H04M1/0268

ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING COVER
20230018597 · 2023-01-19 ·

Disclosed is an electronic device. The electronic device includes a cover having a front surface defining one surface of the electronic device and a rear surface that is an opposite surface to the front surface, the front surface of the cover includes an upper surface, a lower surface, and an inclined surface extending from a periphery of the upper surface to a periphery of the lower surface toward the rear surface, the cover includes at least one protrusion at least partially formed at the periphery of the upper surface by partially recessing the upper surface in a direction that faces the rear surface, the inclined surface includes a first inclined surface extending substantially flat from the at least one protrusion to a first section of the periphery of the lower surface. Other various embodiments recognized through the specification are possible.

ANGLE DETECTION OF HINGES IN ROLLABLE DEVICES
20230013804 · 2023-01-19 ·

In an example, a display device includes a rollable display including a display side and an opposite non-display side. The rollable display includes a conductive material with a pattern disposed on the non-display side. The device includes a housing configured to house the rollable display and configured to roll in and roll out the rollable display along a first direction, and a capacitive sensor including a transmitter and a receiver electrode disposed within the housing and configured to sense the pattern.

Display device and manufacturing method thereof

A novel foldable display device or an electronic device using the same, e.g., a portable information processor or a portable communication information device, is provided. A foldable display device of which a display panel can be folded n times (n≥1, and n is a natural number) at a curvature radius of greater than or equal to 1 mm and less than or equal to 100 mm is obtained. The display device can be miniaturized by being foldable. In addition, in the state where the flexible display panel is opened, display which is unbroken and continuous over a plurality of housings is possible. The plurality of housings can store a circuit, an electronic component, a battery and the like inside as appropriate, and the thickness of each housing can be small.

Screen Display Control Method and Electronic Device
20230221861 · 2023-07-13 ·

A screen display control method may be implemented by an electronic device configured with a foldable touchscreen. The touchscreen includes a first area and a second area. A first interface is displayed in a first area and a first operation is detected in a first interface. A second interface is displayed in a second area in response to the first operation and the second interface is associated with content displayed in the first interface.

ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING ANTENNA

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a first housing and a second housing connected to the first housing by a hinge structure to be rotatable around a first axis, a magnet structure disposed inside the housing, the magnet structure including a magnet and a conductive coating member for enclosing a surface of the magnet, and a wireless communication circuit electrically connected to the conductive coating member, wherein the magnet is disposed to maintain a folding state in which the first housing and the second housing are folded, and the wireless communication circuit is configured to feed a portion of the conductive coating member of the magnet structure to transmit and/or receive a signal in a designated first frequency band by using at least one of the conductive coating member as a first antenna radiator.

Foldable electronic device for controlling user interface and method of operating the same

An electronic device includes a first housing including a first face, and a second face opposite the first face; a second housing including a third face, and a fourth face opposite the third face; a hinge connecting the first housing and the second house, wherein the second housing folds about the hinge to face the first housing; a flexible display extending from the first face to the third face; a sensor circuit configured to sense an angle formed by the first housing and the second housing folding at the hinge; and a processor operatively connected to the flexible display and the sensor circuit. The processor is configured to detect a physical state of the first housing and the second housing based on the sensor circuit, and re-execute a currently executed application, when the detected physical state changes.

Methods and devices for detecting ambient light based on different states of flexible screen, and storage medium

The present disclosure relates to a method and device for detecting ambient light, an electronic device and a storage medium. The electronic device includes: a first screen, the first screen being a foldable flexible screen; multiple light sensors, orientations of light sensing surfaces of the multiple light sensors being different; and at least one processor electronically connected with the first screen and the light sensors respectively and configured to select a target light sensor from the multiple light sensors according to a present state of the first screen and obtain target detection data representing present ambient brightness according to detection data of the target light sensor.

FOLDABLE MECHANISM, ROLLABLE SCREEN STRUCTURE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE
20230007950 · 2023-01-12 ·

A foldable mechanism includes a first movable plate, a second movable plate and a linkage structure. The first movable plate is below and supports an object to be rolled. The second movable plate is spaced apart from the first movable plate along a first direction, is connected to a first end of the object to be rolled and is below and supports the object to be rolled. The linkage structure is movably connected between the first movable plate and the second movable plate. The first movable plate is configured to move along a second direction to drive the linkage structure to fold or unfold, and the linkage structure is configured to drive the second movable plate to move close to or away from the first movable plate along the first direction, so as to switch the object to be rolled between a rolled state and an unrolled state.

ELECTRONIC DEVICE
20230010760 · 2023-01-12 ·

An electronic device including a detection sensor is disclosed. The electronic device may include: a housing structure including a first housing and a second housing movably coupled to the first housing in a moving direction, a flexible display supported by the first housing and the second housing, and having a size of a display area visible at a front surface of the housing structure configured to change based on relative movement by the second housing with respect to the first housing, a detection sensor including a first electrode and a second electrode disposed side by side, and a dielectric disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, and configured to detect a change in the size of the display area, and a processor.

OPTICAL SENSOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING SAME

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.