Electronic device and operating method therefor
Disclosed in various examples of the present invention are a method and a device for enabling a system function using a system button to be used according to a user input, when displaying a picture related to an application through the entire area of a display without displaying a system button (provided transparently or translucently). According to various examples of the present invention, an electronic device comprises a display, a memory, and a processor electrically connected to the display and the memory, wherein the processor can be configured so as to sense, on the display, a user input through a touch region including the system button, identify the user input, and execute a system function by means of the system button or an application function according to the user input in the touch area including the system button. Various examples are possible.
1. An electronic device comprising:
a display;
a memory; and
a processor electrically connected with the display and the memory,
wherein the processor is configured to:
display a system button in a touch region of the display,
in response to execution of an application based on a full screen mode, display an execution screen of the application without the system button, and
while the execution screen of the application is displayed without displaying the system button:
in response to detection of a user input through the touch region, determine whether the user input corresponds to a first input or a second input based on a sensing value associated with the user input,
in response to a determination that the user input corresponds to the first input, execute a system function by means of the system button, and
in response to a determination that the user input corresponds to the second input, execute an application function according to the user input on the touch region,
wherein the sensing value comprises a first sensing value and a second sensing value, and
when the first sensing value by a touch detector is detected and the second sensing value by a force detector is detected, the processor is configured to identify the user input as the first input based on the second sensing value.
2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein, when the sensing value by the touch detector is detected, the processor is configured to identify the user input as the second input based on the first sensing value.
3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the system button comprises one or more software buttons to view a recent list, to return to a home screen, or to return to a previous screen.
4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein, in response to the execution of the application being detected, the processor is configured to determine whether the application is in the full screen mode or in a mode in which the application operates on a partial screen of the display.
5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to control to show or hide the system button based on various inputs, while the execution screen of the application is displayed.
6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein, when the user input on the touch region comprising the system button is a force touch, the processor is configured to determine to process an operation by means of the system button in response to the user input, and to execute another system function by means of one system button in response to an input method of the user input on the system button.
7. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the processor is configured to determine whether the force touch is changed, and, when the force touch is not changed, the processor is configured to execute a first function by means of the system button, and, when the force touch is changed, to execute a second function by means of the system button.
8. An operating method of an electronic device, the method comprising:
displaying a system button in a touch region of a display of the electronic device;
displaying an execution screen of an application without displaying the system button; and
while the execution screen of the application is displayed without displaying the system button:
in response to detection of a user input through the touch region,
determining whether the user input corresponds to a first input or a second input based on a sensing value associated with the user input,
in response to a determination that the user input corresponds to the first input, executing a system function by means of the system button, and
in response to a determination that the user input corresponds to the second input, executing an application function according to the user input on the touch region
wherein the sensing value comprises a first sensing value and a second sensing value, and
wherein identifying the user input comprises:
when the first sensing value by a touch detector is detected and the second sensing value by a force detector is detected, identifying the user input as the first input based on the second sensing value; and
when the first sensing value by the touch detector is detected without the second sensing value detected by the force detector, identifying the user input as the second input based on the first sensing value.
9. The operating method of claim 8 , wherein displaying the full screen comprises, in response to the execution of the application being detected, determining whether the application is in the full screen mode or in a mode in which the application operates on a partial screen of the display.
10. The operating method of claim 8 , wherein executing the system function comprises:
when the user input on the touch region comprising the system button is a force touch, determining to process an operation by means of the system button in response to the user input; and
executing another system function by means one system button in response to an input method of the user input on the system button, and
wherein executing another system function comprises:
determining whether the force touch is changed;
when the force touch is not changed, executing a first function by means of the system button; and
when the force touch is changed, executing a second function by means of the system button.