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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2018

Filed:

Jan. 16, 2013
Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Inventors:

Zhiping Xia, Cupertino, CA (US);

Howard Z. Lee, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); G06F 3/0416 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus and method for adjusting a display of a portable electronic device having a display unit are provided. The method includes detecting a user's touch of the portable electronic device, determining touch information including at least one of a location and an area of the user's touch on the display unit, determining whether the user's touch is a touch input for executing an operation on the portable electronic device or a user's gripping of the portable electronic device according to the touch information, and adjusting the displaying of a User Interface (UI) according to the user's gripping of the portable electronic device, wherein an entirety of an outward facing surface of the display unit is touch-enabled so as to receive a touch input of a user at any point of the outward facing surface.


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