Method and apparatus for interface
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJong-woo JUNG, In-sik Myung, Joo-kyung Woo, Young-shil Jang
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for interfacing, the method including detecting waveforms generated due to contact between a plurality of input members and an input surface for receiving touch inputs; obtaining property information regarding each input member based on the detected waveforms; and generating an input signal corresponding to a combination of the property information of the input members and gestures generated by the input members.
Claims23
An interface method, the method comprising:
- detecting waveforms generated due to contact between a plurality of input members and an input surface for receiving touch inputs;
- obtaining property information regarding each of the input members based on the detected waveforms;
- and
- generating an input signal corresponding to a combination of the property information of the input members and gestures generated by the input members.
An interface device, the device comprising:
- an input surface for receiving touch inputs of a plurality of input members;
- a waveform detecting unit for detecting waveforms generated due to contact between the plurality of input members and the input surface for receiving touch inputs;
- a property information obtaining unit for obtaining property information regarding each input member according to the detected waveforms;
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- an input signal generating unit for generating an input signal corresponding to a combination of the property information of the input members and gestures generated by the input members.
A computer readable recording medium having embodied thereon a computer program for executing a method, the method comprising:
- detecting waveforms generated due to contact between a plurality of input members and an input surface for receiving touch inputs;
- obtaining property information regarding each of the input members based on the detected waveforms;
- and
- generating an input signal corresponding to a combination of the property information of the input members and gestures generated by the input members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.