US 11,954,270 B2
Electronic device for controlling communication connection with input device and method of controlling same
Byunghoon Kang, Suwon-si (KR); Joohoon Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Changbyung Park, Suwon-si (KR); Jongwu Baek, 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 May 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/750,948.
Application 17/750,948 is a continuation of application No. 16/534,496, filed on Aug. 7, 2019, granted, now 11,342,778.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0092721 (KR), filed on Aug. 8, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0285989 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 3/0354 (2013.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.01); H02J 50/12 (2016.01); H02J 50/80 (2016.01); H02J 50/90 (2016.01)
CPC G06F 3/03545 (2013.01) [H02J 7/00 (2013.01); H02J 7/0044 (2013.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.02); H02J 50/12 (2016.02); H02J 50/80 (2016.02); H02J 50/90 (2016.02); H02J 2207/20 (2020.01); H02J 2310/22 (2020.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
a housing;
a short-range communication circuit;
a wireless power circuit including a coil;
a touchscreen display; and
a processor operatively coupled with the short-range communication circuit, the wireless power circuit and the touchscreen display, the processor being configured to:
detect, via the coil, that an electronic pen is positioned in contact with a specified portion of the housing,
based at least in part on the detecting, control the wireless power circuit to provide a wireless power to the electronic pen via the coil,
based at least in part on the wireless power being provided to the electronic pen, receive an advertising message from the electronic pen via the short-range communication circuit, and
based at least in part on the receiving of the advertising message, establish a short-range wireless communication connection between the apparatus and the electronic pen via the short-range communication circuit while the wireless power is provided to the electronic pen via the wireless power circuit.