ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM

• US 20140184566A1
• Filed: 12/27/2013
• Published: 07/03/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Huge Design, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Stimulant
• Original Assignee: Huge Design, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Stimulant
• Inventors: VELZY, Allan, HILL, John Wayne, LALA, Ritesh, HARSACKY, Chris, SWINTON, Rob, GRANAS, Lee
• Application Number:
  US14/141,783
• Publication Number:
  US 20140184566A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/174
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0393 Accessories for touch pads or touch screens, e.g. mechanical guides added to touch screens for drawing straight lines, hard keys overlaying touch screens or touch pads
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04186 Touch location disambiguation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/044 by capacitive means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

An electronic apparatus includes a display configured to display an image, a touch sensor configured to sense more than three touch areas on a surface of the display, a distinguisher configured to distinguish a touch pattern with respect to the sensed touch areas based on a number of the sensed touch areas and a total distance between the sensed touch areas, and a controller configured to perform an event that corresponds to the distinguished touch pattern.

Claims

1. An electronic apparatus, comprising:

a display configured to display an image;

a touch sensor configured to sense more than three touch areas on a surface of the display;

a distinguisher configured to distinguish a touch pattern with respect to the sensed touch areas based on a number of the sensed touch areas and a total distance between the sensed touch areas; and

a controller configured to perform an event that corresponds to the distinguished touch pattern.

2. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the distinguisher is configured to determine whether distances between the sensed touch areas are within a predetermined interval range, and to distinguish the touch pattern by comparing the total distance between the sensed touch areas with prestored information.

3. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the distinguisher is configured to distinguish the touch pattern by using an average of the total distance between the sensed touch areas for a predetermined time with respect to the touch areas sensed during the predetermined time.

4. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to perform the event that corresponds to the distinguished touch pattern and a position of the distinguished touch pattern on the display.

5. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to control the display to display an image that corresponds to the distinguished touch pattern.

6. The electronic apparatus of claim 1, wherein a touch area of the more than three touch areas is configured to be generated at a location of an object in which the touch pattern, in a form of a plurality of capacitive touch points, is arranged on a first side of the object.

7. The electronic apparatus of claim 6, wherein the object includes capacitive lines arranged on the first side and on a second side different from the first side in order to deliver a capacitive amount caused by a touch of a user to the plurality of capacitive touch points.

8. The electronic apparatus of claim 6, wherein a first of the plurality of capacitive touch points has a predetermined distance from a second of the plurality of capacitive touch points.

9. The electronic apparatus of claim 8, wherein the distinguisher is configured to sense a direction of the touch pattern by using directions and distances between the first of the plurality of capacitive touch points that has the predetermined distance from the second of the plurality of capacitive touch points and other of the plurality of capacitive touch points.

10. The electronic apparatus of claim 9, wherein the controller is configured to perform the event that corresponds to the distinguished touch pattern and the sensed direction of the touch pattern.

11. A method of controlling an electronic apparatus, comprising:

displaying an image;

sensing more than three touch areas on a surface of a display;

distinguishing a touch pattern with respect to the sensed touch areas based on a number of the sensed touch areas and a total distance between the sensed touch areas; and

performing an event that corresponds to the distinguished touch pattern.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the distinguishing comprises determining whether distances between the sensed touch areas are within a predetermined interval range, and distinguishing the touch pattern by comparing the number of the sensed touch areas, the total distance between the sensed touch areas, and prestored information.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the distinguishing comprises distinguishing the touch pattern by using an average of the total distance between the sensed touch areas for a predetermined time with respect to the touch areas sensed during the predetermined time.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the performing comprises performing the event that corresponds to the distinguished touch pattern and a position of the distinguished touch pattern on the display.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the performing further comprises displaying an image that corresponds to the distinguished touch pattern.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein a touch area of the more than three touch areas is generated at a location of an object in which the touch pattern, in a form of a plurality of capacitive touch points, is arranged on a side of the object.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein a first of the plurality of capacitive touch points has a predetermined distance from a second of the plurality of capacitive touch points.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the distinguishing further comprises sensing a direction of the touch pattern by using directions and distances between the first of the plurality of capacitive touch points that has the predetermined distance from the second of the plurality of capacitive touch points and other of the plurality of capacitive touch points.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the performing comprises performing the event that corresponds to the distinguished touch pattern and the sensed direction of the touch pattern.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium comprising a program to implement a method of controlling an electronic apparatus, wherein the method comprises:

displaying an image;

sensing more than three touch areas on a surface of a display;

distinguishing a touch pattern with respect to the sensed touch areas based on a number of the sensed touch areas and a total distance between the sensed touch areas; and

performing an event that corresponds to the distinguished touch pattern.