METHOD FOR SENSING WEARING OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE APPLIED THE SAME

• Main Authors: LEE, Kyungtai, LEE, Hanyeop, CHOI, Taihwan, NA, Hyoseok, LEE, Hyojung, PARK, Gunhee, SEO, Myounggyo
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 18.05.2023
• Subjects: ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES; ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEASURING TWO OR MORE VARIABLES NOT COVEREDIN A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTINGELECTRIC POWER; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; ELECTRICITY; GENERATION; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; MEASURING; MEASURING NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE; MEASURING OR TESTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PHYSICS; RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY; TARIFF METERING APPARATUS; TESTING

Disclosed is an electronic device including a housing, a memory, a first electrode and a second electrode disposed in the housing, a charging circuit configured to receive power from an external charging device, a first touch sensor, a magnetic sensor, a first switch, and a processor electrically connected to the memory, the charging circuit, the first touch sensor, the magnetic sensor, and the first switch, wherein the memory stores instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to sense a numerical value of a magnetic flux of a magnetic material contained in the external charging device via the magnetic sensor, and control the first switch to selectively connect the first electrode and the first touch sensor or the charging circuit to each other based on the numerical value of the magnetic flux. Other embodiments are also disclosed.