Patents by Inventor Junghyeob Lee
Junghyeob Lee 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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Patent number: 12575043Abstract: An electronic apparatus according to an embodiment comprises a first housing, a second housing, a display, a motor disposed in the first housing and providing the second housing with a driving force, a driving gear coupled to the motor, at least one transmitting gear which is engaged with the driving gear so as to be rotatable about a rotary shaft that is perpendicular to the rotary shaft of the driving gear according to the rotation of the driving gear, and a rack gear which is moved according to the rotation of the at least one transmitting gear, wherein the rack gear comprises a plurality of teeth engaged with the at least one transmitting gear, and has a gear surface facing a direction perpendicular to a direction in which one surface of the second housing faces.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2024Date of Patent: March 10, 2026Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sunggun Cho, Hwamok Pak, Jinwook Baik, Byounguk Yoon, Yeonggyu Yoon, Youngmin Kang, Junghyeob Lee
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Patent number: 12561044Abstract: An embodiment of the present disclosure provides an electronic device having a rollable display capable of supporting a wallpaper and a wallpaper setting, and a method therefor. According to an embodiment, the electronic device may support, by a processor, wallpaper displaying according to a change in an expansion or contraction state of the rollable display and a wallpaper setting for same. According to an embodiment, the processor may operate to configure a first image area corresponding to first wallpaper displayed in a first display area and display a first preview image corresponding to the configured first image area. According to an embodiment, the processor may operate to configure a second image area corresponding to second wallpaper displayed in a second display area and display a second preview image corresponding to the configured second image area.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2024Date of Patent: February 24, 2026Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Gyeongtae Park, Junghyeob Lee
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Patent number: 12537418Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 17, 2023Date of Patent: January 27, 2026Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hyoungtak Cho, Junyoung Choi, Myunghoon Kwak, Moonsun Kim, Baekeun Cho, Soyoung Lee, Yangwook Kim, Junghyeob Lee, Jookwan Lee
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Publication number: 20250390139Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing, a second housing, the first housing slidable with respect to the second housing, a flexible display including a first display area and a second display area extending from the first display area and bendable or rollable, a battery disposed in the first housing or the second housing, and a supporting structure supporting at least a portion of the flexible display. The supporting structure includes a first area overlapping the battery and a second area extending from the first area. The first area of the supporting structure has a first thickness, and the second area of the supporting structure has a second thickness larger than the first thickness.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2025Publication date: December 25, 2025Inventors: Jooyoung KANG, Myunghoon KWAK, Moonchul SHIN, Junghyeob LEE, Hojin JUNG, Hyunju HONG, Yangwook KIM, Jookwan LEE
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Patent number: 12457697Abstract: An electronic device may include a first housing, a second housing configured to change a position relative to the first housing based on sliding of the first housing, a flexible display including a first area and a bendable or rollable second area extending from the first area, a supporting structure coupled with the flexible display to support at least a portion of the flexible display and including a plurality of bars, and a guide rail configured to guide a movement of the plurality of bars based on the sliding of the first housing. Each of the plurality of bars may include a frame and a header formed on an end of the frame. When the second area of the flexible display is bent or rolled, the headers of adjacent bars may be disposed to at least partially overlap each other. Each of the headers may include at least one pole at least partially received in the guide rail.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2022Date of Patent: October 28, 2025Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yeonggyu Yoon, Youngmin Kang, Moonchul Shin, Seungjoon Lee, Joongyeon Cho, Junyoung Choi, Myunghoon Kwak, Yangwook Kim, Gabseong Lee, Wonho Lee, Jookwan Lee, Junghyeob Lee, Hyunju Hong
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Patent number: 12443223Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing, a second housing, the first housing slidable with respect to the second housing, a flexible display including a first display area and a second display area extending from the first display area and bendable or rollable, a battery disposed in the first housing or the second housing, and a supporting structure supporting at least a portion of the flexible display. The supporting structure includes a first area overlapping the battery and a second area extending from the first area. The first area of the supporting structure has a first thickness, and the second area of the supporting structure has a second thickness larger than the first thickness.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2022Date of Patent: October 14, 2025Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jooyoung Kang, Myunghoon Kwak, Moonchul Shin, Junghyeob Lee, Hojin Jung, Hyunju Hong, Yangwook Kim, Jookwan Lee
