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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 15, 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 3/0354 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 3/03545 (2013.01);
Abstract
A portable terminal and a method for providing a haptic effect to an input unit are provided. The method includes displaying at least one object on a touch screen, detecting a touch input by the input unit with respect to the object displayed on the touch screen, determining a preset mode based on the detected touch input of the input unit, and transmitting a control signal corresponding to a predetermined haptic pattern based on the preset mode to the input unit.