Abstract: An apparatus for acquiring images includes a multispectral sensor configured to sense light reflected from an object, one or more processors, and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the apparatus to generate N channel images based on signals obtained from a plurality of channels of the multispectral sensor, select at least one first channel image corresponding to a visible wavelength band from among the N channel images, generate a reference image based on the at least one first channel image, select a second channel image from remaining channel images of the N channel images corresponding to remaining channels of the plurality of channels distinct from the at least one first channel image, generate object information by analyzing the second channel image, combine the reference image and the object information to generate an output image, and display the output image to a user.

Abstract: An electronic device may operate a plurality of light sources, where each light source operates according to a light source code of a light source code set, each light source code being unique with respect to each other light source code, capture a glint signal corresponding to light emitted from the plurality of light sources through an event camera, obtain glint information from event data from the event camera, estimate a corneal sphere center position and an eye rotation center position based on the glint information, and determine three-dimensional (3D) gaze-related information based on the corneal sphere center position and the eye rotation center position.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes: light sources and board bars on which the light sources are mounted, the board bars spaced apart from each other along a first direction, wherein each of the board bars comprises: a central extending portion extending in a second direction; first protrusions protruding from one side of the central extending portion with respect to the first direction, and arranged along the second direction, wherein first side light sources from among the light sources are on the first protrusions; first recess portions between adjacent pairs of the first protrusions, respectively; second protrusions protruding from another side of the central extending portion, opposite of the one side, and arranged along the second direction, wherein second side light sources from among the light sources are on the second protrusions; and second recess portions between adjacent pairs of the second protrusions, respectively.

Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes a display; memory, the memory storing a first spectrum information of the display and information on a plurality of color matching functions (CMFs); and at least one processor connected with the memory, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: obtain picture spectrum information of a test image based on a second spectrum information of an external display device displaying the test image, obtain test images based on the picture spectrum information, the first spectrum information, and the information on the plurality of CMFs, wherein the test images comprise a respective test image for each of the plurality of CMFs corresponding to the test image, and control the display to display the test images.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method performed by an electronic device, an electronic device, a storage medium and a program product, relating to the field of computer vision, image processing and artificial intelligence. The method includes: extracting at least one object center area and at least one object boundary area from a first image; and aligning the extracted object center area with the object boundary area to obtain an object segmentation result of the first image.

Abstract: A wearable device includes: a display; and at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: receive an input indicating selection of a first external electronic device and a second external electronic device among a plurality of external electronic devices viewable through the display; based on the input, identify third external electronic devices in a category including both the first external electronic device and the second external electronic device, and identify the first external electronic device and the second external electronic device along with the third external electronic devices; display a first visual object and a second visual object respectively indicating that the first external electronic device and the second external electronic device are selected; and display at least one third visual object guiding selection of at least one fourth external electronic device among the third external electronic devices.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a system includes a sensor and an airflow generator coupled to an airflow guide configured to direct airflow from the airflow generator toward and past the sensor. The system includes one or more processors and a non-transitory computer readable storage media embodying instructions coupled to the one or more processors, the one or more processors operable to execute the instructions to acquire data about an operational state of the system, wherein the operational state is related to at least one air contaminant generated by the system; and to control the airflow from the airflow generator based on the data about the operational state of the system.

Abstract: A method and a device capable of supporting various display methods using an electronic device and/or glasses-type wearable electronic device (e.g., AR glasses) in an augmented reality (AR) are provided. An AR providing device for AR services includes a display and a processor. The processor is configured to provide content through an AR screen, detect a specified external object through the AR screen while providing the content, determine a display mode for providing the content, based on detection of the specified external object, control to display the content through a display of the specified external object, based on the determined display mode, and perform control to display the content through a virtual display area associated with the specified external object on the AR screen, based on the determined display mode.

