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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2010
Cheol-woong Park, Yongin-si, KR;
You-sung Lee, Seoul, KR;
Il-seob Baek, Yongin-si, KR;
Jung-eun Hwang, Seoul, KR;
Jun-ki Seo, Suwon-si, KR;
Hyun-joo Kim, Seoul, KR;
Cheol-Woong Park, Yongin-si, KR;
You-Sung Lee, Seoul, KR;
Il-Seob Baek, Yongin-si, KR;
Jung-Eun Hwang, Seoul, KR;
Jun-Ki Seo, Suwon-si, KR;
Hyun-Joo Kim, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for improving the performance of a determination of whether an earphone is mounted to a portable terminal, such as a portable terminal supporting a 3.5 mm earphone plug, are provided. An apparatus for recognizing whether the earphone is mounted to the portable terminal includes a common ground terminal and a switching terminal of an earphone plug receptacle for electrically connecting to each other and the same pole of an earphone plug when the earphone plug is mounted in the earphone plug receptacle, and an external output managing unit for generating an earphone mounting notification signal through a detector.