US 2017/0322663 A1 · ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING MULTI-FUNCTIONAL HUMAN INTERFACE

Abstract

According to an aspect of present invention provides electronic device having a multi-functional human interface, device comprising, first to fifth multi-functional input buttons, wherein each of multi-functional input buttons includes an electrode unit including a transmitter unit and a receiver unit, transmitter unit has first and second transmitters having driver signal periods different from each other, and receiver unit has first to fourth receivers having at least two scan signal periods different from each other, first receiver of fourth multi-functional input button has a scan signal period same as a scan signal period of fourth receiver of second multi-functional input button, second receiver of fourth multi-functional input button has a scan signal period same as a scan signal period of first receiver of first multi-functional input button, third receiver of fourth multi-functional input button has a scan signal period same as a scan signal period of second receiver of first multi-functional input button, and fourth receiver of fourth multi-functional input button has a scan signal period same as scan signal periods of third receiver of first multi-functional input button and first receiver of fifth multi-functional input button.

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Dependent claims

An electronic device having a multi-functional human interface, comprising:

first to fifth multi-functional input buttons,
wherein each of the multi-functional input buttons includes an electrode unit including a transmitter unit and a receiver unit,
the transmitter unit has first and second transmitters having driver signal periods different from each other, and the receiver unit has first to fourth receivers having at least two scan signal periods different from each other,
the first receiver of the fourth multi-functional input button has a scan signal period same as a scan signal period of the fourth receiver of the second multi-functional input button,
the second receiver of the fourth multi-functional input button has a scan signal period same as a scan signal period of the first receiver of the first multi-functional input button,
the third receiver of the fourth multi-functional input button has a scan signal period same as a scan signal period of the second receiver of the first multi-functional input button, and
the fourth receiver of the fourth multi-functional input button has a scan signal period same as scan signal periods of the third receiver of the first multi-functional input button and the first receiver of the fifth multi-functional input button.

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An electronic device having a multi-functional human interface, comprising:

first to fifth multi-functional input buttons,
wherein each of the multi-functional input buttons includes an electrode unit including a transmitter unit and a receiver unit,
the transmitter unit has first and second transmitters having driver signal periods different from each other, and the receiver unit has first and second receivers having scan signal periods different from each other,
the second receiver of the first multi-functional input button has a scan signal period same as a scan signal period of the first receiver of the fifth multi-functional input button, and
the first receiver of the third multi-functional input button has a scan signal period same as a scan signal period of the second receiver of the fifth multi-functional input button.

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An electronic device having a multi-functional human interface, comprising:

first to fifth multi-functional input buttons,
wherein each of the multi-functional input buttons includes an electrode unit including a transmitter unit and a receiver unit,
the transmitter unit has first and second transmitters having driver signal periods different from each other, and the receiver unit has first and second receivers having scan signal periods different from each other,
the second transmitter of the first multi-functional input button has a drive signal period same as a drive signal period of the first transmitter of the fifth multi-functional input button, and
the first transmitter of the third multi-functional input button has a drive signal period same as a drive signal period of the second transmitter of the fifth multi-functional input button.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Electronic device having multi-functional human interface

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