US 12,261,968 B2
Electronic device, and method for controlling and operating foldable display
Seo Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Seungchan Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Jaok Koo, Suwon-si (KR); Jonghoon Won, Suwon-si (KR); Yongsang Yun, Suwon-si (KR); Dasom Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Yunjeong Ji, Suwon-si (KR); and Hoon Han, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on May 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/752,202.
Application 17/752,202 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2020/016461, filed on Nov. 20, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0153033 (KR), filed on Nov. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0286541 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC H04M 1/0216 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1616 (2013.01); G06F 1/1641 (2013.01); G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); G06F 1/1681 (2013.01); H04M 1/0264 (2013.01); H04M 1/0268 (2013.01); H04M 2201/38 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a foldable housing;
a flexible display;
at least one camera;
memory storing instructions;
at least one sensor; and
at least one processor,
wherein the foldable housing includes:
a first housing having a first surface facing a first direction and a second surface facing a second direction opposite to the first direction, wherein the first and second surfaces are spaced apart from each other by a first length, and the flexible display is positioned on the first surface;
a first connecting member connected to a side surface of the first housing and disposed inside the foldable housing, the first connecting member being foldable in a first rotational direction; and unfoldable in a second rotational direction;
a second housing connected to the first connecting member and having a third surface facing the first direction and a fourth surface facing the second direction, wherein the flexible display is positioned on the third surface;
a second connecting member having a thickness corresponding to the first length and disposed inside the foldable housing, the second connecting member being connected to a side surface of the second housing, foldable in the second rotational direction, and unfoldable in the first rotational direction; and
a third housing connected to the second connecting member and having a fifth surface facing the first direction and a sixth surface facing the second direction, wherein the flexible display is positioned on the fifth surface, and
wherein, in a state that the second housing and the third housing are folded so that the fourth surface and the sixth surface face each other, a distance between the third surface and the fifth surface is substantially same as the first length,
wherein the at least one camera includes a first camera disposed on the second surface of the first housing,
wherein a physical button is disposed on a side surface of the first housing,
wherein, when the third housing is folded, the fourth surface of the second housing includes a protruding area to accommodate the third housing, and
wherein a thickness of the protruding area is substantially same to a thickness of the first housing.