US 12,206,808 B2
Electronic device including antennas for detecting signal indicating whether a cover is attached to the electronic device and a cover configured to cover the electronic device
Muyeol Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Jeongsik Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Bongsub Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Bowoong Seo, Suwon-si (KR); Hyukjin Jung, Suwon-si (KR); and Hyunsuk Choi, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Mar. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/696,613.
Application 17/696,613 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/003678, filed on Mar. 16, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0034221 (KR), filed on Mar. 16, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0303368 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. H04M 1/02 (2006.01); H01Q 5/25 (2015.01); H01Q 9/04 (2006.01)
CPC H04M 1/026 (2013.01) [H01Q 5/25 (2015.01); H01Q 9/0407 (2013.01); H04M 2250/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device cover comprising:
a cover part configured to surround at least a portion of a housing of an electronic device or form at least a portion of a rear plate of the electronic device; and
at least one conductive member configured to, when the electronic device is attached to the cover part, at least partially overlap at least two antennas that are arranged inside the electronic device and spaced apart from each other,
wherein a coupling between at least one of the at least two antennas and the at least one conductive member is used to recognize whether the electronic device is attached to the cover part.