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Granted Patent B2
US 12,443,340 · App. 18/758,413 · Granted Oct 14, 2025

Electronic device mounted to vehicle and operation method thereof

Inventors: Sanghyun Han (Suwon-si, KR); Hyewon Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Seungwoo Shin (Suwon-si, KR); Youngsik Lee (Suwon-si, KR); Daesoo Choi (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
G06F3/04883B60K35/10B60K35/22G06F2203/04101G06F2203/04104
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Patent No.
US 12,443,340
App. No.
18/758,413
Granted
Oct 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device mounted in a vehicle, and an method performed thereby are provided. The electronic device may include a touch screen, memory storing at least one instruction, and at least one processor communicatively coupled to the touch screen and the memory. The at least one instruction, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, may cause the electronic device to recognize an input event, based on receiving a multi-touch input or a hover input, of a user with respect to the touch screen, may identify a function corresponding to the input event, based on shape information of a plurality of points and position information of the plurality of points at which the input event is recognized, may change a function value with respect to the identified function, based on a gesture input being recognized via the touch screen, and may display a user interface (UI) indicating the changed function value.

Claims (62)

1. An electronic device mounted in a vehicle, the electronic device comprising:

a touch screen;

memory storing at least one instruction; and

at least one processor communicatively coupled to the touch screen and the memory,

wherein the at least one instruction, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, causes the electronic device to:

recognize an input event, based on receiving a multi-touch input or a hover input, of a user with respect to the touch screen,

identify a function corresponding to the input event, based on shape information and position information of a plurality of points at which the input event is recognized on the touch screen,

display, on the touch screen, a function information user interface (UI) including a first function value indicating a numerical value with respect to the identified function,

change the first function value to a second function value, based on a gesture input retaining the shape information of the plurality of points at which the input event being recognized via the touch screen, and

display, on the touch screen, the function information UI including the second function value.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 ,

wherein the shape information of the plurality of points comprises a number of the plurality of points and a distance between each of the plurality of points, and

wherein the at least one instruction, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, further causes the electronic device to:

determine a type of the input event by analyzing the shape information of the plurality of points, and

identify the function corresponding to the input event based on the function being set to correspond to the type of the input event.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one instruction, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, further causes the electronic device to:

identify the function corresponding to the input event, based on position information of an area on which the input event is recognized from among a plurality of areas into which the touch screen is divided.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 ,

wherein the touch screen comprises a plurality of touch screens, and

wherein the at least one instruction, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, further causes the electronic device to:

identify the function corresponding to the input event, based on position information of one of the plurality of touch screens on which the input event is recognized.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one instruction, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, further causes the electronic device to:

obtain operation state information comprising information about at least one of a performed function, a performed operation, or an executed application, and

identify the function corresponding to the input event, based on the shape information of the plurality of points, the position information of the plurality of points, and the operation state information.

6. The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein the at least one instruction, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, further causes the electronic device to:

identify a predetermined function corresponding to the input event, from among at least one function provided by the executed application.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one instruction, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, further causes the electronic device to:

display, on the touch screen, the function information UI based on the position information of the plurality of points.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 ,

wherein the touch screen comprises a plurality of touch screens, and

wherein the at least one instruction, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, further causes the electronic device to:

display the function information UI on a preset touch screen from among the plurality of touch screens, regardless of which of the plurality of touch screens the input event is recognized on.

9. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the function is mapped to at least one of a position of the touch screen on which the input event is recognized, a plurality of areas of the touch screen, or a shape of the input event.

10. A method performed by an electronic device mounted in a vehicle, the method comprising:

recognizing an input event, based on receiving multi-touch input or a hover input, of a user with respect to a touch screen;

identifying a function corresponding to the input event, based on shape information of a plurality of points and position information of the plurality of points at which the input event is recognized on the touch screen;

displaying a function information user interface (UI) including a first function value indicating a numerical value with respect to the identified function;

changing the first function value to a second function value, based on a gesture input retaining the shape information of the plurality of points at which the input event being recognized via the touch screen; and

displaying the function information UI including the second function value.

11. The method of claim 10 ,

wherein the shape information of the plurality of points comprises a number of the plurality of points and a distance between each of the plurality of points, and

wherein the identifying of the function corresponding to the input event comprises:

determining a type of the input event by analyzing the shape information of the plurality of points; and

identifying the function corresponding to the input event based on the function being set to correspond to the type of the input event.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the identifying of the function corresponding to the input event comprises identifying the function corresponding to the input event, based on position information of an area on which the input event is recognized from among a plurality of areas into which the touch screen is divided.

13. The method of claim 10 ,

wherein the touch screen comprises a plurality of touch screens, and

wherein the identifying of the function corresponding to the input event comprises identifying the function corresponding to the input event, based on position information of one of the plurality of touch screens on which the input event is recognized.

14. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

obtaining operation state information comprising information about at least one of a function performed by the electronic device, an operation performed by the electronic device, or an application executed by the electronic device,

wherein the identifying of the function corresponding to the input event comprises identifying the function corresponding to the input event, based on the shape information of the plurality of points, the position information of the plurality of points, and the operation state information.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the identifying of the function corresponding to the input event comprises identifying a predetermined function corresponding to the input event, from among at least one function provided by the executed application.

16. The method of claim 10 , wherein the displaying of the function information UI comprises displaying the UI based on the position information of the plurality of points.

17. The method of claim 10 ,

wherein the touch screen comprises a plurality of touch screens, and

wherein the displaying of the function information UI comprises displaying the function information UI on a preset touch screen from among the plurality of touch screens, regardless of which of the plurality of touch screens the input event is recognized on.

18. One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media storing at least one instruction that, when executed by at least one processor of an electronic device individually or collectively, causes the electronic device to perform operations, the operations comprising:

recognizing an input event, based on receiving a multi-touch input or a hover input, of a user with respect to a touch screen;

identifying a function corresponding to the input event, based on shape information of a plurality of points and position information of the plurality of points at which the input event is recognized on the touch screen;

displaying a function information user interface (UI) including a first function value indicating a numerical value with respect to the identified function;

changing the first function value to a second function value, based on a gesture input retaining the shape information of the plurality of points at which the input event is being recognized via the touch screen; and

displaying the function information UI including the second function value.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 28, 2024
From: HAN, SANGHYUN; KIM, HYEWON; SHIN, SEUNGWOO; LEE, YOUNGSIK; CHOI, DAESOO
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 067872/0435 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2021-0194553 · Dec 31, 2021 · national
KR 10-2022-0004735 · Jan 12, 2022 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTKR2022021518 · Dec 28, 2022
Related Publication 20240353996A1 · Oct 24, 2024
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