Apparatus and method for controlling portable terminal
First Claim
1. An apparatus for controlling a portable terminal, the apparatus comprising:
- a sensor configured to sense a contact area of an external surface of the portable terminal contacted by a user as the user holds the portable terminal; and
at least one processor configured to;
determine a function mode of the portable terminal based on the sensed contact area and a stored recognition model that is updated, based on whether the determined function mode, after an execution of the function mode, was a function mode desired by the user; and
select a function mode of the portable terminal corresponding to the determined function mode.
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Abstract
Provided is an apparatus and method for controlling a portable terminal. The apparatus includes a contact sensing unit which senses an area of an external surface of the portable terminal contacted by a user as the user holds the portable terminal, a recognizing unit which recognizes a function mode of the portable terminal based on information about the contacted area sensed by the contact sensing unit, and a control unit which changes the portable terminal to a function mode recognized by the recognizing unit. Since a function mode of the portable terminal is controlled according to the way a user holds the portable terminal, convenience of changing a function mode of the portable terminal is provided through a single manipulation.
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3 Claims
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1. An apparatus for controlling a portable terminal, the apparatus comprising:
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a sensor configured to sense a contact area of an external surface of the portable terminal contacted by a user as the user holds the portable terminal; and at least one processor configured to; determine a function mode of the portable terminal based on the sensed contact area and a stored recognition model that is updated, based on whether the determined function mode, after an execution of the function mode, was a function mode desired by the user; and select a function mode of the portable terminal corresponding to the determined function mode.
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2. A method for controlling a portable terminal, the method comprising:
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sensing, by a sensor of the portable terminal, a contact area of an external surface of the portable terminal contacted by a user as the user holds the portable terminal; determining, by at least one processor, a function mode of the portable terminal based on the sensed contact area and a stored recognition model that is updated based on whether the determined function mode, after an execution of the function mode, was a function mode desired by the user; and selecting, by the at least one processor, a function mode of the portable terminal corresponding to the determined function mode.
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3. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing a program to implement a method, the method comprising:
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sensing, by a sensor of the portable terminal, a contact area of an external surface of the portable terminal contacted by a user as the user holds the portable terminal; determining, by at least one processor, a function mode of the portable terminal based on the sensed contact area and a stored recognition model that is updated, based on whether the determined function mode, after an execution of the function mode, was a function mode desired by the user; and selecting, by the at least one processor, a function mode of the portable terminal corresponding to the determined function mode.
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