Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Jiwoon Jung

Joonho Kim

Youngjae Oh

Hyoungseon Choi

Sangkyung Lee

Changwon Son

Jinhong Min

Jinho Kim

Jihwan Kim

Jongho Park

Jeongmin Park

Yongjin Lee

Seongmin Je

Dasom Kim

Hwan Shim

Yoonhee Choi

Inho Yun

Hyunjoo Jung

Woojhon Choi

Taehan Jeon

Seoyoung Yoon

Jooman Han

Jeehoon Lee

Hansung Lee

Choonghee Ahn

Seounghun Kim

Duseon Oh

Hyungjoon Lim

Younjoo Song

Jungpil Moon

Gahee Jung

An electronic device includes a camera, a light source unit, a display, and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to obtain a first image of a skin of a user by the camera while a first light is output through the light source unit, obtain a second image of the skin of the user by the camera while the first light is not output through the light source unit, obtain a third image representing a difference between the first image and the second image by converting, into a first difference pixel value, a difference between first brightness values of the first image and second brightness values of the second image, and display, on the display, information on an ultraviolet (UV) protection ingredient applied to the skin of the user, based on the third image.

Electronic device for identifying sunscreen applied to a user's skin and method of operating the same

An electronic device may include a PPG sensor including a light emitter that applies a current in a specified range and emits a light signal corresponding to the current and a light detector that amplifies a received light signal by applying one of a plurality of gain values, a memory that stores a plurality of sets of PPG models corresponding to the plurality of gain values and including a current value and PPG level data corresponding to the current value, and at least one processor electrically connected to the PPG sensor and the memory.

Electronic device for acquiring biometrics using PPG sensor, and method therefor

According to certain embodiments, an electronic device comprises: a housing; an optical sensor module disposed in the housing and including one or more light-emitting elements, and one or more light-receiving elements; a light source driver disposed in the housing and configured to control power supply of the one or more light-emitting elements; and at least one processor disposed in the housing and operatively connected to the optical sensor module and the light source driver, wherein the at least one processor is configured to identify a light source of the one or more light-emitting elements and turn-on/off timings of the one or more light-emitting elements according to a sensor measurement mode or a measurement function when the optical sensor module is driven, configure a control signal of the light source driver in response to the identified turn-on/off timings of the one or more light-emitting elements, based on the control signal, apply an output voltage of the light source driver as power of the one or more light-emitting elements in a turn-on period of the one or more light-emitting elements, and block the power of the one or more light-emitting elements by limiting output of the light source driver in a turn-off period of the one or more light-emitting elements.

Optical sensor module and power control method thereof

A first electronic device according to various embodiments may include: a display; a communication module comprising communication circuitry; a camera module including at least one camera; and a processor. The processor may be configured to: identify a request for measuring a skin condition of a user in a state in which the first electronic device is cradled on a second electronic device; acquire, based on information of the camera module and information regarding at least one light-emitting element included in the second electronic device, control information for controlling output of the at least one light-emitting element; control output of light from the at least one light-emitting element of the second electronic device based on the control information; acquire at least one image including at least a part of a body of the user through the camera module while light is output through the at least one light-emitting element controlled based on the control information; and provide information regarding the skin condition of the user using the at least one image.

Electronic device for measuring skin condition of user and method for operating same

An electronic device includes a display; a camera; a first light emitting module, wherein each of the camera and the first light emitting module comprises a first type polarizing filter; a second light emitting module including a second type polarizing filter that is different from the first type polarizing filter; and at least one processor configured to: obtain a first image by using the camera, based on a first light output from the first light emitting module and a second light output from the second light emitting module; identify at least one feature point in the first image; and control the display to display the first image and information related to the at least one feature point.

Electronic device for acquiring image by using light-emitting module having polarizing filter and method for controlling same

Disclosed are an electronic device obtaining skin images and a method of controlling the same. According to an embodiment, an electronic device comprises at least one camera, at least one light source, and at least one processor configured to control the at least one camera to capture a user image, identify a brightness of a facial skin image from the user image, determine at least one of a capture control parameter of the at least one camera and an output control parameter of the at least one light source, based on the identified brightness, and control the at least one camera to recapture the user image according to the at least one of the determined capture control parameter and the determined output control parameter of the light source.

Electronic device obtaining skin image and method of controlling the same

An electronic device according to an embodiment may include a housing, a display exposed through at least part of a first surface of the housing, an image sensor, a processor operatively connected with the display and the image sensor, and a memory operatively connected with the processor, wherein the memory may store instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to detect a touch of a finger of a user on the image sensor, while displaying a user interface using the display, in response to detecting the touch, while the touch of the finger is maintained on the image sensor, change the user interface in an area of the display within a preset distance from the image sensor, and acquire biometric information of the user based on reflection light of light emitted from the display, where the reflection light is acquired using the image sensor.

Electronic device and method for acquiring biometric information using light of display

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Jiwoon Jung