Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Dongik Lee

Junbum Shin

Chungyong Eom

Youngman Jung

Jongmin Choi

Wonhee Choi

Sunggun Cho

Minyee An

Jaehee Kim

Jongkeun Kim

Hwamok Park

Eungjun Kim

Jihoon Park

Choonghoon Lee

Yunjae Lim

Daedong Kim

Heedong Kim

Apoorv Kansal

Sungjong Kim

Inho Park

Soonhong Kwon

Kyungsun Cho

Taeho Kgil

Hwamok Pak

HeeDong Kim

Yangdon Lee

Jeonggi Hong

Jinwook Baik

Dongyun Hawng

Jeomgap Kim

Dongwoon Lim

Wonhyuk Kang

Jinju Lee

Gailjoon Ahn

Oleksandr Chalyi

Younseog Chang

An electronic device may: when a first piece of content is acquired, acquire a first score for the relationship between the first piece of content and the privacy of a user of the electronic device, on the basis of information about a person included in the first piece of content and information about an event included in the first piece of content; acquire a second score for the security of each of at least one application which can access the first piece of content; and, when a request for accessing the first piece of content via a first application from among the at least one application is received, determine whether or not to block access to the first piece of content via the first application, on the basis of the first score corresponding to the first piece of content and the second score corresponding to the first application.

Electronic device and control method thereof

An electronic device includes a memory storing instructions, and a processor configured to execute the instructions to, based on receiving one or more packets from an external device, identify whether the one or more packets are encrypted, acquire first information indicating whether each of the one or more packets is encrypted and second information indicating a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) of each of the one or more packets, and acquire authenticated RSSI information of the external device by identifying RSSI information of an encrypted first packet based on the first information and the second information.

Electronic device and electronic device control method

Disclosed is an electronic device includes a flexible circuit board passing via a first through-hole included in a first housing and a second through-hole included in a second housing, a first support bracket disposed to support the flexible circuit board while covering the first through-hole, a second support bracket disposed to support the flexible circuit board while covering the second through-hole, a first waterproof member disposed to face a partial area of the first through-hole from the first support bracket and inserted into the partial area of the first through-hole, a second waterproof member inserted into the remaining areas of the first through-hole, a third waterproof member disposed to face a partial area of the second through-hole from the second support bracket and inserted into the partial area of the second through-hole, a fourth waterproof member inserted into the remaining areas of the second through-hole.

Electronic device including waterproof structure

A rollable electronic device includes a display structure including a display area, a first housing fixed to the display structure, a second housing slidable with respect to the first housing and the display structure, a sliding driver which is in the first housing, and a tension transmitting member which is windable at the sliding driver, the tension transmitting member including a first end connected to the display structure and a second end connected the first housing. An opening operation includes the second housing sliding away from the first housing, expanding the display area, and the sliding driver winding the first end of the tension transmitting member, in a first rotational direction, and a closing operation includes the second housing sliding toward the first housing, contracting the display area, in the opening operation, the sliding driver winding the second end of the tension transmitting member, in a second rotational direction.

Display support structure and rollable electronic device having the same

A washing machine which includes a tub, a drum rotatably inside the tub, a pulsator rotatable inside the drum at a bottom of the drum, and an agitator to be connected to an upper portion of the pulsator, where the agitator includes an agitator body, a rinse case to be installed in the agitator body, and to accommodate a rinse, the rinse case being detachable from the agitator body, and a plate spaced from the rinse case along a downward direction of the rinse case, and located lower than a maximum water level of water to be supplied to the tub.

Washing machine

An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus according to the disclosure includes: a display, a communication interface comprising communication circuitry, a memory, and a processor. The processor may be configured to: based on acquiring a user command for executing an application stored in the memory, execute the application, based on acquiring a request for access for information stored in the memory through the communication interface while executing the application, acquire access control information of another electronic apparatus related to the electronic apparatus for the application and a relevance between the user and the user of the another electronic apparatus, acquire guide information for guiding a response to the request for access based on the access control information and the relevance, and control the display to display a message including the guide information.

