公开(公告)号：US20250008006A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-02

申请号：US18639964

申请日：2024-04-19

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Hyunggwang KANG ,  Taeho GIL ,  Moonsun KIM ,  Taewoo KIM ,  Changhee YOO ,  Hoyoung JEONG ,  Hyoungtak CHO ,  Soyoung LEE ,  Wonho LEE ,  Seokmin JANG

IPC: H04M1/02 ,  H02P6/08 ,  H02P7/18

Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing including a first housing part and a second housing part movable with respect to the first housing part, a driving mechanism which provides a driving force for moving the second housing part, and a processor. The processor is configured to identify external force causing a movement in a state in which the first housing part and the second housing part are stationary, and control the driving mechanism so that the first housing part and the second housing part remain the stationary state, based on the identified external forces.

公开(公告)号：US20240329766A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-03

申请号：US18737375

申请日：2024-06-07

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Hoyoung JEONG ,  Myunghoon KWAK ,  Moonsun KIM ,  Hojin JUNG ,  Junhyuk KIM ,  Soyoung LEE

IPC: G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/044

CPC classification number: G06F3/0416 ,  G06F3/0443 ,  G06F2203/04102

Abstract: An electronic device and a touch control method therefor are provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a flexible display that is drawn into or out of the housing by a sliding operation, a transparent window disposed in the housing so that a partial region of the flexible display drawn into the housing passes therethrough, and a transparent electrode layer disposed between the transparent window and the flexible display. At least one first touch electrode may be disposed in the transparent electrode layer. The at least one first touch electrode disposed in the transparent electrode layer may be activated. At least one second touch electrode arranged in the partial region of the flexible display may be deactivated.

公开(公告)号：US20230156116A1

公开(公告)日：2023-05-18

申请号：US18153673

申请日：2023-01-12

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Yeonggyu YOON ,  Dahee KIM ,  Moonsun KIM ,  Sukdong KIM ,  Soohyun SEO ,  Wonkyu SUNG ,  Changhan LEE ,  Hyoungtak CHO ,  Hyunju HONG

IPC: H04M1/72454 ,  H04M1/02 ,  G06F1/16

CPC classification number: H04M1/72454 ,  H04M1/0235 ,  G06F1/1624 ,  G06F1/1607 ,  H04M2201/38 ,  H04M2201/42 ,  G06F2200/1632

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing, a second housing slidably coupled to the first housing, a display of which at least a part is fixed to the second housing so that an information display region, which is a part of the electronic device visible on the outside, increases or decreases according to the sliding of the second housing, and a support member including a bendable structure, supporting at least a part of the display, and moving according to the sliding of the second housing, wherein, the information display region increases if the second housing slides in a first direction at a reference position at which the end of the second housing and the end of the first housing are substantially aligned, and the information display region decreases if the second housing slides in a second direction opposite to the first direction at the reference position.

公开(公告)号：US20250027883A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-23

申请号：US18902444

申请日：2024-09-30

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Moonsun KIM ,  Hyoungtak CHO ,  Jooyoung KANG ,  Hyunggwang KANG ,  Soohyun SEO ,  Yeonggyu YOON ,  Junghyeob LEE

IPC: G01N21/88 ,  G08B21/18 ,  H04M1/02 ,  H04M1/24

Abstract: An electronic device according to an embodiment an electronic device includes a first housing, a second housing, a flexible display, a drive device, a light-emitting circuit, a light-receiving circuit, and at least one processor operably coupled with the flexible display, the drive device, the light-emitting circuit, and the light-receiving circuit. The at least one processor is configured to emit light by using the light-emitting circuit on the basis of extraction or insertion of the flexible display, identify an abnormal state in a display area of the flexible display by using the light-receiving circuit, and in response to the identification, provide a visual notification of the abnormal state in the display area of the flexible display.

公开(公告)号：US20240427488A1

公开(公告)日：2024-12-26

申请号：US18822770

申请日：2024-09-03

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Moonjeong KIM ,  Donghyun JO ,  Youngrog KIM ,  Changhan LEE ,  Raetae KIM ,  Moonsun KIM ,  Hoyoung JEONG

IPC: G06F3/04886 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G06F3/04842 ,  G06F3/04847 ,  G06F3/0485

Abstract: An electronic device for controlling a screen is provided. The electronic device includes a virtual keypad and a method for controlling same. The electronic device includes a first housing, a second housing disposed to be movable with respect to the first housing and overlapping at least a portion of the first housing, at least one motor configured to move the first housing or the second housing, memory storing one or more computer programs, one or more processors disposed inside the first housing or the second housing and communicatively coupled to the at least one motor and the memory, and a flexible display at least partially mounted on a surface of the second housing and at least partially exposed to an outside of the electronic device, wherein a portion of the flexible display is inserted into or drawn out of the first housing according to driving of the motor, wherein the one or more computer programs include computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to display, on the flexible display, a first screen including at least one text input field in a state in which a portion of the second housing is inserted in the first housing, obtain a first user input to the at least one text input field, display, on the flexible display, a second screen including at least one virtual keypad based on obtaining the first user input, wherein the at least one virtual keypad overlaps a portion of the at least one text input field, and display, on the flexible display, a third screen different from the second screen, based on the at least one virtual keypad overlapping the portion of the at least one text input field.

