公开(公告)号：US09727131B2

公开(公告)日：2017-08-08

申请号：US14692887

申请日：2015-04-22

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Soochul Lim ,  Joonah Park ,  Namjoon Kim ,  Du-Sik Park ,  Jungsoon Shin

IPC: G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F1/16

CPC classification number: G06F3/011 ,  G06F1/1639 ,  G06F1/1647 ,  G06F3/0421 ,  G06F3/0488

Abstract: A portable device and user input method of the portable device using a virtual input area is provided. The portable device may include a sensor configured to sense a user input to an input area, the input area being at least a portion of an area adjacent to the portable device, a determiner configured to determine a target object corresponding to the user input among at least one input object displayed on the portable device, based on an arrangement of the at least one input object, and a controller configured to generate a control command to control the target object.