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Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2022

Filed:

Jul. 18, 2018
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Inho Baek, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Sunyoung Yi, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Minsun Park, Seoul, KR;

Wonjun Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Soojung Lee, Seoul, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G04B 25/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G04B 25/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

In an electronic device for providing time information and an operation method of the electronic device according to various embodiments, the electronic device includes: a display which displays first time information and second time information; an actuator which outputs vibrations respectively corresponding to the first time information and the second time information; and a processor, wherein the processor can be configured to: check the starting position of a user input in response to sensing the start of the user input on the display; determine, on the basis of the start position, a first region that corresponds to the first time information and a second region that corresponds to the second time information; and control the actuator so that a first vibration that indicates the first time information is output in response to the sensing of a user input in the first region, and a second vibration that indicates the second time information is output in response to the sensing of a user input in the second region.


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