and can provide, to the speaker, a second frequency band lower than the first frequency band, on the basis of at least a part of the audio signal. Additional various embodiments are possible.
Abstract:
An elastic body of an audio accessory is provided. The elastic body includes a cylindrical inner cover, at least one outer cover which is elongated from a top end edge of the cylindrical inner cover to enclose the cylindrical inner cover, the at least one outer cover having at least one inlet which partially exposes at least a part of the cylindrical inner cover, and at least one sensor module disposed on at least one of the cylindrical inner cover and the at least one outer cover and configured to generate a sensor signal related to deformation of the at least one outer cover.
Abstract:
A surface treatment method of an electronic device is provided. The surface treatment method includes processing a first pattern on a surface of a top mold and a second pattern on a surface of a bottom mold, coating a Ultra-Violet (UV) molding liquid on each of a front surface of a raw sheet material and the bottom mold facing a rear surface of the raw sheet material raw, positioning the raw sheet material between the top mold and the bottom mold, pressing the top mold and the bottom mold to each other, curing the UV molding liquid, and separating the raw sheet material from the top mold and the bottom mold and forming a print layer on the front surface and the rear surface of the raw sheet material.
Abstract:
An input device for an electronic device includes a floating prevention mechanism that prevents a physical key from being rocked. The input device may include a case, a body that is partially exposed to the outside of the case, a key base that is made of a soft material and coupled to a lower surface of the body, a switch that is positioned below the key base and generates an electrical signal when pressed by a force that is equal to or larger than a predetermined magnitude, and a substrate on which the switch is mounted. The key base may include a pressing protrusion that is formed on a bottom surface of the key base and presses the switch, and a floating prevention unit that is made of a soft material and formed at opposing sides of the key base with respect to the pressing protrusion. The floating prevention unit supports the body to prevent the body from being rocked.
Abstract:
According to an embodiment, at least one processor of a multi-foldable electronic device, individually and/or collectively, is configured to control the electronic device to: display an execution screen of a first application on a first region, a second region and a third region of a flexible display; identify any of a second housing and a third housing being folded with respect to a first housing; display an execution screen of a first application on the second region and an execution screen of a second application on the first region and the third region, based on identifying that the second housing is folded with respect to the first housing; and display an execution screen of the first application on the first region and the second region and an execution screen of the second application on the third region, based on identifying that the third housing is folded with respect to the first housing.
Abstract:
According to various embodiments of the disclosure, an electronic device may comprise a housing including a first housing and a second housing for guiding a slide of the first housing; a display including a first display area disposed on the first housing and a second display area extending from the first display area and configured to move at least a portion of the second display area based on the slide of the first housing; a supporting structure configured to support at least a portion of the first display area or at least a portion of the second display area and including a plurality of bars; and a blocking member for blocking influx of an external foreign object through a gap between the housing and the display. When the first housing slides, at least one of the plurality of bars may be configured to pressurize and push out the blocking member to space the display and the blocking member apart from each other. Other various embodiments are possible.
Abstract:
An example electronic device includes a housing, and a flexible display in which an area of a display region is configured to be adjusted based on a sliding movement of at least a portion of the housing. The flexible display may include a first region fixedly visible from outside through a first direction of the electronic device, a second region extending from one end of the first region and variably visible from the outside based on the movement of the housing, and including a first bending part bent from one end of the first region in a second direction opposite to the first direction and disposed to face a second lateral direction perpendicular to the first direction, and a first extension part extending from one end of the first bending part and disposed in parallel with the first region, and a second bending part bent from one end of the first extension part in the second direction and disposed to face a first lateral direction opposite to the second lateral direction.