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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2021
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Minjun Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Duckwon Yoon, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Moonkyou Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Taegun Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Byungku Park, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Minchul Sung, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Yeungjin Yeu, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Sunghwan Cho, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Samsung Electronics, Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
According certain embodiments of the disclosure, an input device comprises: a touch pad exposed through a first surface of the input device; a sensor circuit configured to sense a movement of the input device; a communication circuit configured to communicate with an external device; and a processor connected to the touch pad, the sensor circuit and the communication circuit, wherein the processor is configured to: when the sensor circuit detects movement of the input device satisfies a specified condition, prompt a user to enter predetermined inputs indicating a reference direction, receive actual user inputs indicating a first direction, and determine the first direction based on the actual user inputs; when a touch input on the touch pad is detected by using the touch pad, determine touch coordinate information for the touch input based on an angle between the reference direction on the touch pad and the first direction; and send the touch coordinate information to the external device through the communication circuit.