Patents by Inventor Baekeun CHO
Baekeun CHO has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20240196550Abstract: An electronic device is provided including a first housing, a second housing that slides relative to the first housing, a flexible display configured such that a size of a region exposed on a front side of the electronic device is changed in response to a sliding motion of the second housing relative to the first housing, a heat radiating sheet disposed on at least a portion of a rear surface of the flexible display, and a flexible display support member disposed on a portion of a rear surface of the heat radiating sheet to support a portion of the flexible display. The flexible display support member includes a plurality of support bars that extend in a direction perpendicular to a sliding direction of the second housing. The plurality of support bars are spaced apart. The heat radiating sheet includes a plurality of folding portions, and at least portions of the heat radiating sheet are located in spaces separating the plurality of support bars.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2024Publication date: June 13, 2024Inventors: Baekeun CHO, Myunghoon KWAK, Bohyeon KIM, Hoyoung JEONG, Youngmin JI, Hyunju HONG
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Patent number: 11997803Abstract: The disclosure relates to an electronic device including a rollable display is provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2021Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hyunggwang Kang, Hojin Jung, Baekeun Cho, Hyoungtak Cho, Junhyuk Kim, Hoyoung Jeong, Changryong Heo
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Patent number: 11990070Abstract: According to various embodiments, an electronic device may comprise a housing, a plate coupled to the housing to reciprocate, a flexible display including a first portion disposed on the plate and a second portion extending from the first portion and exposed to an outside or retracted into an inside of the housing as the plate reciprocates, a motor configured to move the plate, at least one electronic component, a battery, and at least one processor. The at least one processor may be configured to identify an event for triggering a movement of the plate, identify a first power of the battery and a second power for controlling the flexible display and the at least one electronic component, based on the event, identify a third power for controlling the motor, based on the first power and the second power, and provide the motor with a signal corresponding to the third power.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2022Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Myunghoon Kwak, Bohyeon Kim, Baekeun Cho, Yangwook Kim, Jihea Park
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Publication number: 20240098163Abstract: 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.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Baekeun CHO, Myunghoon KWAK, Bohyeon KIM, Moonsun KIM, Jookwan LEE, Hyoungtak CHO, Soyoung LEE, Yangwook KIM, Junghyeob LEE
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Patent number: 11906458Abstract: An electronic device may include a housing, a display including a touch sensor panel, wherein the display is configured to move with respect to the housing so that at least one portion thereof is exposed from the inside of the housing to the front surface of the electronic device, and at least one processor operatively connected to the display. The at least one processor is configured to acquire, in a state in which at least one portion of the display is exposed to the front surface of the electronic device, data indicating a capacitance change on the at least one portion of the display through the touch sensor panel, identify a moisture-introduced state, based on the acquired data, and perform an operation of responding to the identified moisture-introduced state.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., LtdInventors: Hoyoung Jeong, Youngmin Kang, Myunghoon Kwak, Youngrog Kim, Songyi Lee, Jookwan Lee, Jihyung Jung, Baekeun Cho, Soyoung Lee
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Publication number: 20240048025Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing, a second housing slidably coupled to the first housing, a flexible display configured to be expanded or contracted based on slide-out or slide-in movement of the second housing, a drive motor disposed in the second housing and including a pinion gear, a rack gear structure disposed in the first housing and including a rack gear engaged with the pinion gear, at least one sensor module configured to detect movement of the second housing, a memory configured to store executable instructions, and at least one processor configured to access the memory and execute the instructions, and control the drive motor based on sensing information detected from the at least one sensor module.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Hyoungtak CHO, Junyoung CHOI, Myunghoon KWAK, Moonsun KIM, Baekeun CHO, Soyoung LEE, Yangwook KIM, Junghyeob LEE, Jookwan LEE
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Publication number: 20230320038Abstract: An electronic device is provided, which may include at least one housing including a first housing and a second housing, wherein the first housing is movable relative to the second housing; a circuit board disposed in the at least one housing; at least one electronic component disposed on the circuit board; a side wall including a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, wherein the first surface is facing at least a portion of the circuit board; a first heat dissipation structure configured to transfer at least some of heat from the at least one electronic component to the side wall; and a second heat dissipation structure configured to dissipate the at least some of heat transferred by the first heat dissipation structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventors: Jooyoung KANG, Myunghoon KWAK, Baekeun CHO, Hyunsuk KIM, Sanghyuk PARK, Soohyun SEO, Nakhyun CHOI, Yangwook KIM, Hyunju HONG
