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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2013
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, , KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/0354 (2013.01); G06F 3/038 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 3/038 (2013.01); G06F 3/0386 (2013.01); G06F 3/03545 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus and method are provided for controlling haptic feedback of an input tool for a mobile terminal. The method includes detecting, by the mobile terminal, a hovering of the input tool over an object displayed on a touch screen display of the mobile terminal; identifying a property of the object; and transmitting, to the input tool, a control signal for haptic feedback corresponding to the property of the object.