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Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017

Filed:

Oct. 27, 2015
Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Inventors:

Dohyoung Chung, Seoul, KR;

Jeongmin Park, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Donghwan Bae, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Jungwon Suh, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Cheoljun Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Jeongho Cho, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Kyonggon Choi, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Jiwoong Oh, Seoul, KR;

Assignee:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 25/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

An electronic device and method utilizes an external sensor group to facilitate miniaturization the device and repair/replacement of external sensors. An interface connected to an external sensor package including at least one sensor. A processor that when the external sensor package is connected through the interface, determines from which group the external sensor package is included in among pre-configured groups and controls the performance of a function corresponding to the determined group.


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