Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Youngjae Oh

Joonho Kim

Hyoungseon Choi

Jinhong Min

Sangkyung Lee

Taehan Jeon

Jiwoon Jung

Changwon Son

Seoyoung Yoon

Seongje Cho

Younjoo Song

Hyunwoo Kim

Jonghee Han

Jaehyun Park

Sanghun Lee

Yoonhee Choi

Hyunjoo Jung

Minjae Kim

Jangpyo Park

Dongeui Shin

Changhwan Choi

Chulho Cho

Dongwook Kwon

Boah Kim

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device according to an embodiment includes a Photoplethysmography (PPG) sensor including a light source, a detector and a transparent electrode window and a processor configured to, based on determining that a user is in contact with the PPG sensor based on a value sensed by the transparent electrode window, activate the detector, and determine whether a contact between the PPG sensor and the user is poor based on an illuminance value sensed by the detector.

PPG sensor, electronic device comprising same, and control method thereof

A robot is disclosed. The robot comprises: a body including a transport means; a head disposed on the body and including a plurality of sensors; and a processor which controls the head on the basis of at least one sensor among the plurality of sensors and acquires information related to a user's health through the sensor of the controlled head.

Healthcare robot and control method therefor

An electronic device includes a camera, a light source unit, a display, and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to obtain a first image of a skin of a user by the camera while a first light is output through the light source unit, obtain a second image of the skin of the user by the camera while the first light is not output through the light source unit, obtain a third image representing a difference between the first image and the second image by converting, into a first difference pixel value, a difference between first brightness values of the first image and second brightness values of the second image, and display, on the display, information on an ultraviolet (UV) protection ingredient applied to the skin of the user, based on the third image.

Electronic device for identifying sunscreen applied to a user's skin and method of operating the same

An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device of the present invention comprises a communication unit and a processor for receiving information on a refrigerator from the refrigerator through the communication unit, dividing an operation section of the refrigerator into an event section and a normal section on the basis of the received information, and determining whether the refrigerator is abnormal on the basis of a state of the refrigerator in the normal section or the event section among the received information. The event section includes a section from a time point when a door of the refrigerator is opened to a time point when the temperature of the refrigerator reaches a predetermined temperature after the door is closed, and the normal section includes a section from a time point when the temperature of the refrigerator reaches the predetermined temperature to a time point before the door is opened.

Electronic device and control method therefor

An electronic device including a display; a distance sensor; a camera; and at least one processor configured to: obtain a two-dimensional (2D) face image of a user via the camera and obtain distance sensing data via the distance sensor; identify a distance between the user and the electronic device, and a rotation angle of a face of the user with respect to the electronic device, using the obtained 2D face image and the obtained distance sensing data; modify at least a part of the 2D face image based on at least one of the identified distance and the identified rotation angle; and provide information about at least the part of the modified 2D face image via the display.

Electronic device for analyzing skin image and method for controlling the same

According to an embodiment, an electronic device includes a camera, and at least one processor configured to: determine, from an image including a face of a user obtained via the camera, skin information indicating a skin condition of the user, generate control information for controlling a skin-care device to perform care based on the determined skin information and information regarding the skin-care device, and provide the control information to the skin-care device.

Electronic device for controlling skin-care device and method of operating the same

A first electronic device according to various embodiments may include: a display; a communication module comprising communication circuitry; a camera module including at least one camera; and a processor. The processor may be configured to: identify a request for measuring a skin condition of a user in a state in which the first electronic device is cradled on a second electronic device; acquire, based on information of the camera module and information regarding at least one light-emitting element included in the second electronic device, control information for controlling output of the at least one light-emitting element; control output of light from the at least one light-emitting element of the second electronic device based on the control information; acquire at least one image including at least a part of a body of the user through the camera module while light is output through the at least one light-emitting element controlled based on the control information; and provide information regarding the skin condition of the user using the at least one image.

Electronic device for measuring skin condition of user and method for operating same

An electronic device includes a display; a camera; a first light emitting module, wherein each of the camera and the first light emitting module comprises a first type polarizing filter; a second light emitting module including a second type polarizing filter that is different from the first type polarizing filter; and at least one processor configured to: obtain a first image by using the camera, based on a first light output from the first light emitting module and a second light output from the second light emitting module; identify at least one feature point in the first image; and control the display to display the first image and information related to the at least one feature point.

Electronic device for acquiring image by using light-emitting module having polarizing filter and method for controlling same

Disclosed are an electronic device obtaining skin images and a method of controlling the same. According to an embodiment, an electronic device comprises at least one camera, at least one light source, and at least one processor configured to control the at least one camera to capture a user image, identify a brightness of a facial skin image from the user image, determine at least one of a capture control parameter of the at least one camera and an output control parameter of the at least one light source, based on the identified brightness, and control the at least one camera to recapture the user image according to the at least one of the determined capture control parameter and the determined output control parameter of the light source.

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Youngjae Oh