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Publication number: 20230288958Abstract: A sliding type electronic device is provided. The sliding type electronic device includes a first housing, a second housing which includes a circuit board and which is slidable with respect to the first housing, a display in which a partial area of the second housing is arranged, a guide member which is arranged in the first housing, and which guides the rolling of the partial area of the display according to a sliding movement of the second housing, at least one speaker arranged inside the guide member, and a conductive connection member which is arranged in the guide member so as to be wound or unwound, and which electrically connects the speaker to the circuit board.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2023Publication date: September 14, 2023Inventors: Bohyeon KIM, Wankyu KIM, Hyunsuk KIM, Byungwoo MIN, Sangeun LEE, Joongyeon CHO, Junwoo CHOI, Hyunggwang KANG, Baekeun CHO, Changryong HEO
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Publication number: 20230254641Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing, a second housing coupled to the first housing, a speaker disposed in the first housing and outputs an audio signal, a flexible display disposed in the first and second housings, and in which a size of a visual area can be expanded according to the movement of the second housing, a first duct line formed in the first housing, a second duct line formed at a position corresponding to the first duct line, and is formed in the second, a third duct line connected to the first duct line, and is formed in the second housing, and a processor, operatively connected to the speaker and the flexible display, configured to sense the moved distance of the second housing with respect to the first housing, and correct the characteristics of the audio signal based on the sensed moved distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2023Publication date: August 10, 2023Inventors: Hyunggwang KANG, Wonho LEE, Baekeun CHO, Hyoungtak CHO, Myunghoon KWAK, Yangwook KIM, Soyoung LEE
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Patent number: 11706904Abstract: An electronic device is provided, which may include a first housing; a second housing configured to accommodate at least a portion of the first housing and guide a sliding movement 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; a PCB configured to accommodate at least one electronic component; a support member configured to support the PCB; a side wall member connected to the support member and facing at least a portion of the first housing; a heat dissipation sheet configured to receive heat from the at least one electronic component, the heat dissipation sheet being disposed on the support member and the side wall member; and a heat dissipation member disposed on the side wall member and facing the heat dissipation sheet.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2021Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Inventors: Jooyoung Kang, Myunghoon Kwak, Baekeun Cho, Hyunsuk Kim, Sanghyuk Park, Soohyun Seo, Nakhyun Choi, Yangwook Kim, Hyunju Hong
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Patent number: 11699372Abstract: An operating method of an electronic device is provided. The method includes measuring an external temperature of the electronic device by using at least one sensor. The method may calculate, from an entire region of a flexible display, a fixed region that is visually exposed to an outside regardless of a screen size of the electronic device, and a variable region that is visually exposed at least in part to the outside in a screen expansion or screen size change state of the electronic device. The method may compare the external temperature with a preset first threshold temperature, thereby determining heating of the variable region in response to the external temperature being less than the first threshold temperature. The method may heat the variable region by controlling at least one of a luminance or a driving frequency of the variable region.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2022Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jookwan Lee, Youngmin Kang, Myunghoon Kwak, Youngrog Kim, Songyi Lee, Jihyung Jung, Hoyoung Jeong, Baekeun Cho, Hyunju Hong
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Publication number: 20230205264Abstract: An electronic device according to an embodiment may include: a housing including a first housing and a second housing slidably connected to the first housing; a flexible display including a first area and a second area extending from the first area and configured to be drawn into or out of the housing as the second housing slides; a support plate disposed inside the electronic device and coupled to the second housing and configured to slide, wherein the support plate includes at least one magnet disposed in an area of the support plate such that an N-pole and an S-pole are aligned in a first direction in which the second housing slides; a Hall sensor structure including at least one Hall sensor disposed inside the first housing adjacent to the at least one magnet and configured to measure a magnetic field of the at least one magnet, wherein Hall sensors of the Hall sensor structure are disposed along the first direction while respective Hall sensors are spaced apart from each other by a first distance; and atType: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2023Publication date: June 29, 2023Inventors: Hoyoung JEONG, Hyunggwang KANG, Myunghoon KWAK, Junhyuk KIM, Hojin JUNG, Baekeun CHO, Hyoungtak CHO, Soyoung LEE
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Publication number: 20230195171Abstract: An electronic device may include a housing including a first housing and a second housing to move relative to the first housing, a flexible display supported by at least one of the first housing or the second housing and changeable in form of a display area based on a movement of the second housing relative to the first housing, a board module disposed inside the housing, and a seating portion that forms a seating space receiving the board module and supports the board module.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2023Publication date: June 22, 2023Inventors: Soohyun SEO, Moonchul SHIN, Baekeun CHO, Sanghyuk PARK, Nakhyun CHOI, Jooyoung KANG, Myunghoon KWAK, Yangwook KIM, Hyunsuk KIM, Jookwan LEE, Changryong HEO
