Electronic device mounted to vehicle and operation method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12443340-B2
Application number	US-202418758413-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 28, 2024
Priority date	Dec 31, 2021
Publication date	Oct 14, 2025
Grant date	Oct 14, 2025

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.

First claim

What is claimed is:

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.

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Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Han Sanghyun
• Kim Hyewon
• Shin Seungwoo
• Lee Youngsik
• Choi Daesoo

Classifications

• G06F2203/04104

  Multi-touch detection in digitiser, i.e. details about the simultaneous detection of a plurality of touching locations, e.g. multiple fingers or pen and finger · CPC title

• G06F2203/04101

  2.5D-digitiser, i.e. digitiser detecting the X/Y position of the input means, finger or stylus, also when it does not touch, but is proximate to the digitiser's interaction surface and also measures the distance of the input means within a short range in the Z direction, possibly with a separate measurement setup · CPC title

• B60K35/22

  Display screens · CPC title

• B60K35/10

  Input arrangements, i.e. from user to vehicle, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor · CPC title

• B60K35/656

  the user being a passenger · CPC title