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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2014
Applicant:
Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Yonghahk Park, Seoul, KR;
Gail Lee, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/1016 (2013.01); H04R 2420/05 (2013.01); H04R 2499/11 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed are an electronic device and a method for controlling the same. The electronic device includes: a signal detection module configured to acquire an electric signal from an earphone plug; and a controller is configured to acquire the electric signal through the signal detection module, to detect magnitude of the acquired electric signal, to determine whether an earphone is worn by comparing a variation amount in the magnitude of the electric signal with a reference value, and to control an output operation of a sound according to whether the earphone is worn.