公开(公告)号：US20180018934A1

公开(公告)日：2018-01-18

申请号：US15629824

申请日：2017-06-22

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Ho Yeong LIM ,  Du Hyun KIM ,  Yong Seung YI ,  Je Kook KIM ,  Tae Lee LEE ,  Dong Il SON

IPC: G09G5/00 ,  G06F13/40 ,  H01R24/60 ,  H01R13/66 ,  G06F13/24 ,  G06F13/38 ,  G06F13/42 ,  H01R107/00

CPC classification number: G09G5/006 ,  G06F13/24 ,  G06F13/385 ,  G06F13/4022 ,  G06F13/4068 ,  G06F13/4282 ,  G06F2213/2416 ,  G09G2320/08 ,  G09G2370/04 ,  G09G2370/22 ,  H01R13/6683 ,  H01R24/60 ,  H01R2107/00 ,  Y02D10/14 ,  Y02D10/151

Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing, a display device exposed through a first part of the housing, a recess formed in a second part of the housing, a receptacle formed in the recess, a plurality of conductive contacts disposed inside the receptacle and including a first contact, a first circuit that supplies and/or receives a current of a first level or larger to and/or from the first contact when an external connector is inserted into the receptacle, a first switching device that electrically connects the first circuit with the first contact or to interrupt a connection between the first circuit and the first contact, a second circuit that detects existence of a foreign object contacting the first contact while the external connector is inserted into the receptacle and a control circuit that controls the first switching device based at least in part on information regarding the detected existence of the foreign object.