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Patent number: 12436618Abstract: An electronic device includes: a first housing; a second housing movably coupled with respect to the first housing; a flexible display; a first vibration motor in the first housing; a second vibration motor in the second housing; and at least one processor. The at least one processor: receives a touch input through a display region of the flexible display; in response to the touch input, identifies a first distance between the position of a contact point of the touch input and the first vibration motor, and a second distance between the position and the second vibration motor; and adjusts, on the basis of the first distance and the second distance, the strength of vibration provided through the first vibration motor and the second vibration motor so as to provide a haptic notification.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2024Date of Patent: October 7, 2025Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jookwan Lee, Moonchul Shin, Yangwook Kim, Jihea Park, Junghyeob Lee
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Patent number: 12431050Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments of this document may include a first housing, a second housing coupled to slide relative to the first housing, a rollable display in which a display area is reduced or extended based on sliding-in or sliding-out of the second housing, and a processor operatively coupled to the rollable display, wherein the processor may be configured to display a screen of a running application on the rollable display when the rollable display is in a first state, detect an input for switching the rollable display from the first state to the second state, in response to the input, and determine whether or not a screen state of the running application is able to be maintained when switching the state of the rollable display.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2024Date of Patent: September 30, 2025Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Youngrog Kim, Jihea Park, Junghyeob Lee
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Patent number: 12431051Abstract: A portable electronic device may include: a first housing; a second housing disposed to be slidable with respect to the first housing; a flexible display in which a display area of the display is contracted or extended on the basis of slide-in or slide-out driving of the second housing; a motor for generating driving force to slide the second housing; a driving circuit for driving the motor; and a processor(s). The processor(s) may: configure the display area of the flexible display as an activation area for displaying visual information; recognize that a consistency problem occurs in an application execution screen when switching from the slide-out state to the slide-in state on the basis of occurrence of a slide-in trigger for contraction of the activation area while displaying the application execution screen on the activation area in the slide-out state; and provide a user interface to allow extension of the activation area on the basis of the occurrence of the consistency problem.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2024Date of Patent: September 30, 2025Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yangsoo Choi, Youngrog Kim, Taeyang Song, Changhan Lee, Donghyun Jo, Sukdong Kim, Jihea Park, Junghyeob Lee
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Patent number: 12412499Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device comprising: a sensor configured to measure a temperature of the electronic device; a flexible display wherein an area of the flexible display visible to the outside can be changed; a memory storing executable instructions; and at least one processor, comprising processing circuitry configured to access the memory and execute the instructions, wherein at least one processor, individually and/or collectively, is configured to: identify a first input for changing the size of the visible area of the flexible display, identify the temperature of the electronic device via the sensor based on the identification of the first input, and identify change conditions of the size of the flexible display based on the identified temperature.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2024Date of Patent: September 9, 2025Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Youngrog Kim, Kibeom Kim, Junwoo Choi, Myunghoon Kwak, Jookwan Lee, Jihea Park, Yangwook Kim, Junghyeob Lee
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Patent number: 12405721Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2024Date of Patent: September 2, 2025Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jooyoung Kang, Hyunggwang Kang, Moonsun Kim, Soohyun Seo, Jihyung Jung, Hojin Jung, Hyoungtak Cho, Soyoung Lee, Junghyeob Lee
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Patent number: 12375593Abstract: An electronic device may include a housing; a sliding frame, at least a portion of which is drawn out from the housing in a first direction, or at least a portion of which is retracted into the housing in a second direction; a flexible display including a first region visible from the outside, and a second region extending from the first region and varying in size; and a bending member disposed on a rear surface of the flexible display, the bending member including a plurality of bars arranged in a certain interval. The bending member may include a first bar including at least one first locking part protruding in an inner direction of the electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2022Date of Patent: July 29, 2025Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Junyoung Choi, Youngmin Kang, Moonchul Shin, Yeonggyu Yoon, Seungjoon Lee, Joongyeon Cho, Myunghoon Kwak, Yongjin Kwon, Soyoung Lee, Jookwan Lee, Junghyeob Lee
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Patent number: 12360566Abstract: An electronic device may include a first housing configured to slide with respect to the second housing, a second housing receiving at least a portion of the first housing, a display configured to be unfolded based on sliding of the first housing, a motor structure configured to generate a driving force for the sliding of the first housing, the motor structure disposed on the second housing, and a gear assembly including a first gear connected to the motor structure, a rack gear connected to the first housing and configured to slide along with the first housing, a second gear configured to mesh with the rack gear, and a third gear connected to the second gear and configured to rotate based on rotation of the first gear.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2022Date of Patent: July 15, 2025Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Moonchul Shin, Myunghoon Kwak, Youngmin Kang, Yeonggyu Yoon, Seungjoon Lee, Joongyeon Cho, Junyoung Choi, Jooyoung Kang, Soyoung Lee, Junghyeob Lee
