ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• US 20150192989A1
• Filed: 01/07/2015
• Published: 07/09/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/07/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: KIM, Dongsub, KIM, Kwangtai, SONG, Sejun, LEE, Yohan, KIM, Changjin, KWON, Jungtae, KIM, Namyun, KIM, Byeongjae, KIL, Kwangmin, KIM, Seongwoon, KIM, Junghun, AN, Haejun, CHO, Hyerin
• Application Number:
  US14/591,461
• Publication Number:
  US 20150192989A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0339 Touch strips, e.g. orthogonal touch strips to control cursor movement or scrolling; single touch strip to adjust parameter or to implement a row of soft keys
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2420/03 Connection circuits to selectively connect loudspeakers or headphones to amplifiers
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2499/11 Transducers incorporated or for use in hand-held devices, e.g. mobile phones, PDA's, camera's

Abstract

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display for outputting an image, and a controller functionally connected to the display. The controller acquires a user input through at least one side surface of the display, determines grip information on the user input related to the electronic device based on the user input, and provides at least one of an application or a function corresponding to the grip information through the electronic device.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a display configured to output an image; and

a controller functionally connected to the display,

wherein the controller is configured to acquire a user input through at least one side surface of the display, to determine grip information on the user input related to the electronic device based on the user input, and to provide at least one of an application or a function corresponding to the grip information through the electronic device.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising one or more sensor pads for acquiring the user input.

3. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein a black mask of the display is located on at least one of the one or more sensor pads.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising:

a first speaker and a second speaker,

wherein the controller is further configured to output audio data through at least one of the first speaker and the second speaker based on at least one of the user input and the grip information.

5. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the is further configured to controller provide at least one function of scrolling, enlarging, reducing, and switching information displayed on the display based on the user input.

6. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the electronic device provides a first application through a first area of the display and a second application through a second area of the display, and

wherein the controller is further configured to control the first application through the user input when the user input corresponds to the first area and to control the second application through the user input when the user input corresponds to the second area.

7. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to provide a function of selecting one or more objects based on the user input.

8. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the controller is further configured to provide a function of controlling the display based on the grip information.

9. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to provide at least one of a function of reducing an entire screen and displaying the reduced screen based on the grip information, and a function of changing a position or form of a predetermined object area and displaying the changed area based on the grip information.

10. The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one of an acceleration sensor, a gyro sensor, and a geomagnetic sensor for acquiring at least one of position information and orientation information corresponding to the electronic device,

wherein the controller is further configured to determine the grip information based on at least one of the position information and the orientation information.

11. A control method comprising:

receiving a user input through one or more sensor pads included in a black mask of a display;

determining grip information of a user related to an electronic device based on the user input; and

providing one of an application and a function based on at least one of the user input and the grip information.

12. The control method of claim 11, wherein the determining of the grip information comprises determining the grip information when a user input greater than or equal to a predetermined reference value is received.

13. The control method of claim 11, wherein the determining of the grip information comprises determining the grip information based on one of the position information and the orientation information of the electronic device.

14. The control method of claim 11, wherein the providing of the one of the application and the function comprises providing a function of executing a camera when predetermined grip information of the user or a predetermined input through the sensor pad is acquired.

15. The control method of claim 11, wherein the providing of the application or the function comprises providing at least one of an operation of executing a camera, a function of acquiring an image through a camera, a function of zooming in, a function of zooming out, a focus-related function, a function of selecting a camera menu, a function of switching between front and rear cameras, and a function of automatically executing a predetermined function.

16. The control method of claim 11, wherein the providing of the application or the function comprises providing a function of controlling a screen rotation operation of the electronic device based on the grip information.

17. The control method of claim 11, wherein the providing of the application or the function comprises providing a function of changing an output volume of a speaker functionally connected to the electronic device or muting the output volume.

18. The control method of claim 11, wherein the providing of the application or the function comprises providing a function of controlling switching between a first application and a second application based on the user input.

19. The control method of claim 11, wherein the providing of the application or the function comprises providing a function of releasing a lock screen based on the user input.

20. The control method of claim 11, wherein the one or more sensor pads are included in a black mask area of the display.

21. The control method of claim 11, further comprising:

determining a display area of an object based on the grip information;

displaying the object in the determined display area;

receiving a specific user input signal related to the display area of the object;

at least one of releasing the specific user input signal, re-inputting the user input signal, and inputting a different type signal; and

when the specific user input signal is received, providing a function related to the object.

22. A computer-readable recording medium recording a program for performing a method of controlling an electronic device in a computer, the method comprising:

receiving a user input through one or more sensor pads;

determining grip information of a user related to the electronic device based on the user input; and

providing one of an application and a function based on at least one of the user input and the grip information.