Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Sukun Yoon

Cheulhee Hahm

Jinho Kim

Jin Soo Seol

Younghoon Moon

Geunyoung Yu

Deoknam Kim

Minju Lee

Youngseok Ko

Jongha Woo

Sangu Shim

Minji Kim

Sangmin Kim

Kyoungmin Kim

Dongwook Han

Geunsam Yang

Jungyon Cho

Seungyeon Jeong

Kangil Chung

Daegyu Bae

Jongin Lee

Sehyun Kim

Kilsoo Choi

Jie Chen

Jiwoong Park

Hyeeun Park

Longhai Wu

Jaehwan Sim

Huasin Wang

Saehun Oh

Joohyoun Park

Juan Liu

A method of operating a display apparatus includes: transmitting stereo data corresponding to first audio data included in content being reproduced, to an external audio apparatus using a first audio transmission profile; changing an audio transmission profile from the first audio transmission profile to a second audio transmission profile, based on an audio-related event occurring while the stereo data is transmitted using the first audio transmission profile; and obtaining first mono audio data by selecting any one of a plurality of pieces of sound data included in the stereo data, and transmitting the first mono audio data and second mono audio data generated based on second audio data corresponding to the audio-related event, to the external audio apparatus using the second audio transmission profile.

Display apparatus and operating method thereof

A method and an electronic apparatus for acquiring a floor map of a room layout are provided. The method includes acquiring a depth map and a two-dimensional (2D) image of an interior of a room; identifying a boundary line between a ceiling and a wall of the room in the acquired 2D image; determining valid pixels among pixels on the boundary line according to a first preset rule; identifying an electronic device in the room and determining a location of the electronic device; acquiring the floor map of the room layout by projecting three-dimensional (3D) coordinates of actual points corresponding to the valid pixels and 3D coordinates of the determined location of the electronic device onto a horizontal plane, wherein, the floor map of the room layout comprises connection lines between projections of the 3D coordinates of the actual points corresponding to the valid pixels and an icon indicating a type and the location of the electronic device, and wherein, the 3D coordinates of the actual points corresponding to the valid pixels are determined based on the depth map and the 2D image.

Method and an electronic apparatus for acquiring a floor map of a room layout

An electronic device including a memory storing instructions; and a processor that executes the instructions to perform a process including: identifying a registered device through a scan, after identifying the registered device, connecting with the registered device based on identification information of the registered device and a preset password, to establish a communication connection with the registered device, requesting, through the established communication connection, infrared codeset information from the registered device, and after receiving the requested infrared codeset information from the registered device, transmitting, to the registered device through the established communication connection, a request for authentication of the registered device, and transmitting, to the registered device over infrared light, an authentication signal including the infrared codeset information, for authenticating the registered device.

Apparatus and method of authenticating device through infrared transmission

Provided is a display device including a display, a speaker, a communicator comprising communication circuitry configured to perform wireless communication, a memory configured to store one or more instructions, and a controller including at least one processor configured to execute at least one of the one or more instructions. Based on a wireless connection request for audio transmission being received from an external device while the display device is in a power-off state, the communicator is further configured to transmit, to the external device, a response indicating acceptance of the wireless connection request, and to operate to wake up the controller to a state requiring wireless connection.

Method of controlling display device, and display device using the method

The present disclosure relates to a display device, a user terminal device, a method for controlling a display device, and a method for controlling a user terminal device. The disclosure relates to a method in which a display device outputs content that is being output via a user terminal device based on a content request event associated with a request for the display device to output information associated with content that is being output via the user terminal device.

Display device, user terminal device, method for controlling display device, and method for controlling user terminal device

A display device includes a display; a memory storing at least one instruction; a communicator configured to communicate with a mobile device via a BLE communication network; and a controller including a processor configured to execute the at least one instruction stored in the memory. The processor is further configured to execute the at least one instruction to manage BLE identification information when the BLE identification information for identifying the mobile device connected via the BLE communication network is received from the mobile device during a normal mode in which an ambient service is being executed, and the communicator is further configured to, based on the BLE identification information received from the mobile device after a sleep mode is started, determine whether to wake up the controller based on whether information corresponding to the BLE identification information is stored in the communicator.

