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US 2010/0060491 A1Published application
Operating apparatus and electronic device having the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsDoo Yoo Kim, Jae Sung Park
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are an operating apparatus and an electronic device having the same. According to the operating apparatus, key values of a button can be variably changed each time a key value changing button is pushed so that the button can have several key values. Accordingly, a variety of functions of the electronic device can be achieved although the total number of the buttons is reduced.
Claims19
An operating apparatus comprising:
- a first button that changes key values;
- and
- a second button which changes the key values according to operation of the first button.
An electronic device comprising:
- an operating apparatus which includes a first button that changes key values, and a second button which changes the key values according to operation of the first button;
- and
- a control unit which changes the key values of the second button when the first button is pushed.
A control apparatus for controlling an electronic device, the control apparatus comprising:
- a first button operated by a user to alternately change key values of at least one second button;
- and
- a control unit which alternately changes key values of at least one second button in response to operation of the first button by the user,
- wherein the control unit instructs the electronic device to operate in response to operation of at least one second button.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.