Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Yonghyun Park

Junwhon Uhm

Hyunmo Yang

Jina Jeon

Doukyoung Song

Hyoungil Song

Sangchul Jung

Jungkeun Lee

Yongwoog Shin

Hyoseok Na

Seungnyun Kim

Jongmin Yoon

Sangwon Ha

Jinhyuk Choi

Heonjun Ha

Sungmin Lee

Hokeun Kwak

Hansang Kim

Jaeheung Park

Yongwon Lee

Jisu Ryu

Sungbin Hong

Sangho Hong

Dongok Choi

Kyonghwan Cho

Yonghwan Hyun

Sengtai Lee

Jeonggyun Park

Junmyeong Jeong

Youngho Yoon

Myeongjae Hong

Chunsik Choi

Hyunseung Yoon

Junghee Hwang

Daejin Kwak

Changrim Yu

Joonyoung Son

Disclosed is a wearable apparatus to be worn on a body of a user, the wearable apparatus including a driving module configured to generate power to be applied to the user, an output link connected to the driving module, the output link including a torque sensor module configured to generate torque data by measuring a torque generated by at least one of an operation of the driving module and a motion of the user, a wireless power transmitter configured to perform wireless power transmission, a wireless power receiver configured to receive wireless power transmitted by the wireless power transmitter, convert the received wireless power, supply the converted wireless power to the torque sensor module, receive the torque data from the torque sensor module, and transmit the received torque data to the power transmitter, and a processor configured to receive the torque data from the wireless power transmitter through the driving module, generate a control signal for controlling the driving module based on the torque data and motion information of the user, and control the driving module based on the generated control signal.

Wearable apparatus for performing wireless power transmission and wireless communication and operating method thereof

An electronic device includes a frame, a housing including a first temple connected to one side of the frame and a second temple connected to an opposite side of the frame, a first printed circuit board (PCB) located in the first temple, a first flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) electrically connected to the first PCB, and a second FPCB electrically connected to the first PCB. The first FPCB includes a first overlapping portion that is extracted from the first PCB in a first direction and overlaps the second FPCB. The first FPCB further includes a first branch that extends from the first overlapping portion and does not overlap the second FPCB. The second FPCB includes a second overlapping portion that is extracted from the first PCB in the first direction and overlaps the first FPCB. The second FPCB further includes a second branch that extends from the second overlapping portion and does not overlap the first FPCB.

Electronic device including flexible printed circuit board

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a frame including a first region and a second region, a window member supported by the frame, a support member rotatably connected to the frame, a display module configured to project an image onto the window member, and a camera disposed in the second region of the frame to capture an eye part of a user. The camera may include a substrate and an image sensor disposed on the substrate, and an area of the substrate may be equal to or smaller than an area of the image sensor.

Wearable electronic device including small camera

An electronic device performing a method of tracking a user's gaze of an electronic device and outputting an augmented reality (AR) image is provided. The metho includes outputting a first light which is a structured light at a first time point toward the user's eyes, outputting a second light at a second time point toward the user's eyes, acquiring a first image in response to the output of the first light at the first time point, acquiring a second image in response to the output of the second light at the second time point, synthesizing the first image and the second image to create a third image, calculating first coordinate values, which are coordinate values of pupils of the user's eyes on the basis of the third image; and detecting a gaze direction on the basis of the first coordinate values.

Electronic device and method thereof for tracking user gaze and providing augmented reality service

An electronic device is provided, which includes a PCB including a first alignment mark formed on a first surface of the PCB, and an RFPCB including a plurality of layers, a rigid portion disposed on the first surface of the PCB, a flexible portion extending from the rigid portion, and a first protrusion formed as one of the plurality of layers protruding and extending from the rigid portion. A second alignment mark corresponding to the first alignment mark of the PCB is defined in the first protrusion. The first protrusion overlaps at least partially with the first alignment mark of the PCB.

