Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Hyunwoong Kwon

Banghyun Kwon

Inhyung Jung

Sangheon Kim

Yeunwook Lim

Jongwu Baek

Byunghoon Kang

Doosuk Kang

Bokun Choi

Jongmu Choi

Chunho Park

Namyong Kang

Sangmin Shin

Eunyoung Chang

Byunghyuk Moon

Sanghui Park

Junki Jeong

A method of controlling an electronic device using a stylus includes establishing a wireless communication connection between the electronic device and the stylus; displaying a pointing object on a screen displayed on a display of the electronic device, wherein a position of the pointing object on the screen corresponds to a position of the stylus; obtaining first information related to whether an orientation of the electronic device is changed and second information related to whether the screen is fixed; setting a direction of a coordinate system of the display based on the first information and the second information; and moving the pointing object on the screen within the coordinate system to correspond to a movement of the stylus in space.

Method for controlling electronic device by using stylus, and electronic device for receiving input from stylus by using method

An electronic device having a screen capture function and a method for operating a screen capture function on the electronic device are provided. An electronic device includes a display module and a processor, wherein the processor may display execution screens that correspond respectively to a plurality of applications, based on a multi-window, detect an interaction related to a screen capture while the respective execution screens are displayed through the multi-window, based on the interaction, perform a screen capture for each window based on an area of interest for each window of the multi-window, provide a cue including at least a portion of the area of interest for each window based on the screen capture, and process an event using capture data corresponding to the cue, based on a user input using the cue.

Method for providing capture function and electronic device therefor

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display and a processor, wherein the processor may be configured to confirm an air pointer initiation event of a stylus pen, display, on the display, an air pointer of the stylus pen on the basis of display rotation information and information of at least one application running on the electronic device, confirm, once a selection event is received from the stylus pen, first location information among a plurality of location information about the air pointer, calculated according to the motion of the selection event, confirm, on the basis of the information of the at least one application running on the electronic device, a function object set in an area of the display that comprises the first location information, and perform a function of the function object, corresponding to the selection event.

Electronic device and method for controlling air pointer of stylus pen in electronic device

An electronic device may include a communication module; memory; a display module; and a processor. The processor may determine that an electronic pen event associated with an electronic pen is being executed; receive one or more pieces of motion information from the electronic pen; buffer one or more pieces of motion information into the memory; determine pen pointer coordinates on the display module based on the buffered one or more pieces of motion information; and display a pen pointer on the display module on the basis of the determined pen pointer coordinates and one or more pieces of motion information.

Electronic device, and method for displaying electronic pen pointer of electronic device

An example electronic device according to various embodiments may include a display, a wireless communication circuit and at least one processor operatively coupled with the display and the wireless communication circuit, and the at least one processor may be configured to receive motion sensor values from an external electronic device through the wireless communication circuit, count the number of approach indicators received together with the motion sensor values, and discard the received motion sensor values when the number exceeds a threshold value.

Electronic device and electronic pen for input control and method thereof

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display, a communication circuit, a memory, and a processor operatively connected to the display, the communication circuit, and the memory, wherein the processor is configured to detect a pen event for the display to obtain a frequency, to establish a communication connection with an electronic pen using the communication circuit to obtain switch information and a device identification (ID), to obtain an electronic pen connection record from the memory, to determine a type of the electronic pen based on the device ID, to determine an operation mode of the electronic pen based on the switch information when the switch information is obtained, and to perform a predetermined function based on at least one of the frequency, the electronic pen connection record, the type of the electronic pen, or the operation mode.

Electronic device and method of operating electronic pen

An electronic device according to an embodiment may include a first sensor, a communication circuit, a processor operatively coupled to the first sensor and the communication circuit, and a memory operatively coupled to the processor. The memory may store instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: determine whether calibration is required for a second sensor of a stylus pen, based on a specified condition; identify that the stylus pen is aligned to a specified position of the electronic device; in response to identifying that the stylus pen is aligned to the specified position of the electronic device and determining that the calibration is required, collect situation information by using the first sensor; and transmit a calibration command to the stylus pen through the communication circuit, based on the situation information.

Electronic device for performing correction for stylus, and operation method therefor

An electronic device including an electronic pen and a method of controlling a communication connection with the electronic pen is provided. The electronic device include a housing, a touch-screen display, a first wireless communication circuit, an extended recess disposed inside the housing, a first wireless charging circuit; an electronic pen including a second wireless communication circuit and a second wireless charging circuit electrically coupled to the first wireless charging circuit, a processor, and a memory. The memory stores instructions causing the processor to detect whether the electronic pen is inserted into the recess, charge the electronic pen through the first wireless charging circuit based on the detection, receive inherent information of the electronic pen through the first wireless communication circuit during or after the charging, and maintain or re-establish a communication connection with the electronic pen based on at least a portion of the received inherent information.

Electronic device including electronic pen and method of controlling communication connection between electronic device and electronic pen

The present invention relates to a method for processing an input using a stylus pen and an electronic device thereof. The electronic device may include a housing including an inner space and a hole connected to the inner space, a touch screen display including a first stylus pen which is insertable into the inner space through the hole and has an external surface including a selected first color, and visible through part of the housing, a processor disposed inside the housing and operatively coupled with the touch screen display, and a memory disposed inside the housing and operatively coupled with the processor, and the memory may store instructions for, when executed, causing the processor to receive a first drawing input using the first stylus pen through the display, in response to the first drawing input, display the first drawing output on the display, and set a color of the first drawing output to the selected first color.

Method for processing input made with stylus pen and electronic device therefor

According to an embodiment, an electronic device comprises: a communication module comprising communication circuitry, a processor electrically connected with the communication module, and a memory electrically connected with the processor, wherein the memory stores instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to control the electronic device to: receive at least one first communication signal including information about a position of a stylus pen through the communication module, identify a gesture based on the information about the position of the stylus pen, identify an operation corresponding to the gesture, and based on detecting a repetition event for the operation based on at least one second communication signal received from the stylus pen, through the communication module, repeat an execution of the operation.

Electronic device identifying gesture with stylus pen and method for operating the same

An electronic device using a digital pen is provided. The electronic device includes a digital pen, a wireless communication circuit, a processor, and a memory operatively connected to the processor. The memory stores instructions which, when executed, cause the processor to receive a first input through the wireless communication circuit from the digital pen, identify whether a first application or a second application is being executed based on the reception of the first input, when the first application is being executed, identify and perform a first operation associated with the first application from one or more operations corresponding to the first input, and when the second application is being executed, identify and perform a second operation associated with the second application from the one or more operations corresponding to the first input, wherein the first application is different from the second application.

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Hyunwoong Kwon