Apparatus and method for controlling portable terminal
First Claim
1. An electronic device, comprising:
- a memory storing a plurality of recognition models;
a contact sensing unit to sense at least two areas contacted by a user and output contact signals corresponding to the contacted areas; and
at least one processor to identify a contact pattern of the contact signals, to recognize a mode based on the plurality of recognition models corresponding to the identified contact pattern, and to put the electronic device into the recognized mode, to determine if the recognized mode is a desired mode based on information input by the user, and, to update a corresponding recognition model stored in the memory based on a result of the determination.
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Abstract
Provided is an apparatus and method for controlling a portable terminal. The apparatus includes a contact sensing unit which senses an area of an external surface of the portable terminal contacted by a user as the user holds the portable terminal, a recognizing unit which recognizes a function mode of the portable terminal based on information about the contacted area sensed by the contact sensing unit, and a control unit which changes the portable terminal to a function mode recognized by the recognizing unit. Since a function mode of the portable terminal is controlled according to the way a user holds the portable terminal, convenience of changing a function mode of the portable terminal is provided through a single manipulation.
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23 Claims
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1. An electronic device, comprising:
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a memory storing a plurality of recognition models; a contact sensing unit to sense at least two areas contacted by a user and output contact signals corresponding to the contacted areas; and at least one processor to identify a contact pattern of the contact signals, to recognize a mode based on the plurality of recognition models corresponding to the identified contact pattern, and to put the electronic device into the recognized mode, to determine if the recognized mode is a desired mode based on information input by the user, and, to update a corresponding recognition model stored in the memory based on a result of the determination. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for controlling a electronic device, the method comprising:
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storing a plurality of recognition models; sensing at least two areas contacted by a user; outputting contact signals corresponding to the contacted areas; identifying a contact pattern of the contact signals; recognizing a mode based on the plurality of recognition models corresponding to the identified contact pattern; putting the electronic device into the recognized mode; determining if the recognized mode is a desired mode based on information input by the user; and updating a corresponding recognition model based on a result of the determination. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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