US 11,941,180 B2
Electronic device for obtaining user input through virtual keyboard and method of operating the same
Yanggeun Oh, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Byungjun Son, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Sungjoo Ahn, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Sungwook Youn, Gyeonggi-do (KR); and Jiyoon Park, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed on May 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/749,610.
Application 17/749,610 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/006269, filed on May 2, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0118348 (KR), filed on Sep. 6, 2021; and application No. 10-2021-0133683 (KR), filed on Oct. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0070539 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/017 (2013.01) [G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06F 3/14 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a camera,
a display, and
a processor,
wherein the processor is configured to:
control the display to display a second image cropped from a first image obtained using the camera,
detect a finger object corresponding to a finger in the second image,
identify a position of the finger object in the second image,
determine a degree of bending of the finger object by identifying a distance between points corresponding to predetermined portions of the finger,
identify a first virtual key corresponding to the finger object in a virtual keyboard based on the identified position and the determined degree of bending of the finger object, and
identify an input of the first virtual key based on detecting a typing movement of the finger object.