US 12,223,164 B2
Electronic device and control method thereof
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); and Youngwoong Joo, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on May 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/198,372.
Application 18/198,372 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2021/013803, filed on Oct. 7, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0158479 (KR), filed on Nov. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0289058 A1, Sep. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/04886 (2022.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G06F 3/04817 (2022.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01); H05B 6/64 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/04886 (2013.01) [G06F 3/041 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 3/04817 (2013.01); G06F 3/167 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); H05B 6/6435 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
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.