User interface device and input element
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsHan-chul Jung, Chang-su Kim, O-jae Kwon, Chang-beom Shin
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Abstract
A user interface device and an input element include at least one input button that protrudes to be deformed when being pressed and then elastically restored when not being pressed, a sensing unit to sense whether the at least one input button has been pressed, and a display panel disposed underneath the at least one input button and including an input sign display area overlapping with the at least one input button.
Claims20
A user interface device comprising:
- at least one input button that protrudes to be deformed when pressed, and then elastically restored when no longer being pressed;
- a sensing unit to sense whether the at least one input button has been pressed;
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- a display panel disposed underneath the at least one input button and comprising at least one input sign display area that overlaps with the at least one input button, and which is viewable through the at least one input button.
An input element mounted on a circuit board of an electronic device, the input element comprising:
- at least one input button that protrudes to be deformed when pressed, and then elastically restored when no longer being pressed;
- a sensing unit to sense whether the at least one input button has been pressed;
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- a display panel disposed underneath the at least one input button to overlap with the at least one input button and to change an image that is displayed when the at least one input button is pressed, and which is viewable through the at least one input button.
A user input device, comprising:
- a flexible sheet comprising a deformable input button;
- a sensing unit attached to the at least one input button to sense whether the at least one input button is deformed;
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- a display panel disposed adjacent to the flexible sheet, the display panel comprising at least one input sign display area that corresponds to the at least one input button, and which displays an input image viewable through the least one input button.
A method of selecting an input image using an input button, comprising:
- displaying the input image on a display panel to be viewed through the input button;
- selectively deforming the input button to select the input image;
- switching the display of the input image to display another input image on the display panel to be viewed through the input button;
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- selectively deforming the input button to select the another input image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.