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US 2014/0210757 A1Published application
Method for inputting character and electronic device thereof
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsSeung-Soo Woo, Yun-Ju Seo, Jin-Gil Yang, Sae-Mee Yim, Sook-Kyung Choi
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Abstract
A method for controlling an electronic device. The method includes: detecting whether a flexible display is rolled up into a pen-like shape; detecting a handwriting motion according to movement of the flexible display by using at least one sensor when the flexible display is rolled up into a pen-like shape; and displaying a locus according to the handwriting motion of the flexible display on the flexible display.
Claims20
A method for operating an electronic device, the method comprising:
- detecting whether a flexible display is rolled up into a pen-like shape;
- detecting a handwriting motion according to movement of the flexible display using at least one sensor in response to detecting that the flexible display is rolled up into a pen-like shape;
- and
- displaying a locus according to the handwriting motion on the flexible display.
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An electronic device comprising:
- at least one processor;
- a flexible display;
- a motion sensor;
- and
- a memory configured to store at least one program stored, wherein the at least one processor is configured to execute program code of the program to:
- detect whether a flexible display is rolled up into a pen-like shape;
- detect a handwriting motion according to movement of the flexible display using at least one sensor in response to determining that the flexible display is rolled up into a pen-like shape;
- and
- cause the flexible display to display a locus according to the handwriting motion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.