公开(公告)号：US20240098163A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-21

申请号：US18521358

申请日：2023-11-28

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

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

IPC: H04M1/02

CPC classification number: H04M1/0216 ,  H04M1/0266 ,  H04M2250/12

Abstract: An electronic device may include a first housing, a second housing, a hinge device configured to connect the first housing and the second housing so that the electronic device is switched from a folded state into an unfolded state, a first alloy member, at least a part of which is fixed to the first housing, the second housing, and the hinge device and which is made of a shape memory alloy material, a second alloy device, at least a part of which is fixed to the first housing and the second housing at a position different from the first alloy member and which is made of a shape memory alloy material, and a driving circuit configured to apply power to at least one of the first alloy member and the second alloy member so that at least one of the first alloy member and the second alloy member is restored. Various other embodiments may be possible.

公开(公告)号：US20240411445A1

公开(公告)日：2024-12-12

申请号：US18811195

申请日：2024-08-21

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Jooyoung KANG ,  Hyunggwang KANG ,  Moonsun KIM ,  Soohyun SEO ,  Jihyung JUNG ,  Hojin JUNG ,  Hyoungtak CHO ,  Soyoung LEE ,  Junghyeob LEE

IPC: G06F3/0487 ,  G06F1/16

Abstract: Disclosed are an electronic device for controlling attributes of one-handed mode screen on the basis of a grip shape and a method for controlling same. An electronic device according to an embodiment of the present document may be configured to display, on a flexible display, a one-handed mode screen which is reduced and displayed according to a predetermined ratio so as to correspond to a first screen, detect, while the one-handed mode screen is displayed, that a first housing is moved, and determine, on the basis of the detection of the movement of the first housing, the direction of expansion of the one-handed mode screen depending on whether a grip of a portion of a user's body on the top portion of the first housing is sensed by a first grip sensor, among grip sensors, which is disposed on the edge of the first housing.

公开(公告)号：US20230244339A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-03

申请号：US18295551

申请日：2023-04-04

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Hoyoung JEONG ,  Myunghoon KWAK ,  Moonsun KIM ,  Hojin JUNG ,  Junhyuk KIM ,  Soyoung LEE

IPC: G06F3/041

CPC classification number: G06F3/0416 ,  G06F2203/04102 ,  G06F3/0443

Abstract: An electronic device and a touch control method therefor are provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a flexible display that is drawn into or out of the housing by a sliding operation, a transparent window disposed in the housing so that a partial region of the flexible display drawn into the housing passes therethrough, and a transparent electrode layer disposed between the transparent window and the flexible display. At least one first touch electrode may be disposed in the transparent electrode layer. The at least one first touch electrode disposed in the transparent electrode layer may be activated. At least one second touch electrode arranged in the partial region of the flexible display may be deactivated.

公开(公告)号：US20230075430A1

公开(公告)日：2023-03-09

申请号：US17988391

申请日：2022-11-16

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Moonsun KIM ,  Hyoungtak CHO ,  Dahee KIM ,  Sukdong KIM ,  Soohyun SEO ,  Wonkyu SUNG ,  Yeonggyu YOON ,  Changhan LEE ,  Hyunju HONG

IPC: G09G3/00

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display including a main area, a first sub area extending in a first direction, and a second sub area extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, a display driver integrated circuit (IC) for scanning a scan signal and a data voltage to the display, and a processor operatively connected to the display and the display driver IC, wherein the processor is configured to control the display driver IC to supply the scan signal to at least some areas among the main area, the first sub area, and the second sub area of the display, to control the display driver IC to partially scan a data voltage to an area in which a screen is to be displayed among the main area, the first sub area, and the second sub area.

公开(公告)号：US20220150613A1

公开(公告)日：2022-05-12

申请号：US17519985

申请日：2021-11-05

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Hyoungtak CHO ,  Kiwook HAN ,  Hyunggwang KANG ,  Myunghoon KWAK ,  Moonsun KIM ,  Junhyuk KIM ,  Changryong HEO

IPC: H04R1/08 ,  H05K5/00 ,  H05K5/02 ,  H04R1/02 ,  G01P15/12 ,  G01P1/00

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a flexible display configured to move relative to at least a portion of the housing, and at least one noise detection circuitry disposed in the housing. The at least one noise detection circuitry may include a substrate, a microphone circuitry disposed on the substrate, a vibration detection sensor disposed on the substrate, a shielding member disposed on the substrate and surrounding at least a portion of the vibration detection sensor, and a waterproofing member disposed on the shielding member and covering the vibration detection sensor.