Display device and control method thereof

An electronic apparatus includes: a first communication circuit configured to perform wireless communication in a first mode; a second communication circuit configured to perform wireless communication with an access point in a second mode; and a processor configured to control the electronic apparatus to: obtain first identification information for a first mode-based wireless communication of an external apparatus through the first communication circuit, obtain address information for a second mode-based wireless communication of the external apparatus through the first communication circuit, obtain second identification information for the second mode-based wireless communication of the external apparatus through the second communication circuit using the obtained address, identify whether communication connection with the external apparatus is established through the first communication circuit or the second communication circuit based on the obtained first identification information, address information and second identification information, and perform an operation based on whether the communication connection with the external apparatus is established.

Electronic apparatus and control method thereof

A display device and a method of operating the same are provided. The display device includes: a display; a communicator configured to perform communication with a server via a wireless network; and a processor configured to execute at least one instruction to: receive a first packet from the server by communicating with the server to perform a first keep-alive operation according to a first communication protocol, generate and transmit, to the communicator, a second packet for performing a second keep-alive operation according to a second communication protocol with the server, based on data included in the received first packet, and control the display device to enter a suspend mode after transmitting the second packet, wherein the communicator is further configured to, while the display device is in the suspend mode, perform the second keep-alive operation by transmitting the second packet to the server at intervals of a first period.

Display device and operating method thereof

A display device includes a display, a communicator comprising communication circuitry configured to search for one or more peripheral devices, a memory storing one or more instructions, and a processor configured to execute the one or more instructions stored in the memory, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the one or more instructions to: control the display to display one or more found peripheral devices, and based on receiving a network setting request regarding a first peripheral device of the one or more found peripheral devices, generate a Quick Response (QR) code including connection information about the first peripheral device, control the display to display the QR code, and based on the network setting of the first peripheral device being completed through the QR code, control the first peripheral device through a set network.

An electronic apparatus includes a communication module configured to wirelessly communicate with an external remote controller; a main memory; and a main processor, wherein the main processor is further configured to transmit a control signal for registering a key value corresponding to a first key from among keys included in the external remote controller as a selected function from among a plurality of functions capable of being performed by the electronic apparatus to the communication module, based on product information of the electronic apparatus stored in the main memory, and wherein the communication module is further configured to register the key value corresponding to the first key to the selected function based on the control signal, and control the main processor to perform the selected function based on a signal corresponding to the key value corresponding to the first key being received from the external remote controller.

Electronic apparatus and controlling method thereof

An electronic device includes: a communicator comprising communication circuitry configured to communicate with a server, a memory storing one or more instructions, and a processor configured to execute the one or more instructions stored in the memory to: set an operation according to a connection release of the communicator to be skipped based on receiving first operation mode change information in a normal mode and enter a suspend mode from the normal mode, skip the operation according to the connection release based on receiving connection release information from the communicator in the suspend mode, and switch from the suspend mode to the normal mode based on receiving second operation mode change information after receiving the connection release information from the communicator and release setting to skip the operation according to the connection release of the communicator in the normal mode.

Electronic device and operating method thereof

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes: a communicator including a first wireless communication module and a second wireless communication module; at least one memory storing instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to: control the first wireless communication module to obtain first identification information, of an external electronic device, for performing wireless communication via the first communication protocol, control the second wireless communication module to obtain second identification information for performing wireless communication via the second communication protocol, and based on the second identification information being identified to be associated with the external electronic device according to a comparison between the first identification information and the second identification information, associate the second identification information with location information of the electronic device and transmit the associated information to a server.

Electronic device and method of controlling thereof

Provided are an electronic device and method of determining a peer-to-peer (P2P) operating channel. The electronic device includes a communication interface; and a processor configured to acquire access point (AP) connection information of the electronic device about a wireless connection to an AP and BT connection information of the electronic device about a connection to a Bluetooth device, receive, from a peer device attempting to establish a P2P connection to the electronic device, AP connection information of the peer device about a wireless connection to an AP, determine a P2P operating channel between the electronic device and the peer device based on the AP connection information and the BT connection information of the electronic device and the AP connection information of the peer device, and establish a P2P connection between the electronic device and the peer device according to the determined P2P operating channel.

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Sukun Yoon