APPARATUS FOR MEASURING COORDINATES AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

• US 20140062965A1
• Filed: 08/13/2013
• Published: 03/06/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/28/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: LEE, Gi-Yong
• Granted Patent: US 10,114,496 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/178
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03545 Pens or stylus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04162 for exchanging data with external devices, e.g. smart pens, via the digitiser sensing hardware
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

An apparatus for measuring coordinates of input from an input means and a control method thereof are provided. The control method includes displaying a user input interface and receiving a user input from the input means, detecting an increase in a distance between the input means and the apparatus for measuring the coordinates, determining whether a hover event is completed, based on the distance between the input means and the apparatus for measuring the coordinates, and displaying a result of recognizing the user input as text when the hover event is completed.

Claims

1. A control method of an apparatus for measuring coordinates of an input by an input means, the control method comprising:

receiving a user input from the input means;

detecting an increase in a distance between the input means and the apparatus for measuring the coordinates;

determining whether a hover event is completed based on the distance between the input means and the apparatus for measuring the coordinates; and

displaying a result of recognizing the user input as text when the hover event is completed.

2. The control method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the hover event occurs while the distance between the input means and the apparatus for measuring the coordinates is equal to or less than a preset length.

3. The control method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the determining of whether the hover event is completed comprises:

determining that the hover event is completed when the distance between the input means and the apparatus for measuring the coordinates exceeds a preset length.

4. The control method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the determining of whether the hover event is completed comprises:

determining that the hover event is completed when a strength of a reception signal received from the input means is less than a preset strength.

5. The control method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the determining of whether the hover event is completed comprises:

determining whether a time period, during which the distance between the input means and the apparatus for measuring the coordinates exceeds the preset length, exceeds a preset time period.

6. The control method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the displaying of the result of recognizing the user input as the text comprises:

simultaneously performing text recognition on the user input when the hover event is completed; and

displaying a result of performing the text recognition.

7. The control method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the displaying of the result of recognizing the user input as the text comprises:

displaying a user input interface while performing text recognition on the user input even when the hover event is not completed.

8. The control method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the displaying of the result of recognizing the user input as the text comprises:

simultaneously displaying the result of recognizing the user input as the text when the hover event is completed.

9. The control method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising determining whether the user input is not entered after a preset time period, while the hover event occurs.

10. The control method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the hover event is determined to be completed when the user input is not entered after the preset time period.

21. A non-transient computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that when executed cause at least one processor to perform the method of claim 1.

11. An apparatus for measuring coordinates of an input by an input means, the apparatus comprising:

a touch screen for receiving a user input from the input means; and

a controller for performing a control operation so as to detect an increase in a distance between the input means and the apparatus for measuring the coordinates, for determining whether a hover event is completed based on the distance between the input means and the apparatus for measuring the coordinates, and for performing a control operation so as to display a result of recognizing the user input as text when the hover event is completed.

12. The apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein the hover event occurs while the distance between the input means and the apparatus for measuring the coordinates is equal to or less than a preset length.

13. The apparatus as claimed in claim 12, wherein the controller determines that the hover event is completed when the distance between the input means and the apparatus for measuring the coordinates exceeds a preset length.

14. The apparatus as claimed in claim 12, wherein the controller determines that the hover event is completed when a strength of a reception signal received from the input means is less than a preset strength.

15. The apparatus as claimed in claim 12, wherein the controller determines whether a time period, during which the distance between the input means and the apparatus for measuring the coordinates exceeds the preset length, exceeds a preset time period.

16. The apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein the controller performs a control operation so as to simultaneously perform text recognition on the user input when the hover event is completed, and so as to display a result of performing the text recognition.

17. The apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein the controller performs a control operation so as to display a user input interface while performing text recognition on the user input even when the hover event is not completed.

18. The apparatus as claimed in claim 17, wherein the controller performs a control operation so as to simultaneously display the result of recognizing the user input as the text when the hover event is completed.

19. The apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein the controller determines whether the user input is not entered after a preset time period, while the hover event occurs.

20. The apparatus as claimed in claim 19, wherein the controller determines that the hover event is completed when the user input is not entered after the preset time period.