Electronic apparatus and method of control thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9298296-B2
Application number	US-201313897636-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 20, 2013
Priority date	Aug 8, 2012
Publication date	Mar 29, 2016
Grant date	Mar 29, 2016

Abstract

An electronic apparatus and a control method therefor provide an apparatus that includes a first body that includes a display part, a second body that includes a touchpad to change a sensing sensitivity, a hinge part to connect the first body and the second body and to rotate 360 degrees, and a controller to change an operation mode of the electronic apparatus according to an angle of the first body and the second body, and to increase the sensing sensitivity of the touchpad so that the touchpad detects human body contact when the first body and the second body form a preset angle.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic apparatus, comprising:
a first body comprising a display part formed on a front side;
a second body comprising a touchpad to change a sensing sensitivity and a non-touchpad not to change the sensing sensitivity, the sensing sensitivity comprising a first sensing sensitivity and a second sensing sensitivity which are capable of sensing a user's touch;
a hinge part to connect the first body and the second body and to rotate 360 degrees; and
a controller to change an operation mode of the electronic apparatus according to an angle of the first body and the second body, and to increase the sensing sensitivity of the touchpad formed on a front side of the second body from the first sensing sensitivity to the second sensing sensitivity when the first body and the second body form a preset angle and a rear side of the first body is in contact or adjacent to a rear side of the second body.

2. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller changes the operation mode of the electronic apparatus to a tablet mode when the first body and the second body form a first preset angle, and changes the operation mode of the electronic apparatus to an electronic notebook mode when the first body and the second body form a second preset angle.

3. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller changes at least one of an operating frequency of the electronic apparatus and a rotation speed of a cooling fan of the electronic apparatus, when the touchpad of the increased sensing sensitivity detects a human body contact.

4. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
a wireless communication part to communicate with an external device using an antenna,
wherein the controller decreases a power of the antenna when the touchpad of the increased sensing sensitivity detects a human body contact.

5. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller provides a preset User Interface (UI) to the display part when the touchpad of the increased sensing sensitivity detects a human body contact.

6. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
a vibration part,
wherein the controller controls the vibration part to vibrate during a preset time, when the touchpad of the increased sensing sensitivity detects a human body contact.

7. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the touchpad adjusts a sensing threshold of a touchpad capacitance which varies according to an approach of a human body, to change the sensitivity.

8. An electronic apparatus comprising:
a first body comprising a display part formed on a front side;
a second body comprising a touchpad capable of changing a sensing sensitivity and a non-touchpad not to change the sensing sensitivity, the sensing sensitivity comprising a first sensing sensitivity and a second sensing sensitivity which are capable of sensing a user's touch;
a hinge part to connect the first body and the second body; and
a controller to change the sensing sensitivity of the touchpad from the first sensing sensitivity to the second sensing sensitivity by increasing the first sensing sensitivity based on an angle of the first body and the second body.

9. The electronic apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the controller detects a human body contact by increasing the sensing sensitivity of the touchpad, when the first body and the second body form a first preset angle and a rear side of the first body is in contact or adjacent to a rear side of the second body.

10. The electronic apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the controller changes at least one of an operating frequency of the electronic apparatus and a rotation speed of a cooling fan of the electronic apparatus, when the touchpad of the increased sensing sensitivity detects the human body contact.

11. The electronic apparatus of claim 9 , further comprising:
a wireless communication part to communicate with an external device using an antenna,
wherein the controller decreases a power of the antenna, when the touchpad of the increased sensing sensitivity detects the human body contact.

12. The electronic apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the touchpad adjusts a sensing threshold of a touchpad capacitance which varies according to an approach of the human body, to change the sensitivity.

13. A control method of an electronic apparatus which includes a first body that includes a display part formed on a front side, a second body that includes a touchpad to change a sensing sensitivity and a non-touchpad not to change the sensing sensitivity, and a hinge part to connect the first body and the second body and to rotate 360 degrees, the method comprising:
detecting an angle of the first body and the second body;
changing an operation mode of the electronic apparatus according to the angle of the first body and the second body; and
increasing the sensing sensitivity of the touchpad formed on a front side of the second body from a first sensing sensitivity to a second sensing sensitivity, when the first body and the second body form a preset angle and a rear side of the first body is in contact or adjacent to a rear side of the second body.

14. The control method of claim 13 , wherein the operation to change the operation mode comprises:
changing the operation mode of the electronic apparatus to a tablet mode, when the first body and the second body form a first preset angle; and
changing the operation mode of the electronic apparatus to an electronic notebook mode, when the first body and the second body form a second preset angle.

15. The control method of claim 13 , further comprising:
changing at least one of an operating frequency of the electronic apparatus and a rotation speed of a cooling fan of the electronic apparatus, when the touchpad of the increased sensing sensitivity detects a human body contact.

16. The control method of claim 13 , further comprising:
decreasing a power of an antenna of the electronic apparatus, when the touchpad having the increased sensing sensitivity detects a human body contact.

17. The control method of claim 13 , further comprising:
providing a preset User Interface (UI) to the display part, when the touchpad of the increased sensing sensitivity detects a human body contact.

18. The control method of claim 13 , further comprising:
controlling a vibration part of the electronic apparatus to vibrate during a preset time, when the touchpad of the increased sensing sensitivity detects a human body contact.

19. The control method of claim 13 , wherein the touchpad adjusts a sensing threshold of a touchpad capacitance which varies according to an approach of a human body, to change the sensitivity.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having a program, that when executed by a computer, carries out a method of controlling an electronic apparatus that includes a first body having a display part formed on a front side, a second body having a touchpad capable of changing a sensing sensitivity and a non-touchpad not to change the sensing sensitivity, and a hinge part to connect the first body and the second body and to rotate 360 degrees, the method comprising:
detecting an angle of the first body and the second body;
changing an operation mode of the electronic apparatus according to the angle of the first body and the second body; and
increasing the sensing sensitivity of the touchpad from a first sensing sensitivity to a second sensing sensitivity when the first body and the second body form a preset angle and

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Park Seung-Joon

Classifications

• G06F1/1698

  the I/O peripheral being a sending/receiving arrangement to establish a cordless communication link, e.g. radio or infrared link, integrated cellular phone (details of antennas disposed inside a computer H01Q1/2266) · CPC title

• G06F1/16

  Constructional details or arrangements · CPC title

• H04M1/0241

  using relative motion of the body parts to change the operational status of the telephone set, e.g. switching on/off, answering incoming call · CPC title

• G06F1/1681

  Details related solely to hinges (hinge details related to the transmission of signals or power are classified in G06F1/1683) · CPC title

• H04M2250/22

  including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector · CPC title