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Granted Patent B2
US 9,843,658 · App. 15/373,843 · Granted Dec 12, 2017

User terminal apparatus

Inventors: Jae-young Huh (Seoul, KR); Yu-dong Bae (Suwon-si, KR); Shi-yun Cho (Anyang-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
H04M1/0268H04R1/025H04R1/323H04R5/02H04M2201/38H04R2400/01H04R2460/13H04R2499/11H04R2499/15
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Patent No.
US 9,843,658
App. No.
15/373,843
Granted
Dec 12, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A user terminal apparatus is provided. The user terminal apparatus includes: a flexible display including: a main area; and a sub area comprising a curved portion and extending from the main area to a side portion of the user terminal apparatus; a housing configured to enclose the flexible display; a sound output hole provided between the flexible display and the housing and configured to output a sound from a call function; and a sound input hole configured to receive an input sound.

Claims (30)

1. An electronic apparatus, comprising:

a display comprising:

a first area; and

a second area including a curved portion extended from the first area;

a bezel comprising:

a first bezel area corresponding to the first are of the display; and

a second bezel area corresponding to the second area of the display; and

a bone-conduction speaker disposed behind the display and disposed adjacent to the second bezel area.

2. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second area is provided at a first end part of the electronic apparatus.

3. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 2 ,

wherein the electronic apparatus further comprises a seound output hole disposed in the second bezel area corresponding the second area of the display, and

wherein the sound output hole is provided at a boundary between a first end part of the bezel and a first end part of a housing surrounding the bezel, the first end part of the bezel and the first end part of the housing corresponding to the first end part of the electronic apparatus.

4. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the display further comprises an additional second area which is provided at a second end part opposite to the first end part of the electronic apparatus.

5. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 4 , further comprising:

an additional sound output hole provided at a boundary between a second end part of the bezel adjacent to the additional second area and a second end part of the housing surrounding the bezel.

6. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the sound output hole and the additional sound output hole are provided at a first position and a second position, respectively, intersecting a virtual vertical central line of the display.

7. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the sound output hole and the additional sound output hole are provided at a first position and a second position, respectively, the first position and the second position being offset from a virtual vertical central line of the display.

8. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the sound output hole and the additional sound output hole are provided to be symmetrical to each other with respect to a virtual horizontal central line of the display.

9. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 3 , further comprising a proximity sensor,

wherein the proximity sensor is provided adjacent to the sound output hole.

10. An electronic apparatus, comprising:

a display comprising:

a first area provided on a front surface of the electronic apparatus; and

a second area extended from the first area and provided on a first end part of the electronic apparatus;

a bezel comprising:

a first bezel area corresponding to the first area of the display; and

a second bezel area corresponding to the second area of the display;

a housing configured to enclose the bezel; and

a bone-conduction speaker disposed behind the display and disposed adjacent to the second bezel area.

11. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 10 further comprising a sound output hole disposed in the second bezel area corresponding the second area of the display.

Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2015-0014701 · Jan 30, 2015 · national
KR 10-2015-0050718 · Apr 10, 2015 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 14826317 · Aug 14, 2015
Provisional Application 62097223 · Dec 29, 2014
Related Publication 20170094040A1 · Mar 30, 2017