Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Samsung Electronics Ltd.

Mooyoung Kim

Hakryoul Kim

Sungyong Bang

Jongwoo Kim

Minjung Kim

Kihuk Lee

Sungjun Lee

Sangmin Lee

Seungjin Kim

Kiwon Kim

Donghyun Yeom

Suha Yoon

Minwoo Lee

Min-Sung Lee

Jungeun Lee

Soomin Lee

Sangil Park

Songhee Jung

Jeongjin Lee

Sangho Lee

Suyoung Park

Euichang Jung

Hyunjoon Kim

Sungchul Park

Sangjun Park

Hyejeong Kim

Jaeyoung Huh

Hyungsup Byeon

Dongho Jang

Jihwan Kim

Hoon Moo Choi

Hyoseok Na

Jungsik Park

Seongmin Kim

Jaeho Kim

Jaebong Chun

Juhyeon Park

Kwangtai Kim

Yohan Lee

Jungbae Kim

Woosup Lee

Kyunghoon Lee

Moonsoo Kim

Youngho Cho

Gwanghui Lee

Woosung Chun

Chanyoung Moon

Woojun Jung

Hokeun Kwak

Iljoo Chae

Hyunjin Noh

Joonyung Park

Minsik Kim

Kwonho Song

Sangwon Chae

Byoungho Jung

Seungjun Hyun

Yunhong Kim

Hyojong Kim

Kwanghyun Lee

Hyelin Lee

Jaeha Eom

Sunmin Park

Jinmo Sung

Joonyoung Heo

Cheolho Cheong

Yunhwan Jung

Nayoung Kim

Juseok Lee

Byungwook Kim

Peng Ning

Heesung Chae

Daehyun Cho

Hyeongtae Kim

Haesick Sul

Sunghun Jung

Kwanhee Jeong

Inhwan Hwang

Youngkyoo Kim

Jaewoong Jeon

Jangbok Lee

Jeongmin Moon

KyoungMin Koh

Hongseok Yang

Sungdae Cho

Younju Kim

Dongyup Lee

Siejoon Cho

Seungwook Nam

DaeHwan Kim

Kwanjin Jung

Byungsoo Kwon

Hyunchul Seok

Hansung Leem

Jongkyu Lee

Takahiko Inada

Youngcheol Sin

Dahee Lim

Seungmin Chung

An electronic device may include a battery, a charging circuit, at least one sensor, a plurality of temperature sensors disposed respectively at different positions, at least one processor operatively coupled to the battery, the charging circuit, the at least one sensor, or the plurality of temperature sensors, and memory. The memory storing instructions which are configured to, when executed, cause the electronic device to, measure temperature values at intervals of a predefined period using the plurality of temperature sensors during charging, identify a heat state based on at least in part of the measured temperature values, identify a user contact state using the at least one sensor, and control charging power for the battery through the charging circuit based on the heat state and the user contact state. Various other embodiments are also available.

Electronic device including battery, operation method thereof, and storage medium therefor

An electronic device includes a sensor, a communication circuit, and a processor configured to learn a scenario based on use of the electronic device in a first temperature range, determine, using the communication circuit and/or the sensor, whether a place element of the electronic device is changed, start the scenario based on determining that the place element is changed, estimate an ambient temperature of the electronic device based on the scenario, and enter a second heating control mode at a second temperature different from a first heating control mode at a first temperature, based on the estimated ambient temperature being different from an internal temperature of the electronic device.

Electronic device and controlling method therefor

An electronic device, including: at least one sensor; a communication circuit; a memory; and at least one processor operationally connected with the at least one sensor, the communication circuit, and the memory, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: identify an internal temperature of the electronic device using the at least sensor; provide, to an external device, internal temperature data associated with the internal temperature of the electronic device; receive a surface temperature prediction model for predicting a surface temperature of the electronic device from the external device; predict the surface temperature of the electronic device based on the surface temperature prediction model and information associated with a module location, the information being stored in the memory; and select at least one heat source to enter heating control from among a plurality of modules of the electronic device based on the predicted surface temperature.

