Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for recognizing grip state in electronic device
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Application No.: US14911850Application Date: 2014-08-13
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Publication No.: US10268302B2Publication Date: 2019-04-23
- Inventor: Jung-Tae Kwon , Dong-Sub Kim , Byeong-Jae Kim , Chang-Jin Kim
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do
- Agency: Cha & Reiter, LLC.
- Priority: KR10-2013-0096107 20130813
- International Application: PCT/KR2014/007549 WO 20140813
- International Announcement: WO2015/023136 WO 20150219
- Main IPC: G06F3/041
- IPC: G06F3/041 ; G06F3/044 ; G06F3/048 ; G06F3/16 ; H04M1/23 ; G06F1/16 ; G06N99/00 ; G06F3/0488

Abstract:
A method and apparatus for recognizing a user's grip state using a Touch Screen Panel (TSP) sensor in an electronic device are provided. The method for recognizing the user's grip state in the electronic device includes the processes of detecting a hovering input generated by a user's grip through a self-capacitive or mutual-capacitive touch screen, and determining the user's grip state in accordance with the detected hovering input.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160195986A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECOGNIZING GRIP STATE IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE Public/Granted day:2016-07-07
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