Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Hyundai Motor Company

Kia Motors Corporation

Sungwoo Hitech Co., Ltd.

Jeong Min Park

Tae Sung Kim

Jeong Hun Kim

Oh H Kwon

Ki Huk Lee

Hyung Sup Byeon

Song Hee Jung

Heung Sik Shin

Hyung Dal Kim

Joung Min Cho

Hyun Chang Shin

Seung Young Jeon

Hyuk Kang

Dong Hyun Kim

Hyun Kyung Kim

Seung Eun Lee

Won Suk Choi

Mun Yong Lee

Jong Ho Park

Doo Suk Kang

Jeong Ho Cho

Jee Hoon Lee

Kyung Soo Lim

Eun Jung Hyun

Kwang Sub Son

Duk Ki Hong

Jae Bong Yoo

Hyun Cheol Park

Tae Gun Park

Jae Woong Chun

Jong Ho Choi

Hyung Jin Rho

Ik Joo Byun

Dae Ung Jeong

Seung Goo Lee

Young Bok Yu

Sung Gun Bae

Dong Uk Kwak

Jeong Yeol Lee

Il Young Kim

Min Suk Hong

In Ho Yun

Jung Won Suh

Chan Hyoung Park

Seung Yong Kim

Oh Hyuck Kwon

An electronic device and method are disclosed herein. The electronic device includes a display, a biometric sensor, and at least one processor. The processor implements the method, including: when a touch input is detected to the display within the biometric sensing area, increase a brightness of a first pixel group within the biometric sensing area to a first brightness level, and execute at least one of maintaining and changing display of a second pixel group outside the biometric sensing area and, wherein the at least one of maintaining and changing display of the second pixel group includes one of: executing a black state in which display through the second pixel group is disabled, and changing a display attribute for the second pixel group such that a load on the second pixel group is reduced.

Method for acquiring biometric information and electronic device supporting the same

Disclosed are a camera module, an electronic device having the camera module, and a method for controlling the electronic device. The camera module includes an image sensor shooting an image, a body tube disposed above the image sensor, including a lens group and a housing including an opening formed at an upper end of the lens group and transmitting a light exiting through the opening and the lens group to the image sensor, a cover window positioned at an upper end of the opening of the body tube and including a transparent material, a transparent substrate positioned at a lower end of the cover window, and an opaque conductive material disposed in a space defined by coupling the cover window to the transparent substrate. An electrode device is formed on the transparent substrate to generate an electric field or a magnetic field when receiving a power, and when the electric field or the magnetic field is generated, the conductive material reacts with the electric field or the magnetic field in the space and moves toward a center of the transparent substrate to cover the opening of the body tube.

Camera module, electronic device employing camera module, and method for controlling same

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display disposed toward a first surface, a housing including an opening formed toward a second surface, a tray including a hole formed toward the second surface, a sensor module that is able to be seated on the tray, a connector disposed adjacent to the opening inside the electronic device to receive the tray and the sensor module, and a processor configured to control the sensor module when the sensor module is inserted into the connector. The sensor module includes a gas sensor, a sensor chamber, and a pipe forming a path allowing gas, which is introduced through the hole, to move into the sensor chamber.

Electronic device including replaceable sensor

Disclosed is an electronic device including a plurality of electrodes selectively connectable to a touch sensor or one or more biometric sensors; and a processor configured to receive a user input through the plurality of electrodes in a state in which the touch sensor and the plurality of electrodes are connected; perform an operation relating to the touch sensor when where the user input satisfies a first condition; connect the plurality of electrodes to the one or more biometric sensors when where the user input satisfies a second condition; and obtain a plurality of pieces of biometric information according to a pre-determined sequence through the plurality of electrodes connected with the one or more biometric sensors.

Electronic device for measuring biometric information

An electronic device includes a housing that includes a first surface, a second surface, and a side surface, a display exposed through a first region of the first surface, an optical module disposed below a second region of the first surface that is adjacent to the first region of the first surface, and a processor. The first surface includes a glass layer, a film layer disposed under a rear surface of the glass layer and including an opening that overlaps at least part of the optical module and has a dimension corresponding to at least part of the optical module, and a visible-light-absorbing member comprising a visible-light-absorbing material disposed under the rear surface of the glass layer and overlapping at least part of the opening. The visible-light-absorbing member is configured to light in a first wavelength range and to allow light in a second wavelength range to pass through the visible-light-absorbing member.

Optical module and electronic device having the same

A device operation method and an electronic device for supporting the same are provided. The method includes establishing a communication channel with an external device, receiving request information for requesting to activate a sensor of an electronic device in connection with executing a function of the external device, and activating the sensor in response to the request information.

Method for controlling apparatus according to request information, and apparatus supporting the method

An electronic device comprising: a memory; and one or more processors configured to: assign a first positioning role to the electronic device and a second positioning role to a counterpart device, the counterpart device and the electronic device being part of a communications network, obtain at least one of a location information and a supplemental location information based on the first positioning role and the second positioning role, and detect a location of the electronic device based on the at least one of the location information and supplemental location information.

Method and apparatus for device positioning

A manufacturing method for a bumper beam of a vehicle may include pipe making, producing a circular pipe by pipe molding a steel plate having a predetermined thickness between first and second molding rolls, heating the circular pipe to a set temperature in a heating furnace, pressurizing and molding the circular pipe heated in the heating furnace and having flexibility, while inserting the circular pipe between an upper mold and a lower mold to form a molding beam, and thereafter, rapidly cooling the molding beam to form the molding beam into a high-strength molding beam, and curvature-molding the high-strength molding beam at a predetermined curvature through a curvature molding machine.

Manufacturing method for bumper beam of vehicle

An electronic device and method for calibrating a gyro sensor thereof is disclosed. The electronic device includes an acceleration sensor configured to measure an acceleration of the electronic device, a gyro sensor configured to measure an angular velocity of the electronic device, and a sensor control module configured to set a calibration period of the gyro sensor based on a state of the electronic device, to determine a stop state of the electronic device using the acceleration sensor if the set calibration period arrives, and to calibrate the gyro sensor if the electronic device is determined to be at a stop state.

Electronic device and method for calibrating gyro sensor thereof

An electronic device for processing image data including a camera module configured to obtain the image data. The electronic device also including a control module configured to set at least one pointing object in the image data and configured to control the image data on an object corresponding to a position of the set pointing object according to at least one of a position and movement of the at least one pointing object.

Electronic device and method for image data processing

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Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Jeong Min Park