Electronic device and control method therefor

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display driver integrated circuit (IC), a display and a processor configured to receive an interrupt signal from the display driver IC based on a plurality of scanning rates set to a plurality of regions of the display, obtain a plurality of vertical synchronization signals associated with a plurality of regions, based on the received interrupt signal, obtain pieces of content to be displayed in a plurality of regions based on the plurality of vertical synchronization signals, synthesize content based on the coordinate information about the pieces of content, and transmit, to the display driver IC, information about the synthesized pieces of content and information about the remaining pieces of the synthesized content so the synthesized pieces of content and the remaining pieces of the synthesized content are displayed in the plurality of regions.

Electronic device for displaying content on basis of plurality of scanning rates and operating method therefor

An electronic device according to various embodiments comprises: a flexible display including a main display region and at least one extendable display region that can be extended from the main display region; and a processor operatively connected to the display, wherein the processor is configured to: control the display to display first content on the main display having a first size while the electronic device is in a slide-in state, slide the display out to extend same to a second size based on touch input information about the display region being received, control the display to display second content on the extendable display region or the entire display region while the state of the electronic state is being switched into a slide-out state, and complete displaying of the second content and display the first content on at least a part of the display based on switching of the state of the electronic state to the slide-out state being completed.

Seamless screen display during expansion or reduction of a flexible display of an electronic device

An example electronic device may include a display including a main display area and at least one expansion display area expandable from the main display area; and a processor operatively coupled to the display. The processor is configured to, while the electronic device is in a slide-in state, display, on the main display area, a first screen corresponding to an application executed in the slide-in state; based on a portion of the expansion display area being slid out, generate a second screen to be displayed on the main display area and a portion of the slid-out expansion display area; generate a slide effect screen and display the same on at least a portion of the slid-out expansion display area, at least at the same time as the generation of the second screen; and based on the generation of the second screen being completed, remove the display of the slide effect screen and display the second screen on the main display area and the slid-out expansion display area.

Electronic device including flexible display, and screen control method

An electronic device may include a communication module, a temperature sensor, a memory and a processor operatively connected to the communication module, the temperature sensor, and the memory, wherein the processor is configured to identify whether the electronic device is in an overheating state, perform first scheduling by using a scheduling method designated for processes, when the electronic device is not in the overheating state, and control the processes based on the first scheduling, and, when the electronic device is in the overheating state, identify processor usage of at least one background process among the processes, identify at least one background process group based on the processor usage of the at least one background process, identify a first time interval, in which the at least one background process group operates, and a second time interval, in which the at least one background process group does not operate, perform second scheduling for the processes based on the first time interval and the second time interval, and control the processes based on the second scheduling.

Electronic device and method for controlling overheat of the electronic device based on controlling background process in the electronic device

An electronic device may include: a housing including a first housing and a second housing movable with respect to the first housing; a flexible display in which a display area for displaying a screen is expanded or reduced as the second housing moves with respect to the first housing; a memory; and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: identify a change in the size of the display area on the basis of the movement of the second housing relative to the first housing; determine an application to be preloaded from among a plurality of applications on the basis of the identified size of the display area; load, into the memory, a preload process including some of resources for executing the determined application to be preloaded; and, in response to the occurrence of an event associated with the execution of the application to be preloaded, load an activity for the execution of the application by using the loaded preload process.

Method for preloading application and electronic device supporting same

An image sensor including a row driver configured to provide, at a first time, a control signal to first pixels in a first group having n consecutive odd horizontal lines, provide, at a second time, the control signal to pixels in a second group having n consecutive even horizontal lines, and provide, at a third time, the control signal to pixels in a third group having n consecutive odd horizontal lines, and having a first horizontal line next to a last horizontal line of the first group, wherein each of the n horizontal lines of the first group is separated by an at least three-row interval from a corresponding one of the n horizontal lines of the second group, and a time interval between the first time point and the second time point is equal to a time interval between the second time point and the third time point.

