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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2013
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Dong-Jun Lee, Gyeongsangbuk-do, KR;
Chul-Hui Park, Gyeongsangbuk-do, KR;
In-Ho Lee, Gyeongsangbuk-do, KR;
Hye-Soon Jeong, Gyeongsangbuk-do, KR;
Sun-Yeal Hong, Gyeongsangbuk-do, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
A key input control apparatus includes a gesture recognizing unit which detects whether or not an input of a touch event generated on a screen corresponds to a predetermined gesture. A gesture area identifying unit which identifies a predetermined area where the input of the touch event corresponding to the predetermined gesture is generated. A key input recognizing unit which recognizes a hardware key allotted to the predetermined area and performs an operation corresponding to an input of the recognized hardware key.