Abstract: A method for controlling a first electronic device that manages a user query in an Internet of Things (IoT) network is disclosed. The method may include receiving a first query from the user, identifying whether the received first query is a static event in which a complete response can be generated by the first electronic device or a dynamic event in which a complete response cannot be generated by the first electronic device, based on the first query being identified as the static event, processing the first query, and based on the first query being identified as the dynamic event, transmitting the first query to a second electronic device.

Abstract: Hearing management, using a portable device or integrated portable devices, can include generating during a hearing diagnostics phase an audiogram based on responses of a user to signals conveyed to the user. In response to detecting ambient noises during the hearing diagnostics phase, noise cancellation can be performed to cancel the ambient noises in conjunction with conveying the signals to the user. During a hearing enhancement phase, sounds can be captured with the portable device. The captured sounds can be enhanced in real-time during the hearing enhancement phase by amplifying select frequencies of the captured sounds using signal gain. The frequencies can be selected, and the signal gain determined based on the audiogram. The captured sounds, now enhanced, can be conveyed to the user as frequency-enhanced sounds.

Abstract: An example electronic device includes a housing, and a flexible display in which an area of a display region is configured to be adjusted based on a sliding movement of at least a portion of the housing. The flexible display may include a first region fixedly visible from outside through a first direction of the electronic device, a second region extending from one end of the first region and variably visible from the outside based on the movement of the housing, and including a first bending part bent from one end of the first region in a second direction opposite to the first direction and disposed to face a second lateral direction perpendicular to the first direction, and a first extension part extending from one end of the first bending part and disposed in parallel with the first region, and a second bending part bent from one end of the first extension part in the second direction and disposed to face a first lateral direction opposite to the second lateral direction.

Abstract: Provided is a multi-image display apparatus including a light source configured to emit light, a spatial light modulator configured to provide a first image by modulating the light emitted from the light source, and an optical system configured to transmit the first image provided by the spatial light modulator to a viewer, wherein the optical system is configured such that a travelling path of the first image provided by the spatial light modulator includes a first optical path in a first direction, a second optical path in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and a third optical path in a third direction orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction, respectively, and wherein the optical system is configured such that the first image and a second image provided from an optical path different from the travelling path of the first image are provided to the viewer.

Abstract: An example sound recognition method may include sampling input sound based on a preset sampling rate; performing Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) on the sampled input sound based on at least one of random FFT numbers or random hop lengths, and generating a two-dimensional (2D) feature map with a time axis and a frequency axis from the sampled input sound on which FFT is performed; training a neural network model, which recognizes sound, with a plurality of 2D feature maps including the first 2D feature map and an nth 2D feature map as training data.

Abstract: An operating method of a memory controller that controls an operation of a memory device that includes a memory region and a repair memory region. The operating method may include receiving an address associated with the memory region that is included in a first read command and data read out from the memory region associated with the address, decoding the data using an error correction code and detecting an error included in the data, generating error type information indicating a type of an error included in the data, updating, based on the error type information, a count value associated with the address, the count value indicating a number of times that the type of error indicated by the error type information has occurred for the address, comparing the count value with a threshold value, and backing up the data that is stored in the memory region associated with the address to the repair memory region when the count value is equal to the threshold value.

Abstract: According to various embodiments, there may be provided an electronic device comprising a vibration device, a vibration device integrated circuit (IC) connected to the vibration device, a first bus, a second bus, and at least one processor electrically connected to the vibration device IC through each of the first bus and the second bus; wherein the at least one processor is configured to transfer first data to the vibration device IC through the first bus, transfer second data to the vibration device IC through the second bus different from the first bus, and control the vibration device IC to drive the vibration device based on data selected from the first data and the second data. Other various embodiments are possible as well.

Abstract: A control method of a host electronic device communicating with a client electronic device is provided. The control method includes forming a connection with the client electronic device, determining an application to be shared with the client electronic device, generating shared data for the application to be shared, and transmitting the shared data to the client electronic device.