Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Jeonghwan Jeon

Jiwoo Lee

Minwoo Yoo

Donghoon Kang

Minseok Kang

Sunyoung Min

Kyunghoon Cha

Hyosun You

Yukyung Jin

An electronic device includes a first communication module; a second communication module; a sensor module; a camera module configured to capture a photographed image; and a processor configured to: determine photographing direction information of the electronic device based on sensor information received from the sensor module, determine direction information of an external electronic device based on a first signal received through the first communication module, in case that a camera interface is activated, determine a shared external electronic device based on the photographing direction information, the direction information of the external electronic device, and angle of view information of a camera, and transmit the photographed image to the determined shared external electronic device in case that a graphic object provided by the camera interface is selected.

Electronic device and image transmission method by electronic device

Provided is an electronic device. The electronic device may detect a first input on a designated region of a display, obtain fingerprint information corresponding to the first input using the fingerprint sensor, display, on the display, an object related to an application based on obtaining the fingerprint information, detect a second input generated by dragging from the designated region to a region corresponding to the displayed object while the first input is maintained, execute an application related to the object selected by the second input, and perform authentication related to the application based on the fingerprint information.

Electronic device using a fingerprint sensor included in a display of the electronic device and controlling method thereof

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Jeonghwan Jeon