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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2014
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Geon-Soo Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Doo-Suk Kang, Suwon-si, KR;
Soo-Ji Hwang, Suwon-si, KR;
Yong-Joon Jeon, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Jee-Hye Jung, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04886 (2013.01); G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04803 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for adjusting a display area and an electronic device are provided. The method may include, detecting a gesture for setting an inactive area in an active area of a display, identifying a size and a location of an inactive area to set, and designating part of the active area as the inactive area based on the identified size and location of the virtual inactive area.