Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Kihong Min

Kihun Eom

Taekeun Kim

Kihoon Kang

Sunghun Shin

Jongseok Kim

Jeongmin Park

Seokwhan Chung

Dohyoung Chung

Chisung Bae

Kihyuk Lee

Hyeonyeong Jeong

Intae Jun

Donghwan Seo

Kwanghee Ryu

Daekwang Jung

Gunhee Park

Jeonggyun Park

Kyeongmun Jo

Hyeonchang Son

Hyungpil Kum

Uin Chung

Sejeong Oh

Shinhun Moon

An electronic device may include: a magnetic sensor configured to identify the intensity of a magnetic field; a wireless communication circuit; a processor; and memory electrically connected to the magnetic sensor, the wireless communication circuit, and the processor, and storing instructions. The processor may be configured so that the electronic device: uses the magnetic sensor to identify a plurality of intensities of the magnetic field during a first period; identifies, on the basis of the plurality of intensities, whether a reference intensity has been updated; identifies a first state of the electronic device when the reference intensity has been updated, the first state being identified on the basis of a comparison result between the latest intensity among the plurality of intensities and the updated reference intensity; and performs a function according to the identified first state. Various other embodiments identified through the specification are possible.

Method for identifying an attached state or a detached state of an accessory device and electronic device supporting the same

An electronic device includes a rotating body coupled to a bezel part to be rotatable and including a plurality of magnets, a pair of Hall sensors configured to sense a magnetic field caused by the plurality of magnets, a magnetic sensor disposed in an internal space, and a processor configured to calibrate, based on first magnetic field data, second magnetic field data based on a calculated offset value.

Method and device to calibrate magnetic field data

A method is provided. The method includes identifying whether an amount of change in the pressure detected through an atmospheric pressure sensor is greater than or equal to a specified first threshold, in response to the amount of change in the pressure being greater than or equal to the first threshold, waking up a biometric sensor module including a plurality of electrodes in which some of the plurality of electrodes are disposed to come into contact with a body part of a user when the electronic device is worn, and others thereof are disposed to not come into contact with a body part of the user when the electronic device is worn, and identifying whether an interrupt signal, indicating that a state in which the plurality of electrodes are electrically connected is maintained for a specified first time or more, is received from the biometric sensor module.

Electronic device and method for recognizing context thereof

A housing of an electronic device according to an embodiment may include a combination of at least two housings, and the entire size or length of the electronic device may change according to relative movement between the housings. The electronic device may comprise: a flexible display configured to expand or contract according to a change in size of the electronic device. A portion of the flexible display may be inserted into the housing when the housing contracts and may be drawn out of the housing when the housing expands. The electronic device may comprise a distance sensor and/or an expansion sensor. The distance sensor is configured to measure a change in a relative distance of the housing, and the expansion sensor senses a contraction or expansion state of the housing, thereby contributing to correcting data measured by the distance sensor. The electronic device employing the distance sensor and/or the expansion sensor can accurately sense the size of an externally visible portion of a display and can display a screen appropriate to the size of the visible portion of the display.

Electronic device including rollable display

According to various embodiments, an electronic device may include: a housing configured to be mounted on or detached from an ear of a user, at least one processor disposed within the housing, an audio module including audio circuitry, and a sensor device including at least one sensor operatively coupled to the at least one processor and the audio module. The sensor device may be configured to: output acceleration-related data to the at least one processor through a first path of the sensor device, identify whether an utterance has been made during the output of the acceleration-related data; obtain bone conduction-related data based on the identification of the utterance; and output the obtained bone conduction-related data to the audio module through a second path of the sensor device.

Electronic device including integrated inertia sensor and operating method thereof

Various embodiments relate to an electronic device and an operation method of an electronic device, and the electronic device may include: a GNSS circuit module comprising GNSS circuitry configured to receive a signal for measuring a position of the electronic device; a first mmWave communication module comprising communication circuitry disposed adjacent to the GNSS circuit module and configured to perform a first cellular communication; and a processor, wherein the processor may be configured to receive, from the GNSS circuit module, a signal indicating a start of position measurement of the electronic device based on the first mmWave communication module being activated, to determine whether to deactivate the first mmWave communication module based on a characteristic of an application activated on the processor, and to control the first mmWave communication module based on the determination of whether to deactivate the first mmWave communication module.

Electronic device for improving position measurement performance and operation method of electronic device

Provided is a fingerprint authentication system and a method of authentication. The fingerprint authentication system may have a configuration to analyze a reflection wave signal reflected at a surface of an object under examination or an internal of the object under examination by applying a wave signal from at least one of signal communication unit of a fingerprint sensor to the object under examination. In the method of authentication, the controller in the fingerprint authentication system may be configured to selectively perform a first step authentication to authenticate a shape of a fingerprint, and a second step authentication to detect internal biometric information of the object under examination.

Fingerprint authentication system and method of authentication using the same

Provided are a method and apparatus for executing a device according to usage authority, wherein usage authority information for a first device may be received, usage authority for the first device may be identified based on the received usage authority information as well as telephone number information of a user, and the first device may be executed according to the identified usage authority for the first device.

Method and apparatus for executing device according to usage authority

An electronic device comprising: an ultraviolet (UV) light sensor; and a processor configured to: generate a plurality of initial UV light measurements by using the UV light sensor, wherein each of the plurality of initial UV light measurements is associated with a respective orientation of the electronic device; and select a reference UV light measurement from the plurality.

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Kihong Min