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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2017
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Seung Wook Nam, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Youngmi Kim, Seoul, KR;
Youngseong Kim, Seoul, KR;
Hyo-Sang Bang, Seoul, KR;
Sangsu Lee, Daejeon, KR;
Youngjay Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Jae Myoung Lee, Seoul, KR;
Kyungsoo Lim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Soe-Youn Yim, Seoul, KR;
Martin Jung, Seoul, KR;
Jinhoon Cho, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Hyunyeul Lee, Seoul, KR;
Jongmoo Lee, Seoul, KR;
Seung-Min Choi, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed in various examples of the present invention are a method and a device for enabling a system function using a system button to be used according to a user input, when displaying a picture related to an application through the entire area of a display without displaying a system button (provided transparently or translucently). According to various examples of the present invention, an electronic device comprises a display, a memory, and a processor electrically connected to the display and the memory, wherein the processor can be configured so as to sense, on the display, a user input through a touch region including the system button, identify the user input, and execute a system function by means of the system button or an application function according to the user input in the touch area including the system button. Various examples are possible.