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US 10,241,596 B2Granted
Touch keypad
AssigneesWoori Engineering Co., Ltd., Lentus
InventorsSeung Min Hong, Hyun Dong Jin
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Abstract
Disclosed is a touch keypad comprising: an upper plate having a flat plate shape; a touch sensor formed on an upper side of the upper plate; a lower plate disposed to be spaced on a lower side of the upper plate; a connection member connecting the upper plate to the lower plate and supporting the upper plate so that the upper plate ascends and descends; a position sensor for detecting whether the upper plate ascends or descends; and a control unit for selecting a keypad mode or mouse mode according to a detected value of the position sensor.
Claims7
A touch keypad comprising:
- an upper plate having a flat plate shape;
- a touch sensor formed on an upper side of the upper plate;
- a lower plate disposed to be spaced on a lower side of the upper plate;
- a connection member connecting the upper plate to the lower plate and supporting the upper plate so that the upper plate ascends and descends;
- a position sensor configured to detect downward movement of the upper plate, and to generate a descending signal;
- a control unit configured to select a keypad mode when receiving the descending signal, or to select a mouse mode;
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- a restoration member configured to restore the upper plate to its original position, wherein the restoration member comprises:
- a vertical frame uprightly mounted on an upper side of the lower plate;
- a horizontal frame pivotably coupled to the vertical frame, the horizontal frame including a first end contacting the lower side of the upper plate and a second end such that when the upper plate descends, the first end moves downwards and the second end move upwards;
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- a weight member mounted on the second end and pressing the second end downwards by its weight.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.