Patent ID: 9625979
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: G06F,Y02D

Claim:
1. A method in an electronic device, the method comprising: entering a power saving mode in response to determining that a first stylus pen is inserted into a tool-holder in the electronic device; in response to entering the power saving mode, switching a first sensing area of the electronic device into an idle mode and a second sensing area of the electronic device into a lock mode; detecting an input inputted by a second stylus pen on the first sensing area in a state in which the first stylus pen is inserted into the tool-holder and the first sensing area is in the idle mode, the second stylus pen being an input tool different from the first stylus pen; and in response to detecting the input on the first sensing area in the idle mode, unlocking the second sensing area, wherein the second sensing area is a display area of touch screen, and wherein the first sensing area is a portion of a bezel of the electronic device other than the display area of touch screen.