Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Minyong Song

Kwangtai Kim

Hyungsup Byeon

Seunghyun Hwang

Seungmin Choi

Silkyu Lim

Soyoung Lee

Jeong Woo Woo

An electronic device includes a housing including a first surface facing a first direction and a second surface facing a second direction opposite to the first direction; a transparent substrate forming at least a portion of the first surface; a display disposed between the transparent substrate and the second surface of the housing and including a third surface facing the first direction and a fourth surface facing the second direction; at least one sensor disposed between a portion of the second surface of the display and a portion of the second surface of the housing; an electrical structure disposed between the sensor and a portion of the second surface of the housing; and a control circuit electrically connected to the electrical structure, wherein the control circuit detects an electrical signal occurring by a pressure from the second direction to a portion of the transparent substrate using the electrical structure.

Disposition structure of sensor of electronic device

The present invention relates to an electronic device and a method for controlling the electronic device, and the electronic device according to various embodiments of the present document comprises a processor, wherein the processor can: receive, via a communication circuit, at least one signal from an external electronic device having a smart key; perform verification with the external electronic device on the basis of the at least one signal; measure an angle at which the at least one signal has been received and/or a received signal strength indication (RSSI) thereof, on the basis of the result of the verification performed; identify the location of the external electronic device on the basis of the measured reception angle and/or RSSI of the at least one signal; and, based on the identified location of the external electronic device, control at least some components of the electronic device.

Electronic device and method for controlling electronic device

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Minyong Song