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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.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2023

Filed:

Apr. 26, 2019
Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;

Inventors:

Wuseong Lee, Suwon-si, KR;

Minwook Kim, Suwon-si, KR;

Taekyun Kim, Suwon-si, KR;

Youngho Park, Suwon-si, KR;

Youngbae Lee, Suwon-si, KR;

Seungnyun Kim, Suwon-si, KR;

Yongsang Yun, Suwon-si, KR;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 13/72 (2006.01); G01S 13/50 (2006.01); H01Q 21/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 13/723 (2013.01); G01S 13/50 (2013.01); H01Q 21/205 (2013.01);
Abstract

An electronic device comprises a plurality of array antennas arranged in a plurality of directions, and a control circuit, wherein the control circuit may be set so as to determine a plurality of statuses corresponding to the plurality of directions outside of the electronic device by means of using the plurality of array antennas, deactivate at least one first array antenna if the status of the at least one first array antenna of the plurality of statuses satisfies a first designated condition, activate at least one second array antenna if the status of the at least one second array antenna of the plurality of statuses satisfies a second designated condition, and detect an external object by means of using the at least one second array antenna, when the at least one first array antenna is in a deactivated status.


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