公开(公告)号：US20190025908A1

公开(公告)日：2019-01-24

申请号：US16117532

申请日：2018-08-30

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Jung-hyun SHIM ,  Kee-eung KIM ,  Hyun-jin KIM ,  Joon-ah PARK ,  Ho-yeal LEE ,  Hyun-jeong LEE ,  Wook CHANG ,  Seung-nyang CHUNG ,  Sung-jung CHO

IPC: G06F3/01 ,  H04M1/725 ,  G06F1/16

CPC classification number: G06F3/011 ,  G06F1/1626 ,  G06F1/1684 ,  G06F1/1686 ,  G06F1/1694 ,  H04M1/72519 ,  H04M1/72547 ,  H04M1/72558 ,  H04M1/72563 ,  H04M1/72569 ,  H04M1/72583 ,  H04M2250/12

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and method for controlling a portable terminal. The apparatus includes a contact sensing unit which senses an area of an external surface of the portable terminal contacted by a user as the user holds the portable terminal, a recognizing unit which recognizes a function mode of the portable terminal based on information about the contacted area sensed by the contact sensing unit, and a control unit which changes the portable terminal to a function mode recognized by the recognizing unit. Since a function mode of the portable terminal is controlled according to the way a user holds the portable terminal, convenience of changing a function mode of the portable terminal is provided through a single manipulation.