Abstract:
Methods and apparatuses are provided for controlling an electronic device that includes a plurality of microphones configured to receive voice input, a storage unit configured to store a sound recording file, and a display unit configured to visually display speaker areas of individual speakers when recording a sound or playing a sound recording file. The electronic device also includes a control unit configured to provide a user interface relating a speaker direction to a speaker by identifying the speaker direction while recording the sound or performing playback of the sound recording file, and to update at least one of speaker information, direction information of a speaker, and distance information of the speaker through the user interface.
Abstract:
A method and an apparatus for updating an application are provided. An electronic device activates an automatic update of an installed application, designates the application as one group of one or more groups distinguished according to an update period. The electronic device controls to update the application after a time point of an update period corresponding to the designated group.
Abstract:
An eye margin test method includes receiving an analog input signal, receiving an analog input signal, generating a recovery clock signal based on the digital input signal, delaying the recovery clock signal by adjusting a first delay control code, obtaining a first delay margin code based on the delayed recovery clock signal, delaying the digital input signal by adjusting a second delay control code, obtaining a second delay margin code based on the delayed digital input signal, and obtaining an eye margin code by adding the first delay margin code and the second delay margin code.
Abstract:
A direct-current (DC)-DC converter includes a converting circuit including an inductor element. The converting circuit is configured to generate an output voltage from an input voltage based on a switching operation. An inductor current emulator is configured to adjust at least one parameter for changing a current peak value of the inductor element in response to a change in a level of the input voltage and is configured to generate an internal voltage based on the at least one parameter, which is adjusted. The inductor current emulator is configured to generate a control signal for controlling the switching operation such that current of the inductor element has a pattern corresponding to a pattern of the internal voltage.
Abstract:
A direct-current (DC)-DC converter includes a converting circuit including an inductor element. The converting circuit is configured to generate an output voltage from an input voltage based on a switching operation. An inductor current emulator is configured to adjust at least one parameter for changing a current peak value of the inductor element in response to a change in a level of the input voltage and is configured to generate an internal voltage based on the at least one parameter, which is adjusted. The inductor current emulator is configured to generate a control signal for controlling the switching operation such that current of the inductor element has a pattern corresponding to a pattern of the internal voltage.
Abstract:
A low dropout voltage (LDO) regulator including: a coarse loop circuit configured to receive an input voltage, generate a coarse code and adjust a coarse current according to the coarse code; a digital controller configured to receive the coarse code and generate a fine loop control signal according to the coarse code; and a fine loop circuit configured to receive the input voltage and the fine loop control signal and adjust a fine current according to the input voltage and the fine loop control signal, wherein the coarse current and the fine current adjust a level of an output voltage.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a receiver of a serial interface, comprising, a first multiplexer configured to select one of a data signal and a first reference voltage in response to an enable signal, a second multiplexer configured to select one of the first reference voltage and a second reference voltage in response to the enable signal, a comparator receiving an output of the first multiplexer to a positive input terminal and an output of the second multiplexer to a negative input terminal, and a reference generator configured to generate the second reference voltage and to generate the first reference voltage from the second reference voltage using an unity gain buffer.
Abstract:
Provided is a method of correcting a clock, the method including receiving a first clock, a second clock, a third clock, and a fourth clock, correcting each of a second rising edge of the second clock, a third rising edge of the third clock, and a fourth rising edge of the fourth clock based on a first rising edge of the first clock, and correcting each of a first falling edge of the first clock, a second falling edge of the second clock, a third falling edge of the third clock, and a fourth falling edge of the fourth clock based on a first rising edge of the first clock.
Abstract:
A display apparatus is disclosed. The display apparatus includes a touch display, a camera, and a processor configured to control the camera to capture an image including the touch display, based on an object being identified from an image captured through the camera, obtain a first position of the object on the touch display based on the image, identify whether the first position is within a predetermined distance from a second position where the touch input is sensed based on a touch input of the object being sensed on the touch display, and based on the first position being within the predetermined distance from the second position, control the touch display to display a touch trajectory corresponding to the touch input based on the identified object.
Abstract:
A lock state releasing method and a mobile device that releases the lock state by identifying input features of a signature, are provided. The method includes detecting an input signature for releasing the lock state, identifying an input means corresponding to the input, extracting an input feature of the input, calculating similarities and setting weights according to input features, calculating a total similarity, based on the similarities, determining whether the verification is successful, based on the total similarity, and releasing the lock state if the verification has succeeded.