Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Gwangho Choi

Donghan Lee

Jongah Kim

Heewoong Yoon

Kihyuk Lee

Jeongho Cho

Kyusung Kim

Minsoo Kim

Yeunwook Lim

Chihyun Cho

Jeongmin Park

Seongmin Je

Taejin Park

Jungbae Bae

Sungeun Kim

Oheon Kwon

Joohan Kim

Sunggeun Yim

Heejun Choi

Dongheon Shin

Dongsun Lee

Insun Song

Seungyun Lee

Daehan Wi

Hanul Moon

According to an embodiment, an electronic device includes a display including an electromagnetic inductive circuit and a touch screen panel, memory storing instructions, and a processor. The instructions, when being executed by the processor, cause the electronic device to identify a first position on the display, where the portion of the body of a user is contacted, and identify a second position of a wearable device worn on the portion of the body, with respect to the display. The instructions, when being executed by the processor, cause the electronic device to identify a position relationship between the display and the portion of the body. The instructions, when being executed by the processor, cause the electronic device to identify that a position of the portion of the body which is in contact with the display is changed from the first position to a third position. The instructions, when being executed by the processor, cause the electronic device to change a screen displayed on the display.

Electronic device and method for identifying position relationship between display and portion of body of user

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a window, a display, an image sensor, a first processor connected through a first electric path to the image sensor, and a second processor connected through a second electric path different from the first electric path to the image sensor.

Electronic device for obtaining illuminance data using image sensor

An electronic device may include a housing, a display panel including a plurality of color pixels and a black matrix provided between the plurality of color pixels, and a photosensor provided between the housing and the display panel, wherein the display panel has a first region corresponding to the photosensor and a second region surrounding the first region, the black matrix has a first plurality of holes having a first density in the first region, and a second plurality of holes a second density in the second region, and the second density is higher than the first density.

Display panel for under display camera and electronic device including the same

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display, a first module for an operation of a camera and an operation of an optical sensor disposed under the display, and at least one processor. The first module may include an image sensor, an infrared filter, and the optical sensor disposed close to the image sensor and inside an area of the infrared filter. The at least one processor may be configured to separate a time to output one frame into a first time period for the operation of the camera and a second time period for the operation of the optical sensor, perform the operation of the camera in the first time period using the first module, and perform the operation of the optical sensor in the second time period using the first module.

Electronic device including camera and method for operating the same

A portable electronic device includes a foldable housing; a display; an illuminance sensor; a state detection sensor; a memory; and a processor. Based on data received from the state detection sensor, the portable electronic device is recognized to be in the folded state. Responsive to the portable electronic device being in a calibration trigger state which includes the folded state, a first image is displayed in a sensor area of a first display area located on the illuminance sensor, and a second image is displayed in an area of the second display area facing the sensor area. An illuminance value is calculated based on data received from the illuminance sensor while the first image and the second image are displayed, and then compared to a reference value stored in the memory to calculate a calibration value for calibrating measured illuminance values of the illuminance sensor.

Electronic device for calibrating illuminance sensor

An electronic device according to various embodiments of the disclosure may include: a first housing, a second housing configured to be movable with respect to the first housing, a flexible display coupled to the first housing or the second housing to be movable together with a coupled housing, an illuminance sensor, and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: measure an illuminance value using the illuminance sensor, determine an area of interest based on a movement of the flexible display, obtain color information on an image displayed in the area of interest, calculate a correction value using the obtained color information, correct the measured illuminance value based on the calculated correction value, and adjust luminance of the flexible display using the corrected illuminance value.

Electronic device including display and method for operating same

An electronic device includes: a first housing; a second housing movably coupled to the first housing; a third housing movably coupled to the second housing; a flexible display on at least a portion of the first housing, the second housing, and the third housing; at least one sensor; one or more electromagnets; at least one processor operatively coupled to the at least one sensor; and a memory operatively coupled to the at least one processor, wherein the memory stores instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the electronic device to: detect, through the at least one sensor, a state change in at least one of first arrangement of the first housing with respect to the second housing or second arrangement of the third housing with respect to the second housing, and, based on the state change, control magnetism of at least one electromagnet among the one or more electromagnets.

Electronic device and method for operating electronic device

An electronic device includes a housing including a front surface and a rear surface; a display provided in the housing and exposed through the front surface of the housing; an illuminance sensor provided below a sensor area in an active area of the display, the active area being an area of the display in which visual information is to be displayed; and a processor connected to the display and the illuminance sensor, wherein the processor is configured to: determine an illuminance value based on data received from the illuminance sensor; obtain color information of an image displayed in the active area; determine a first color value of the active area and a second color value of the sensor area based on the color information; adjust the illuminance value based on the first color value and the second color value; and configure a luminance of the display based on the adjusted illuminance value.

