A mobile terminal including a display; a Time of Flight (TOF) camera configured to obtain a depth image of an object; and a controller configured to display a guide interface on the display to guide the object to move into an interaction region of an imaging region of the TOF camera.

An electronic device includes a movable assembly. An optical proximity sensor is disposed on the movable assembly. The movable assembly may be spaced from a fixed assembly on the electronic device, and the movable assembly can move on a plane that is disposed in parallel relative to the fixed assembly. A light intensity of light that is from the optical proximity sensor and that is reflected by the fixed assembly may reflect a position of the movable assembly relative to the fixed assembly. Whether the movable assembly moves to a specified target position may be determined based on the light intensity of the light that is reflected by the fixed assembly and that is detected by the optical proximity sensor.

A transparent display includes a display including a transparent substrate and a patterned diamond layer formed on the transparent substrate to at least in part define a diamond waveguide. At least two electronic devices can be connected by the diamond waveguide, and can include a sensor, a transducer, or electronic circuitry, including communication, control, or data processing electronic circuitry.

A method for determining a transportation mode acquires magnetometer and speed data from a mobile device, correlates the magnetometer to the speed data in groupings, and performs spectral analysis on the groups of magnetometer data. Energy calculated for each of a set of frequency components obtained from the spectral analysis is compared to a baseline value to generate a difference, and a transportation mode type is assigned to the vehicle based on the difference.

An apparatus for use in the assembly of an electronic device, such as a mobile telephone, comprises a pressure sensor. The pressure sensor is embedded within an inner elastic layer and the inner elastic layer is embedded within an outer elastic layer. The inner elastic layer has an elastic modulus which is greater than the elastic modulus of the outer elastic layer.

A method for securing a mobile device includes determining whether the mobile device is unlocked whether a user is logged into a mobile application running on the mobile device. The method further includes determining, when the mobile device is unlocked while the user is logged into the mobile application, whether the mobile device is currently in a threat scenario by analyzing data from one or more sensors. The threat scenario indicates that the mobile device is exposed to unintended and malicious interactions. The method further includes displaying, when it is determined that the mobile device is currently in the threat scenario, a step-up authentication screen that replaces or at least partially covers an application screen of the mobile application. The method further includes restoring the application screen of the mobile application in response to receiving a valid authentication input from the user on the step-up authentication screen.

Wearable devices that predict the context in which they are used based on previously tracked context data, and methods associated with the same, are provided. A wearable device may include a processor, a sensor that records data associated with a user of the wearable device, and memory storing executable instructions. By way of executing the instructions, the wearable device may receive context data representing a first context from the user. The wearable device may correlate the received context data with a first set of recorded sensor data. A second set of recorded sensor data may be recorded subsequent to recording the first set of recorded sensor data. The wearable device may then predict a second context associated with the second set of recorded sensor data based on the correlation between the context data received from the user and the first set of recorded sensor data.

An embodiment method of measuring ambient light comprises generating, by an ambient light sensor associated with a screen which alternates between first phases in which light is emitted and second phases in which no light is emitted by the screen, a first signal representative of an intensity of light received by the ambient light sensor during the first and second phases; comparing the first signal with a threshold intensity value; and controlling a timing of an ambient light measurement by the light sensor based on the comparison.

An electronic device including a display panel, a cushion member disposed below the display panel, an electronic module inserted into a hole defined by the display panel and the cushion member, and a light blocking pattern disposed on the electronic module with the display panel therebetween. The electronic module is spaced apart from a sidewall configured to define the hole in a first state in which the display panel and the cushion member are folded and a second state in which the display panel and the cushion member are unfolded.

In general, the subject matter described in this disclosure can be embodied in methods, systems, and program products for determining, by a mobile computing device while a cellular connection mode remains activated and a second wireless connection mode remains activated, that a sensor of the mobile computing device has detected information indicating that the mobile computing device is located on an airplane. The mobile computing device transitions, in response to having determined that the sensor has detected information indicating that the mobile computing device is located on the airplane, the mobile computing device into a connected flight mode, including by terminating the cellular connection mode while allowing the second wireless connection mode to remain activated.