US 12,189,438 B2 · Knob on display

Abstract

One or more examples relate to a knob-on-display. An apparatus of such a knob-on-display includes a touch surface, a dome switch pad, a dome switch, a rotation electrode pad, and an electrically conductive structure. The touch surface may include an electrically conductive material, the touch surface movable to a released position and to a depressed position. The dome switch may include an electrically conductive material. The dome switch may be physically mounted to and electrically connected to the dome switch pad. The rotation electrode pad may be in engagement proximity to a touch sensor of a touch screen device in both the released position and the depressed position. The electrically conductive structure may be physically and electrically connected to the dome switch pad and the rotation electrode pad, the electrically conductive structure defining a continuous electrically conductive path from the rotation electrode pad, through the dome switch, to the electrically conductive material of the touch surface in both the released position and the depressed position.

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Dependent claims

An apparatus, comprising:

a touch surface comprising an electrically conductive material, the touch surface movable to a released position and to a depressed position;
a dome switch pad comprising an electrically conductive material;
a dome switch physically mounted to and electrically connected to the dome switch pad;
a rotation electrode pad in engagement proximity to a touch sensor of a touch screen device in both the released position and the depressed position;
and
an electrically conductive structure physically and electrically connected to the dome switch pad and the rotation electrode pad, the electrically conductive structure defining a continuous electrically conductive path from the rotation electrode pad, through the dome switch, to the electrically conductive material of the touch surface in both the released position and the depressed position.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Knob on display

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Knob on display

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Abstract

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