US 11,726,620 B2
Electronic device including grip sensor
Sanguk Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Younghak Park, Suwon-si (KR); Joosung Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Doil Ku, Suwon-si (KR); Younggil Gi, Suwon-si (KR); Yonghee Yang, Suwon-si (KR); and Youngsub Lee, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Feb. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/673,053.
Application 17/673,053 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/001037, filed on Jan. 20, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0064778 (KR), filed on May 20, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0374095 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 3/044 (2006.01); H04B 1/40 (2015.01)
CPC G06F 3/044 (2013.01) [G06F 2203/04112 (2013.01); H04B 1/40 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a housing including a first surface, a second surface facing in a direction opposite to the first surface, and a side surface at least partially surrounding a space between the first surface and the second surface;
a printed circuit board disposed between the first surface and the second surface;
a first sensing element including a plurality of conductive vias arranged in parallel to the side surface, in at least a portion of an edge of the printed circuit board; and
a grip sensor electrically connected with the first sensing element,
wherein the grip sensor is configured to detect a change in capacitance due to an approach or contact state of an external object to the housing, in at least a portion of the side surface of the housing using the first sensing element.