Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Jeahyuck Lee

Injo Jeong

Hyunguk Yoo

Seongwook Jo

Younghyun Kim

Suho Lee

Hyunjun Jung

Eungi Min

Shinhee Cho

Bokun Choi

Yong Jin Lee

Yongjin Lee

Seungeun Lee

Younghwan Kim

Seung-Eun Lee

Inho Yun

Jeehoon Lee

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a display disposed in the housing, a printed circuit board (PCB) disposed under the display, a first conductive member disposed under the PCB, a layer of glass disposed under the first conductive member, and a second conductive member disposed under the layer of glass and electrically connected with the first conductive member.

Electronic device having electrode measuring biological signal

According to various embodiments, a wearable electronic device may include: a housing comprising a first plate including a first surface facing in a first direction, and a second plate including a second surface facing a second direction opposite to the first direction; a substrate disposed in a space between the first plate and the second plate of the housing; a processor; and at least two temperature sensors, wherein the at least two temperature sensors comprise a contact-type temperature sensor and a non-contact-type temperature sensor arranged at positions different from each other in the housing, and the processor is configured to: determine a body temperature using the temperatures measured by the contact-type temperature sensor and the non-contact-type temperature sensor.

Electronic device including a plurality of temperature sensors

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a lighting-emitting diode (LED) module configured to emit light of a first polarization direction, a first photodiode configured to receive the light emitted from the LED module through a first polarizer having the first polarization direction, a second photodiode configured to receive the light emitted from the LED module through a second polarizer having a second polarization direction perpendicular to the first polarization direction, and a processor configured to determine wearing information of the electronic device based on luminous intensity of light sensed from each of the first photodiode and the second photodiode.

Method and electronic device for detecting wearing using polarization

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a printed circuit board, a light emitting unit and a light receiving unit which are disposed on the printed circuit board, a cover member which has at least a partial region configured by a material having high optical transmittance, is disposed to face the printed circuit board, and includes a first region substantially facing the light emitting unit, and a second region substantially facing the light receiving unit, and a pattern disposed in at least one of the first region and the second region of the cover member. The pattern may be disposed by repeatedly arranging blocking units having low transmittance at a predetermined interval. In addition, various embodiments may be possible.

Patterned cover member and electronic device including same

Various embodiments provide an electronic device and a method, the device comprising: a capacitive sensor, a heart rate sensor including at least one light-emitting unit, a first light receiving unit, and a second light receiving unit; and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: measure capacitance for a user wearing the electronic device by using the capacitive sensor; emit light by using the light-emitting unit according to the capacitance; measure a first amount of light which is said light reflected by the user's body tissue through the first light receiving unit, and a second amount of light which is said light reflected by the body tissue through the second light receiving unit; determine that the electronic device is worn by the user when at least one amount of light of the first amount of light and the second amount of light satisfies an amount of light in a specified range; and determine that the electronic device is detached from the user when the first amount of light and the second amount of light do not satisfy the amount of light in the specified range. Also, other embodiments are possible.

Method for detecting wear using plurality of sensors and electronic device implementing 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 surface, and a third surface connecting the first surface and the second surface to form a space in the housing, a display viewable in the first direction through the first surface of the housing, a printed circuit board (PCB) disposed in the space, a glass covering at least a part of the second surface of the housing and including a fourth surface facing the first direction and a fifth surface facing the second direction, a high-hardness member disposed on the fifth surface, a first conductive member disposed between the high-hardness member and the glass, and a second conductive member disposed on the fourth surface and electrically connected to the PCB.

An electronic device and method are disclosed herein. The electronic device includes an image sensor, a radio frequency (RF) sensor, and a processor. The processor implements the method, including capturing an image including at least one object using an image sensor, determining an interest area of the at least one object included within the captured image, transmitting a radio frequency (RF) signal to at least a portion of the interest area using an RF sensor, receiving the transmitted RF signal reflected from the at least the portion of the interest area using the RF sensor, and obtaining biometric information for the at least one object based on the reflected RF signal.

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Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Jeahyuck Lee