Invention Grant
US08634872B2 Mobile terminal for distinguishing an ear during a call and method thereof
有权
用于在呼叫期间区分耳朵的移动终端及其方法
- Patent Title: Mobile terminal for distinguishing an ear during a call and method thereof
- Patent Title (中): 用于在呼叫期间区分耳朵的移动终端及其方法
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Application No.: US13650688Application Date: 2012-10-12
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Publication No.: US08634872B2Publication Date: 2014-01-21
- Inventor: Hyun-Su Hong , Jeong-Gwan Kwang
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
- Current Assignee Address: KR
- Agency: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.
- Priority: KR10-2011-0105482 20111014
- Main IPC: H04M1/00
- IPC: H04M1/00

Abstract:
A method and apparatus for controlling a mobile terminal based on an ear to which a user puts the mobile terminal in close proximity is provided. The method includes detecting a direction of a movement of the mobile terminal through use of a sensing unit when a call event occurs, determining an ear corresponding to the direction of the movement, and controlling a function of the mobile terminal based on the determined ear. When capturing through a camera is available to determine the direction of the movement, an image captured while the user puts the mobile terminal close to the ear is additionally used. Therefore, whether the ear to which the user puts the mobile terminal in close proximity corresponds to the left ear or the right ear is determined and thus, an operation corresponding to the recognized left or right ear may be performed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130095886A1 MOBILE TERMINAL FOR DISTINGUISHING AN EAR DURING A CALL AND METHOD THEREOF Public/Granted day:2013-04-18
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