Abstract: An eye tracking based user function controlling method and a mobile device adapted thereto are provided. A camera unit of a mobile device is activated while a specific user function is executed. A gaze angle of a user's eye is acquired from an image obtained via the camera unit. An eye tracking function is executed in which execution state is controlled according to the gaze angle.

Abstract: An apparatus for displaying an image in a portable terminal includes a camera to photograph the image, a touch screen to display the image and to allow selecting an object area of the displayed image, a memory to store the image, a controller to detect at least one object area within the image when displaying the image of the camera or the memory and to recognize object information of the detected object area to be converted into a voice, and an audio processing unit to output the voice.

Abstract: An eye tracking based user function controlling method and a mobile device adapted thereto are provided. A camera unit of a mobile device is activated while a specific user function is executed. A gaze angle of a user's eye is acquired from an image obtained via the camera unit. An eye tracking function is executed in which execution state is controlled according to the gaze angle.

Abstract: An apparatus for displaying an image in a portable terminal includes a camera to photograph the image, a touch screen to display the image and to allow selecting an object area of the displayed image, a memory to store the image, a controller to detect at least one object area within the image when displaying the image of the camera or the memory and to recognize object information of the detected object area to be converted into a voice, and an audio processing unit to output the voice.

Abstract: A method for processing information in a portable terminal is provided. The method includes displaying a content, displaying a clip area on the content when detecting a clip touch interaction, correcting the clip area by analyzing a pattern and/or information of the clip area, and storing information of corrected clip area in a clipboard.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for operating a lock function in an electronic device are provided. The method includes displaying an image on a lock screen when the lock screen is called; detecting a user input in a state in which the image is displayed; and releasing the lock screen when the user input is identical with a lock release value, wherein at least one of a point, a line, and a plane forming an image corresponding to the image is included in a drawing value for releasing the lock screen.

Abstract: A method processes a user input according to an identified input mode among a set of input modes. The method for processing an input in a portable device, includes detect a user input from an input region, identifying an input mode from a set of input modes including at least one of a text input, a drawing input, an equation input, and a drawing input, and processing the user input according to the input mode to create a message, wherein the message comprises at least one input content processed according to the identified input mode.

Abstract: A touch sensitive device allows a touch-based manipulation for contents displayed thereon. In a method, the device receives a predefined input event when a content screen is displayed on a display unit, determines whether a closed curve is formed on the display unit by the input event, and crops a specific content region defined by the closed curve.

Abstract: A mobile terminal and a display control method for the same are provided. The display control method enables the mobile terminal to detect hovering input of a pen and to display a different pointer according to the attribute of the hovering input position. The display control method includes detecting a hovering input, identifying a position of the hovering input, determining an attribute associated with the hovering input position; and displaying a pointer corresponding to the determined attribute at the position of the hovering input.

Abstract: An input device of a portable terminal has a pen with a button, and generates first and second inputs having first and second static electricity, respectively; a touch panel with a touch sensor whose capacitance is changed when touching the pen; a controller that performs a preset function corresponding to the first input in an executed application if an input inputted through the touch panel is the first input, and calls a preset application or performs a preset command if the input is the second input after analyzing the touch panel input; and a display unit that displays a screen processed according to the first and second inputs. The first input includes a general input that controls operation of the executed application, a handwritten letter and a drawing, and the second input is a command that calls a certain application and commands execution of a certain operation.