Remote controller and controlling method thereof
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsWonjae Lee, Hyunkyu Yun, Minsup Kim, Sukhoon Yoon
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Abstract
A remote controller enabled to control an external device includes a communication interface to communicate with the external device, an energy harvester to obtain an electrical energy, a power supplier to receive supply of the electrical energy from the energy harvester, and a processor configured to, based on a supply voltage of the power supplier being greater than or equal to a first threshold value and less than a second threshold value, control the communication interface to release communication connection established to communicate with the external device, and supply the electrical energy obtained by the energy harvester to the power supplier.
Claims17
A remote controller to control an external device, the remote controller comprising:
- a communication interface to communicate with the external device;
- an energy harvester to obtain an electrical energy;
- a power supplier to receive supply of the electrical energy from the energy harvester;
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- a processor configured to:
- based on a supply voltage of the power supplier being greater than or equal to a first threshold value and less than a second threshold value, control the communication interface to release a current communication connection established to communicate with the external device, and supply the electrical energy obtained by the energy harvester to the power supplier,
- wherein the release of the current communication connection includes a disconnection of a communication session established between the remote controller and the external device.
A method of a remote controller to control an external device, the method comprising:
- obtaining a supply voltage of a power supplier included in the remote controller;
- based on the obtained supply voltage of the power supplier included in the remote controller being greater than or equal to a first threshold value and less than a second threshold value, releasing a current communication connection established to communicate with the external device and supplying an electrical energy obtained by an energy harvester included in the remote controller to the power supplier,
- wherein the releasing of the current communication connection includes disconnecting a communication session established between the remote controller and the external device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.