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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2011
Applicants:
Seung Ju Han, Seoul, KR;
Joon Ah Park, Seoul, KR;
Hyung Kew Lee, Gunpo-si, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/033 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04101 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for controlling an object are provided. Motions of fingers present in a 3-dimensional (3D) sensing area are detected, and a pointer or an object being displayed is controlled corresponding to the detected motions. Therefore, input of a control signal may be achieved without a direct touch on a display device such as a terminal, thereby preventing leaving marks on a screen of the display. In addition, since the motions of fingers are detected within the 3D sensing area, not on a 2-dimensional (2D) plane, more types of input motions may be used.