The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2008
Hwa-young Kang, Suwon-si, KR;
Young-kwon Yoon, Seoul, KR;
Jun-young Lee, Yongin-si, KR;
Sung-wook Kang, Seoul, KR;
Hwa-Young Kang, Suwon-si, KR;
Young-Kwon Yoon, Seoul, KR;
Jun-Young Lee, Yongin-si, KR;
Sung-Wook Kang, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Maetan-Dong, Yeongtong-Gu, Suwon-Si, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Abstract
An apparatus and a method for executing a mouse pointer function in a portable terminal equipped with a camera are disclosed. The method includes: capturing an external image signal by a camera module; sampling the external image signal and converting a sampled image signal into image data; mapping a group of pixels of the image data generated by the sampling to a group of pixels of an image sensor for each unit pixel on a one-to-one basis; detecting coordinate values of image data including a point light source in the group of the mapped pixels; determining if a point light source is actually included in the detected coordinate values of the image data; and displaying the detected coordinate values of the image data determined to include the point light source on a screen.