公开(公告)号：US11831800B2

公开(公告)日：2023-11-28

申请号：US17483978

申请日：2021-09-24

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Junghan Kim ,  Bonseok Ku ,  Youngpil Kim ,  Kunhak Lee ,  Baeseok Lim ,  Hyoseok Na ,  Changryong Heo

IPC: H04M1/02 ,  H04M1/7246 ,  H04M1/72412 ,  H04R5/02

CPC classification number: H04M1/7246 ,  H04M1/0254 ,  H04M1/72412 ,  H04R5/02

Abstract: An accessory-recognizing electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a housing; at least one metal plate disposed within the housing; at least one magnetic force detection sensor disposed on the bottom of the at least one metal plate; a memory; and a processor operatively connected to the at least one magnetic force detection sensor and the memory, wherein the processor recognizes attachment of the at least one accessory to the designated area of the housing on the basis of the strength and polarity of a magnetic force detected by the at least one magnetic force detection sensor, the at least one accessory including at least one magnet inside the at least one accessory, and determines properties of the attached at least one accessory corresponding to the detected strength and polarity of the magnetic force, by using information stored in the memory.

公开(公告)号：US11498225B2

公开(公告)日：2022-11-15

申请号：US16797940

申请日：2020-02-21

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Junghan Kim ,  Sungjin Park ,  Seunghwan Lee ,  Baeseok Lim ,  Woojong Cho ,  Kuyoung Choi ,  Hyoseok Na ,  Changryong Heo

IPC: B25J13/08 ,  G06F3/041

Abstract: An electronic device including: a housing; a sensor module disposed on an inner face of the housing and including a plurality of sensing units; and a processor positioned within the housing and electrically connected to the sensor module. Each of the plurality of sensing units is electrically connected to another sensing unit adjacent thereto among the plurality of sensing units, and includes a central portion and a plurality of peripheral portions connected to a partial area of the central portion and arranged around the central portion, and each of the central portion and the plurality of peripheral portions includes a touch sensor. In addition to this, various embodiments understood through this document are possible.

公开(公告)号：US11445604B2

公开(公告)日：2022-09-13

申请号：US16872505

申请日：2020-05-12

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Bonseok Ku ,  Junghan Kim ,  Kuyoung Choi

IPC: H05K1/02 ,  H05K1/14 ,  H05K1/11 ,  H04M1/02 ,  H05K1/18

Abstract: An electronic device for providing feedback corresponding to an input for a housing may include a housing comprising a flexible material, a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) positioned within the housing, at least one distance measurement sensor operatively coupled to the FPCB, and configured to transmit a signal to at least some area of the housing at given periods and further configured to receive a signal reflected by the some area, and at least one processor operatively coupled to the FPCB and the at least one distance measurement sensor. The at least one processor may be configured to control the electronic device to: receive data from the at least one distance measurement sensor, identify an external input for at least some area of the housing based on the received data, and provide feedback corresponding to the identified external input.