Invention Grant
- Patent Title: User interface device and electronic apparatus having the same
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Application No.: US13795715Application Date: 2013-03-12
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Publication No.: US10073537B2Publication Date: 2018-09-11
- Inventor: Joo Yeon Lee , Young Keun Lee , Whan Oh Sung
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-si
- Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-si
- Agency: Staas & Halsey LLP
- Priority: KR10-2012-0025193 20120312; KR10-2013-0023932 20130306
- Main IPC: G06F3/02
- IPC: G06F3/02 ; G06F3/0362 ; F24C7/08

Abstract:
An electronic apparatus includes a user interface device to set and control a function of an electronic apparatus, including a display unit configured to display screens for option groups of the function, a knob configured to enable a manipulation by a user, a depth sensor unit configured to sense depth of the knob, and a control unit, if the function is selected, configured such that an option group transition of the selected function is performed based on depth information according to the manipulation by the user, and a screen of an option group to which the option group transition is made is displayed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130235000A1 USER INTERFACE DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2013-09-12
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