Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Kemsuk Seo

Bongjae Rhee

Seyoung Jang

Yunjang Jin

Suna Kim

Jihun Heo

Kyunghoon Song

Sungsoo Moon

Changsu Lee

Sangmoon Lee

Taeyoon An

Ji Hoon Park

Chihyun Cho

Jihoon Park

Kwangsub Lee

Bong Jae Rhee

Sung-Soo Moon

Seunggeol Baek

Junkyu Park

Jeonghoo Kim

Chang-Su Lee

Duckho Won

An electronic device includes: a display, an antenna structure including at least one antenna, a conductive support disposed between the display and the antenna structure, a sensor disposed between the display and the conductive support, a first printed circuit board disposed between the conductive support and the antenna structure, a second printed circuit board stacked on the first printed circuit board, a board support coupled with the conductive support and overlapping at least part of the second printed circuit board, and a first insulating member comprising an insulating material disposed between the board support and the antenna structure.

Electronic device including sensor

Provided are an electronic device and operation method thereof. The electronic device may include: a display having a biometric sensing region; a biometric sensor disposed in the biometric sensing region; and a processor. The processor may be configured to: operate a first sub-region of the biometric sensing region according to a first display attribute and operate a second sub-region of the biometric sensing region according to a second display attribute; while the first sub-region is operated according to the first display attribute and the second sub-region is operated according to the second display attribute, obtain, through the biometric sensor, a signal corresponding to an external object, wherein the signal is generated at least partially based on light that is emitted from the first sub-region or the second sub-region and reflected by the external object; perform authentication on the external object if the signal satisfies a specified condition; and prevent authentication on the external object if the signal does not satisfy the specified condition.

Electronic device and method for identifying falsification of biometric information

Disclosed is an electronic device that includes a housing including a first plate facing a first direction, the first plate including a fingerprint sensing area, a second plate facing a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a side member interposed between the first and second plates, a touch screen display interposed between the first and second plates and having at least a portion exposed through the first plate of the housing, a fingerprint sensor interposed between the touch screen display and the second plate, and a processor connected to the fingerprint sensor. The processor may determine whether the fingerprint sensing area is contaminated and determine whether to register a fingerprint image captured by the fingerprint sensor based on whether the fingerprint sensing area is contaminated. In addition, it is possible to implement other various embodiment understood through the disclosure.

Electronic device including fingerprint sensor

An electrostatic induction device is provided which includes at least one first element including a first electrode, a second electrode electrically connected to the first electrode, and a third electrode electrically connected to the first electrode and the second electrode, at least one second element including a charged area having been charged with positive or negative charges and moves while adjacent to the first element so as to cause an electrostatic induction action with the first element, and a third element which is electrically connected to the first element, and receives, from the first element, a first electric current generated between the first and the second electrode, a second electric current generated between the first and the third electrode, and a third electric current generated between the second and the third electrode, by the movement of the second element, and rectifies the received first, second and third electric currents.

Electrostatic induction device for performing power generating function

Disclosed is a photovoltaic cell including a first electrode and a second electrode having transparency and disposed facing each other, and a photovoltaic cell layer disposed between the first and second electrodes, and configured to produce electric energy by absorbing a part of incident light, wherein the photovoltaic cell layer includes a plurality of unit cells disposed in a specific distance from each other and formed with a plurality of slits for polarizing the incident light, and a transparent insulator disposed in the plurality of slits.

Photovoltaic cell having polarization characteristic and electronic device having the same

The present disclosure relates to an electronic device with a display device having enhanced display power consumption. The electronic device includes: a housing; a transparent member disposed in at least a portion of the housing, and includes an upper surface and a lower surface; a first anti-reflection layer coupled to the upper surface of the transparent member; and a display panel coupled to at least a portion of the lower surface of the transparent member by a visually transparent adhesive member, and housed in the housing. The display panel includes: a polarizing film layer coupled to the adhesive member and including an upper surface and lower surface; a light emitting layer disposed under the lower surface of the polarizing film layer; and a second anti-reflection layer disposed on the lower surface of the polarizing film layer between the lower surface of the polarizing film layer and the light emitting layer.

Display device with anti-reflection layer, and electronic device with the same

An interface device and method between an electronic device and an external device using an ear jack of a smart device are disclosed in order to implement an interface that is capable of automatically recognizing an ear jack insertion type appcessory. The interface device includes: an electronic device including an ear jack including a plurality of audio signal input and output terminals; an external device including an interface unit including a connector unit configured to be inserted into the ear jack, the connector unit including a plurality of terminals that correspond to the plurality of audio signal input and output terminals provided in the ear jack of the electronic device, respectively; and a recognizing unit on the connector unit of the interface unit configured to recognize whether the external device is connected to the ear jack of the electronic device through a plurality of detections.

Interface device and method between electronic device and external device using ear jack of the electronic device

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Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Kemsuk Seo