# US 11,445,058 B2 · Electronic device and method for controlling display operation thereof > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,445,058 B2 - Document ID: US11445058B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/032,643 - Filed: 2020-09-25 - Published: 2021-04-29 - Granted: 2022-09-13 - Earliest claimed: 2019-10-24 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Jongjin Kim; Shinyoung Na; Sunmi Park; Hansol Lee; Yoomi Tak; Sangmin Hwang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11445058B2 ## CPC - H04M 1/72403: with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality - H04M 1/72454: according to context-related or environment-related conditions - G06F 1/1684: {Constructional details or arrangements related to integrated I/O peripherals not covered by groups G06F1/1635 - G06F1/1675} - G06F 1/1694: {the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer} - G06F 1/3215: Monitoring of peripheral devices - G06F 1/3231: Monitoring the presence, absence or movement of users - G06F 1/3262: {Power saving in digitizer or tablet} - G06F 1/3265: {Power saving in display device} - G06F 3/017: {Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures (interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883)} - G06F 3/0412: {Digitisers structurally integrated in a display} - G06F 3/0416: {Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers} - G06F 3/04883: for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text - H04M 2250/22: including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract An electronic device includes a housing including a front plate, a rear plate, and a side member; a display having a first surface visible through the front plate; an inertial sensor; a proximity sensor disposed on a second surface of the display; a processor; and a memory. The memory may store instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to determine a user's posture through the inertial sensor, in response to activation of a specific application using a function of the proximity sensor; determine a movement of the electronic device through the inertial sensor; determine the user's intent to use the display, based on the user's posture and the movement of the electronic device; and determine a configuration value of the proximity sensor, based on the determined intent to use the display. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electronic device, comprising: a housing comprising a front plate, a rear plate facing away from the front plate, and a side member surrounding a space between the front plate and the rear plate; a display having a first surface visible through the front plate; an inertial sensor; a proximity sensor disposed on a second surface of the display; a processor operatively connected to the proximity sensor, the inertial sensor, and the display; and a memory operatively connected to the processor, wherein the memory is configured to store instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to: acquire sensor data from the inertial sensor, in response to activation of a specific application using a function of the proximity sensor; and determine a configuration value of the proximity sensor, based on the sensor data, wherein determining the configuration value of the proximity sensor includes determining a recognition time during which the proximity sensor is to determine whether or not an object approaches, based on the sensor data, and wherein the recognition time is a duration during which multiple samples are taken to recognize an object. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein determining the configuration value of the proximity sensor further includes determining a number of samples to be recognized by the proximity sensor, based on the sensor data, and wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the processor to: determine that the recognition time of the proximity sensor is a first time, or that the number of samples to be recognized is a first number, based on the sensor data being within a preconfigured threshold range. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the processor to: determine that the recognition time of the proximity sensor is a second time which is shorter than the first time, or that the number of samples to be recognized is a second number which is smaller than the first number, based on the sensor data exceeding the preconfigured threshold range. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the processor to control the display to display a user interface for locking a touch input and unlocking the touch input in case that an approaching object is sensed through the proximity sensor, based on the configured recognition time or the number of samples to be recognized. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The electronic device of claim 4, wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the processor to control the display so as to unlock the touch input and to end display of the user interface in case that a preconfigured user input is sensed through the user interface. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The electronic device of claim 4, wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the processor to control the display so as to unlock the touch input and to end display of the user interface in case that no approaching object is sensed through the proximity sensor. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the processor to: control the display to activate an auto screen off function, based on the configuration value of the proximity sensor. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the specific application comprises a telephone call application or a voice message application. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the proximity sensor comprises an optical proximity sensor, a radio frequency (RF) proximity sensor, a capacitive proximity sensor, or an ultrasonic proximity sensor. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The electronic device of claim 9, wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the processor to determine an amount of light to be used by the proximity sensor to recognize an approach, based on the sensor data, in case that the proximity sensor is the optical proximity sensor. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the processor to: track a user by using the sensor data provided from the inertial sensor; and determine the configuration value of the proximity sensor, based on a result of the tracking. ### Claim 12 An electronic device, comprising: a display; a proximity sensor disposed on a rear surface of the display; a processor operatively connected to the proximity sensor and the display; and a memory operatively connected to the processor, wherein the memory is configured to store instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to: determine a configuration value of the proximity sensor, in case that an operating state of a specific application satisfies a preconfigured operating state, wherein the preconfigured operating state comprises at least one of: a state in which a telephone call application using a function of the proximity sensor is activated in the background, a state in which an alarm has occurred through the display while the telephone call application operates in a speaker mode, a state in which a visible automatic response system of the telephone call application is activated, a state in which a button-type automatic response system of the telephone call application is activated, or a state in which a keypad of the telephone call application is displayed, wherein determine the configuration value of the proximity sensor further includes determining a recognition time during which the proximity sensor is to determine whether or not an object approaches, based on the sensor data, and wherein the recognition time is a duration during which multiple samples are taken to recognize an object. ### Claim 13 A method for operating an electronic device, the method comprising: identifying sensor data provided from an inertial sensor, in response to activation of a specific application using a function of a proximity sensor; and determining a configuration value of the proximity sensor, based on the sensor data, wherein determining the configuration value further includes determining a recognition time during which the proximity sensor is to determine whether or not an object approaches, based on the sensor data, and wherein the recognition time is a duration during which multiple samples are taken to recognize an object. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method device of claim 13, wherein determining the configuration value of the proximity sensor further includes determining a number of samples to be recognized by the proximity sensor, based on the sensor data, and wherein the determining the configuration value further includes determining that the recognition time of the proximity sensor is a first time, or that the number of samples to be recognized is a first number, based on the sensor data being within a preconfigured threshold range. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein determining the configuration value further includes determining that the recognition time of the proximity sensor is a second time which is shorter than the first time, or that the number of samples to be recognized is a second number which is smaller than the first number, based on the sensor data exceeding the preconfigured threshold range. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, further comprising: controlling a display to activate an auto screen off function, based on the configuration value of the proximity sensor.