Patents by Inventor Sangtae JI

Sangtae JI has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Apparatus and method for controlling an input of electronic device
    Patent number: 9652143
    Abstract: An electronic device and method for the same are disclosed, including a touch device for detecting a touch input, a display unit for displaying screen information, a storage unit for storing a predetermined number of individual contacts to the touch device, and a controller. The controller compares a number of individual contacts with the predetermined number of individual contacts in response to detecting a touch input via the touch device, executes a scrolling of the displayed screen information according to a movement of the touch input when the number of individual contacts of the touch input matches the predetermined number, and when the number of individual contacts of the touch input does not match the predetermined number, executes a gesture-based zoom according to a change in area defined by the individual contacts of the touch input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Youngho Kim, Hoshin Lee, Sangtae Ji
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN INPUT OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE
    Publication number: 20150169167
    Abstract: An electronic device and method for the same are disclosed, including a touch device for detecting a touch input, a display unit for displaying screen information, a storage unit for storing a predetermined number of individual contacts to the touch device, and a controller. The controller compares a number of individual contacts with the predetermined number of individual contacts in response to detecting a touch input via the touch device, executes a scrolling of the displayed screen information according to a movement of the touch input when the number of individual contacts of the touch input matches the predetermined number, and when the number of individual contacts of the touch input does not match the predetermined number, executes a gesture-based zoom according to a change in area defined by the individual contacts of the touch input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Youngho KIM, Hoshin LEE, Sangtae JI