Input device for portable terminal and method thereof
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsSun Young Park, Seung Woo Shin, Hyun Su Hong, Woo Jin Jung, Jung Yeob Oh, Myeong Lo Lee, Jin Yong Kim, Kyung Hwa Kim
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an input device and method of a portable terminal. The present invention includes generating an input event by a first input mode, generating a second input event by a motion of the portable terminal simultaneously or consecutively with the input event, and controlling operation of an application program according to the user function of the portable terminal in consideration of the first and second input events.
Claims19
An input method of a portable terminal, the method comprising:
- generating a first input event;
- generating a second input event corresponding to a motion of the portable terminal, the second input event being generated simultaneously or consecutively with the first input event;
- and
- executing a first application program according to a user function of the portable terminal corresponding to the first input event and the second input event,
- wherein executing the first application program comprises:
- setting a point corresponding to a touch on a touch screen of the portable terminal as a reference point;
- determining a direction of a tilting of the portable terminal;
- and
- setting a size of a screen of the portable terminal based on the reference point and the direction of the tilting.
An input device of a portable terminal, the device comprising:
- an input unit comprising at least one of:
- a touch unit to set a reference point corresponding to a touch detected on a touch screen;
- a pressure sensor to detect a pressure applied to the portable terminal;
- and
- a key pad to generate a key input event according to a key input;
- a sensor detection unit to detect a sensor signal generated by at least one of tilting, shaking, and grabbing of the portable terminal;
- a motion recognition unit to receive a motion signal generated in the portable terminal according to the sensor signal;
- a function controller to execute a first application program according to a user function corresponding to at least one of the detected touch, the detected pressure, the key input event, and the motion signal;
- and
- a storage unit to store the first application program,
- wherein the motion recognition unit is configured to detect a first tilting motion signal having a first amplitude or a first amplitude change within a first time period, and a second tilting motion signal having a second amplitude or a second amplitude change within a second time period.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.