Image sensor and method of operating the image sensor

An example electronic device may include a foldable housing, including a hinge, a first housing connected to the hinge and including a first surface facing a first direction and a second surface facing a second direction opposite the first direction, and a second housing connected to the hinge, including a third surface facing a third direction and a fourth surface facing a fourth direction opposite the third direction, the second housing configured to be foldable with respect to the first housing about the hinge, wherein the first surface faces the third surface in a folded state of the electronic device; a display extending from the first surface to the third surface to provide the first surface and the third surface and including a touch controller configured to control a receiving function of an input on the display; a processor disposed inside the first or second housing and operatively coupled to the display; and a memory operatively connected to the processor, wherein the memory may store instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to control the electronic device to: detect the occurrence of changing an angle between the first housing and the second housing; receive a touch interrupt produced based on an input on the display; identify characteristics of the input in response to detecting the change in the angle; and determine whether to cancel the touch event corresponding to the input based on the characteristics of the input.

Electronic device for reducing occurrence of unintended user input and operation method for the same

An electronic device includes a memory configured to store one or more applications, and at least one processor configured to control the electronic device. The processor may identify a target model file based on a neural network and associated with a target application among the one or more applications, determine a target initialization time of the target model file among a plurality of preset initialization times, and initialize the target model file at the target initialization time. In addition, various example embodiments may be implemented.

Processor for initializing model file of application and electronic device including the same

According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, an electronic device includes: a housing; a touch circuit including a plurality of TX electrodes, and a plurality of RX electrodes arranged to cross over the plurality of TX electrode; a flexible display which includes the touch circuit, and which can be withdrawn from the inner space of the housing; a touch controller; and a processor operatively connected to the touch circuit, the flexible display and the touch controller, wherein the touch controller applies a driving signal by using the plurality of TX electrodes of the touch circuit, acquires the driving signal by using the plurality of RX electrodes, confirms a capacitance value on the basis of the acquired driving signal, and confirms information about a folded area of the flexible display on the basis of the capacitance value, and the processor can set an activation area for an unfolded area of the flexible display on the basis of the folded area of the flexible display. Various embodiments, in addition to various embodiments disclosed in the present document, are also possible.

Electronic device including flexible display, and display method using same

An image sensor may include a pixel array a pixel array including an active pixel and an optical black pixel, the active pixel configured to generate a first pixel signal, and the optical black pixel configured to generate a second pixel signal, a first biasing circuit configured to bias the first pixel signal based on a first bias voltage, a first analog-to-digital converter configured to convert the biased first pixel signal into a first digital signal, a second biasing circuit configured to bias the second pixel signal based on a second bias voltage, and a second analog-to-digital converter configured to convert the biased second pixel signal into a second digital signal, the second digital signal configured to generate smaller random noise than the first analog-to-digital converter.

Image sensor including pixel array

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first display disposed on a first surface of the electronic device, a second display disposed on a second surface of the electronic device and having at least a portion thereof being unviewable to a user according to a folding state of the electronic device, a memory configured to store instructions, and a processor electrically connected to the first display, the second display, and the memory. The processor is configured to execute the instructions to detect a change in the folding state of the electronic device while displaying a first image on one of the first display or the second display, when the change in the folding state is detected, generate a second image to be displayed on the other of the first display or the second display, while generating the second image, store a snapshot image of the first image in the memory and display the snapshot image on the other of the first display or the second display, and when the second image is generated, display the second image on the other of the first display or the second display instead of the snapshot image.

Electronic device for seamlessly displaying images, and operating method therefor

According to various embodiments, an electronic device may include at least one temperature sensor, a memory, and at least one processor operatively coupled to the at least one temperature sensor and the memory to identify the electronic device is in a first overheat state based on a heat temperature of the electronic device, perform data processing in a first data processing speed range in the first overheat state, to identify a first time period and a first data processing speed corresponding to a first specified event, upon occurrence of the first specified event during the data processing corresponding to the first specified event in the first data processing speed range, perform data processing based on the first time period and the first data processing speed, and to perform data processing in the first data processing speed range based on expiration of the first time period or completion of data processing corresponding to the first specified event.

Electronic device and method of controlling overheat based on user activity in the electronic device

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Mooyoung Kim