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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2013
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Joon-kyu Seo, Suwon-si, KR;
Kyung-a Kang, Seoul, KR;
Il-kook Yun, Suwon-si, KR;
Sang-keun Jung, Suwon-si, KR;
Geun-ho Lee, Seongnam-si, KR;
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 1/1643 (2013.01); G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01);
Abstract
A flexible apparatus is provided. The flexible apparatus includes: a sensor configured to sense bending of the flexible apparatus; and when it is determined that a rubbing gesture of rubbing a plurality of different areas of the flexible apparatus is performed based on a result of the sensing, a controller configured to perform an operation corresponding to the rubbing gesture.