US 11,895,383 B2
Electronic device including optical sensor
Valeriy Prushinskiy, Suwon-si (KR); Changryong Heo, Suwon-si (KR); Hyungsok Yeo, Suwon-si (KR); Minwoo Yoo, Suwon-si (KR); and Seonho Hwang, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Jan. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/583,701.
Application 17/583,701 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/000412, filed on Jan. 11, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0011338 (KR), filed on Jan. 27, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0239807 A1, Jul. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 23/54 (2023.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G01S 17/08 (2006.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/695 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/54 (2023.01) [G01S 17/08 (2013.01); G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/695 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a housing;
a stretchable display disposed so as to be visible from the outside in at least a part of the housing to face a first direction; and
an optical sensor assembly rotatably arranged in a first space of the housing, the optical sensor assembly including:
a module housing disposed in the first space of the housing and comprising a second space; and
at least one first optical sensor disposed in the second space of the module housing and configured to detect an external environment through at least a portion of the module housing,
wherein in a first rotational state, the module housing is positioned such that the at least one first optical sensor detects an external environment in a second direction different from the first direction, and
wherein in a second rotational state, the module housing is positioned such that the at least one first optical sensor detects the external environment in the first direction through an extended area of the stretchable display, which is expanded through pressing of at least a portion of the module housing.