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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.:

US 9949024 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018

Filed:

Jul. 20, 2016

Method and apparatus for controlling output based on type of connector

Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Youngsoo Chun, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Jaeyoung Shin, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Sangyong Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Jungsik Park, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Kwonho Song, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Sehwan Choi, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Heejun Ryu, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Assignee:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, , KR;

Attorney:

The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Brenda C Bernardi

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/00 (2006.01); H04R 29/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01); H01R 24/58 (2011.01); H04R 1/08 (2006.01); H04R 5/04 (2006.01); H01R 105/00 (2006.01); H01R 107/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/00 (2013.01); H01R 24/58 (2013.01); H04R 1/08 (2013.01); H04R 1/1033 (2013.01); H04R 29/001 (2013.01); H01R 2105/00 (2013.01); H01R 2107/00 (2013.01); H04R 1/1041 (2013.01); H04R 5/04 (2013.01); H04R 2420/05 (2013.01); H04R 2420/09 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of controlling the output according to a type of connector and an electronic device adapted to the method are provided. The method includes determining whether a first, second and third external connector is inserted into a receptacle, via a circuit connected to the receptacle, wherein the receptacle is configured to receive the first, second or third external connector, each of the first and second connector includes a first number of contacts, and the third external connector includes a second number of contacts less than the first number of contacts; providing an audio output signal to the first external connector in a first manner when the first external connector is inserted into the receptacle; providing an audio output signal to the second external connector in a second manner which differs from the first manner when the second external connector is inserted into the receptacle; and providing an audio output signal to the third external connector in a third manner which differs from the first and second manners when the third external connector is inserted into the receptacle.

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