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Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2020

Filed:

Jan. 19, 2017
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Kiwon Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Sungjun Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Heesoo Son, Seoul, KR;

Seungmin Chung, Seoul, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G06K 9/0002 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04105 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04106 (2013.01);
Abstract

An electronic device and method for recognizing a touch input on the electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a touch panel and a processor. The processor configured to determine the type of an object contacting the touch panel, set, when the object is of a first type, a threshold for touch recognition on the touch panel to a first designated value, set, when the object is of a second type, the threshold to a second designated value, and recognize a touch input by the object on the basis of the threshold set to one of the first designated value and the second designated value.


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