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US 2006/0052145 A1Published application
Data input key for a portable apparatus and key array thereof
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorSung-Soo Go
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Abstract
A data input key for a portable apparatus and a key array thereof. The data input key includes a first key having a first recess positioned on the top thereof and a second key that has a second recess positioned on the top thereof, while facing the first recess, and which is disposed adjacent to the first key while facing it. In a first mode, the same data is recognized when either of the keys are pressed, and in a second mode different data is recognized when each of the first and second keys are pressed.
Claims10
A data input key for a portable apparatus comprising:
- a first key having a first recess positioned on a top surface thereof and
- a second key having a second recess positioned on a top surface thereof, the second key facing the first recess and being disposed adjacent to the first key,
- wherein first data is recognized when at least one of the first and second keys is pressed in a first mode, and in a second mode, second data is recognized when the first key is pressed and third data is recognized when the second key is pressed.
A data input key array for a portable apparatus comprising:
- at least one data input key including a first key having a first recess positioned on a top surface thereof and a second key having a second recess positioned on a top surface thereof, facing the first recess, is the second key disposed adjacent to the first key.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.