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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2014
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Jung-hyun Shim, Seongnam-si, KR;
Kee-eung Kim, Seoul, KR;
Hyun-jin Kim, Gwangju, KR;
Joon-ah Park, Seoul, KR;
Ho-yeal Lee, Yongin-si, KR;
Hyun-jeong Lee, Yongin-si, KR;
Wook Chang, Seoul, KR;
Seung-nyang Chung, Seoul, KR;
Sung-jung Cho, Suwon-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon, KR;
Abstract
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.