Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Merck Patent Gmbh

Korea Institute of Science and Technology

Seung-Eun Lee

Bokun Choi

Eun-Kyu Lee

Dong-Mee Song

Jeong-Min Park

Eun Young Kim

Kyung-Ah Park

Sang-Hyun Park

Sang-Kyu Lee

Kyung-Tae Kim

Owain Llyr Parri

Kevin Adlem

Karl Skjonnemand

Ji-Yoon Park

David Wilkes

Patricia Eileen Saxton

Seong-Min Je

Heui-Seok Jin

Eun-Jung Hyun

Won-Hoon Park

Moon-Soo Kim

Yong Jin Lee

Markus Czanta

Byoung-Uk Yoon

Izumi Saito

Cheol-Ho Cheong

Jae-Bong Chun

Hyungsup Byeon

Younghwan Kim

Hideo Ichinose

Yong-Sang Yun

Shinji Nakajima

Sun-Min Hwang

Gyu-Cheol Choi

Chul-Hyung Yang

Jin-Hee Won

Jae-Yung Yeo

Sung Hyun Jung

Yong-Gil Han

Yukiomi Tanaka

Hyun-Nam Cho

Yasushi Sugiyama

Nobuo Kubo

Takanori Takeda

Christian Schoenefeld

Daehyeong Lim

Eun-Hee Cho

Eungi Min

Jeahyuck Lee

Sun Ok Jung

Jaehyuck Park

Bo-Yeon Na

So Hyun Chung

Jeong-Seob Kim

Jungsu Ha

Masahiro Iijima

Gitae Mun

Jung-Mo Kim

Younghoon Jung

Seok-Jin Park

Ji-Hong Bae

Sang-kyu Lee

Chul-Hee Cho

Chang-Jun Yun

Seong-Il Kim

Eun-Young Kim

Various embodiments provide an electronic device and a method, the device comprising: a capacitive sensor, a heart rate sensor including at least one light-emitting unit, a first light receiving unit, and a second light receiving unit; and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: measure capacitance for a user wearing the electronic device by using the capacitive sensor; emit light by using the light-emitting unit according to the capacitance; measure a first amount of light which is said light reflected by the user's body tissue through the first light receiving unit, and a second amount of light which is said light reflected by the body tissue through the second light receiving unit; determine that the electronic device is worn by the user when at least one amount of light of the first amount of light and the second amount of light satisfies an amount of light in a specified range; and determine that the electronic device is detached from the user when the first amount of light and the second amount of light do not satisfy the amount of light in the specified range. Also, other embodiments are possible.

Method for detecting wear using plurality of sensors and electronic device implementing same

A wearable device according to various embodiments may include a biometric sensor, an output device, and a processor operatively coupled with the biometric sensor and the output device, and configured to obtain food intake information of a user corresponding to the wearable device, to obtain biometric information of the user by using the biometric sensor, to identify a digestibility of the food of the user, based at least in part on a change of the biometric information corresponding to the food intake information, and to provide information of the digestibility, using the output device.

Electronic device and method for providing digestibility on eaten food

An apparatus and method for obtaining biometric information in an electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a display comprising one or more pixels, the one or more pixels including a first sub pixel, a second sub pixel, and a third sub pixel, and one or more sensors configured to obtain biometric information about an external object, and a processor. The processor is configured to cause the electronic device to: identify first biometric information and second biometric information from the biometric information, and output light having first properties through a first pixel set corresponding to the first biometric information, and obtain the first biometric information using the one or more sensors, and output light having second properties through a second pixel set corresponding to the second biometric information, and obtain the second biometric information using the one or more sensors.

Method for obtaining biometric information using light source corresponding to biometric information and electronic device thereof

A method for operating an electronic device is provided. The method includes detecting a fingerprint, detecting reference value based on situation information of the electronic device, and performing a fingerprint recognition based on the detected fingerprint and the reference value. A method for operating an electronic device is not limited to the above method, and other embodiments are possible within the same or similar scope as the present disclosure.

Method for processing fingerprint and electronic device therefor

An apparatus and a method for providing a control function using a fingerprint sensor in an electronic device are provided. The method includes collecting information based on occurrence of an event, detecting a touch input on a fingerprint sensor, and performing a control function for the information based on the touch input on the fingerprint sensor.

Method for providing control function using fingerprint sensor and electronic device thereof

A method for operating of an electronic device is provided. The method includes detecting a palm touch on a touch screen of the electronic device while performing a first function of the electronic device, and performing a second function of the electronic device based on the detected palm touch on the touch screen of the electronic device.

Method for controlling function and electronic device thereof

The present invention relates to a liquid crystal (LC) medium comprising a polymerizable compound, one or more compounds of formula Q, and one or more compounds of formula AN1 to a process for its preparation, to its use for optical, electro-optical and electronic purposes, in particular in LC displays, especially in an LC display of the polymer sustained alignment (PSA) type, and to an LC display, especially a PSA display, comprising it.

Liquid crystal medium

The present invention relates to a liquid crystal panel, a liquid crystal display device and to a liquid crystal medium having a negative dielectric anisotropy &#x394;&#x2208;.

Liquid crystal medium and liquid crystal display

An apparatus and method for inputting an object of an electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a display; and a processor configured to control display of an object input screen on the display, and to change a configuration for the output object input screen on a basis of an input received on the display.

Method for inputting data and an electronic device thereof

An apparatus and a method for managing security of a terminal which increases reliability of an electronic signature. The apparatus includes a controller for detecting coordinate values of input positions of an electronic pen as interruption information when the interruption is received, and a memory for storing the detected input positions as additional electronic signature information.

Method and apparatus for user authentication

The instant invention relates to liquid crystalline media comprising

Liquid crystalline medium and liquid crystal display

A method for operating an electronic device is provided. The method includes detecting a first gesture on a touch screen, dividing a display region of the touch screen into two or more regions according to the first gesture, detecting a second gesture originating in one of the two or more divided regions, and displaying the second gesture according to a region attribute of the one region and the second gesture.

Input processing method and electronic device thereof

A method is provided for operating a first electronic device. The method includes determining sameness of first fingerprint data and second fingerprint data. The method also includes obtaining an access right of a security region based on the determination. The method also includes obtaining at least one item of information stored in the security region based on the obtained access right. The method also includes transmitting the obtained information to a second electronic device connected via Near Field Communication.

Method for performing communication via fingerprint authentication and electronic device thereof

The present invention relates to the use of LC (liquid-crystal) compounds and LC media comprising them in LC displays of the PS (polymer stabilized) or PSA (polymer sustained alignment) type.

Liquid-crystal display

A method is provided including detecting that a first key in a virtual keypad is pressed, the first key being associated with a first symbol, determining, by an electronic device, whether a predetermined input is received after the first key is pressed, reconfiguring the virtual keypad, without displaying the first symbol, when the predetermined input is received; and displaying the first symbol when the predetermined input is not received.

Method and apparatus for virtual keypad control

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