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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:
Jan. 16, 2024

Filed:

Jan. 12, 2022
Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Inventors:

Chaehoon Lim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Dusun Choi, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/044 (2006.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/0354 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0441 (2019.05); G06F 3/03545 (2013.01); G06F 3/0442 (2019.05); G06F 3/04162 (2019.05); H04B 17/318 (2015.01);
Abstract

An electronic device and method are disclosed. The electronic device includes a communication circuit, a sensor circuit, a digitizer panel, and a processor. The processor implements the method, including: detecting whether an electronic pen is detached from the electronic device via the sensor circuit, activating the digitizer panel based on detecting detachment of the electronic pen from the electronic device, identifying a state of the electronic pen through a communication linkage with the electronic pen via the communication circuit, and deactivate the activated digitizer panel based on the identified state of the electronic pen.


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