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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.:

US 12371838 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2025

Filed:

Apr. 06, 2023

Sensor device and electronic device for acquiring information from sensor device

Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Kyungwoo Lee, Suwon-si, KR;

Taedong Goh, Suwon-si, KR;

Daehyun Kim, Suwon-si, KR;

Jinbong Lee, Suwon-si, KR;

Jihoon Jung, Suwon-si, KR;

Assignee:

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;

Attorney:

Sughrue Mion, PLLC

Primary Examiner:

Thang X Le

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 11/63 (2006.01); D06F 34/05 (2020.01); D06F 34/08 (2020.01); D06F 34/10 (2020.01); D06F 34/18 (2020.01); D06F 34/22 (2020.01); D06F 34/26 (2020.01); D06F 34/28 (2020.01); G01R 13/02 (2006.01); G01R 19/165 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02J 50/00 (2016.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.01); D06F 103/04 (2020.01); D06F 103/20 (2020.01); D06F 103/22 (2020.01); D06F 103/32 (2020.01); D06F 103/34 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 34/08 (2020.02); D06F 34/05 (2020.02); D06F 34/10 (2020.02); D06F 34/18 (2020.02); D06F 34/22 (2020.02); D06F 34/26 (2020.02); D06F 34/28 (2020.02); G01R 13/0281 (2013.01); G01R 19/16566 (2013.01); H02J 7/0047 (2013.01); H02J 7/007 (2013.01); H02J 50/001 (2020.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.02); D06F 2103/04 (2020.02); D06F 2103/20 (2020.02); D06F 2103/22 (2020.02); D06F 2103/32 (2020.02); D06F 2103/34 (2020.02);
Abstract

According to various embodiments, a sensor device may comprise: an energy harvester configured to generate electrical energy; an energy storage circuit configured to store the generated electrical energy; a monitoring circuit; a sensor; a communication circuit; and at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to identify a voltage of the energy storage circuit through the monitoring circuit, operate in a first mode in response to identification that the voltage is equal to or lower than a threshold value, operate in a second mode which consumes more power than the first mode, in response to identification that the voltage exceeds the threshold value, acquire a sensing value through the sensor according to a sensing scheme corresponding to one of the first mode and the second mode, and control the communication circuit to transmit the voltage and the sensing value to another electronic device according to the communication scheme corresponding to one of the first mode and the second mode. Various other embodiments are possible.

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