Portable terminal and method for providing haptic effect to input unit
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJin-Hyoung Park, Ju-Youn Lee, Sang-Hyup Lee
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Abstract
A portable terminal and a method for providing a haptic effect to an input unit are provided. The method includes displaying at least one object on a touch screen, detecting a touch input by the input unit with respect to the object displayed on the touch screen, determining a preset mode based on the detected touch input of the input unit, and transmitting a control signal corresponding to a predetermined haptic pattern based on the preset mode to the input unit.
Claims26
A method for controlling a haptic effect of an input unit, the method comprising:
- displaying at least one object on a touch screen;
- detecting a touch input by the input unit with respect to the object displayed on the touch screen;
- determining a preset mode based on the detected touch input of the input unit;
- and
- transmitting, to the input unit, a control signal corresponding to a predetermined haptic pattern based on the preset mode.
A portable terminal for controlling a haptic effect of an input unit, the portable terminal comprising:
- a touch screen configured to display at least one object;
- a controller configured to determine a preset mode based on a touch input by the input unit with respect to the object displayed on the touch screen and to generate a control signal corresponding to a predetermined haptic pattern based on the preset mode;
- and
- a transceiver configured to transmit the generated control signal to the input unit.
A method for providing a haptic effect, comprising:
- storing different haptic patterns to provide a haptic effect to at least one of a portable terminal and an input unit according to movement of the input unit;
- determining a preset mode based on a touch input by the input unit with respect to an object displayed on a touch screen;
- and
- generating vibrations according to a predetermined haptic pattern corresponding to the preset mode.
An input unit for providing a haptic effect, the input unit comprising:
- a vibration device;
- a short-range communication module configured to receive, from a portable terminal, a control signal corresponding to a predetermined haptic pattern based on movement of the input unit with respect to an object displayed on a touch screen of the portable terminal;
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- a haptic controller configured to control the vibration device to vibrate according to the predetermined haptic pattern by analyzing the control signal,
- wherein the control signal controls at least one of activation, deactivation, a vibration cycle, and a vibration strength of the vibration device.
A method for providing a haptic effect in an input unit, the method comprising:
- receiving, from a portable terminal, a control signal corresponding to a predetermined haptic pattern based on movement of the input unit with respect to an object displayed on a touch screen of the portable terminal;
- and
- controlling a vibration device to vibrate according to the predetermined haptic pattern by analyzing the control signal,
- wherein the control signal controls at least one of activation, deactivation, a vibration cycle, and a vibration strength of the vibration device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.