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US 10,520,902 B2Granted
Mobile electronic device and smartwatch
AssigneeChan Bong Park
InventorChan Bong Park
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Abstract
A mobile electronic device comprises a housing, a display mounted on the housing and displaying an image, a strap connected to the housing to fix the housing to a part of a user's body and including a touch input portion, the touch input portion comprises a plurality of unit areas, and a controller configured to generate a control command based on the user's touch input in at least one of the plurality of unit areas and an application being executed, and control the mobile electronic device according to the control command.
Claims13
A mobile electronic device, comprising:
- a housing;
- a display mounted on the housing and displaying an image;
- a strap connected to the housing to fix the housing to a part of a user's body and including a first side of the strap attached to one side of the housing, a second side of the strap attached to another side of the housing, and a touch input portion on only one of the first side of the strap and the second side of the strap, the touch input portion comprises a plurality of unit areas;
- and
- a controller configured to generate a control command based on the user's touch input in at least one of the plurality of unit areas and an application being executed, and control the mobile electronic device according to the control command;
- wherein, in a case in which the application includes a character input function, the controller assigns character groups to at least a portion of the plurality of unit areas to set the at least a portion of the plurality of unit areas as a character input area, each of the character groups includes a plurality of different characters,
- wherein the controller reassigns a plurality of characters included in a character group assigned to a character input area selected by the user's touch input, to a plurality of unit areas arranged in a length direction of the strap and comprising a character input area selected by the user's touch input, among the plurality of unit areas, respectively;
- and
- wherein a number of the plurality of characters is equal to a number of the plurality of unit areas arranged in a length direction of the strap.
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A smartwatch, comprising:
- a main body having a watch shape;
- a strap connected to the main body and fixing the main body to a user's body and including a first side of the strap attached to one side of the main body, and a second side of the strap attached to another side of the main body;
- a touch input portion comprising a plurality of unit areas and provided in a region of only one of the first side of the strap and the second side of the strap and detecting a user's touch input;
- and
- a controller configured to control an operation of the main body based on coordinates of the data input from the user's touch input, detected by the touch input portion;
- wherein, in a case in which an application includes a character input function, the controller assigns character groups to at least a portion of the plurality of unit areas to set the at least a portion of the plurality of unit areas as a character input area, each of the character groups includes a plurality of different characters,
- wherein the controller reassigns a plurality of characters included in a character group assigned to a character input area selected by the user's touch input, to a plurality of unit areas arranged in a length direction of the strap and comprising a character input area selected by the user's touch input, among the plurality of unit areas, respectively, and
- wherein a number of the plurality of characters is equal to a number of the plurality of unit areas arranged in a length direction of the strap.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.