Electronic device and operating method therefor
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsYonggu Do, Kookheon Kim, Heebong Kim, Jaehoo Park, Sanghoon Eum, Joowhan Lee, Sangkyun Im, Dosung Jung
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Abstract
An electronic apparatus including a coupler attachable to and detachable from a support which is to support the electronic apparatus, the coupler being arrangeable on a rear surface of the electronic apparatus, a memory to store at least one instruction, and a processor configured to execute the at least one instruction stored in the memory to control a current applied to a magnetic energy control magnet included in one of the coupler and the support such that the coupler is attached to or detached from the support.
Claims13
An electronic apparatus comprising:
- a coupler, attachable to and detachable from a support, which is to support the electronic apparatus, the coupler being arrangeable on a rear surface of the electronic apparatus and one of the coupler and the support including a magnetic energy control magnet and another one of the coupler and the support including a magnetic material;
- a memory to store at least one instruction;
- and
- a processor configured to execute the at least one instruction stored in the memory to:
- control a direction of a closed magnetic path of a current applied to the magnetic energy control magnet included in one of the coupler and the support such that the coupler is attached to the support based on the direction of the closed magnetic path being through the magnetic material or the coupler is detached from the support based on the direction of the closed magnetic path not being through the magnetic material.
An operating method performed by an electronic apparatus, comprising:
- controlling a coupler, attachable to and detachable from a support that is to support the electronic apparatus, one of the coupler and the support including a magnetic energy control magnet and another one of the coupler and the support including a magnetic material, by controlling a direction of a closed magnetic path of a current to be applied to the magnetic energy control magnet included in the one of the coupler and the support, the coupler being arrangeable on a rear surface of the electronic apparatus, and
- the controlling of the coupler to be attached to or detached from the support includes at least one of:
- allowing the coupler to be attached to the support based on the direction of the closed magnetic path being through the magnetic material;
- and
- allowing the coupler to be detached from the support based on the direction of the closed magnetic path not being through the magnetic material.
A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program to execute an operating method performed by an electronic apparatus, the operating method comprising:
- controlling a coupler, attachable to and detachable from a support that is to support the electronic apparatus, by controlling a direction of a closed magnetic path of a current applied to a magnetic energy control magnet included in one of the coupler and the support and a magnetic material included in another one of the coupler and the support, and
- the controlling of the coupler to be attached to or detached from the support includes at least one of:
- allowing the coupler to be attached to the support based on the direction of the closed magnetic path of being through the magnetic material;
- and
- allowing the coupler to be detached from the support based on the direction of the closed magnetic path of not being through the magnetic material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.