METHOD FOR PROCESSING INPUT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF

• US 20140351768A1
• Filed: 03/27/2014
• Published: 11/27/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/27/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: PARK, Hyung-Jin
• Application Number:
  US14/227,452
• Publication Number:
  US 20140351768A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/856
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04108 Touchless 2D- digitiser, i.e. digitiser detecting the X/Y position of the input means, finger or stylus, also when it does not touch, but is proximate to the digitiser's interaction surface without distance measurement in the Z direction
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0416 Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

A method employed by an electronic device determines a state of the electronic device in a hover input mode. The state comprises at least one of, (a) an orientation of the electronic device and (b) finger locations of a grip holding the electronic device. The method sets a hover lock region on a touchscreen in response to the determined state of the electronic device and inhibits activation of a command associated with selection of an object in the hover lock region.

Claims

1. A method employed by an electronic device, the method comprising:

determining a state of the electronic device in a hover input mode, the state comprising at least one of,

(a) an orientation of the electronic device, and

(b) finger locations of a grip holding the electronic device;

setting a hover lock region on a touchscreen in response to the determined state of the electronic device; and

inhibiting activation of a command associated with selection of an object in the hover lock region.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the state of the electronic device comprises:

determining a motion of the electronic device using at least one of an acceleration sensor, a gyroscope or a slope sensor.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the state of the electronic device comprises:

determining a user gripping state of the electronic device using a grip sensor or a touch sensor.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the hover lock region is changed in response to the user gripping state.

5. The method of claim 1, including determining the hover lock region in response to at least one of, a height at which a hover input unit is positioned from the touchscreen, an area of a hover input, a hover input start position, and a speed at which a hover input unit moves from the touchscreen.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the hover lock region excludes a hover cursor position.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the hover lock region is selected in response to movement of the hover cursor.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the hover lock region comprises at least one of, a peripheral region of an upper portion, a lower portion, a left portion, a right portion, and a vertex region of the touchscreen.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

changing a position of a hover cursor from a hover active region to a hover lock region in response to a detected hover input,

processing a command associated with the hover cursor position by at least one of, processing a command associated with an object where the hover cursor is positioned, and releasing a hover lock region.

20. A computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs comprising instructions, when executed by an electronic device, allowing the electronic device to perform the method of claim 1.

10. An electronic device comprising:

a touchscreen; and

a processor connected to the touchscreen, configured to determine a state of the electronic device in a hover input mode, the state comprising at least one of,

(a) an orientation of the electronic device and

(b) finger locations of a grip holding the electronic device,

sets a hover lock region on a touchscreen in response to the determined state of the electronic device and

inhibits activation of a command associated with selection of an object in the hover lock region.

11. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the processor configured to

initiates display of a hover cursor in a hover active region in response to a detected hover command,

move the hover cursor to the hover lock region,

in response to a selection of an object positioned in the hover lock region using the hover cursor, process a command associated with the object, and

provides a processing result on the touchscreen.

12. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the processor further configured to initiate release of a hover lock region.

13. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein

In response to user command the processor configured to

detect a hover input in the hover lock region,

selects a UI object in the hover lock region,

drag the selected UI object to an active region,

drop the selected UI object, and

process a command associated with the object.

14. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein the processor further configured to initiate release of the hover lock region.

15. The electronic device of claim 14, wherein the processor further configured to initiate display of a menu enabling selection of release of the hover lock region.

16. An electronic device comprising:

one or more processors;

a memory; and

one or more programs stored in the memory and executed by the one or more processors to,

determine at least one of,

an orientation and

a gripping state, of the electronic device using at least one sensor of, an acceleration sensor, a gyroscope, a slope sensor, a grip sensor, and a touch sensor in response to hover input detection,

set a hover lock region in an active region for hover input detection in response to the determined orientation or gripping state and

inhibit activation of a command associated with selection of an object in the hover lock region.

17. An electronic device comprising:

one or more processors;

a memory; and

one or more programs stored in the memory and executed by the one or more processors,

wherein the one or more programs comprise instructions to,

determine a state of the electronic device during a hover input mode,

set a hover lock region in a hover active region of a touchscreen in response to the determined state of the electronic device,

change a position of a hover cursor in the hover active region in response to an input command, and

at least one of, process an instruction associated with a hover cursor position in the hover lock region and release the hover lock region.

18. The electronic device according to claim 18 wherein the program comprises instructions to inhibit activation of a command associated with selection of an object in the hover lock region.

19. The electronic device according to claim 18 wherein the program determines a user gripping state of the electronic device using a grip sensor or a touch sensor.