US 12,724,529 B2 · Electronic device and method for sensing attachment of user input device

Abstract

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display, memory storing one or more computer programs, and one or more processors communicatively coupled to the display and the memory, wherein the one or more computer programs include computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to display a user interface (UI) having a first size within a display region of the display, receive touch inputs contacted on the display region while the user interface is displayed, in response to the touch inputs, identify a first partial region of the display region, based on a pattern and/or position of contact points corresponding to the touch input on the display region, wherein the first partial region of the display region is positioned under an external electronic device on the display region, and in response to the identification, refrain from recognizing a touch input having a contact point within the first partial region, and display the user interface having a second size smaller than the first size, within a second partial region of the display region adjacent to the first partial region.

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Dependent claims

An electronic device comprising:

communication circuitry;
a display including a touch sensor;
memory, comprising one or more storage media, storing one or more instructions;
and
at least one processor comprising processing circuitry,
wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to:
obtain, via the touch sensor, touch data,
based on the touch data being obtained while an external input device is connected via the communication circuitry to the electronic device, compare an arrangement of contact points indicated by the touch data with a predetermined arrangement indicated by predetermined touch data registered with respect to the external input device,
based on the arrangement of the contact points being identified as corresponding to the predetermined arrangement, identify a position of the external input device on the display in accordance with the touch data and size of the external input device registered with respect to the external input device,
determine a first portion of a display area of the display covered by the external input device in accordance with the position and the size,
display, in a second portion of the display area different from the first portion of the display area, a screen, and
refrain from displaying, in the first portion of the display area, a screen.

9 more elements

A method executed in an electronic device comprising communication circuitry and a display including a touch sensor, the method comprising:

obtaining, via the touch sensor, touch data;
based on the touch data being obtained while an external input device is connected via the communication circuitry to the electronic device, comparing an arrangement of contact points indicated by the touch data with a predetermined arrangement indicated by predetermined touch data registered with respect to the external input device;
based on the arrangement of the contact points being identified as corresponding to the predetermined arrangement, identifying a position of the external input device on the display in accordance with the touch data and size of the external input device registered with respect to the external input device;
determining a first portion of a display area of the display covered by the external input device in accordance with the position and the size;
displaying, in a second portion of the display area different from the first portion of the display area, a screen;
and
refraining from displaying, in the first portion of the display area, a screen.

4 more elements

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, when executed individually or collectively by at least one processor of an electronic device comprising communication circuitry and a display including a touch sensor, cause the electronic device to perform operations, the operations comprising:

obtaining, via the touch sensor, touch data;
based on the touch data being obtained while an external input device is connected via the communication circuitry to the electronic device, comparing an arrangement of contact points indicated by the touch data with a predetermined arrangement indicated by predetermined touch data registered with respect to the external input device;
based on the arrangement of the contact points being identified as corresponding to the predetermined arrangement, identifying a position of the external input device on the display in accordance with the touch data and size of the external input device registered with respect to the external input device;
determining a first portion of a display area of the display covered by the external input device in accordance with the position and the size;
displaying, in a second portion of the display area different from the first portion of the display area, a screen;
and
refraining from displaying, in the first portion of the display area, a screen.

4 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Electronic device and method for sensing attachment of user input device

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