Electronic device for configuring luminance of display by using illuminace sensor

According to an embodiment, an electronic device may include an illuminance sensor including a first modulator obtaining a first signal for first illuminance values during a first integration time and a second modulator obtaining a second signal for second illuminance values during a second integration time, and a processor. The processor may be configured to calculate the first illuminance values and the second illuminance values based on the first and second signals, determine that an ambient light source is a flickering light source based on the second illuminance values, if obtaining display parameter information associated with an image output through the display, compensate for the first illuminance values based on the display parameter information and adjust a brightness value of the display based on the compensated first illuminance values, and if failing to obtain the display parameter information, adjust the brightness value of the display based on the second illuminance values.

Electronic device and method for detecting flickering light source in electronic device

According to the present disclosure an electronic device is disclosed comprising: a housing including a front surface, a rear surface facing the direction opposite to the front surface, and a side surface encompassing the space between the front surface and the rear surface; a display included in the housing and visible to the outside of the electronic device through the front surface; an optical sensor positioned between the display and the rear surface overlapping at least one region of the display when viewed from above the front surface, and including a light-emitting part and a light-receiving part; and a first partition positioned between the light-emitting part and the light-receiving part based on the electronic device having a first shape, and a second partition present between the light-emitting part and the light-receiving part based on the electronic device having a second shape transformed from the first shape, wherein a straight line connecting the light-emitting part and the light-receiving part is perpendicular to the direction in which the electronic device changes from the first shape to the second shape.

Optical sensor and electronic device comprising same

A method and a device are provided. The device includes a light-measuring sensor, a display, a memory, and at least one processor operatively connected to the light-measuring sensor, the display, and the memory, wherein the at least one processor is configured to analyze the frequency of an external light source, obtain an operation period of the display, obtain a ratio of an off period of time of the display on the basis of the operation period, and calculate illuminance by using different algorithms on the basis of the relationship between the frequency of the external light source and the operation period and the ratio of the off period of time of the display.

Method and device for measuring illuminance

An electronic device and method are provided for obtaining an image. An electronic device may include cameras; a distance sensor including a light-emitting part and a light-receiving part; and a processor. The processor may identify a range corresponding to a zoom magnification for obtaining an image, obtain, based on light emitted from the light-emitting part and received by regions of the light-receiving part, signals corresponding to the regions of the light-receiving part, identify first peaks of the signals, obtain, based on the first peaks, first distances, identify whether a distance that is greater than or equal to a first distance corresponding to the identified range exists among the first distances, identify, based on identifying that the distance that is greater than or equal to the first distance exists, whether a maximum value of the first peaks is less than a first value, and determine a camera for obtaining the image among the multiple cameras, based whether the distance that is greater than or equal to the first distance exists and/or whether the maximum value of the one or more first peaks is less than the first value.

Method for providing image and electronic device supporting the same

Disclosed is an electronic device including a processor configured to set a wake-up luminance of a display, based on a wake-up illuminance, to set, upon detecting an illuminance change through the illuminance sensor, a first target luminance of the display by using a first threshold illuminance value at a time point of detecting the illuminance change, to identify whether a flag setting related to an update of a threshold illuminance value is changed, while changing a luminance of the display based on the first target luminance, to determine the first target luminance as a final luminance of the display when there is no change in the flag setting, to update the first threshold illuminance value to a second threshold illuminance value when there is a change in the flag setting, and to change a target luminance of the display from the first target luminance to a second target luminance by using the second threshold illuminance value.

Electronic device and method for controlling brightness of display

A foldable mobile electronic device is provided. The foldable mobile electronic device includes a processor configured to recognize, based on the data received from the first sensor, a change in a state of the foldable mobile electronic device from the folded state to a partially folded state before reaching an unfolded state, to identify a first illuminance by using the data received from the second sensor, based on the recognized state change, to set a first luminance corresponding to the first illuminance as a brightness of the display, to when an angle identified after the state change falls within a predetermined first angle range or when a specific time has not elapsed after the state change, perform a real-time adjustment operation on the brightness of the display, based on a second illuminance identified using the second sensor, and to when the angle identified after the state change is outside the first angle range or when the specific time has elapsed after the state change, perform a hysteresis adjustment operation on the brightness of the display, based on the first illuminance.

Foldable mobile electronic device capable of setting brightness of display through light sensor

The disclosure relates to a key structure, a key input method, and an electronic device using the same, and an operating method of an electronic device includes: identifying an input operation, by comparing output values of at least two sensors provided on a side surface of the electronic device and a threshold value; determining whether a function corresponding to the identified input operation exists; and, based on the corresponding function existing, executing the corresponding function. Accordingly, the electronic device can receive various input operations under a keyless structure.

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Gwangho Choi