Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Nitin Bajaj

Madan Ankapura

Ciaran Thomas Rochford

Yajie Sun

Jon Shemitz

Bing Xu

Tom Flynn

An apparatus and a method for detecting a touch input to a touchscreen and distinguishing between different types of touch inputs are provided. The method includes detecting the input to a touch screen of the terminal, and determining an input type that is input to the touch screen based on characteristics of the input.

Apparatus and method for detecting an input to a terminal

Apparatus and method for detecting hard and soft touch by using acoustic sensors

An apparatus and a method for displaying an image on a portable image device are provided. The method includes receiving a first input indicative of an input associated with an application, generating a first image object in a buffer of the portable image device, storing the first image object in a memory of the portable image device, generating a first image using the first image object stored in the memory of the portable image device, and displaying the first image on an image display device of the portable image device.

Portable image device for generating application images

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San Jose, CA, United States of America

Nitin Bajaj