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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2013
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Yu-Jin Lee, Seoul, KR;
Sung Kwon, Gunpo-si, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/042 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/0354 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/042 (2013.01); G06F 3/03545 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04108 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electronic device for hovering input effects and a method for controlling the same are provided. The method includes displaying an input area on a display of the electronic device, sensing at least one of a position of an input means on the display and a height of the input means above the display, and displaying a hovering input effect, corresponding to a hovering input using the input means, in the input area.