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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2018
Filed:
May. 21, 2014
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, , KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); A63F 13/00 (2014.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/0354 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/016 (2013.01); A63F 13/00 (2013.01); G06F 1/1626 (2013.01); G06F 3/03545 (2013.01); G06F 3/04845 (2013.01); G06F 2203/013 (2013.01); G06F 2203/014 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04806 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for controlling vibration in a portable device are provided. The method includes detecting a user input corresponding to a gesture made on a touch screen by an input device, detecting an action attribute of the portable device corresponding to the user input, determining a first vibration to be output from the input device and a second vibration to be output from the portable device according to the action attribute, and controlling output of the first vibration from the input device and output of the second vibration from the portable device according to the action attribute.