Method for providing haptic effect in portable terminal, machine-readable storage medium, and portable terminal
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJu-Youn LEE, Jin-Hyoung PARK, Jin-Ha JUN
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Abstract
A portable terminal and a method for providing a haptic effect in the portable terminal are provided. The method includes displaying an application on a touch screen, detecting a touch in a haptic providing region set by a user, and providing a haptic effect corresponding to the haptic providing region in response to the detected touch.
Claims20
A method for providing a haptic effect in a portable terminal, the method comprising:
- displaying an application screen on a touch screen;
- detecting a touch in a haptic providing region set by a user;
- and
- providing a haptic effect corresponding to the haptic providing region in response to the detected touch,
- wherein the haptic effect is set by the user.
A non-transitory machine-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing a method for providing a haptic effect in a portable terminal, the method comprising:
- displaying an application screen on a touch screen;
- detecting a touch in a haptic providing region set by a user;
- and
- providing a haptic effect corresponding to the haptic providing region in response to the detected touch,
- wherein the haptic effect is set by the user.
A portable terminal for providing a haptic effect, the portable terminal comprising:
- a touch screen for sensing a user input position and outputting an image;
- a vibration element for generating vibration;
- and
- a controller for displaying an application screen on the touch screen, detecting a touch on a haptic providing region set by a user, and providing a haptic effect corresponding to the haptic providing region in response to the detected touch,
- wherein the haptic effect is set by the user.
The portable terminal of 14, wherein in the detecting of the touch, the touch is input by at least one of a finger and an input unit.
The portable terminal of 14, wherein in the detecting of the touch, the touch is input by a contact on the touch screen or hovering over the touch screen.
The portable terminal of 14, wherein the controller detects continuous movement of the detected touch and detects an intersection of the continuous movement of the touch with the haptic providing region.
The portable terminal of 17, wherein a pattern of a haptic effect corresponding to the touch and a pattern of a haptic effect corresponding to the intersecting touch are different from each other.
The portable terminal of 17, wherein the continuous movement of the touch comprises at least one of a drag, a flick, and a swipe.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.