Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Postech Academy-industry Foundation

Yu-Dong Bae

Sang-Il Park

Young-Min Lee

Kyoung-Hoon Kim

Yong-gook Park

Dae-Kwang Jung

Jong-hyun Ryu

So-Young Kim

Yong-ho Kim

Je-Kook Kim

Youn-ho Choi

Yu-Su Kim

Jin-Hyoung Park

Jae-Hyun Ahn

Sung-Eun Lee

Toshikazu Takayanagi

Kyung-ho Jeong

Eun-Hwa Lee

Ji-Hoon Jung

Jeong-Seok Lee

Shi-Yun Cho

Wataru Kaihotsu

Jin La

Kun-Woo Baek

Kyung-Won Park

Ho-Seong Seo

Jeong-Hun Seo

Dong-Rak Shin

In-Kuk Yun

In Soong Kim

Kyoung-Won Kim

Joon-Yung Park

Po-Ra Kim

Dae-Myung Kim

Kang-Jun Ko

Seung-moon Choi

Jae-bong Lee

Yong-jae Yoo

Min-Gi Kim

Hee-Seok Jeong

In-Geol Lee

Jong-Ik Won

Yong-Gook Park

Ae-Young Lim

Hyun-Sub Park

Jong-Hyun Ryu

An electronic device and a method for sensing moisture in an electronic device are provided. The method for sensing moisture in an electronic device includes sensing moisture introduced into a connector of the electronic device in a state where one or more functions executable by connection of the connector with an external electronic device are activated. Further, the method includes deactivating the one or more functions based on the sensing; determining whether the introduced moisture is removed in a state where the one or more functions are deactivated; and activating the one or more functions if the moisture is removed.

Electronic device and method for sensing moisture in an electronic device

A coordinate indicating device which inputs coordinates to a coordinate measuring device is provided. The coordinate indicating device includes a power receiver for wirelessly receiving drive power from the coordinate measuring device, a rectifier for rectifying the wirelessly received drive power into Direct Current (DC) drive power, a battery for storing the rectified drive power, an actuator for outputting at least one of preset vibration, frictional force, and electrostatic force, based on relative positions of the coordinate measuring device and the coordinate indicating device by using the rectified drive power provided from the battery, a coordinate indicator for indicating coordinates at predetermined coordinates on the coordinate measuring device, and a shielding portion for shielding the coordinate indicator.

Coordinate indicating device and coordinate measuring device for measuring input coordinates of coordinate indicating device

A sealing apparatus of a touch panel provided in a portable terminal including a body and the touch panel, wherein the sealing apparatus is attached and coupled to a coupling area between the body and the touch panel to seal the coupling area while the touch panel is suspended over the body by a resilient member.

Touch panel sealing apparatus

A method, device, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for generating a vibration from an adjective space are provided. The method includes providing an at least one-dimensional adjective space, inputting data to the at least one-dimensional adjective space based on a user input, and generating a vibration element vibration based on the data input to the at least one-dimensional adjective space. The device includes a control unit configured to provide an at least one-dimensional adjective space; and a user input unit configured to receive data input to the at least one-dimensional adjective space, wherein the control unit is further configured to generate a vibration element based on the data input to the at least one-dimensional adjective space.

Method and device for generating vibration by using adjective space on a timeline

A haptic feedback method includes providing a user with an image that is updated based on a collision event, generating collision data including a type of the collision event and an impulse amount, generating a haptic pattern based on the collision data, and generating a vibration based on the haptic pattern.

Haptic feedback method and apparatus and machine-readable storage medium

An actuator using an electro-active polymer is provided. The actuator includes a vibration plate fixed to an electronic device; at least one electro-active polymer attached to the vibration plate, and activated when electric voltage is applied thereto; and at least one mass joined to at least one a combination member disposed on the vibration plate.

Actuator using electro-active polymer and electronic device therewith

A terminal device controlling method that provides a haptic effect using a haptic engine is provided, which includes sensing a haptic event, executing a non-physical parameter-based haptic function in a haptic engine so as to determine a vibration pattern corresponding to the haptic event, transferring the vibration pattern from the haptic engine to a device driver, and driving, through the device driver, a vibrator based on the vibration pattern so as to embody a haptic effect.

Terminal device for providing haptic effect using haptic engine and controlling method therefor

A method and apparatus for generating vibration based on sound characteristics in a mobile terminal are provided. The method includes converting audio data into an audio signal upon generation of a sound play request; determining whether to generate vibration based on a sound volume of the audio signal; setting an actuator to be driven for the audio signal among at least two actuators based on frequency distribution characteristics of the audio signal if it is determined upon determining to generate the vibration; and driving the actuator being set for the audio signal when outputting the audio signal.

Apparatus and method for generating vibration based on sound characteristics

A method and apparatus for generating vibration in a portable terminal are provided. The apparatus for generating vibration in a portable terminal includes a plurality of vibrators mounted and driven to generate vibration in a single vibration direction at positions separated from each other by predetermined distances on the portable terminal, and a controller for determining respective vibration patterns of the plurality of vibrators according to a control operation of the portable terminal and driving the plurality of vibrators according to the vibration patterns.

Method and apparatus for generating vibrations in portable terminals

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Yu-Dong Bae