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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2008
Jea Sic Jeon, Seoul, KR;
Man Hee Kim, Seoul, KR;
O Hyon Kwon, Seoul, KR;
SK PLANET CO., LTD., , KR;
Abstract
A power control method for an RFID reader in a mobile terminal includes the steps of: checking a driving mode of a display in a standby mode where no power is supplied to the RFID reader; if the driving mode of the display is a sleep mode, maintaining the RFID reader in the standby mode, and if the driving mode of the display is an operation mode, checking an RFID menu interface; and if the RFID menu interface has no RFID automatic detection function settled therein, maintaining the RFID reader in the standby mode, and if the RFID menu interface has an RFID automatic detection function settled therein, supplying power to the RFID reader so that the RFID reader is switched to a read mode.