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US 10,594,350 B2Granted
Method of recognizing flip cover of electronic device, electronic device, and flip cover
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorJe-Hyun Son
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Abstract
An electronic device, according to various embodiments of the present disclosure, includes: a digitizer that operates in an Electro-Magnetic Resonance (EMR) detection scheme; a flip cover that includes a resonance circuit; and a controller, wherein the controller determines the type of the flip cover by identifying at least one of a resonant frequency of a resonance signal output from the resonance circuit and the location of the resonance signal recognized by the digitizer. Other embodiments can be made.
Claims10
An electronic device comprising:
- a touch screen;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- in response to identifying occurrence of an event in the electronic device, identify a type of a flip cover that comprises a resonance circuit among a plurality of predetermined flip cover types, wherein the type of the flip cover corresponds to at least one of a resonant frequency of a resonance signal from the resonance circuit recognized by the touch screen;
- and
- display, on a predetermined portion of the touch screen, information corresponding to the event of the electronic device based on the identified type of the flip cover,
- wherein the processor is further configured to:
- identify the type of the flip cover as a first type based on a first resonant frequency being included in a first resonant frequency band;
- or
- identify the type of the flip cover as a second type based on a second resonant frequency being included in a second resonant frequency band, the second type and the second resonant frequency band being different from the first type and the first resonant frequency band, respectively, and
- wherein the first type and the second type indicate at least one window region in which at least a part of the flip cover is formed of a transparent or translucent material, respectively.
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A flip cover comprising:
- a front cover configured to cover a touch screen provided on a front side of an electronic device, wherein the front cover comprises a resonance circuit that includes a structure configured to generate a resonance signal that is detected by the touch screen of the electronic device,
- wherein a type of the flip cover is identified by the electronic device identifying the type of the flip cover among a plurality of predetermined flip cover types, wherein the type of the flip cover corresponds to at least one of a resonant frequency of the resonance signal from the resonance circuit detected by the touch screen,
- wherein:
- the type of the flip cover is identified as a first type, by the electronic device, based on a first resonant frequency being included in a first resonant frequency band;
- or
- the type of the flip cover is identified as a second type, by the electronic device, based on a second resonant frequency being included in a second resonant frequency band, the first type and the first resonant frequency band being different from the second type and the second resonant frequency band, respectively,
- wherein the first type and second type include at least one window region in which at least a part of the flip cover is formed of a transparent or translucent material, respectively, and
- wherein the type of the flip cover is used by the electronic device to display, on a predetermined portion of the touch screen corresponding the type of the flip cover, information corresponding to an event of the electronic device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.