US 11,720,141 B2
Electronic device including flexible display
Jungjin Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Gidae Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Jungsik Park, Suwon-si (KR); Hongsik Park, Suwon-si (KR); Hyoseok Na, Suwon-si (KR); and Jongchul Choi, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on May 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/315,541.
Application 17/315,541 is a continuation of application No. 16/378,924, filed on Apr. 9, 2019, granted, now 11,003,207.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0043029 (KR), filed on Apr. 13, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0263552 A1, Aug. 26, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/57 (2023.01)
CPC G06F 1/1601 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); G06F 1/1686 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2013.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/57 (2023.01); G06F 2203/04102 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
21. An electronic device comprising:
a first structure including a first plate, the first plate including a first surface and a second surface facing a direction opposite the first surface;
a second structure including a second plate facing the second surface of the first plate;
a flexible display, at least portion of which is disposed on the first structure and configured to move together with the first structure;
a rollable module slidably connecting the first structure and the second structure and guiding the movement of the flexible display; and
a camera device disposed between the first plate and the second plate, the camera device including a camera module on which a lens is disposed,
wherein the flexible display is configured to expand or reduce a front display area visually exposed to a front surface of the electronic device based on a sliding operation between the first structure and the second structure,
wherein the electronic device is transitioned between a basic state in which the size of the front display area is a first size and an extended state in which the size of the front display area is a second size larger than the first size,
wherein the camera module is configured to rotate between the first plate and the second plate based on an operation in which the electronic device is transitioned from at least one of the basic state to the extended state, or from the extended state to the basic state,
wherein the lens is configured to face the first plate and the flexible display in the basic state, and face the second plate in the extended state,
wherein the first plate includes a first aperture to allow the lens to receive light in the basic state, and the second plate includes a second aperture to allow the lens to receive light in the extended state, and
wherein the flexible display includes a first area partially aligned with the first aperture, and the first area of the flexible display is configured to support a view angle of the lens to allow the lens to receive light in the basic state.