Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Myounggyo Seo

Hyoseok Na

Hanyeop Lee

Taihwan Choi

Gunhee Park

Hyojung Lee

Kyungtai Lee

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.

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Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Myounggyo Seo