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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2017
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, , KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/1677 (2013.01); G06F 1/166 (2013.01); G06F 1/1626 (2013.01); G06F 9/542 (2013.01); G06F 2200/1634 (2013.01);
Abstract
A portable electronic device and a protection case thereof are provided. The portable electronic device includes a memory; a display; and a processor configured to acquire, from a flexible element included in a protection case of the portable electronic device, a characteristic value of the flexible element, the characteristic value changing according to bending of the flexible element through movement of the protection case, and determine a state of the protection case, based in the acquired characteristic value.