Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Seung-nyang Chung

Hyun-jin Kim

Wook Chang

Jung-hyun Shim

Sung-jung Cho

Joon-ah Park

Hyun-jeong Lee

Kee-eung Kim

Ho-yeal Lee

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.

Apparatus and method for controlling portable terminal

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Seoul, South Korea

Seung-nyang Chung