Abstract:
A method and an apparatus for connecting communication through an electronic device are provided. The method includes identifying situation information related to the electronic device, based on the situation information, communicating with a first external device, based on communication with the first external device, acquiring connection information on the first external device, and providing the connection information to a second external device communicating with the electronic device such that the first external device and the second external device subsequently directly communicate with each other using the connection information.
Abstract:
A method and an apparatus are provided for exchanging information is an electronic device. Object data is received at an input unit. Object information associated with the object data is received at a communication unit via contact between a first medium and a second medium. The first medium directly contacts the electronic device. The object data is associated with the object information.
Abstract:
The present invention provides an electronic device, an external input device and a method for connecting the electronic device and the external input device. An electronic device according to various embodiments comprises: a camera module; a communication module, a display, a memory; and a processor electrically connected to the camera module, a communication module, a display and memory, wherein the processor displays, on the display, images comprising a left-eye image and a right-eye image, determines whether or not a connectable external input device is present if an event for the connection with the external input device occurs with respect to the images, displays, on at least one part of the display, external images, obtained by means of the camera module, if a connectable first external input device is present, and can perform connection with the first external input device. Moreover, other embodiments are possible.
Abstract:
An electronic device may include: a housing; a display exposed through the housing; a wireless communication circuit located within the housing; a processor located within the housing and operably connected to the display and the wireless communication circuit; and a memory located within the housing and operably connected to the processor, wherein the memory may store instructions to cause the processor, when executed, to switch a plurality of states related to all or one of transmission/reception of both a first signal and a second signal and transmission/reception of one thereof, the first signal includes information generated at least partially based on a state of the electronic device, the second signal includes information generated at least partially based on a state of a vehicle, and the plurality of states includes a first state, a second state, a third state, and a fourth state. Various other embodiments are possible.
Abstract:
Various exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an apparatus and method for outputting content in an electronic device. In this case, the electronic device includes a display module, a power module configured to interrupt power supply to at least one element of the electronic device based on a control signal, and a processor. The processor may be configured to transmit to the power module the control signal for interrupting the power supply to the processor if a designated condition is satisfied, and transmit content information to the display module so that the display module displays the content information when the power supply to the processor is interrupted.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for an electronic device and sensor includes: a housing; at least one sensor disposed on a part of the housing to detect an external image of the electronic device or sound. A communication circuit cis arranged in the housing, and at least one processor is electrically connected to the at least one sensor and the communication circuit. A memory stores instructions that, when executed, cause the at least one processor to control operation of the at least one sensor to operate as a user interface of the electronic device, and/or to operate as a sensing device for detecting a movement and/or sound of an object within a selected range or space, and to provide data based at least partly on the detected movement and/or sound.
Abstract:
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a processor and a memory electrically connected with the processor, wherein the memory may store instructions executed to enable the processor to obtain an image and output a message generated based on additional information and an image analysis result obtained by analyzing the obtained image.
Abstract:
An apparatus and method for contents to a display functionally connected to an electronic device are provided. The electronic device can change at least some of attributes (e.g. a location, a brightness, or a size) of the content of the electronic device on the basis of at least one attribute (e.g., an illuminance, a brightness, a size, or a resolution) of the display functionally connected to the electronic device and provide the content to the display functionally connected to the electronic device.
Abstract:
An apparatus and method for authenticating a user in an electronic device are provided. The method for controlling, by an electronic device, a wearable electronic device to authenticate a user includes receiving biometric information of the user from the wearable electronic device, determining whether the user has been registered in the wearable electronic device, based on the biometric information and stored authentication information, and controlling the wearable electronic device to authenticate the user according to a result of the determination.
Abstract:
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing and a first connecting unit configured to be exposed out of the housing, wherein the first connecting unit includes an annular magnetic material formed to be exposed out of a surface of the housing, a depression at least partly formed by the annular magnetic material defining an opening thereof, and at least one male connector at least partially contained in the depression. The electronic device may be implemented in various embodiments.