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Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017

Filed:

Nov. 03, 2014
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Soonsang Park, Daegu, KR;

Jongwu Baek, Gyeongsangbuk-do, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2013.01); G06F 3/0418 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04108 (2013.01);
Abstract

An electronic device and a method for processing a hovering input are provided. The method includes displaying a screen; when a hovering input is sensed, detecting a location of the sensed hovering input; analyzing a priority of the hovering input; and determining a position of a hovering pointer from the location of the hovering input having the highest priority. The electronic device includes a touch screen configured to display thereon a screen and to touch sense a hovering input; and a control unit configured, when the hovering input is sensed from the screen, to detect a location of the sensed hovering input, to analyze a priority of the hovering input, and to determine a position of a hovering pointer from the location of the hovering input having a highest priority.


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