Electronic apparatus and method for controlling thereof

Disclosed is an electronic device. The electronic device includes a communicator comprising communication circuitry and a processor, the processor is configured to control the communicator to perform communication with an external device based on identifying that a strength of a signal received from an external device is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value, and after converting an electronic device to a low power mode, based on identifying that a strength of a signal received from an external device being within a first range, to control the electronic device to perform a secure pairing operation.

An operating method of a mobile device for performing pairing with an electronic device, including receiving a reception wireless signal from the electronic device; in response to determining that a strength of the reception wireless signal is equal to or greater than a proximity threshold for determining proximity to the electronic device, obtaining sensing information about a movement of the mobile device using at least one sensor of the mobile device; adapting a touch threshold for determining a touch with the electronic device, based on the sensing information; and in response to determining that the strength of the reception wireless signal is equal to or greater than the adapted touch threshold, performing the pairing with the electronic device.

Mobile device and method of performing pairing using the mobile device

Disclosed is an apparatus for detecting a defective component includes an infrared camera configured to capture an image of a test-target component in a production process, and a processor configured to measure a temperature of the component based on the image captured by the infrared camera and identify that the component of which temperature is out of a range of a reference value is defective. In addition, a database of various causes of defect is established, and an expected cause of defect for a defective component or a retest component is reasoned out from the database based on the measured temperature.

Apparatus and method for detecting defective component using infrared camera

An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device comprises: a camera; a storage unit; and a processor for capturing an image including authentication information of an external electronic device through the camera, acquiring first information related with a public key included in the image and storing the first information in the storage unit, and comparing second information with the first information so as to authenticate the external electronic device when the second information and identification information related with the public key are received from the external electronic device on the basis of a type of first information.

Electronic device, external electronic device and system comprising same

Provided are an electronic device and a method for controlling same. In a method for controlling an electronic device, the strength of a signal transmitted by an external device and/or whether or not the electronic device is being used is confirmed during the execution of communication with the external device, information relating to the movement state of the external device is requested if the strength of the signal transmitted by the external device and/or whether or not the electronic device is being used satisfies a predetermined condition, authentication information for authenticating the external device is transmitted to the external device if the external device is determined to be moving on the basis of the information relating to the movement state of the external device, an ultrasonic signal is output on the basis of the authentication information, and an authentication result in response to the ultrasonic signal may be received from the external device.

Electronic device and method for controlling same

A method according to an embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for automatically mapping a smart plug and an electronic device connected thereto in a home gateway. The method may comprise the steps of: deleting pre-stored mapping information when a signal received from the smart plug satisfies a condition requiring remapping to the electronic device; configuring a mapping candidate group on the basis of data included in the signal received from the smart plug and information stored for the electronic device when a status change notification signal is received from a predetermined electronic device within a preconfigured time; and when it can be determined that one particular electronic device from among the configured candidate group has been mapped to the smart plug, automatically mapping the corresponding electronic device and the smart plug in a state that the corresponding electronic device is connected to the smart plug.

Method for automatically mapping smart plug and electronic device connected thereto in home gateway and device therefor

A method and an apparatus for validating device-to-device (D2D) communication devices in a server via a mobile terminal are provided. A 1st device-to-device (D2D) communication device includes a communication unit for communicating with a mobile terminal via D2D communication, and a controller. The controller is configured to control the communication unit to transmit digital signature information of the 1st D2D communication device to the mobile terminal, receive, when the digital signature information is successfully authenticated in a server, server public encryption information, from the mobile terminal, and transmit device information of the 1st D2D communication device, which is encrypted using the server public encryption information, to the server, and register the 1st D2D communication device in the server. The method and apparatus reduce user input for registering D2D communication devices in a server, increases user convenience, and decrease authentication time.

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Seongnam-si, South Korea

Dongik Lee