US 2016/0110003 A1 · MOBILE TERMINAL

Abstract

A mobile terminal which includes a terminal body; a display mounted to the terminal body; a window disposed to cover the display and including central and edge regions wherein the central region is formed of a transmissive material and configured to align with the display, and the edge region is formed of an opaque material and configured to surround the central region. The mobile terminal further includes a first touch sensor disposed to span at least the central region and configured to detect a touch input to the central region; and a second touch sensor disposed to span at least part of the edge region and configured to detect a touch input to the at least part of the edge region, wherein the second touch sensor is configured to have a higher touch sensitivity than the first in order to detect a touch input to the opaque edge region.

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Dependent claims

A mobile terminal, comprising:

a terminal body;
a display mounted to the terminal body and configured to output visual information;
a window disposed to cover the display and comprising a central region and an edge region, wherein:
the central region is formed of a transmissive material and configured to align with the display, and
the edge region is formed of an opaque material and configured to surround the central region;
a first touch sensor disposed to span at least the central region and configured to detect a touch input to the central region.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

14/985,156Filed 30 Dec 2015

Priority

KR 10-2013-00240736 Mar 2013

Published

21 Apr 2016

Term ends

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Classification14 codes

G06F 3/0416
Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means: control or interface arrangements specially adapted for…
G06F 1/1626
For portable computers: with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
G06F 1/1652
Details related to the display arrangement, including those related to the mounting of the display in the housing: the display being flexible,…
G06F 1/1684
Constructional details or arrangements of portable computers not specific to the type of enclosures covered by groups G06F1/1615 - G06F1/1626:…

Mobile terminal

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Abstract

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