APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PARTICULAR OPERATION OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING DIFFERENT TOUCH ZONES
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1. An input system of an electronic device, comprising:
- a graphical user interface (GUI) comprising a first touch zone; and
a physical user interface (PUI) disposed adjacent to the first touch zone, the PUI comprising a second touch zone,wherein each of the first touch zone and the second touch zone is configured to receive a continuous contact occurring in connection with the other of the first touch zone and the second touch zone.
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Abstract
An electronic device has a graphical user interface (GUI) such as a touch screen and a physical user interface (PUI) such as a touch pad. A first touch zone in the GUI is disposed adjacently and symmetrically to a second touch zone in the PUI. The touch zones may receive continuous contacts that occur thereon. The continuous contacts may be accepted as a single gestural input, which is used to control a particular operation of the electronic device.
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1. An input system of an electronic device, comprising:
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a graphical user interface (GUI) comprising a first touch zone; and a physical user interface (PUI) disposed adjacent to the first touch zone, the PUI comprising a second touch zone, wherein each of the first touch zone and the second touch zone is configured to receive a continuous contact occurring in connection with the other of the first touch zone and the second touch zone. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A mobile device comprising:
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a touch screen comprising a first touch zone; a touch pad comprising a second touch zone disposed adjacent to the first touch zone; and a control unit configured to accept a continuous contact as a single gestural input, the continuous contact occurring successively on the touch screen and the touch pad. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An electronic device, comprising:
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a first input unit comprising a first touch zone; a second input unit comprising a second touch zone disposed adjacent and symmetric to the first touch zone; and a control unit configured to accept a continuous contact as a single gestural input, the continuous contact occurring successively on the first input unit and the second input unit, wherein the first touch zone and the second touch zone are configured to continually detect the continuous contact. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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18. A method for controlling an operation of an electronic device, the method comprising:
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controlling a function according to a continuous contact, in response to occurrence of the continuous contact on a first touch zone; detecting the continuous contact moving from the first touch zone to a second touch zone; accepting the continuous contact as a single gestural input; and continually controlling the function according to the continuous contact, in response to occurrence of the continuous contact on the second touch zone. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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