Abstract: A head-mounted device including a main frame couplable to an electronic device and a support part configured to affix the main frame to a facial side of the user, and an auxiliary input device including a body, an input module disposed on at least one surface of the body and configured to process an input signal for controlling a function of the electronic device, a sensor module disposed in the body and configured to obtain sensing information in accordance with a movement of the auxiliary input device, and a connection part electrically connectable to the electronic device and configured to serve as a path through which the input signal and the sensing information are transmitted to the electronic device is provided.

Abstract: A wearable device that is mounted with a fingerprint recognition sensor is provided. The wearable device includes a housing including a first, a second face facing, and a third face facing, a support structure disposed between the first and second faces, a display disposed on the first face to be exposed, and including a window having a first flange and a second flange disposed to be opposite the first face, and a display module coupled to the window to face the second direction, the display being disposed on one face of the support structure, a printed circuit board disposed on another face of the support structure, at least one light emitter mounted adjacent to the first flange to emit light to a first region of the window, and at least one light receptor mounted adjacent to the second flange to receive light reflected from the first region.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, an electronic device and a glass plate forming at least half of one side of an electronic device are disclosed. The electronic device includes a camera disposed below the glass plate. The glass plate includes an outer surface facing a first direction. The glass plate also includes an inner surface facing a second direction opposite to the first direction. The least one of the outer surface and the inner surface includes a first portion where at least a part of a lens of the camera is exposed, and the first portion includes a different curvature from a peripheral portion around the first portion.

Abstract: An electronic device having a detachable layered accessory case includes a communication unit, and a layered accessory case capable of being coupled to or separated from the electronic device, wherein the layered accessory case includes a first case configured to cover at least a portion of the electronic device, and a second case configured with a layered structure in the first case. A communication functional unit is capable of delivering a signal with respect to the communication unit, and may be disposed in one or both of the first case and the second case.

Abstract: An electronic device and method are disclosed. The electronic device includes a housing comprising at least one electronic component disposed within the electronic device, a first separation member configured to separate a first cavity at least partially exposed to an exterior of the electronic device through the housing from a second cavity in which the at least one electronic component is disposed; and a driver disposed in a third cavity spatially coupled with the second cavity in an interior of the housing, the driver configured to generate an air pressure differential between the second cavity and the first cavity. The method operates the device responsive to detecting a water immersion condition by outputting a sound by a speaker device, detecting the outputted sound through a microphone device, determining whether the detected sound matches a predetermined reference value and if so, operating a driver device to discharge the residual water.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention relates to a camera module comprising: a housing comprising a through hole; a lens module disposed in the through hole; a connector penetrating the housing and extending to an outside from an inside of the housing; a first substrate unit located inside the housing and having an image sensor mounted thereon; a second substrate unit disposed inside the housing and connected to the connector; and a flexible substrate for electrically connecting the first substrate and the second substrate unit, wherein the flexible substrate is coupled to a lower surface of the first substrate unit and a side surface of the second substrate.

Abstract: An electronic device having a curved surface display area, the electronic device including: a display including: glass including an edge having a certain curvature; an opaque layer disposed at the edge of the glass; and a panel module layer including a non-display area disposed under the opaque layer; and a housing supporting the display.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device comprising: a housing; a seating portion formed inside the housing such that a first external electronic device and a second external electronic device are seated thereon; at least one interface that is electrically connected to the first external electronic device and to the second external electronic device and can transmit/receive power to/from the same; and a processor electrically connected to the at least one interface, wherein the processor acquires a first remaining time to use a first battery included in the first external electronic device connected through the at least one interface; the processor acquires a second remaining time to use a second battery included in the second external electronic device connected through the at least one interface; and the processor manages power of at least one of the first battery and the second battery such that the first remaining time to use the first battery and the second remaining time to use the second battery become substa

Abstract: Various embodiments relating to an electronic device comprising a display having a curved area are described. According to an embodiment, an electronic device may comprise: a window including a flat area and a curved area curved from the flat area at a first curvature; a display including a first area disposed below at least a part of the flat area, and a second area extending from the first area and disposed below at least a part of the curved area while being curved at a second curvature larger than the first curvature; and a filling member for filling the gap formed between the curved area and the second area. Various other embodiments are also possible.

