Electronic apparatus and method for determining states of door thereof
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsDong-wook Kim, Hyun-kyu Yun, Kyung-ik Cho, Jae-myung Hur
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Abstract
An electronic apparatus attachable to a door and a method of determining door states. The electronic apparatus includes a sensor configured to measure an acceleration and an angular speed of the electronic apparatus, a processor configured to determine a state of the door by using the measured acceleration and angular speed, and a communicator configured to transmit the determined state of the door to an external apparatus.
Claims19
An electronic apparatus attached on a door, the electronic apparatus comprising:
- a sensor device configured to measure acceleration and angular speed of the electronic apparatus;
- a processor configured to identify a type of the door, sense an arrangement between the door and a doorframe to which the door is fixed, by using at least one of the acceleration and the angular speed based on the type of the door, and identify a door state as to whether the door is one of opened and closed, according to the arrangement;
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- a communicator configured to transmit the state of the door to an external apparatus,
- wherein the processor senses the arrangement based on the angular speed if the type of the door is a pivotable door and senses the arrangement based on the acceleration if the type of the door is a sliding door.
A method of determining a door state of an electronic apparatus attachable to a door, the method comprising:
- measuring acceleration and angular speed of the electronic apparatus;
- identifying a type of the door;
- sensing an arrangement between a doorframe to which the door is fixed and the door, by using at least one of the acceleration and the angular speed based on the type of the door;
- identifying the door state as to whether the door is one of opened and closed, according to the arrangement;
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- transmitting the state of the door to an external apparatus,
- wherein the sensing comprises sensing the arrangement based on the angular speed if the type of the door is a pivotable door and sensing the arrangement based on the acceleration if the type of the door is a sliding door.
A non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing a method of determining a door state of an electronic apparatus attachable to a door, the method comprising:
- measuring acceleration and angular speed of the electronic apparatus;
- identifying a type of the door;
- sensing an arrangement between a doorframe to which the door is fixed and the door, by using at least one of the acceleration and the angular speed based on the type of the door;
- identifying the door state as to whether the door one of is opened and closed, according to the arrangement;
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- transmitting the state of the door to an external apparatus,
- wherein the sensing comprises sensing the arrangement based on the angular speed if the type of the door is a pivotable door and sensing the arrangement based on the acceleration if the type of the door is a sliding door.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.