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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2014
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Ihl-Ho Kim, Gangwon-do, KR;
Jun-Sik Kwon, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Joo-Hyung Lee, Seoul, KR;
Eui-Bum Han, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Ji-Seon Hong, Gyonggi-do, KR;
Veerabhadrappa Chilakanti, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, , KR;
Abstract
An electronic device and method for controlling locking of an electronic device are disclosed. An electronic device includes a short-range communication unit for performing short-range communication and a controller for controlling locking of the electronic device by using an RSSI value of a counterpart electronic device connected by short-range communication through the short-range communication unit and a transmission strength value of the counterpart electronic device to control the locking of the electronic device.