Electronic device for processing a touch input and operation method therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12254173-B2
Application number	US-202318338848-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 21, 2023
Priority date	Dec 22, 2020
Publication date	Mar 18, 2025
Grant date	Mar 18, 2025

Abstract

According to various example embodiments, an electronic device and an operation method thereof are disclosed. The disclosed electronic device includes: a display; a touch sensitive panel; a memory storing one or more instructions; and a processor configured to execute the one or more instructions stored in the memory to: receive a touch input through the touch sensitive panel, detect a change of a size of the touch input received for a specified time, identify a brush stroke corresponding to the detected change of the size of the touch input among a plurality of brush strokes, obtain trajectory information corresponding to the touch input from a database corresponding to the identified brush stroke, and process the touch input according to the obtained trajectory information corresponding to the touch input and output the processed touch input on the display.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device comprising:
a display;
a touch sensitive panel;
memory storing one or more instructions; and
at least one processor configured to individually and/or collectively execute the one or more instructions stored in the memory to:
receive a touch input of an input device used as a brush in an application executed by the electronic device through the touch sensitive panel;
detect a change of a size of the touch input based on sizes of touch events on the touch sensitive panel received for a specified time;
identify, from among a plurality of different brush stroke types for brush strokes using the brush, a brush stroke type corresponding to the detected change of the size of the touch input;
obtain, from a database corresponding to the identified brush stroke type, trajectory information corresponding to the touch input, the trajectory information including azimuth and/or altitude information for the input device; and
process the touch input according to the obtained trajectory information and output the processed touch input on the display.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to individually and/or collectively execute the one or more instructions to:
detect the change of the size of the touch input based on a difference between a first size of a first touch event at a first time point and a second size of a second touch event at a second time point among the touch events on the touch sensitive panel.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to individually and/or collectively execute the one or more instructions to:
identify the received touch input as a first brush stroke type based on a change of a size of an area corresponding to the touch input exceeding a threshold value; and
identify the received touch input as a second brush stroke type based on the change of the size of the area corresponding to the touch input not exceeding the threshold value.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the memory comprises a plurality of databases respectively corresponding to each of a plurality of brush stroke types, and
each of the plurality of databases comprises information about a plurality of trajectories obtained based on a touch input according to brush strokes of a corresponding brush stroke type made using an active stylus.

5. The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein the trajectory information comprises first trajectory information corresponding to a first brush stroke type and second trajectory information corresponding to a second brush stroke type,
the first trajectory information comprises a plurality of first trajectory information obtained based on a plurality of touch inputs made according to the first brush stroke type, each of the plurality of first trajectory information comprising information about a plurality of touch events included in a touch input representing each trajectory, and
the second trajectory information comprises a plurality of second trajectory information obtained based on a plurality of touch inputs made according to the second brush stroke type, each of the plurality of second trajectory information comprising information about a plurality of touch events included in a touch input representing each trajectory.

6. The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein the information about the plurality of touch events comprises at least one of a touch event occurrence location, a touch event area size, a touch event occurrence time, a position vector, a velocity vector, an altitude angle, or an azimuth angle.

7. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to individually and/or collectively execute the one or more instructions to:
based on the received touch input being identified as the first brush stroke type, obtain a first database corresponding to the first brush stroke type;
search for a candidate touch event from the first database using a position vector and a velocity vector of each of the touch events included in the touch input, and obtain altitude or azimuth angle information from information about a candidate touch event found by the search; and
process the touch input using the altitude or azimuth angle information.

8. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to individually and/or collectively execute the one or more instructions to:
identify, as the candidate touch event, a touch event in which a difference between a position vector and a velocity vector of each of the touch events included in the touch input and a position vector and a velocity vector of the touch events in the first database is less than a threshold value.

9. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to individually and/or collectively execute the one or more instructions to:
based on the received touch input being identified as the first brush stroke type, obtain a first database corresponding to the first brush stroke type;
search for a candidate touch event from the first database using a position change or a change of the size of each of the touch events included in the touch input, and obtain altitude or azimuth angle information from information about a candidate touch event found by the search; and
process the touch input using the altitude or azimuth angle information.

10. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the input device comprises a passive input device.

11. A method of operating an electronic device including a display and a touch sensitive panel, the method comprising:
receiving a touch input of an input device used as a brush in an application executed by the electronic device through the touch sensitive panel;
detecting a change of a size of the touch input based on sizes of touch events on the touch sensitive panel received for a specified time;
identifying, from among a plurality of brush stroke types for brush strokes using the brush, a brush stroke type corresponding to the detected change of the size of the touch input;
obtaining, from a database corresponding to the identified brush stroke type, trajectory information corresponding to the touch input, the trajectory information including azimuth and/or altitude information for the input device; and
processing the touch input according to the obtained trajectory information and outputting the processed touch input on the display.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising detecting the change of the size of the touch input based on a difference between a first size of a first touch event at a first time point and a second size of a second touch event at a second time point among the touch events on the touch sensitive panel.

13. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
identifying the received touch input as a first brush stroke type based on the change of the size of the touch input exceeding a threshold value, and
identifying the received touch input as a second brush stroke type based on the change of the size of the touch input not exceeding the threshold value.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the electronic device comprises a plurality of databases respectively corresponding to each of the plurality of brush stroke types, and
each of the plurality of databases comprises information about a plurality of trajectories obtained based on a touch input according to brush strokes of a corresponding brush stroke type made using an active stylus.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Jung Minhyo
• Lee Seongoh
• Kwak Youngmin

Classifications

• G06F3/0416

  Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers · CPC title

• G06F2203/04106

  Multi-sensing digitiser, i.e. digitiser using at least two different sensing technologies simultaneously or alternatively, e.g. for detecting pen and finger, for saving power or for improving position detection · CPC title

• G06F3/04883 Primary

  for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text · CPC title

• G06F3/0383

  Signal control means within the pointing device · CPC title

• G06F3/03545

  Pens or stylus · CPC title