Granted Patent B2

US 12,223,164 · App. 18/198,372 · Granted Feb 11, 2025

Inventors: Sangho Park (Suwon-si, KR); Kwangyoun Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Sooam Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Jeewoong Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Joonjae Park (Suwon-si, KR); Dockjo Yang (Suwon-si, KR); Soonbae Yang (Suwon-si, KR); Soyong Lee (Suwon-si, KR); Boeun Jang (Suwon-si, KR); Youngwoong Joo (Suwon-si, KR)

Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

G06F3/04886G06F3/041G06F3/044G06F3/04817G06F3/167G06F3/0488H05B6/6435

Abstract

Claims (49)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a panel including a plurality of regions on which a plurality of icon members are positionable, respectively;

a sensor configured to detect a user's touch with respect to at least one region among the plurality of regions of the panel;

a plurality of icon members, positionable to a corresponding position on an upper portion of the at least one region among the plurality of regions of the panel, and configured to respectively display icons corresponding to functions performable by the electronic device; and

a processor configured to:

identify a position of an icon member which is selected from among the plurality of icon members, the position of the icon member being assigned by the user's touch on the panel based on the user's touch on the at least one region detected by the sensor being identified as a sensing value of the icon member among sensing values uniquely identifying the plurality of icon members; and

control the electronic device to perform a function corresponding to the icon member, among the plurality of icon members, based on the user's touch on the at least one region detected by the sensor occurring in association with the icon member.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the sensor is under the panel,

the plurality of icon members have a different permittivity, respectively, and the processor is configured to identify the icon member in association with the user's touch, among the plurality of icon members, based on a sensing value detected by the sensor.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to identify the icon member in association with the user's touch based on a sum of a capacitance change of the at least one region which has a largest capacitance change, among the plurality of regions, and a capacitance change of a peripheral region of the at least one region which has the largest capacitance change.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a memory configured to store respective information associated with the at least one region, among the plurality of regions, in which the icon member among the plurality of icon members is located and function information corresponding to the at least one region,

wherein the processor is configured to identify the at least one region in association with the user's touch, among the plurality of regions, identify function information corresponding to the at least one region, and perform a function corresponding to the identified function information.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a speaker,

wherein the processor is configured to control the speaker to output a first guide voice to guide with positioning of the icon member among the plurality of icon members and a second guide voice to guide with a touch involving the icon member subsequent to the positioning of the icon member.

6. The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein

the first guide voice guides with the positioning of the icon member among the plurality of icon members, and the second guide voice guides with the touch involving the icon member subsequent to the positioning of the icon member, and

the processor is configured to control the speaker to respectively output the first guide voice and the second guide voice in association with the plurality of icon members.

7. The electronic device of claim 6 , further comprising:

a memory,

wherein the processor is configured to identify the at least one region in association with the user's touch, among the plurality of regions, after the second guide voice is output, and stores information of the at least one region in association with the user's touch in the memory as a region in which the icon member is located.

8. The electronic device of claim 5 , further comprising:

a memory,

wherein the processor is configured to identify the icon member, among the plurality of icon members, based on a sensing value of the sensor after the second guide voice is output, identify the at least one region in association with the user's touch, among the plurality of regions, and store information of the at least one region in association with the user's touch as a region in which the icon member is located in the memory.

9. The electronic device of claim 5 , further comprising:

a memory,

wherein the first guide voice guides the positioning of the plurality of icon members, and the second guide voice guides sequential touch with respect to the plurality of icon members subsequent to the positioning of the plurality of icon members, and

after the second guide voice is output, the processor is configured to check a region in association with the user's touch, among the plurality of regions, and an order in which the user's touch occurs, and store information of each region in association with the user's touch occurs as a region in which the plurality of icon members are located in the memory based on the order in which the user's touch occurs.

10. The electronic device of claim 5 , further comprising:

a memory,

wherein the first guide voice guides the positioning of the plurality of icon members, and the second guide voice guides different numbers of touches with respect to the plurality of icon members, and

after the second guide voice is output, the processor is configured to check a region in association with the user's touch, among the plurality of regions, and a number in which the user's touch occurs, and store information of each region in which the user's touch occurs as a region in which the plurality of icon members are located in the memory based on the number in which the user's touch occurs.

11. A control method of an electronic device, the control method comprising:

guiding positioning of an icon member among a plurality of icon members to a panel, the plurality of icon members respectively displaying icons corresponding to functions performable by the electronic device to the panel and the positioning of the icon member, which is selected from among the plurality of icon members, being changeable by a user's touch on the panel based on the user's touch on at least one region detected by a sensor being identifed as a sensing value of the icon member among sensing values uniquely identifying the plurality of icon members; and

performing a function corresponding to the icon member, among the plurality of icon members, based on a user's touch on the panel occurring in association with the icon member.

12. The control method of claim 11 , wherein the plurality of icon members have a different permittivity, respectively, and

wherein the control method further comprises:

identifying the icon member in association with the user's touch, among the plurality of icon members, based on a sensing value detected by a sensor configured to detect the user's touch with respect to a plurality of regions of the panel.

13. The control method of claim 12 , wherein the identifying of the icon member in association with the user's touch comprises:

identifying the icon member in association with the user's touch occurs based on a sum of capacitance change of at least one region which has a largest capacitance change, among the plurality of regions, and a capacitance change of a peripheral region of the at least one region which has the largest capacitance change.

14. The control method of claim 11 , further comprising:

storing respective information associated with at least one region, among a plurality of regions, in which the icon member among the plurality of icon members is located, and function information corresponding to the at least one region in a memory;

identifying the at least one region in association with the user's touch, among the plurality of regions; and

identifying function information corresponding to the at least one region,

wherein the performing of the function comprises performing a function corresponding to the identified function information.

15. The control method of claim 11 , wherein the guiding comprises:

outputting a first guide voice to guide with positioning of the icon member among the plurality of icon members; and

outputting a second guide voice to guide a touch involving the icon member subsequent to the positioning of the icon member.

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