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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2014
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Jong-bo Moon, Suwon-si, KR;
Chang-soo Noh, Yongin-si, KR;
Hyun-kyu Yun, Seoul, KR;
Jong-keun Lee, Seoul, KR;
Je-sun Hwang, Bucheon-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
An electronic apparatus including a proximity sensor is provided. The apparatus includes a touch sensor configured to sense a touch trace of the object in response to a user gesture of touching the electronic apparatus using an object and moving the touched point being input, a proximity sensor configured to sense a motion of the object before and after the touch, and a controller configured to change the touch trace based on a direction of motion of the object before and after the touch, and recognize the user gesture according to the changed touch trace. Accordingly, the touch trace may be changed and thus, an accurate control operation may be performed.