Abstract: A method according to various embodiments of the present invention can comprise: detection of content; detection of the progressing direction of an image comprised in the content with respect to the detection of the content; detection of a reference area comprising the detected progressing direction of the image; determination of a reference object in the detected reference area; and generation of motion information, for controlling the operation of an external electronic device, on the basis of the determined reference object.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for wirelessly charging are disclosed. An accessory device is detachably mounted on an electronic device. The accessory device includes a housing including a first face configured to oppose a face of the electronic device when the housing is mounted on the electronic device, a second face opposite to the first face, and a third face extending in a first direction from the first face so as to enclose at least a portion of a side face. The accessory device further includes a battery and at least one conductive pattern electrically connected to the battery. The accessory device can transmit power to the electronic device in a wireless manner and/or receive power from an external device in a wireless manner. Areas of the first face and the third face of the housing of the accessory device are formed of a non-conductive material.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing including a first surface, a second surface, and a third surface defining an internal space of the housing, a touch screen display interposed between the first surface and the second surface, and a sensor module disposed under the touch screen display and including a light emitting unit and a light receiving unit, wherein the third surface includes a plurality of through holes each including optical structures, wherein a portion of light emitted from the light emitting unit is guided to an exterior of the electronic device through a first optical structure of a first through hole, and wherein at least a portion of light introduced from the exterior of the electronic device is guided to the light receiving unit on a second optical structure of a second through hole.

Abstract: An example photographing apparatus module includes: a photographing apparatus configured to rotate on a first axis and a second axis perpendicular to the first axis; and an actuator module configured to rotate the photographing apparatus on the first axis or the second axis. The actuator module includes: one or more first actuator devices configured to apply a contact force along an optical axis direction of the photographing apparatus that is perpendicular to the first axis and the second axis; and one or more second actuator devices configured to apply a driving force to the photographing apparatus along the first axis direction or the second axis direction.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention relates to a camera module comprising: a housing comprising a through hole; a lens module disposed in the through hole; a connector penetrating the housing and extending to an outside from an inside of the housing; a first substrate unit located inside the housing and having an image sensor mounted thereon; a second substrate unit disposed inside the housing and connected to the connector; and a flexible substrate for electrically connecting the first substrate and the second substrate unit, wherein the flexible substrate is coupled to a lower surface of the first substrate unit and a side surface of the second substrate.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device including a housing; a speaker configured to output a sound signal; an enclosure surrounding the speaker and including a pipe passage, through which the sound signal moves in a direction facing an opening formed in the housing; a heat emitting structure mounted on an inner surface or an outer surface of the enclosure; a sealing member attached to the pipe passage; and a processor physically or electrically connected to the heat emitting structure and configured to control emission of heat.

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 example electronic device calibrates a center of a sensor for acquiring sensing data differently according whether the electronic device is worn on a part of a user body or not, and provides data sensed based on a result of the calibrating to the user, so that more exact and/or accurate data and a better sense of use can be provided to the user.

Abstract: A method of operating an electronic device is provided. The method includes making a connection to another electronic device and switching to a particular mode, transmitting information on a request for switching to the particular mode to one or more wearable devices, receiving detection information from the wearable devices, and performing a function of the electronic device corresponding to the detection information.

Abstract: Disclosed are a bifocal lens having two focal distances to enable near image capturing and far image capturing and capable of being manufactured to have a thin profile, and an imaging device including same. A bifocal lens according to disclosed embodiments may include: a refractive optical system having at least one refractive lens element and having a first focal distance; and a reflective optical system having multiple reflective surfaces and having a second focal distance that is different from the first focal distance. Because the refractive optical system and the reflective optical system have mutually different focal distances, the bifocal lens according to an embodiment may be capable of both near image capturing and far image capturing.

Abstract: An example photographing apparatus module includes: a photographing apparatus configured to rotate on a first axis and a second axis perpendicular to the first axis; and an actuator module configured to rotate the photographing apparatus on the first axis or the second axis. The actuator module includes: one or more first actuator devices configured to apply a contact force along an optical axis direction of the photographing apparatus that is perpendicular to the first axis and the second axis; and one or more second actuator devices configured to apply a driving force to the photographing apparatus along the first axis direction or the second axis direction.