# US 11,029,797 B2 · Electronic device and method for controlling pressure input > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,029,797 B2 - Document ID: US11029797B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/614,138 - Filed: 2018-06-11 - Published: 2020-05-14 - Granted: 2021-06-08 - Earliest claimed: 2017-06-13 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Na-Young Kim; Dae-Hwan Kim; Seung-Wook Nam; Kwang-Tai Kim; Hyung-Sup Byeon; Cheol-Ho Cheong - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11029797B2 ## CPC - G06F 3/041: Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means - G06F 3/0416: {Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers} - G06F 3/0447: {Position sensing using the local deformation of sensor cells} - G06F 3/0482: Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus - G06F 3/0484: for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range - G06F 3/04842: Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements (G06F3/0482 takes precedence) - G06F 3/0488: using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures - H04L 9/40: Network security protocols - H04W 4/70: Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC] - G06F 2203/04105: Pressure sensors for measuring the pressure or force exerted on the touch surface without providing the touch position - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present invention comprises: a housing including a first plate and a second plate spaced apart from the first plate; a touch screen display disposed inside the housing and exposed through a part of the first plate; a pressure sensing circuit disposed between the first plate and the second plate, and configured to detect pressure caused by an external pressure applied to at least a part of the touch screen display; a wireless communication circuit disposed inside the housing; at least one processor disposed inside the housing and electrically connected to the touch screen display, the pressure sensing circuit, and the wireless communication circuit; and a memory disposed inside the housing and electrically connected to the processor, wherein the memory is configured to store an application program including a user interface and instructions, wherein the instructions are configured to cause the processor to, when executed, display at least one object on the user interface on the touch screen display, detect a pressure level for a user input in the at least one object or in the periphery thereof by using the pressure sensing circuit, and select one of a plurality of operations, related to the at least one object, on the basis of at least one part of the detected pressure level. Other embodiments are also possible. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electronic device comprising: a housing comprising a first plate and a second plate separated from the first plate; a touch screen display disposed within the housing and exposed through a portion of the first plate; a pressure detection circuit disposed between the first plate and the second plate and configured to detect pressure by external pressure applied to at least a portion of the touch screen display; a wireless communication circuit disposed within the housing; at least one processor disposed within the housing and electrically connected to the touch screen display, the pressure detection circuit, and the wireless communication circuit; and a memory disposed within the housing and electrically connected to the processor, wherein the memory is configured to store an application comprising a user interface and instructions, wherein the instructions are configured to cause the processor to: display a plurality of objects in the user interface on the touch screen display; detect a pressure level of a user input on or around the plurality of objects through the pressure detection circuit; identify, from among the plurality of objects, a first object corresponding to the pressure level of the user input; and in response to identifying the first object: change visual attributes of second objects, except for the first object, from among the plurality of objects, and identify one of a plurality of operations related to the first object. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the instructions are configured to cause the processor to identify the first object having deep depth information from among the plurality of objects in proportion to a size of the detected pressure level. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the instructions are configured to cause the processor to perform pairing of the plurality of objects. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the instructions are configured to cause the processor to perform pairing of the first object and the electronic device. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the instructions are configured to cause the processor to translucently display the second objects. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein, when a number of user inputs is at least two, the instructions are configured to cause the processor to more rapidly identify one of the plurality of objects than a case in which the number of user inputs is one. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the instructions are configured to cause the processor to display a menu comprising at least one function related to the first object in accordance with a position at which the first object is displayed. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the instructions are configured to cause the processor to display additional information corresponding to the first object in accordance with a position at which the first object is displayed. ### Claim 9 A method of controlling an operation according to a level of a pressure input by an electronic device, the method comprising: displaying a plurality of objects in a user interface on a touch screen display of the electronic device; detecting a pressure level of a user input on or around the plurality of objects; identifying, from among the plurality of objects, a first object corresponding to the pressure level of the user input; and in response to identifying the first object: changing visual attributes of second objects, except for the first object, from among the plurality of objects, and identifying one of a plurality of operations related to the first object. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein identifying the first object comprises identifying the first object having deep depth information from among the plurality of objects in proportion to a size of the detected pressure level. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, further comprising: performing pairing of the first object and the electronic device. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein changing the visual attributes of second objects comprises translucently displaying the second objects. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the one of a plurality of operations comprises displaying a menu comprising at least one function related to the first object in accordance with a position at which the first object is displayed. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the one of a plurality of operations comprises displaying additional information corresponding to the first object in accordance with a position at which the first object is displayed. ### Claim 15 A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for storing a program comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor of an electronic device, cause the processor to perform: displaying a plurality of objects in a user interface on a touch screen display of the electronic device; detecting a pressure level of a user input on or around the plurality of objects; identifying, from among the plurality of objects, a first object corresponding to the pressure level of the user input; and in response to identifying the first object: changing visual attributes of second objects, except for the first object, from among the plurality of objects, and identifying one of a plurality of operations related to the first object. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein identifying the first object comprises identifying the first object having deep depth information from among the plurality of objects in proportion to a size of the detected pressure level. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions cause the processor to: perform pairing of the first object and the electronic device. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein changing the visual attributes of second objects comprises translucently displaying the second objects. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the one of a plurality of operations comprises displaying a menu comprising at least one function related to the first object in accordance with a position at which the first object is displayed. ### Claim 20 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the one of a plurality of operations comprises displaying additional information corresponding to the first object in accordance with a position at which the first object is displayed.