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Electronic device, smart home system using electronic device, and method for controlling smart home system

US10425241B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 31, 2015
Grant dateSep 24, 2019
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Expiry dateOct 2, 2035

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W88/02
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to a smart home system and an electronic device for establishing the same. An electronic device according to the present invention comprises: a body part having an electric circuit; a wireless communication unit included in the body part; a sensor unit which is mounted on the body part and sensed at least one object to be sensed; a cover part detachably coupled to the body part so as to cover at least a part of the body part and electrically connected to the electric circuit; and a control unit for controlling the wireless communication unit to transmit, to an external device, a radio signal according to a resistance value formed by the coupling of the cover part and sensing information sensed through the sensor unit.

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