Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Hyeonseong Kim

Jeonggwan Kang

Seunghyuck Shin

Jeongmin Park

Seongmin Je

Chanung Park

A portable electronic device may include: a foldable housing comprising a first housing and a second housing; a hinge assembly connecting the first housing and the second housing and enabling the first housing and the second housing to rotate; a sensor circuit; and a processor connected to the sensor circuit. The hinge assembly can comprise: at least one motor; and a detent for switching a first resistance state of the foldable housing to a second resistance state, in which resistance against the rotation is lower than that the first resistance state, by using power transferred from the at least one motor. The processor can: recognize that the foldable housing is being opened or closed on the basis of data received from the sensor circuit; and, on the basis of at least recognizing that the foldable housing is being opened or closed, control the at least one motor to switch the first resistance state of the foldable housing to the second resistance state. Various other embodiments are also possible.

Electronic device formed to adaptively open and close foldable housing

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display, a communication circuit, and at least one processor configured to recognize a user's initial posture based on at least one of motion sensor signals of a first external electronic device and a second external electronic device received through the communication circuit, control the first external electronic device to receive a first motion sensor signal, obtain the user's workout data based on the first motion sensor signal when the initial posture satisfies a designated condition, control the second external electronic device to receive a second motion sensor signal when the user's movement is not recognized based on the first motion sensor signal and obtain the user's workout data based on the second motion sensor signal, and provide the workout data through at least one of the display or the first external electronic device.

Method for providing workout data using a plurality of electronic devices and electronic devices therefor

Disclosed in certain embodiments is a device including a sensor module, a display, a memory and a processor. The processor may be configured to obtain sensing data from the sensor module, analyze the movement pattern of a user on the basis of the obtained sensing data, estimate movement characteristic information on the basis of the analysis result of the movement pattern, identify the operation mode of the electronic device on the basis of the movement characteristic information, and analyze activity information about the user on the basis of the identified operation mode so as to display same using the display. A method thereof is also disclosed and various other embodiments are also possible.

Mode control method and device using movement pattern characteristics of user

Disclosed is an electronic device including an inertia sensor, an atmospheric pressure sensor, a processor operatively connected to the inertia sensor, the atmospheric pressure sensor, and a memory operatively connected to the processor, wherein the memory is configured to store instructions which, when executed, cause the processor to acquire acceleration sensing data from the inertia sensor and atmospheric pressure sensing data from the atmospheric pressure sensor, sense whether the electronic device has fallen based on the acceleration sensing data and the atmospheric pressure sensing data, and determine whether a user has fallen, based on the acceleration sensing data, when it is determined that the electronic device has fallen.

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Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Hyeonseong Kim