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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2018
Filed:
May. 27, 2016
Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Hongjo Shim, Seoul, KR;
Gukchan Lim, Seoul, KR;
Youngho Sohn, Seoul, KR;
Seonghyok Kim, Seoul, KR;
Chohee Kwon, Seoul, KR;
Hyunwoo Kim, Seoul, KR;
LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A wearable device includes: a touch screen; an acceleration sensor configured to generate an acceleration signal; an optical sensor using a light source and configured to generate a touch interrupt signal; and a control unit configured to detect a wearing state of the wearable device, the wearing state of the wearable device including a not-wearing state for the wearable device, a wrist wearing state, and a hand gripping state on the basis of the acceleration signal and the touch interrupt signal, and to execute a function corresponding to the wearing state of the wearable device.