Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Chulhyung Yang

Jiwoo Lee

Ji-Woo Lee

Joo-Sub Kim

Min-Soo Kim

Sungjun Kim

Kwangho Kim

Jaehwan Kim

Dongryul Shin

Jinman Kim

Sooyoung Jang

Minwoo Song

Hoyeon Kim

Seunghun Shin

Gyucheol Choi

Joohan Kim

Eunyeung Lee

Seungkyu Kim

Myungkee Lee

Hyunjong Oh

Wonjin Choi

Myungjae Jo

Ki-Man Kim

Euichan Jung

Joonbo Park

Sungkee Kim

Wowjin Choi

Junhyuck Lee

Moonhyuk Choi

Hanjae Bae

Joonsoo Lee

An electronic device comprising: a memory; a communication unit for exchanging communications with a wearable device and an external device; and at least one processor that is operatively coupled to the memory, configured to: detect an event that is associated with a connection with the external device; identify a function that is associated with the external device in response to the event; and transmit to the wearable device an instruction for executing the function, wherein the instruction is transmitted via the communications unit.

Method and apparatus for interworking between electronic devices

An electronic device is provided, including a housing, a side member, a display, a printed circuit board (PCB), and a communication device. The housing includes a first plate facing a first direction and a second plate facing a second direction opposite to the first direction, forming a space between the first and second plates. The side member surrounds at least part of the space. The communication device is disposed in the housing and connected with the PCB. The side member includes a first antenna unit disposed on one side of the electronic device, electrically connected with a radio frequency (RF) module, and having a first metal frame. The housing further includes a board-type antenna which includes a second antenna unit electrically connected with a WiFi module, an antenna connector configured to electrically connect the first and second antenna units, and a third antenna unit electrically connected with the antenna connector.

Electronic device including antenna unit

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing that includes a first face, a second face that is directed opposite to the first face, and a side face that at least partially enclose a space between the first face and the second face, a first metallic member, a second metallic member, and a third metallic member that form a side face, a sensor configured to detect whether an external object comes in contact with at least one of the first metallic member, the second metallic member, and the third metallic member, and to generate a signal, and a circuit configured to change an electric path between at least one of the first metallic member, the second metallic member, and the third metallic member, and the ground member, at least partially based on the generated signal.

Antenna device and electronic device including the same

An electronic device is provided including a housing including a first plate, a second plate facing the first plate, and a side member between the first and second plate, a radio frequency (RF) circuit, a processor, a ground member, a first electric path connected between a first port of the RF circuit and a first point of a first conductive portion of the side member, a second electric path connected between a second port of the RF circuit and a first point of a second conductive portion of the side member, a third electric path connected between a second point of the first conductive portion and the ground member, a fourth electric path connected between a second point of the second conductive portion and the ground member, and a fifth electric path connected between one point of the second electric path and one point of the third electric path.

Electronic device including metal housing antenna

An electronic device and a method for charging a battery of the electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a housing; a battery disposed within the housing; a first interface electrically or electromagnetically connected to a first external power source; a second interface electrically or electromagnetically connected to a second external power source; and a circuit electrically connected to the battery, the first interface, and the second interface, wherein the circuit changes a first voltage output from the first interface based on a second voltage output from the second interface, changes a first current output from the first interface based on a second current output from the second interface, and charges the battery based on the changed first current and second current.

Electronic device and method for charging battery based on a plurality of power sources

An electronic device and a method for controlling output through an external output device are provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a receptacle formed so as to receive one of a first external connector and a second external connector, and a circuit electrically coupled to the receptacle. The first external connector includes first, second, third, and fourth terminals. The second external connector includes first, second, third, and fourth terminals. The circuit is configured to detect whether one of the first and second external connectors is inserted into the receptacle, and, based on results of detection, provide an audio output to the first external connector in a first manner if the first external connector is inserted, and provide the audio output to the second external connector in a second manner different from the first manner if the second external connector is inserted.

Method and electronic device for controlling output depending on type of external output device

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, an antenna radiating body including a conductive metal, a first member disposed within the housing and electrically connected to the antenna radiating body, a printed circuit board (PCB) disposed within the housing, a flexible connecting member disposed between at least a portion of the first member and at least a portion of a second member and including a conductive material, and a capacitor including a first conductive plate that contacts the second member or formed by a portion of the second member, a second conductive plate, separated from the first conductive plate and electrically connected to the PCB, and a dielectric layer inserted between the first conductive plate and the second conductive plate.

Electronic device having capacitor

A method and an apparatus for easily setting a snooze interval in a mobile device are provided. In the method, the mobile device receives an event for setting a snooze function, outputs, when receiving the event, a plurality of display regions respectively corresponding to a plurality of snooze intervals, and selects one display region of the plurality display regions. Then the mobile device sets the snooze function with a specific snooze interval corresponding to the selected one display region.

Method and apparatus for setting snooze interval in mobile device

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Gumi-si, South Korea

Chulhyung Yang