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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2014
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Jung-Tae Kwon, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Dong-Sub Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Byeong-Jae Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Chang-Jin Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H04M 1/23 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06N 99/00 (2010.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G06F 1/1643 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/165 (2013.01); H04M 1/236 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04108 (2013.01); G06N 99/005 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for recognizing a user's grip state using a Touch Screen Panel (TSP) sensor in an electronic device are provided. The method for recognizing the user's grip state in the electronic device includes the processes of detecting a hovering input generated by a user's grip through a self-capacitive or mutual-capacitive touch screen, and determining the user's grip state in accordance with the detected hovering input.