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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2015
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Jin-Hee Won, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Ho-Jun Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Kyung-Min Park, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Gi-Hoon Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Sung-Bin Hong, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 29/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01); H04R 5/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 29/00 (2013.01); H04R 1/1091 (2013.01); H04R 5/04 (2013.01); H04R 1/1033 (2013.01); H04R 1/1041 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electronic device comprising: a memory; a headphone jack; and at least one processor operatively coupled to the memory, configured to: detect an impedance of a first portion of the headphone jack; and detect whether a foreign substance is present in the headphone jack based on the impedance of the first portion of the headphone jack.