Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Young-joon Choi

Yeo-jun Yoon

Joon-kyu Seo

Ji-yeon Kwak

Hyun-jin Kim

Nipun Kumar

Yong-yeon Lee

Ki-Won Kim

Hun-Young Ryu

Sang-kil Lee

Yeo-Jun Yoon

Eun-Suk Kang

Dae-hyun Lee

A method of a wearable device displaying icons is provided. The method includes displaying a plurality of circular icons comprising a first circular icon located in a center area of a touch display in a first size and a second circular icon located outside of the center area of the touch display in a second size smaller than the first size, and based on a direction of a touch input received on the touch display, moving the plurality of circular icons such that the first circular icon is moved to a first position located outside of the center area of the touch display and the second circular icon is moved from a second position located outside the center area of the touch display to the center area of the touch display and enlarged in size from the second size to the first size.

Method of wearable device displaying icons, and wearable device for performing the same

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes one or more processors that, while the electronic device is in a locked state, control to detect whether the electronic device is lifted, in response to detecting that the electronic device is lifted, control to activate the display, obtain an image from a camera, detect a face included in the image, and perform authentication of a user based on the face being detected in the image. Based on a result of the authentication, the one or more processors switch a state of the electronic device from the locked state to an unlocked state and display an indicator for indicating that the electronic device is in the unlocked state.

Method of authenticating user of electronic device, and electronic device for performing the same

A battery mounting structure and an electronic device having the same is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a first plate that faces a first direction, a second plate that faces a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a side member that surrounds a space between the first and second plates, a printed circuit board (PCB) disposed in the space of the housing, a battery that at least partially faces the PCB, a bracket that surrounds at least one face of the battery, and an elastic structure disposed between the battery and the bracket and located on an edge region of the battery. The elastic structure may include an elastic member, a first adhesive member disposed on a first face of the elastic member that faces the first direction, and a second adhesive member disposed on a second face that faces the second direction.

Battery mounting structure and electronic device having the same

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a first communication circuit configured to provide first wireless communication using a low power wide area network (LPWAN), a second communication circuit configured to provide second wireless communication using Wi-Fi, a battery configured to supply power to the first communication circuit and the second communication circuit, and a control circuit configured to control the battery to supply power to the first communication circuit as default, determine whether the second communication circuit needs to be used for wireless communication, determine at least one state of the electronic device, and control the battery to supply power to the second communication circuit based on the at least one state.

Electronic device using low-power wide area communication technology and method for operating the same

A transparent display apparatus is provided. The transparent display apparatus includes a transparent display which displays information, a sensor which senses background information in a first direction, and a controller configured to modify a display state of the displayed information on the transparent display based on the sensed background information.

Transparent display apparatus and method thereof

Method of authentic user of electronic device, and electronic device for performing the same

A mobile device is provided. The mobile device includes a body of a bangle type configured to be worn on a user body, a display mounted in the body, a motion sensor configured to detect a motion, a storage configured to store control information which is differently set according to a motion state, and, when a motion is detected by the motion sensor, a controller configured to change a screen of the display according to control information corresponding to the detected motion. Accordingly, the mobile device is easily carried and used.

User authentication using gesture input and facial recognition

A method and an apparatus for performing gesture-based communication service are provided, in which a first device detects a first motion, and when the first motion corresponds to a first gesture that belongs to a gesture group, receives information about a second motion from a second device. The first device may perform an event that corresponds to a combination of the first and second gestures, when the received information corresponds to the second gesture that belongs to the gesture group.

Method and apparatus for performing communication service based on gesture

Provided are a method of inputting a user input by using a mobile device and a mobile device using the method. The method of performing operations of the mobile device according to a plurality of input modes, the method being performed by the mobile device, includes operations of, determining whether the mobile device is placed on a surface, if the determining of whether the mobile device is placed on the surface indicates that the mobile device is placed on the surface, changing an input mode of the mobile device, and performing a preset operation that corresponds to the changed input mode.

Method of inputting user input by using mobile device, and mobile device using the method

Mobile device of bangle type, control method thereof, and user interface (ui) display method

A semiconductor memory device that performs an error control operation when an error exists in an externally received command or an externally received address, and a method of driving the semiconductor memory device are provided. The semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array having a single-level cell area and a multi-level cell area, a command decoder which receives a command from an external source and decoding the command, an area determination unit which receives an address from an external source and determines whether a memory cell corresponding to the address belongs to either the single-level cell area or the multi-level cell area, a command flag generation unit which generates at least one enable control signal according to the decoded command and the determination result, and a logic circuit which generates a control signal for driving the memory cells included in the memory cell array or performs an error control operation, in response to the enable control signal.

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Uiwang-si, South Korea

Young-joon Choi