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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2016
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Tomasz Robert Gdala, Plewiska, PL;
Bartosz Pawel Skorupski, Poznan, PL;
Maciej Wladyslaw Jagiełło, Zagaje, PL;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
An electronic device and control method thereof are provided. The electronic device includes a first layer disposed on a surface of the electronic device and configured to be touched or gripped by a user and to generate a signal corresponding to a touch or grip area of the user, a second layer disposed on the first layer and configured to have a surface of the second layer deformed, and a processor configured to detect a user's touch or grip based on the generated signal, and control the second layer to deform a surface of the second layer to have a protrusion pattern on the touch or grip area of the second layer based on the generated signal.