G06F 3/0234
Using switches operable in different directions
Official title: {using switches operable in different directions}
G06F3/0234 (Using switches operable in different directions) appears on 195 US grants and 261 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 195
- Published applications
- 261
- Assignees
- 100
- Inventors
- 388
- Latest grant
- 23 Jun 2026
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| 2002 | 4 | 12 |
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| 2004 | 2 | 10 |
| 2005 | 8 | 18 |
| 2006 | 10 | 23 |
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| 2010 | 4 | 24 |
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| 2024 | 1 | 4 |
| 2025 | 2 | 3 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Display device and method thereof23 Jun 2026US 12,663,879 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Systems and methods for detecting out-of-pattern transactions26 Aug 2025US 12,400,232 B2Mastercard International Incorporated
- Display device and method thereof7 Jan 2025US 12,189,871 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Subtle user recognition31 Dec 2024US 12,182,339 B2Home Control Singapore Pte. Ltd.
- Display device and method thereof12 Dec 2023US 11,841,995 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Input system and method18 Dec 2025US 2025/0381476 A1Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
- Input system and method18 Dec 2025US 2025/0381477 A1Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
- Display device and method thereof20 Mar 2025US 2025/0093971 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Input system, input method and program19 Sep 2024US 2024/0310928 A1Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
- Systems and methods for detecting out-of-pattern transactions20 Jun 2024US 2024/0201797 A9Mastercard International Incorporated
Most cited
By later US patents
- Disambiguating system for disambiguating ambiguous input sequences by displaying objects associated with the generated input sequences in the order of decreasing frequency of use638US 5,953,541 ATegic Communications, Inc. · 1999
- Reduced keyboard and method for simultaneous ambiguous and unambiguous text input438US 6,286,064 B1Tegic Communications, Inc. · 2001
- Multifunctional keypad on touch screen384US 6,597,345 B2Jetway Technologies Ltd. · 2003
- Miniaturized calculator keyboard switch assembly having universally pivoted key actuators191US 4,029,915 AHoshidenkoseizo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1977
- Method for inputting different characters by multi-directionally pressing a single key more than one time190US 6,857,800 B2Inventec Appliances Corp. · 2005