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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2014
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sony Mobile Communications, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06F 3/014 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device and method in accordance with the present disclosure provide an input to an electronic device via a gesture performed by a user. A distortion of the user's skin surface due to a gesture performed on the user's skin surface is detected, and a characteristic of the detected distortion is determined. Based on the determined characteristic, the gesture performed on the user's skin surface is determined.