Electronic device for grip sensing and method for operating thereof
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorYoung HEO
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Abstract
An electronic device according to various embodiments includes: a housing; a plurality of metallic parts forming a portion of the housing; a clock generator disposed in the housing; and a processor is configured to sense a grip on the electronic device based on a current loop formed by a first signal generated by the clock generator and transmitted through a first metallic part and a second metallic part of the plurality of metallic parts, wherein the second metallic part is disposed adjacent to the first metallic part with a first separator disposed between the first metallic part and the second metallic part and configured to electrically separate the first metallic part and the second metallic part.
Claims20
An electronic device comprising:
- a housing;
- a plurality of metallic parts forming a portion of the housing;
- a clock generator disposed in the housing;
- and
- a processor,
- wherein the processor is configured to sense a grip on the electronic device based on a current loop formed by a first signal generated by the clock generator and transmitted through a first metallic part and a second metallic part of the plurality of the metallic parts,
- wherein the second metallic part is disposed adjacent to the first metallic part with a first separator disposed between the first metallic part and the second metallic part and configured to electrically separate the first metallic part and the second metallic part.
A method of sensing a grip on an electronic device, the method comprising:
- transmitting a first signal generated by a clock generator included in an electronic device to a first metallic part of a plurality of metallic parts forming a portion of a housing of the electronic device;
- and
- sensing a grip on the electronic device based on a current loop formed by the first signal transmitted through the first metallic part and a second metallic part from among the plurality of metallic parts,
- wherein the second metallic part is disposed adjacent to the first metallic part with a first separator disposed between the first metallic part and the second metallic part and configured to electrically separate the first metallic part and the second metallic part.
A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having stored thereon instructions, which when executed by a processor, cause an electronic device to perform at least one operation, wherein the at least one operation includes:
- transmitting a first signal generated by a clock generator included in an electronic device to a first metallic part of a plurality of metallic parts forming a portion of a housing of the electronic device;
- and
- sensing a grip on the electronic device based on a current loop formed by the first signal transmitted through the first metallic part and a second metallic part of the plurality of metallic parts,
- wherein the second metallic part is disposed adjacent to the first metallic part with a first separator disposed between the first metallic part and the second metallic part and configured to electrically separate the first metallic part and the second metallic part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.