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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2020
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Yu-sung Joo, Yongin-si, KR;
Yo-han Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Eun-kyo Baek, Seoul, KR;
Jong-won Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Hyun-kwon Chung, Seoul, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A method of controlling a device includes determining a distance between the device and a hovering inputter; determining 3-dimensional (3D) location information of a hovering input based on the distance; selecting a task among a plurality of tasks corresponding to an operation of an application executed by the device and the 3D location information of the hovering input; determining a class of an execution input according to the hovering input; and performing the selected task according to the determined class of the execution input.