Patent ID: 9152840
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: G06F,G06K

Abstract:
1. In an electronic device having a sensor for detecting characteristics of a user skin and, functionally separate from the sensor, a user interface component for receiving user input, a method comprising: detecting pivoting movement of the characteristics of the user skin around a pivot point on a surface of a sensor detecting characteristics of the user skin; controlling scaling of a user perceivable output quantity of the electronic device as a function of the pivoting movement detected by the sensor; detecting context in the electronic device; receiving from the user interface component an input determining a type of control of the user perceivable output quantity of the electronic device; determining the type of control as strengthening or weakening at least one of the following: a user perceivable acoustic quantity, a user perceivable visual quantity, or a user perceivable tactile quantity; changing the user perceivable output quantity to be controlled by selecting the user perceivable output quantity to be controlled according to the context so that the controlling controls a zoom operation in the electronic device; and additionally changing the user perceivable output quantity to be controlled by selecting the user perceivable output quantity to be controlled according to the input.