公开(公告)号：US09965033B2

公开(公告)日：2018-05-08

申请号：US14319085

申请日：2014-06-30

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Joonah Park ,  Du Sik Park ,  Tae Sung Jung

IPC: G06F3/043 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F1/16

CPC classification number: G06F3/015 ,  G06F1/163 ,  G06F1/1694 ,  G06F3/014 ,  G06F3/017

Abstract: Provided are method and apparatus of defining at least a portion of a vicinity area of a portable device as an input area and controlling the portable device based on a user input provided on the input area, and the portable device enabling the method, wherein the portable device includes a sensing unit configured to sense a user input in a vicinity area of the portable device, a recognizer configured to recognize a user gesture corresponding to the user input, and an output unit configured to output a control instruction corresponding to the recognized user gesture to control the portable device.

公开(公告)号：US10012493B2

公开(公告)日：2018-07-03

申请号：US14728391

申请日：2015-06-02

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Jung Woo Kim ,  Joon Ah Park ,  Kyoung Seok Pyun ,  Jung Soon Shin ,  Hong-Seok Lee ,  Tae Sung Jung ,  Baek Hwan Cho ,  Seung Hoon Han

IPC: G01B11/00

CPC classification number: G01B11/002

Abstract: An electronic device for detecting a position of an object is disclosed, The electronic device includes an optical source configured to emit light to a detection area, a light concentrator configured to concentrate light reflected by a target object located in a detection area, a light receiver configured to receive through photodiodes the reflected light concentrated by the light concentrator and to output a light quantity pattern of the reflected light, and a processor configured to determine the position of the target object based on the light quantity pattern of the reflected light.