Abstract:
A reconfigurable image scaling circuit includes a horizontal scalar, a bufferer, and a vertical scalar. The horizontal scalar is configured to generate a horizontally scaled image data by scaling an input image data horizontally. The bufferer includes a mapper and a plurality of buffers. The plurality of the buffers are configured to store the horizontally scaled image data. The vertical scalar is configured to generate an output image data by scaling the horizontally scaled image vertically using a vertical scaling method.
Abstract:
A portable device with a flexible display and a method for displaying information in the portable device with a flexible display are provided. The portable device includes a sensor for detecting at least one of a user's face and an ambient brightness, the flexible display including a first area and a second area, and a controller for displaying information in the first area when at least one of the user's face is detected and the ambient brightness has a value greater than a threshold, and for displaying the information in the second area when at least one of the user's face is not detected and the ambient brightness has value less than the threshold.
Abstract:
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including at least one receiving hole exposed to an outside, a magnet disposed inside the housing and adjacent to the at least one receiving hole, an input module configured to be insertable into the at least one receiving hole and including a ferrite core configured to block or redirect part of a magnetic field generated from the magnet, a sensor unit disposed inside the housing and configured to sense the magnetic field generated from the magnet, and a controller configured to sense whether the input module is inserted into the at least one receiving hole by a signal according to a strength of the magnetic field sensed by the sensor unit.
Abstract:
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a proximity sensor overlapping a portion of the touch screen to form an overlap area of the touch screen, and a processor configured to sense a proximity of an object located over the touch screen using the proximity sensor, change a proximity sensitivity of the overlap area of the touch screen, and sense a position of the object using the changed proximity sensitivity of the touch screen.
Abstract:
A method of controlling a temperature of a terminal apparatus includes measuring a first temperature of a heat source area where at least one heat source is included in the terminal apparatus, and measuring a second temperature of an external area that is distant from the heat source area; determining a difference between the first temperature and the second temperature; and controlling heat generated from the heat source, based on the difference between the first temperature and the second temperature.
Abstract:
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing comprising a first plate, a second plate apart from the first plate while facing the first plate, and a side member which surrounds a space between the first plate and the second plate, a touchscreen display exposed through the first plate, a printed circuit board (PCB) disposed between the touchscreen display and the second plate, a mid-plate disposed between the touchscreen display and the PCB, and extending from the side member, and at least one integrated circuit (IC) mounted on the PCB and relating to power, wherein the mid-plate can include at least one conductive path formed on a surface facing the PCB and electrically connected to the at least one IC, and the at least one conductive path can be formed with the same metallic material as the mid-plate.
Abstract:
An electronic device and a method of operating the electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a communication circuit; a battery; a first conductive pattern electrically connected to the battery and configured to wirelessly receive power; a second conductive pattern electrically connected to the communication circuit; a processor; and a memory that stores instructions, which when executed, instruct the processor to receive power from an external device through the first conductive pattern, to detect a voltage or a current of a signal output from the second conductive pattern while receiving the power, and to provide an output that is at least partially based on the detected voltage or current of the signal output from the second conductive pattern.
Abstract:
An electronic device, according to various embodiments of the present invention, may comprise: a housing which comprises a first surface, a second surface facing the opposite direction from the first surface, and a cooling member arranged between the first surface and the second surface; a circuit board which is disposed inside the housing; at least one heating component which is mounted to the circuit board; a shield can which surrounds one portion of the at least one heating component; a conductive member which makes contact with a first surface of the at least one heating component; a first thermal conduction member which diffuses heat from the at least one heating component to a plane direction parallel with the first surface of the heating component; and a second thermal conduction member which makes contact with a first surface of the first thermal conduction member, receives the heat from the first thermal conduction member in a second direction perpendicular to the plane direction, and transfers the heat to the cooling member. In addition, various embodiments are possible.
Abstract:
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a front plate, a back plate, and a side member surrounding a space between the front plate and the back plate. The side member includes a plurality of non-conductive portions and a conductive portion. The electronic device also includes a display module, and at least one wireless communication circuit. The electronic device also includes a printed circuit board (PCB). The camera assembly is exposed through a portion of the back plate. The camera assembly includes an image sensor mounted on the PCB, and a plurality of lenses. The camera assembly also includes a barrel that surrounds the plurality of lenses, and a camera bracket that surrounds at least part of the barrel. The camera assembly also includes a metal case that surrounds at least part of the camera assembly, and a shielding structure.
Abstract:
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing that includes a first face, a second face that is directed opposite to the first face, and a side face that at least partially enclose a space between the first face and the second face, a first metallic member, a second metallic member, and a third metallic member that form a side face, a sensor configured to detect whether an external object comes in contact with at least one of the first metallic member, the second metallic member, and the third metallic member, and to generate a signal, and a circuit configured to change an electric path between at least one of the first metallic member, the second metallic member, and the third metallic member, and the ground member, at least partially based on the generated signal.