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US 7,889,172 B2Granted
Input device of mobile communication terminal and mobile communication terminal using the same
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsYeon Woo Park, Sang Yeon Lim
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Abstract
An input device of a mobile communication terminal for successively and rapidly performing functions is disclosed. The input device includes a belt being successively slidable by an external force, a plurality of rollers being rotated by the sliding of the belt, a sensor unit for detecting the rotation of the roller, and a controller for executing at least one function according to an electric signal generated from the sensor unit.
Claims19
An input device of a mobile communication terminal, the input device comprising:
- a belt being successively slidable by an external force;
- a plurality of rollers being rotated by the sliding of the belt;
- a sensor unit for detecting the rotation of the roller;
- a supporter provided to the lateral sides of the roller for the stable rotation of the roller;
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- a controller for executing at least one function according to an electric signal generated from the sensor unit;
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- a signal input device for generating switching signals, wherein the controller enables the selection of a specific menu according to the switching signal, the signal input device including:
- a button unit extending from the lower surface of the supporter;
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- a contact unit spaced apart from the button unit for generating the switching signals by contacting with the button unit when the roller is pressed.
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A mobile communication terminal comprising:
- a main body including character input keys provided on a front surface thereof;
- a cover including a screen for displaying an image;
- a belt provided to the main body or the cover, and being successively slidable by an external force;
- a plurality of rollers being rotated by the sliding of the belt;
- a supporter provided to the lateral sides of the roller for the stable rotation of the roller;
- a sensor unit for detecting the rotation of the roller;
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- a controller for executing at least one function according to an electric signal generated from the sensor unit;
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- a signal input device for generating switching signals, wherein the controller enables the selection of a specific menu according to the switching signal, the signal input device including:
- a button unit extending from the lower side of the supporter;
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- a contact unit spaced apart from the button unit for generating the switching signals by contacting with the button unit, in case that the roller is pressed.
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A mobile communication terminal comprising:
- a main body having a character input keys provided on a front surface thereof;
- a cover assembled to the front surface of the main body to make a slide motion, the cover having a screen provided on the front surface thereof in order to display an image;
- an input device provided on the front surface of the cover, the input device having a first and a second direction keys and a roller disposed between the first and the second direction keys in order to be rotated on a rotational axis paralleled to the front surface of the cover;
- a sensor unit for detecting a first rotation of the roller and a second rotation of the roller;
- a controller for executing at least one function according to an electric signal generated from the sensor unit;
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- a signal input device for generating a switching signals when the roller is pressed, wherein the controller outputs a shortcut menu to the screen when the sensor unit detects the first rotation of the roller,
- wherein the controller positions a cursor in the short cut menu when the sensor unit detects the second rotation of the roller,
- wherein the shortcut menu item associated with a position of the cursor in the shortcut menu is selected when a pressing of the roller is detected, and
- wherein the pressing of the roller generates a switching signal and the controller executes a function associated with the shortcut menu item according to the switching signal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.