Abstract: An electronic device and a method for controlling the electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a substantially circular or oval display, a processor configured to generate content, a display driving unit comprising display driving circuitry including a first driver and a second driver, wherein the display driving unit is configured to control driving of the display, to identify a shape of an area of content which is displayed in the display, to identify the shape of the display, to determine a first area of the display in which the content is to be displayed, to determine a second area of the display in which the content is not to be displayed based on at least a result of the identification, to deactivate at least part of the display driving unit, corresponding to the second area, while activating the display driving unit corresponding to the first area.

Abstract: A display device is provided. The display device includes: an image processor image-processing contents and scaling the contents at a first scaling magnification; a controller determining a second scaling magnification on the basis of a resolution of the contents scaled at the first scaling magnification and an output resolution of the display device; and a display scaling the contents scaled at the first scaling magnification depending on the second scaling magnification and displaying the contents scaled depending on the second scaling magnification.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for identifying coordinates of a touch area on a touch screen panel based on a capacitive scheme. The touch screen panel has a first electrode layer having first electrode lines aligned in a first direction and a second electrode layer having second electrode lines aligned in a second direction. A signal generation unit generates a spread spectrum signal and supplies the spread spectrum signal to the first electrode layer. A signal restoration unit processes a band restoration for a signal input from the second electrode layer. A touch area coordinate identification unit identifies the coordinates of the touch area on the touch screen panel from a signal input from the signal restoration unit.

Abstract: A method of operating an electronic device is provided. The method includes receiving, by a display driving circuit of the electronic device, main image data over a first channel from a first processor or a second processor of the electronic device, outputting, by the display driving circuit, a main image on a display panel of the electronic device based on the main image data, generating, by the display driving circuit, an additional image different from the main image, and merging, by the display driving circuit, the main image with the additional image and outputting, by the display driving circuit, the merged image on the display panel.

Abstract: A multi-channel contact sensing apparatus includes a ground contact part, a loop unit including a transmitting sub-loop unit and a receiving sub-loop unit, a controller that controls by applying a transmission signal to the transmitting sub-loop unit, and receiving a reception signal from the receiving sub-loop unit, and a switch unit that prevents each of at least one loop of the transmitting sub-loop unit and at least one loop of the receiving sub-loop unit from being connected to the ground contact part during a first period. The multi-channel contact sensing apparatus simultaneously measures a finger touch input and a pen input.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device may include a display driver module configured to, in response to receiving display data, divide the display data into a plurality of segments corresponding to a plurality of display regions, compare the display data in the plurality of segments to determine whether the display data in at least one segment is substantially same as the display data in another segment, and based on the comparison outcome, selectively amplify a first display signal generated from the display data in the at least one segment or a second display signal generated from the display data in the another segment.

Abstract: A touch panel is provided including at least one first electrode pattern including a plurality of electrode lines arranged in a first direction; and at least one second electrode pattern including a plurality of second electrode lines arranged in a second direction to crossing the first direction; with each of the first and second electrode patterns including a center electrode line and two electrode lines positioned on a side of the center electrode line, with a first space separating the center electrode line from one of the two electrode lines, with a second space separating the one of the two electrode lines from the other of the two electrode lines, and with the first space being different from the second space.

Abstract: A display device includes: an application processor (AP) comprising an encoder for determining the repeatability of display data, generating conversion information, encoding the display data based on the conversion information, and generating encoded display data; and a display driver integrated circuit (IC) for receiving the encoded display data and driving a display panel.

Abstract: An electronic device includes an application processor that generates conversion data by downsizing display data of each frame according to display characteristic information of each frame; and a display driver that receives the conversion data and the display characteristic information and drives a display panel in response to received conversion data and display characteristic information.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a touch panel including a plurality of transmission electrode lines and a plurality of receiving electrode lines and a touch panel operation module configured to select a part of the plurality of transmission electrode lines and the plurality of receiving electrode lines and to sense a partial area of the touch panel based on a sensing mode.

Abstract: Disclosed is an image data compression method including calculating an estimated error of each of a plurality of compression modes for compressing image data based on the image data and a weighted value in each sub-pixel, selecting one mode among the plurality of compression modes based on the estimated error of each of the plurality of compression modes, and encoding the image data according to the selected mode.

Abstract: A method for displaying content by an electronic device is provided. The method includes generating converted data by encoding a plurality of screen data according to first clocks, restoring the screen data by decoding the converted data based on second clocks separate from the first clocks, and displaying the restored screen data.

Abstract: A method for operating a sensor panel and an electronic device for supporting the same are provided. The electronic device includes a sensor panel configured to form an electric field based on a driving signal and a sensor operation module configured to provide a driving signal, which has a code sequence in which orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) and code division multiplexing (CDM) are interchangeably used and has a peak to average power ratio (PAPR) of a specified value with respect to driving the sensor panel, to the sensor panel.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for applying an independent compression mode for encoding on each data block constituting an image frame in an encoder provided in an image processing device are provided. To that end, at least one data block is encoded based on each of a plurality of specified compression modes, and at least one data block corresponding to each of the plurality of specified compression modes is reconfigured based on at least in part on each of the plurality of specified compression modes. An inter-data difference corresponding to each of the plurality of specified compression modes is determined based on the at least one data block and a data block obtained by reconfiguring the at least one data block, and at least one compression mode is selected from the plurality of specified compression modes based on at least in part on each of the inter-data difference.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus and an image-processing method are provided. The image processing method includes encoding an image according to a first encoding type, encoding the image, which has been encoded according to the first encoding type, according to a second encoding type, and decoding the image, which has been encoded according to the second encoding type, in which the second encoding type is contrast dependent encoding (CDE) which is dependent on a contrast of the image.

Abstract: Provided are a method and a device for processing image data. The method includes: determining first characteristic values respectively of a plurality of regions of a first image by sequentially calculating, for each of the plurality of regions, characteristic values corresponding to each of pixel values of pixels included in each of the plurality of regions while sequentially receiving the pixel values of the pixels; obtaining, based on the determined first characteristic values, an illumination image related to a second image that is a following image of the first image; and modifying, based on the obtained illumination image, the second image.

Abstract: A touch panel is provided including at least one first electrode pattern including a plurality of electrode lines arranged in a first direction; and at least one second electrode pattern including a plurality of second electrode lines arranged in a second direction to crossing the first direction; with each of the first and second electrode patterns including a center electrode line and two electrode lines positioned on a side of the center electrode line, with a first space separating the center electrode line from one of the two electrode lines, with a second space separating the one of the two electrode lines from the other of the two electrode lines, and with the first space being different from the second space.

Abstract: A touch panel is provided including at least one first electrode pattern including a plurality of electrode lines arranged in a first direction; and at least one second electrode pattern including a plurality of second electrode lines arranged in a second direction to intersect the first electrode lines; wherein the first electrode lines are spaced apart at different intervals from one another in the first direction.

Abstract: A touch sensor includes a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) that is transparent with respect to light in a visible wavelength band, an upper clad and a lower clad formed on the top face and the bottom face of the PCB, a light source for emitting light to a side of the PCB, and a key top layer disposed on the upper clad.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for identifying coordinates of a touch area on a touch screen panel based on a capacitive scheme. The touch screen panel has a first electrode layer having first electrode lines aligned in a first direction and a second electrode layer having second electrode lines aligned in a second direction. A signal generation unit generates a spread spectrum signal and supplies the spread spectrum signal to the first electrode layer. A signal restoration unit processes a band restoration for a signal input from the second electrode layer. A touch area coordinate identification unit identifies the coordinates of the touch area on the touch screen panel from a signal input from the signal restoration unit.