Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Jun-han Bae

Je-Kook Kim

Hyoung-seok Oh

Se-jong Park

Sang-beom Kim

Jong-haeng Lee

Ji-Yong Kim

Hyeon-je Choe

Tae-jeong Kim

You-so Cheon

An electronic device includes a connector connected to a cable external to the electronic device and including a plurality of pins; a first water detection circuit connected to at least one first pin of the plurality of pins and generating a first detection result by detecting whether there is water in the connector based on resistance of the at least one first pin; and a second water detection circuit connected to at least one second pin of the plurality of pins, entering a water detection mode when the first detection result indicates the presence of water, and detecting whether there is water in the connector based on resistance of the at least one second pin.

Water recognition system, electronic device including the same, and method of recognizing water thereby

Provided are a foreign substance detecting circuit, an electronic device including the foreign substance detecting circuit, and a method of detecting foreign substance. The electronic device includes a connector connected to an external cable and including a plurality of pins, a foreign substance detecting circuit configured to, when the cable is connected to the connector, detect a resistance from a first pin that is set to be in an open state or to be connected to a pull-down resistor from among the plurality of pins in a state where the cable is connected, and determine whether there is a foreign substance in the connector, and an application processor configured to control operations in the electronic device for performing a post-process when there is the foreign substance in the connector, according to a detection result from the foreign substance detecting circuit.

Foreign substance detecting circuit and electronic device including the same

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Jun-han Bae