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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2016
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Seungyun Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Younghoon Kwak, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Dongkyu Kim, Seoul, KR;
Yu-Jeong Jeon, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, , KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/725 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/72519 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04104 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04803 (2013.01); H04M 2250/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electronic device and a method are provided for controlling volume. The electronic device includes a touch screen including a main area on a front surface of the electronic device and an auxiliary area formed on a side of the main area; and a controller configured to detect a touch area contacted on the auxiliary area in a call mode, to determine the auxiliary area as a volume control area based on the touch area, and to control volume according to a touch event input in the volume control area.