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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2015
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Soochul Lim, Seoul, KR;
Joonah Park, Seoul, KR;
Namjoon Kim, Anyang-si, KR;
Du-Sik Park, Suwon-si, KR;
Jungsoon Shin, Yongin-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A portable device and user input method of the portable device using a virtual input area is provided. The portable device may include a sensor configured to sense a user input to an input area, the input area being at least a portion of an area adjacent to the portable device, a determiner configured to determine a target object corresponding to the user input among at least one input object displayed on the portable device, based on an arrangement of the at least one input object, and a controller configured to generate a control command to control the target object.