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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2022
Filed:
May. 12, 2020
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
An electronic device for providing feedback corresponding to an input for a housing may include a housing comprising a flexible material, a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) positioned within the housing, at least one distance measurement sensor operatively coupled to the FPCB, and configured to transmit a signal to at least some area of the housing at given periods and further configured to receive a signal reflected by the some area, and at least one processor operatively coupled to the FPCB and the at least one distance measurement sensor. The at least one processor may be configured to control the electronic device to: receive data from the at least one distance measurement sensor, identify an external input for at least some area of the housing based on the received data, and provide feedback corresponding to the identified external input.