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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.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2014
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, , KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06K 9/20 (2006.01); G06K 9/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00335 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); G06K 9/2018 (2013.01); G06K 9/228 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for operating an electronic device including a sensor unit that uses infrared rays is provided. In the method, a light source is illuminated using at least one light emitting device. Whether the illuminated light source is received by a light receiving device including at least one light receiving channel is determined. A relevant function corresponding to an amount of light of the light source received by the at least one light receiving channel is performed.