Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Hyun Ju Hong

Kwang Tai Kim

Jung Sik Park

Hyung Sup Byeon

Jung Won Kim

Han Vit Kang

Seung Ki Choi

Byeong Cheol Kim

Ho Kyung Kang

Jeong Sik Jeong

Soo Hyun Kim

Min Woo Lee

Young Jin Kim

Seong Eun Kim

Sang Seob Kim

Do Hun Cha

Ju Yeong Lee

Dae Kwang Jung

Ji Woong Oh

Su Yeon Kim

Myung Su Kang

Jung Han Kim

Seon Il Kim

Ju Nyun Kim

Chang Wan Lee

Myung Gon Hong

Ji Young Lee

Jong Won Lee

Jong Hyun Park

Jung Won Lee

Soon Ryong Park

Dong Kyun Kim

Jae Ho Baik

Seung Min Choi

Yong Seok Lee

Jin Sang Hwang

Kuk Hwan Kim

Byoung Uk Yoon

Woon Geun Kwak

Eui Jin Kim

Su Ha Yoon

Min Su Jung

Sung Hyuk Shin

Jung Hee Yeo

Su Young Park

Sung Jin Yum

Yong Jun Park

Eun Sung Cho

Duck Su Kim

Young Tae Jeong

Ki Joong Kwon

Eui Chang Jung

A display arranged over a fingerprint sensor according to an embodiment of the disclosure may include a cover glass, a display panel arranged below the cover glass, a first driver that applies a signal to a first pixel group arranged in a first area corresponding to the fingerprint sensor on the display panel, a second driver that applies a signal to a second pixel group arranged in a second area that does not overlap the first area on the display panel, and a controller that causes the first driver to apply an enable signal to the first pixel group to enable the first driver to emit light when a finger touches a fingerprint sensing area corresponding to the fingerprint sensor on the cover glass.

Display for sensing input including a fingerprint and electronic device including display

An electronic device includes a cover glass, a touch sensor disposed under the cover glass and sensing proximity of or contact by an external object, a touch integrated circuit (IC) electrically connected to the touch sensor, a fingerprint sensor disposed under the cover glass adjacent to the touch sensor, including an active area for sensing a biometric pattern of the external object and an inactive area surrounding a periphery of the active area, a fingerprint IC electrically connected to the fingerprint sensor, and a processor electrically connected to the touch IC and the fingerprint IC. The processor is configured, if an input by the external object is sensed by both the touch sensor and the fingerprint sensor, to calculate coordinates of the input based on at least part of data sensed by the touch sensor and data sensed by the fingerprint sensor.

Electronic device and method for determining touch coordinate thereof

Disclosed is an electronic device including a housing including a transparent cover including a first region and a second region adjacent to the first region, a touchscreen display interposed between the first region and a second surface of the housing and exposed through the first region, an opaque layer interposed between the second region of the transparent cover and the second surface and exposed through the second region, a fingerprint sensor interposed between the opaque layer and the second surface, and a pressure sensor interposed between the fingerprint sensor and the second surface and sensing a pressure of an external object against the opaque layer. The pressure sensor includes a first electrode substantially in parallel with the opaque layer, a second electrode spaced from the first electrode layer and extending substantially in parallel in the second direction, and a dielectric layer interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode.

Electronic device comprising sensor and method for operating same

An electronic device includes a housing that includes a first surface facing a first direction, a second surface facing a second direction that is opposite the first direction, and a transparent member forming at least part of the first surface, a display that is interposed between the first surface and the second surface of the housing and is exposed through the transparent member, and a force sensor that is interposed between the display and the second surface of the housing.

Electronic device including display equipped with force sensor

An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes a display panel, a partial region of the display panel including an active region configured to output light and including a cut in a thickness direction of the display panel, a touch sensor formed on the display panel, a partial region of the touch sensor corresponding to the cut region of the display panel, including a cut in a thickness direction of the touch sensor, and a polarizing plate disposed on the display panel, a partial region of the polarizing plate corresponding to the cut region of the display panel, including a cut in a thickness direction of the polarizing plate, and a cut surface of the display panel, a cut surface of the touch sensor, and a cut surface of the polarizing plate are formed to coincide with each other.

Electronic device including display and method for manufacturing display

An electronic device and a method for controlling displaying of information in the electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a first display formed on at least a portion of a body of the electronic device, and a second display formed on at least a portion of a cover functionally connected to the body and including a transparent display area.

Electronic device and method for controlling displays

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including at least one opened surface, a touchscreen display at least a portion of which is exposed through the opened surface of the housing, and a pressure sensor disposed between the touchscreen display and the housing. The pressure sensor includes a first electrode plate having a first size and a first shape, a second electrode plate having a size and a shape that are the same as or similar to the first size and the first shape and facing the first electrode plate, a dielectric layer disposed in a first area between the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate, and a waterproof member disposed in a second area corresponding to a peripheral area of the first area and at least partially enclosing a space between the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate.

Pressure sensor with waterproof structure and electronic device including the same

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a first surface facing a first direction, a second surface facing a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a side surface extending between and along a perimeter of the first surface and the second surface, a cover glass corresponding to at least the first surface, a display panel disposed under the cover glass and including an active area exposed through the cover glass, an inactive area surrounding the active area, and a printed circuit board connection portion connected to one end of the inactive area, wherein at least one opening or at least one cutaway portion is formed in the display panel, and a camera module disposed in a space formed by the at least one opening or the at least one cutaway portion and exposed through the cover glass.

Electronic device including display

A method of controlling power supply for a fingerprint sensor is provided. The method includes receiving sensor data obtained from the fingerprint sensor; determining whether the received sensor data is a fingerprint form of data; if the received sensor data is the fingerprint form of data, determining an amount of change in sensor data received over a predetermined time is greater than or equal to a predetermined value; and if the received sensor data is not the fingerprint form of data or if the received sensor data is the fingerprint form of data but an amount of change in the received sensor data is less than the predetermined value, allowing the fingerprint sensor to enter a power saving mode.

Method of controlling power supply for fingerprint sensor, fingerprint processing device, and electronic device performing the same

A fingerprint recognition method and electronic device performing the same are provided. The electronic device includes a fingerprint sensor configured to perform fingerprint sensing according to a control signal of a processor, and includes the processor configured to obtain a fingerprint-unrecognizable position from a sensing area of the fingerprint sensor, to obtain, based on the fingerprint-unrecognizable position, a distance to a fingerprint from the fingerprint-unrecognizable position, and to control, based on the distance, the fingerprint sensor by adjusting a sensing operation of the fingerprint sensor.

Fingerprint recognition method and electronic device performing thereof

In various embodiments, a method for controlling device transmission power is disclosed. The method may include performing communication at first transmission power using a first communication module, performing communication at a second transmission power using a second communication module, and/or adjusting a transmission power of the first communication module from the first transmission power to a second transmission power for at least a part of time while performing communication using the second communication module.

Method of controlling for transmission power and device therefor

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Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Hyun Ju Hong