Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Hyou-Joo Kwon

Tae-Han Lee

Won-suk Choi

Gih-Sung Chung

Dae-Ung Jeong

Hwang-Pyo Hong

A method by an electronic device may include detecting a bio-signal related to a user of the electronic device from at least one biometric sensor of the electronic device, and switching a mode or controlling a volume of a communication session between the electronic device and another electronic device based on at least part of the bio-signal. Other embodiments are also possible.

Method for executing function of electronic device using bio-signal and electronic device therefor

Disclosed is a method and apparatus for executing an application or a service. The method includes determining a security level associated with an application or a service of which execution is requested, changing at least part of a graphic object based on the determined security level, and displaying the changed graphic object, obtaining an input through a body of rotation that is included in the electronic device, and executing the application or the service when the input corresponds to security information associated with the application or the service.

Electronic device and method for executing application or service

Provided are an apparatus and a method of improving the sound quality of an FM radio signal in a portable terminal. The apparatus includes: an FM radio module receiving an FM radio signal; an application processor processing an application program for playing an audio signal; a switch selectively switching to transmit an audio signal processed in the application processor or the FM radio signal received through the FM radio module into an audio sub system; the audio sub system decoding and post-processing the audio signal or the FM signal, which is provided through the switch; and an amplifier amplifying the signal decoded and post-processed in the audio sub system and output the amplified signal to an external.

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Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Hyou-Joo Kwon