Back to results
US 9,519,386 B2Granted
Input device and electronic device including the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsByung-Jik Kim, Dong-Wook Kwon, In-Sik Myung, Jong-Woo Jung
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
An input device according to one of various embodiments of the present disclosure includes a body having an ElectroMagnetic Induction (EMI) circuit, a first contact member reciprocating in the body and associated with the EMI circuit, and a second contact member installed to the body and having at least a part disposed in side by side with the first contact member, the second contact member being made of a conductive material.
Claims12
An input device comprising:
- a body having an ElectroMagnetic Induction (EMI) circuit;
- a first contact member reciprocating in the body and associated with the EMI circuit;
- and a second contact member installed to the body and having at least a part disposed adjacent to the first contact member, the second contact member being made of a conductive material and the second contact member being electrically isolated from the first contact member, wherein the first contact member transmits a writing pressure to the EMI circuit, and wherein the first contact member is configured to provide a first output to indicate a first event and the second contact member is configured to provide a second output indicating a second event, different from the first event, when the second contact member is depressed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.