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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2019
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Nitin Bajaj, San Jose, CA (US);
Madan Ankapura, Milpitas, CA (US);
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/043 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/043 (2013.01); G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04106 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus and a method for detecting a touch input to a touchscreen and distinguishing between different types of touch inputs are provided. The method includes detecting the input to a touch screen of the terminal, and determining an input type that is input to the touch screen based on characteristics of the input.