Rigid flexible printed circuit board and electronic device including the same

A wearable electronic device according to various embodiments of the disclosure includes: a housing including a first housing part in which a processor is received and a second housing part in which a display is received, and a hinge connecting the first housing part and the second housing part and having a hole provided in an area in communication with an outside of the wearable electronic device. At least part of heat generated from the processor is radiated to the outside through the hinge having the hole formed therein.

Wearable electronic device including heat radiation structure

Various embodiments of the present invention relate to an electronic device for diagnosing a battery, and the electronic device may include a battery; and a power management module operatively connected with the battery, and including a charging circuit which controls charge of the battery, wherein the power management module is configured to monitor a charge state of the battery, if the battery reaches a first designated state, identify a time taken to change from the first designated state to a second designated state, and determine whether the battery is abnormal, based at least in part on the identified time. Other various embodiments are possible.

Electronic device and method for diagnosing battery thereof

It is provided the wearable electronic device including a skeletal member comprising a temple, a frame, and a bridge; a display fixed to the temple and configured to output visible light corresponding to a virtual image; a beam steering member comprising a liquid crystal and configured to adjust a direction of the visible light traveling from an exit pupil of the display to an input grating of an optical waveguide using the liquid crystal; the optical waveguide configured to adjust a path of the visible light and output the virtual image; an infrared output unit configured to output infrared light for tracking a gaze of a user; an infrared sensor configured to detect infrared light reflected from a pupil of the user; a bend sensor connected to the temple and the frame to measure a first bending state between the temple and the frame.

Wearable electronic device with display

A wearable electronic device is provided. The wearable electronic device includes a housing including a first portion constituting a first outer surface of the wearable electronic device and a second portion constituting a second outer surface of the wearable electronic device, at least one electronic component positioned in an inner space of the housing and configured to emit heat, and multiple support structures which are at least partially positioned to correspond to the at least one electronic component between the first portion and the second portion, wherein a boundary part between the first portion and the second portion is at least partially positioned along a surface boundary between the first outer surface and the second outer surface and includes at least one opening, and an at least one distancing space between the multiple support structures is configured to communicate with an outer space of the housing through the at least one opening.

Wearable electronic device including heat dissipation structure

In an electronic device and a method for operation of the electronic device according to various embodiments, the electronic device may comprise: a sensor module for sensing whether an external object approaches the electronic device; a communication module for cellular communication; a first antenna for the cellular communication; a short-range wireless communication module for short-range wireless communication; a second antenna for the short-range wireless communication; and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: check by means of the sensor module whether the external object approaches so as to be within a specified range, while transmitting a cellular signal with specified power through the first antenna; output a specified signal through the second antenna at least on the basis of determining that the external object has approached so as to be within the specified range; acquire, by means of the second antenna, a signal returning after the specified signal is reflected by the external object; transmit a cellular signal having been adjusted to have lower power than the specified power, when the phase difference between the specified signal and the reflected signal falls within a specified range; and refrain from adjusting the specified power, when the phase difference falls outside the specified range. Various other embodiments are also possible.

Electronic device for controlling output of antenna by using APC of communication module, and method for operation of electronic device

An electronic device according to various embodiments comprises: an antenna; a camera module; at least one capacitor; a switching circuit; and a controller operatively coupled to the antenna, the camera module, the at least one capacitor, and the switching circuit, wherein the controller, in a state where the at least one capacitor that is connected in parallel to a power supply node inputted to the camera module is connected to a first node by the switching circuit, identifies a wireless signal related to the antenna, and in response to an identification of the wireless signal, controls the switching circuit to thereby connect the at least one capacitor from the first node to a second node distinguished from the first node.

Electronic device and method for connecting ground node to camera module

Disclosed is a portable communication device comprising: a display module comprising a display layer facing the front surface of the portable communication device, and a conductive layer formed beneath the display layer; a conductive supporting member arranged beneath the conductive layer; an antenna module arranged adjacent to the side of the conductive supporting member; a printed circuit board which is arranged beneath the conductive layer, and which has a display driving circuit arranged therein for controlling the display module; and a conductive adhesive layer arranged between the conductive layer and the conductive supporting member.

Electronic device having structure for connecting display and conductive support member through conductive adhesive member

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Yonghyun Park