US 12,340,721 B2
Hinge device and display apparatus including the same
Changmin Han, Suwon-si (KR); Minjae Shin, Suwon-si (KR); Hyeonggwon Kim, Suwon-si (KR); and Kyeong Namkoong, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Jun. 17, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/745,538.
Application 18/745,538 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2024/006214, filed on May 9, 2024.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2023-0108637 (KR), filed on Aug. 18, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0061829 A1, Feb. 20, 2025
Int. Cl. G09G 3/20 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01); H04R 1/40 (2006.01); H04R 3/12 (2006.01); H05K 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC G09G 3/20 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1681 (2013.01); H04R 1/028 (2013.01); H04R 1/403 (2013.01); H04R 3/12 (2013.01); H05K 5/0226 (2013.01); G09G 2300/026 (2013.01); G09G 2320/0626 (2013.01); G09G 2320/066 (2013.01); G09G 2356/00 (2013.01); G09G 2360/04 (2013.01); H04R 2499/15 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display apparatus comprising:
a first display;
a second display adjacent to the first display;
a hinge rotatably coupling the first display and the second display, the hinge comprising:
a first hinge portion at a side of the first display; and
a second hinge portion rotatably coupled to the first hinge portion and at a side of the second display;
a light emitter on the first hinge portion;
a light receiver on the second hinge portion; and
a controller configured to control the first display and the second display based on an intensity of light received by the light receiver while the light emitter outputs the light.