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Publication number: 20250130684Abstract: An embodiment of the present disclosure provides an electronic device having a rollable display capable of supporting a wallpaper and a wallpaper setting, and a method therefor. According to an embodiment, the electronic device may support, by a processor, wallpaper displaying according to a change in an expansion or contraction state of the rollable display and a wallpaper setting for same. According to an embodiment, the processor may operate to configure a first image area corresponding to first wallpaper displayed in a first display area and display a first preview image corresponding to the configured first image area. According to an embodiment, the processor may operate to configure a second image area corresponding to second wallpaper displayed in a second display area and display a second preview image corresponding to the configured second image area.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2024Publication date: April 24, 2025Inventors: Gyeongtae PARK, Junghyeob LEE
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Publication number: 20250044873Abstract: An electronic device includes: a first housing; a second housing movably coupled with respect to the first housing; a flexible display; a first vibration motor in the first housing; a second vibration motor in the second housing; and at least one processor. The at least one processor: receives a touch input through a display region of the flexible display; in response to the touch input, identifies a first distance between the position of a contact point of the touch input and the first vibration motor, and a second distance between the position and the second vibration motor; and adjusts, on the basis of the first distance and the second distance, the strength of vibration provided through the first vibration motor and the second vibration motor so as to provide a haptic notification.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2024Publication date: February 6, 2025Inventors: Jookwan LEE, Moonchul SHIN, Yangwook KIM, Jihea PARK, Junghyeob LEE
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Patent number: 12219719Abstract: An electronic device may include: a first housing; a second housing disposed movably with respect to the first housing; a display disposed on the second housing and expanded or contracted as the second housing moves; a motor; a pinion gear disposed in the first housing and rotatable by receiving driving force from the motor; a rack gear disposed in the second housing, engaged with the at least one pinion gear and movable by the rotation of the at least one pinion gear; a switching structure disposed between the motor and the pinion gear, and changeable to a gear-connected state, or a gear-released state, an actuator disposed in the first housing, configured to change a state of the switching structure; and at least one processor operably coupled to the motor and the actuator, and the processor may be configured to change the switching structure to the gear-connected state or the gear-released state through the actuator based on identifying the designated event.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2023Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Junhyuk Kim, Yeonggyu Yoon, Hyunggwang Kang, Moonsun Kim, Hoyoung Jeong, Hyoungtak Cho, Junghyeob Lee
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Publication number: 20250036164Abstract: An electronic device is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2024Publication date: January 30, 2025Inventors: Yangsoo CHOI, Jihea PARK, Junghyeob LEE, Sukdong KIM
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Publication number: 20250027883Abstract: 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.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2024Publication date: January 23, 2025Inventors: Moonsun KIM, Hyoungtak CHO, Jooyoung KANG, Hyunggwang KANG, Soohyun SEO, Yeonggyu YOON, Junghyeob LEE
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Publication number: 20250030788Abstract: An electronic device includes: a first housing; a second housing movable with respect to the first housing; a rollable display partially fixed to the second housing and can be inserted into the first housing in a slide-in state or drawn out from the first housing in a slide-out state; a wireless charging IC inside the first housing or the second housing and can receive power from an outside; a battery inside the first housing or the second housing and can be charged with the power received from the outside via the wireless charging IC; and at least one processor configured to: based on the state of the second housing, determine a current to be received from the outside through the wireless charging IC or a current for charging the battery; and transmit a signal related to the current to the wireless charging IC.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2024Publication date: January 23, 2025Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Bohyeon KIM, Myunghoon KWAK, Baekeun CHO, Junghyeob LEE, Hyunju HONG
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Publication number: 20250030789Abstract: According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, an electronic device may comprise: a first housing; a second housing configured to slide with respect to the first housing; a rollable display including a first display area and a second display area extending from the first display area, wherein at least a part of the second display area is configured to be moved based on a sliding movement of the second housing; and a driving structure configured to provide driving power for the sliding of the second housing with respect to the first housing, wherein the driving structure comprises: a motor disposed in the first housing; a pinion gear connected to the motor and configured to be rotated in one direction or in the other direction opposite to the one direction based on the driving power of the motor; a rack disposed in the second housing, configured to be meshed with the pinion gear, and including a guide groove; and a gear bracket coupled to one side of the motor and including a guide groove supportType: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2024Publication date: January 23, 2025Inventors: Hyoungtak CHO, Jooyoung KANG, Hyunggwang KANG, Moonsun KIM, Junhyuk KIM, Hoyoung JEONG, Hojin JUNG, Junghyeob LEE