Electronic apparatus having a sensing unit to input a user command and a method thereof
First Claim
1. A mobile device, comprising:
- a housing having a front side and a rear side;
an input and output installed in the housing, and comprising a panel on the front side of the housing to receive a user input and to display a photographing image or a menu;
a sensing unit installed on the front side of the housing, and having a first camera and a second camera respectively having a first virtual area and a second virtual area which correspond to a display area of the panel; and
a controller installed in the housing, configured to perform a photographing mode to control the first camera to photograph the first virtual area corresponding to the display area of the panel to generate a first photographing image, and to control the display unit to display the first photographing image in the display area of the panel, and configured to perform a sensing mode to control the second camera to photograph the second virtual area including an object disposed to face the display area of the panel to generate a second photographing image representing the object, to determine a state of the object of the second photographing image, and to perform a function of the mobile device according to the menu and the state of the object as an input to the menu,wherein the second virtual area includes a plurality of sub-objects, one of which has a higher priority than the other one, and the controller is configured to determine a state of the one sub-object with the higher priority as the input to the menu.
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Abstract
An electronic apparatus includes a housing, a display unit installed in the housing and having a display area to display an image or a menu icon, a sensing unit installed in the housing adjacent to the display unit, having a virtual area to sense an object which is disposed over the display area of the display unit, and having a first camera to photograph and display the virtual area in a photographing mode and a second camera to extract the object from the virtual area and display a sensed image of the extracted object in a sensing mode, and a controller to analyze status of the object according to the sensed image of the object, and to determine the analyzed status of the object as a user input in the sensing mode.
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1. A mobile device, comprising:
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a housing having a front side and a rear side; an input and output installed in the housing, and comprising a panel on the front side of the housing to receive a user input and to display a photographing image or a menu; a sensing unit installed on the front side of the housing, and having a first camera and a second camera respectively having a first virtual area and a second virtual area which correspond to a display area of the panel; and a controller installed in the housing, configured to perform a photographing mode to control the first camera to photograph the first virtual area corresponding to the display area of the panel to generate a first photographing image, and to control the display unit to display the first photographing image in the display area of the panel, and configured to perform a sensing mode to control the second camera to photograph the second virtual area including an object disposed to face the display area of the panel to generate a second photographing image representing the object, to determine a state of the object of the second photographing image, and to perform a function of the mobile device according to the menu and the state of the object as an input to the menu, wherein the second virtual area includes a plurality of sub-objects, one of which has a higher priority than the other one, and the controller is configured to determine a state of the one sub-object with the higher priority as the input to the menu. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of a mobile device, the method comprising:
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providing a housing having a front side and a rear side, an input and output installed in the housing and comprising a panel on the front side of the housing to receive a user input and to display a photographing image or a menu, and a sensing unit installed on the front side of the housing, and having a first camera and a second camera each respectively having a first virtual area and a second virtual area which correspond to a display area of the panel of the input and output unit; using a controller processor installed in the housing, configured to perform a photographing mode to control the first camera to photograph the first virtual area corresponding to the display area of the panel to generate a first photographing image, and to control the display unit to display the first photographing image in the display area of the panel, and configured to perform a sensing mode to control the second camera to photograph the second virtual area including an object disposed to face the display area of the panel to generate a second photographing image representing the object, to determine a state of the object of the second photographing image, and to perform a function of the mobile device according to the menu and the state of the object as an input to the menu, wherein the second virtual area includes a plurality of sub-objects, one of which has a higher priority than the other one, and the method further comprises determining a state of the one sub-object with the higher priority as the input to the menu. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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