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Method and apparatus for processing input using display

  • US 10,275,056 B2
  • Filed: 03/24/2015
  • Issued: 04/30/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/19/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for processing a plurality of inputs, the method comprising:

  • receiving a first user input through a display that is functionally connected to an electronic device, wherein the first user input includes a drag gesture corresponding to a first direction;

    identifying a plurality of angles between the first direction and each of two predetermined axes;

    defining a first axis as a reference axis from among the two predetermined axes, wherein an angle between the first axis and the first direction is smaller than an angle between a remaining predetermined axis of the two predetermined axes and the first direction;

    defining a second axis as a changed reference axis based on the angle between the first axis and the first direction;

    receiving a second user input starting from a release point of the first user input, wherein the second user input includes a drag gesture corresponding to a second direction;

    identifying a plurality of angles between the second direction and each of a plurality of axes, wherein the plurality of axes includes the remaining predetermined axis and the second axis;

    determining the second user input as a third user input in a third direction corresponding to one of the two predetermined axes, based on the plurality of angles between the second direction and the each of the plurality of axes; and

    transmitting information on the first user input and the third user input in the third direction to an external device for causing the external device to perform at least one event corresponding to the first user input and the third user input in the third direction.

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