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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2014
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Byung-Min Jung, Seoul, KR;
Dong-Woo Kim, Daegu, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/038 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/038 (2013.01); G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G06F 3/04886 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04108 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for controlling a touch-key operation are provided, in which upon generation of an input event from an electronic pen, at least one touch key is deactivated, and upon generation of a hovering event in a predetermined area of the touch screen from the electronic pen, a predetermined touch key corresponding to the predetermined area is activated from among the at least one deactivated touch key.