Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method for confirming contact with fluid and electronic device therefor
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Application No.: US15165239Application Date: 2016-05-26
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Publication No.: US10128670B2Publication Date: 2018-11-13
- Inventor: Youngkyun Ban , Soyoung Lee
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do
- Agency: Cha & Reiter, LLC.
- Priority: KR10-2015-0121011 20150827
- Main IPC: H02J7/00
- IPC: H02J7/00 ; H02J7/14 ; G01R27/22 ; H02J7/02

Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for determining whether an electronic device contacts a fluid or not. The electronic device may include: a housing; at least one sensor arranged in the housing; a coupling member connected to a part of the housing and configured to detachably couple the electronic device to a part of a body of a user; a conductive member arranged on a surface of the housing or on a surface of the coupling member and exposed to an outside while being electrically connectible to the at least one sensor; a processor electrically connected to the at least one sensor and the conductive member; and a memory electrically connected to the processor. The processor determines whether the conductive member has contacted a fluid or not using the at least one sensor and executes a second action at least partially based on the determination.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170063117A1 METHOD FOR CONFIRMING CONTACT WITH FLUID AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREFOR Public/Granted day:2017-03-02
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