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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2021
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Sanghun Kwak, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Daehyun Yoo, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Changjin Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Sangheon Park, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Mansung Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Aram Song, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Ilyong Yu, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Kyoungtaek Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Wonil Jang, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
Electronic devices including touch circuits and method of operating the electronic devices are provided. An electronic device includes a display; a touch circuit configured to detect a touch put on the display; a processor; and a memory. The touch circuit is further configured to acquire touch sensing information representing the sensitivity levels of inputs to respective multiple nodes of the touch circuit, identify information associated with a user's ear touching the electronic device, on the basis of the touch sensing information; and transfer, to the processor, the information associated with the ear touching. The memory stores instructions, which when executed, cause the processor to control the display to an on-state and to control the display to switch the display from the on-state to an off-state based on the information associated with the ear touching, which is obtained from the touch circuit.