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Patent No.:

US 9158397 B1

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Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015

Filed:

Nov. 21, 2012
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Ji-Hoon Kim, Seoul, KR;

Jung-Rim Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04808 (2013.01);
Abstract

A touch input apparatus and method in a user terminal is provided. The apparatus includes a touch input unit for generating a touch input event according to a touch of a user; a single or multi touch input determiner for entering a drawing mode according to the touch input event and determining one of a single touch input and a multi-touch input; a touch point sampling unit for performing a touch point sampling according to a single touch movement and providing a sample point for a drawing when there is a single touch input; and a multi-touch processor for, when there is a multi-touch input, entering a multi-touch mode and performing a multi-touch action including at least one of an enlargement, a reduction, and a movement of a drawing screen according to a multi-touch movement.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Kim, Ji-Hoon. (2015). Touch input apparatus and method in user terminal (U.S. Patent No. 9158397). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9158397

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