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Patent number: 11675392Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a rollable display. The electronic device may include a main bracket configured to support the first portion of the rollable display, a roller member disposed in the first direction from the main bracket and arranged in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction, at least one folding support member disposed between the main bracket and the roller member and configured to support the second portion of the rollable display, a circuit board disposed to overlap at least a portion of the main bracket, at least one electronic component disposed adjacent to the roller member, and a FPCB configured to electrically connecting the main circuit board and the electronic component, wherein the FPCB is disposed to pass through the folding support member and extends from a portion of the circuit board to a portion of the electronic component.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jinyong Park, Dongku Kang, Jichul Kim, Bongkyu Min, Baekeun Cho, Chihyun Cho, Hyuncheol Jin
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Publication number: 20230055031Abstract: According to various embodiments, an electronic device may comprise a housing, a plate coupled to the housing to reciprocate, a flexible display including a first portion disposed on the plate and a second portion extending from the first portion and exposed to an outside or retracted into an inside of the housing as the plate reciprocates, a motor configured to move the plate, at least one electronic component, a battery, and at least one processor. The at least one processor may be configured to identify an event for triggering a movement of the plate, identify a first power of the battery and a second power for controlling the flexible display and the at least one electronic component, based on the event, identify a third power for controlling the motor, based on the first power and the second power, and provide the motor with a signal corresponding to the third power.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2022Publication date: February 23, 2023Inventors: Myunghoon KWAK, Bohyeon KIM, Baekeun CHO, Yangwook KIM, Jihea PARK
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Publication number: 20220171434Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a rollable display. The electronic device may include a main bracket configured to support the first portion of the rollable display, a roller member disposed in the first direction from the main bracket and arranged in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction, at least one folding support member disposed between the main bracket and the roller member and configured to support the second portion of the rollable display, a circuit board disposed to overlap at least a portion of the main bracket, at least one electronic component disposed adjacent to the roller member, and a FPCB configured to electrically connecting the main circuit board and the electronic component, wherein the FPCB is disposed to pass through the folding support member and extends from a portion of the circuit board to a portion of the electronic component.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2021Publication date: June 2, 2022Inventors: Jinyong PARK, Dongku KANG, Jichul KIM, Bongkyu MIN, Baekeun CHO, Chihyun CHO, Hyuncheol JIN
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Publication number: 20220151106Abstract: An electronic device is provided, which may include a first housing; a second housing configured to accommodate at least a portion of the first housing and guide a sliding movement 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; a PCB configured to accommodate at least one electronic component; a support member configured to support the PCB; a side wall member connected to the support member and facing at least a portion of the first housing; a heat dissipation sheet configured to receive heat from the at least one electronic component, the heat dissipation sheet being disposed on the support member and the side wall member; and a heat dissipation member disposed on the side wall member and facing the heat dissipation sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2021Publication date: May 12, 2022Inventors: Jooyoung KANG, Myunghoon Kwak, Baekeun Cho, Hyunsuk Kim, Sanghyuk Park, Soohyun Seo, Nakhyun Choi, Yangwook Kim, Hyunju Hong
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Publication number: 20220146447Abstract: An electronic device may include a housing, a display including a touch sensor panel, wherein the display is configured to move with respect to the housing so that at least one portion thereof is exposed from the inside of the housing to the front surface of the electronic device, and at least one processor operatively connected to the display. The at least one processor is configured to acquire, in a state in which at least one portion of the display is exposed to the front surface of the electronic device, data indicating a capacitance change on the at least one portion of the display through the touch sensor panel, identify a moisture-introduced state, based on the acquired data, and perform an operation of responding to the identified moisture-introduced state.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2021Publication date: May 12, 2022Inventors: Hoyoung Jeong, Youngmin Kang, Myunghoon Kwak, Youngrog Kim, Songyi Lee, Jookwan Lee, Jihyung Jung, Baekeun Cho, Soyoung Lee
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Publication number: 20220151091Abstract: The disclosure relates to an electronic device including a rollable display is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2021Publication date: May 12, 2022Inventors: Hyunggwang KANG, Hojin JUNG, Baekeun CHO, Hyoungtak CHO, Junhyuk KIM, Hoyoung JEONG, Changryong HEO
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Publication number: 20220148478Abstract: An operating method of an electronic device is provided. The method includes measuring an external temperature of the electronic device by using at least one sensor. The method may calculate, from an entire region of a flexible display, a fixed region that is visually exposed to an outside regardless of a screen size of the electronic device, and a variable region that is visually exposed at least in part to the outside in a screen expansion or screen size change state of the electronic device. The method may compare the external temperature with a preset first threshold temperature, thereby determining heating of the variable region in response to the external temperature being less than the first threshold temperature. The method may heat the variable region by controlling at least one of a luminance or a driving frequency of the variable region.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2022Publication date: May 12, 2022Inventors: Jookwan LEE, Youngmin KANG, Myunghoon KWAK, Youngrog KIM, Songyi LEE, Jihyung JUNG, Hoyoung JEONG, Baekeun CHO, Hyunju HONG