Wearable electronic device and method for controlling same

Abstract

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing having a fastening part provided at a lower end thereof, a ring-shaped second housing having an accommodation part provided at an upper end thereof, the accommodation part configured to detachably accommodate the fastening part of the first housing to allow the first housing to move in response to a downward pressing input applied to the first housing, memory, including one or more storage media, storing instructions, and a processor communicatively coupled to the memory, the processor provided in the second housing, wherein the accommodation part includes a fixing member configured to mount the fastening part to the accommodation part, and a switch button installed at a lower end of the accommodation part, and wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the electronic device to perform a specified function, based on an on/off pattern signal of the switch button generated in response to the movement of the first housing due to the pressing input applied to the first housing.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.