US 12,411,521 B2
Input sensing slidable structure of flexible display module and electronic device including the same
Myunghoon Kwak, Suwon-si (KR); Minuk Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Byounguk Yoon, Suwon-si (KR); and Hyunju Hong, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Dec. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/080,354.
Application 18/080,354 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2021/007489, filed on Jun. 15, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0073042 (KR), filed on Jun. 16, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0122323 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1624 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); G06F 3/0412 (2013.01); G06F 3/0448 (2019.05); G06F 2203/04112 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a display module which is flexible and displays an image, the display module including:
a first display region which forms a front surface of the electronic device,
a second display region which extends from the first display region, and
a touch panel which is in the first display region and the second display region and senses an external touch input;
a first structure which faces the display module and along which the display module is slidable;
a second structure slidably connected to the first structure, the second structure being further connected to the display module;
a back cover which forms a rear surface of the electronic device, the back cover including a window region through which the second display region is visually exposed; and
a conductive layer which is on the window region of the back cover, faces the second display region of the display module, into which an electrical charge is introduced by the external touch input via the window region, and within which electrical charge is changed by the electrical charge of the external touch input,
wherein in response to the external touch input on the window region, the touch panel in the second display region senses the changed electrical charge through the conductive layer.