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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2012
Kyung Rin Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Byoung Won Hwang, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Chang Hyun Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd., Suwon, Gyunggi-Do, KR;
Abstract
Provided is an apparatus and method for detecting a tap. The apparatus includes a sensor configured to detect a motion and output a signal corresponding to the motion, a gradient calculating unit connected to the sensor to calculate a gradient of the output signal from the sensor, a similarity determining unit connected to the gradient calculating unit to determine a similarity between a rising gradient and a falling gradient of a curve of the output signal, a tap determining unit connected to the similarity determining unit to determine detection of a tap according to the determination result of the similarity determining unit, and an output unit configured to output the determination result of the tap determining unit.