Abstract:
An electronic device including an electronic pen and a method of controlling a communication connection with the electronic pen is provided. The electronic device include a housing, a touch-screen display, a first wireless communication circuit, an extended recess disposed inside the housing, a first wireless charging circuit,; an electronic pen including a second wireless communication circuit and a second wireless charging circuit electrically coupled to the first wireless charging circuit, a processor, and a memory. The memory stores instructions causing the processor to detect whether the electronic pen is inserted into the recess, charge the electronic pen through the first wireless charging circuit based on the detection, receive inherent information of the electronic pen through the first wireless communication circuit during or after the charging, and maintain or re-establish a communication connection with the electronic pen based on at least a portion of the received inherent information.
Abstract:
In accordance with an aspect of the disclosure, an electronic device is provided. The electronic device comprises an antenna array, a wireless communication module electrically connected to the antenna array and configured to form directional beams through the antenna array, at least one processor operatively connected to the wireless communication module; and a memory operatively connected to the at least one processor. The memory stores instructions causing the at least one processor to perform a plurality of operations comprising: transmitting a sequence of first directional beams having a first beam width to scan first regions having a first sizethrough the antenna array, receiving a sequence of first reflected waves generated by reflection of the sequence of the first directional beams from an object through the antenna array, transmitting a sequence of second directional beams having a second beam width narrower than the first beam width to scan second regions, which are included in the first regions and have a second size smaller than the first size, through the antenna array based on at least a portion of the received sequence of the first reflected waves, receiving a sequence of second reflected waves generated by reflection of the sequence of the second directional beams from the object through the antenna array, and authenticating the object based on at least a portion of the sequence of the second reflected waves.
Abstract:
An electronic device and a method for forming a Wi-Fi direct group thereof are provided. The electronic device may include a housing, a wireless communication circuit, at least one processor, and a memory. The memory may cause the at least one processor to receive a first list of wireless channels for a direct connection from a first external device, establish, as a group owner, a first wireless connection with the first external device acting as a group client by using a first channel selected from the first list, listen for a probe request over a second channel every selected time period, receive the probe request from a second external device during the selected time period through the second channel, transmit a probe response to the second external device, receive a second list of wireless channels for a direct connection from the second external device, and select a third channel.
Abstract:
An electronic device and method are disclosed herein. The electronic device includes an image sensor, a radio frequency (RF) sensor, and a processor. The processor implements the method, including capturing an image including at least one object using an image sensor, determining an interest area of the at least one object included within the captured image, transmitting a radio frequency (RF) signal to at least a portion of the interest area using an RF sensor, receiving the transmitted RF signal reflected from the at least the portion of the interest area using the RF sensor, and obtaining biometric information for the at least one object based on the reflected RF signal.
Abstract:
A method of and apparatus for sharing contents of an electronic device are provided. The method includes displaying contents; if a touch input for sharing the contents is generated, displaying an application list including applications and an execution item for each application which displays a number of contents previously shared with an application; if an execution item of an application in the application list is selected, sharing the contents with an application, and updating and displaying the execution item.
Abstract:
According to an embodiment, a wearable electronic device may include a camera, a display, communication circuitry, and a processor, wherein the processor may establish a communication connection with a control device included in a vehicle through the communication circuitry, identify the state of a user in the vehicle through the camera, identify a driving state of the vehicle, determine at least one area for identifying a gesture of the user, based on at least one of the state of the user or the driving state, and execute a first function corresponding to a first gesture among at least one function, based on identifying the first gesture of the user in the at least one area.
Abstract:
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display module, a communication module for exchanging data with an external device, and at least one processor which is connected to the display module and the communication module and which controls the electronic device, wherein the at least one processor is configured to receive information about a first audio source device through the communication module, output the received information about the first audio source device through a display of the display module, receive a first audio broadcast stream transmitted by the first audio source device if the first audio source device is selected by a user, and transmit, to an audio output device, a first audio signal of the first audio broadcast stream through a wireless link established with the audio output device through the communication module, and the first audio signal can be output through the audio output device.
Abstract:
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a wireless communication circuit configured to perform Bluetooth communication, a sensor, a connection terminal for connection with a first external electronic device, a processor operatively connected to the sensor and the wireless communication circuit, and memory operatively connected to the processor. The memory may store instructions which, when executed, enable the processor to: determine by means of the sensor whether a cover of the first external electronic device is open or closed, if it is determined that the cover of the first external electronic device is open, determine whether or not the connection terminal is electrically connected to the first external electronic device, and, if it is determined that the connection terminal is connected to the first external electronic device, switch the wireless communication circuit to an inquiry scan enable mode.
Abstract:
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first communication circuit that supports a first communication method and a second communication circuit configured to support a second communication method, transmit, in at least one first band, a signal having a magnitude less than or equal to a first threshold value, and transmit, in at least one second band, a signal having a magnitude less than or equal to a second threshold value. The first communication circuit may be configured to form, based on the first communication method, a first connection to an external electronic device, the second communication circuit may be configured to transmit, based on a first function based on the first connection, having been executed, a signal having a magnitude less than or equal to the first threshold value, and the first threshold value may be less than the second threshold value.
Abstract:
Disclosed is an electronic device configured to transmit an advertising signal using a first communication circuit, establish a connection with each of a plurality of external electronic devices based on one or more response signals for the advertising signal using the first communication circuit, receive an identifier from each of the plurality of external electronic devices, identify at least two external electronic devices corresponding to the same group or the same identifier among the plurality of external electronic devices based on the received identifier, determine a ranging device among the at least two external electronic devices based on communication quality related to the plurality of external electronic devices, and perform UWB ranging with the determined ranging device.