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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2013
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Hyun-Su Hong, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Woo-Jin Jung, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Assignee:
Samung Electronics Co., Ltd, , KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0412 (2013.01); G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04101 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus and method are provided for adjusting a touch recognition area on a touch interface. The method includes displaying an item on a screen of a terminal; sensing an approach area according to an approach of a user input object to the touch interface; determining an approach direction of the user input object, based on the approach area; and adjusting a touch recognition area of the item, based on the approach direction.