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7629965 Keypad backlighting of mobile terminal  
A keypad backlighting apparatus includes an electroluminescence layer for lighting an input device of an electronic apparatus. The input device may be a keypad and the electronic apparatus may be a...
7601948 Encoder device and alignment device for an encoder device  
An encoder device includes: an encoder base; a hub rotatably arranged in the encoder base and arranged to carry an encoder disk; and an alignment device arranged to urge the hub into a...
7554077 Encoder  
Embodiments of an encoder are disclosed.
7544924 Directional input device with a light directing shaft  
A directional input device with a light directing shaft that avoids wear and tear caused by physical contact between a shaft and a sensor surface. A directional input device according to the...
7525113 Optical scanning unit and method for mounting the same  
An optical scanning unit of a position measuring system for measuring a relative position of a first machine element with respect to a second machine element in a measuring direction. The optical...
7525454 Keypad assembly for a portable terminal  
A keypad assembly includes a keypad having at least one elastic layer and at least one key button on the elastic layer, a waveguide for transmitting and guiding light therethrough, the waveguide...
7501570 Electric wind instrument and key detection structure thereof  
Wind instrument includes a tubular body having a plurality of tone holes, and a plurality of keys capable of opening and closing the tone holes. Via a retaining member, detector units are provided...
7446677 Method and apparatus for optically detecting selections made on an input device  
Optics are utilized in an input device such as a mouse or keyboard, for example, to detect a condition of one or more selection indicators, such as whether a key or button has been depressed or a...
7432911 Keyboard for mobile devices  
A keyboard comprising a plurality of transparent keys. In use, the keyboard is attached to a device such as a mobile device, to overlie a display screen of the device. One or more images displayed...
7414238 Optical encoder device for small-sized motor and method of producing the same  
An optical encoder device for a small-sized motor has a code wheel attached to a motor shaft which extends to the exterior of the motor through a bearing accommodated in a bearing-retaining section...
7391012 Apparatus for detecting rotational angle of rotational element and detecting method thereof  
An apparatus ( 100 ) for detecting rotational angle of a rotational element ( 110 ), includes a light emitting element ( 1 ) and an image detecting element ( 3 ). The light emitting element is...
7378990 Laser locus ball apparatus for a wireless keyboard  
A laser locus ball apparatus for a wireless keyboard includes a base, a laser source generator, a locus ball, a light sensing element and a key cover. The base provides a lateral plate with a...
7271743 Switch arrangement and a switch matrix structure for a keypad  
A switch arrangement comprises a photoconductor to be illuminated. The switch arrangement also comprises a conductor which is intended to further transmit light escaping from the photoconductor and...
7271797 Optical window for generating a waveforms  
An optical window is disclosed through which light can be shone to generate a waveform. Windows are hourglass-shaped, to better conform the shape of the windows to the distribution of light...
7268705 Input detection based on speckle-modulated laser self-mixing  
A keyboard detects press or release of keys based on laser output which is changed by speckle-modulated self-mixing. Unique targets are attached to keys. As a target is moved into and/or out of the...
7265338 Photoelectric encoder using an incoherent semiconductor light source  
A photoelectric encoder is provided, which emits light from a light source to a main scale and an index scale that can relatively move with respect to each other and obtains a light-receiving...
7193536 Illuminated keyboard  
A keyboard is provided having illuminating keys. The keyboard includes a light channeling membrane and key members constructed at least partially of translucent material so that light produced from...
7064744 Optical induction/trackball dual-mode mouse  
An optical induction/trackball dual-mode mouse is disclosed to include a mouse body, a trackball module installed in the top of the mouse body, a cursor control optical induction module installed...
7060968 Method and apparatus for optical encoding with compressible imaging  
The present invention presents an optical encoder with increased conversion rates. Improvement in the conversion rate is a result of combining changes in the pattern recognition encoder's scale...
7053799 Keypad with illumination structure  
An illuminated keypad ( 400 ) includes a substantially transparent keypad ( 420 ) having a plurality of actuator buttons ( 412 ), a plurality of switches ( 404 ) residing substantially and...
7042371 Optical keyboard with geodesic optical elements  
An optical keyboard having a plurality of keys formed on a sheet of transparent material used as light guide. Each key is a dome-shaped element such that the light beam launched into one end of the...
7026959 Optical joystick module  
A joystick module in which a toggle arm controls movement of a plurality of shutters, with each shutter arranged between a light receiver and a light emitter. Control of the light from the light...
6965327 Device and method for evaluating a useful signal originating from a proximity sensor  
The invention relates to a device and method for evaluating a useful signal U(t) originating from a proximity sensor. The device comprises a first recognition means ( 17 ) which changes the...
6958469 Diffraction grating interference system encoder for detecting displacement information  
A displacement information detector in which a coherent luminous flux from a light source is applied to a diffraction grating scale adapted to be relatively moved to generate two diffracted rays of...
6946980 Input device  
An input device comprising a fixed light source, a plurality of light detectors surrounding the light source, and a member comprising reflective surface portions slidably mounted above the light...
6927388 Optical encoder  
An optical encoder whose environmental resistance is improved by increasing the variety of options of materials for a resin-made code plate thereof. Used as material for at least a code pattern of...
6875977 Optoelectronic keypad and method for controlling an optoelectronic keypad  
An optoelectronic keypad and a method for controlling an optoelectronic keypad for a measuring instrument, require a transparent touch screen, at least two touch-sensitive control buttons, at least...
6833825 Apparatus for remotely controlling a digital processing system  
According to one aspect of the invention an apparatus is provided for remotely controlling a digital processing system, comprising a housing, a scrolling detector, a cursor positioning detector,...
6809661 Keypad device  
A keypad device for telephones, mobile phones, remote control units, text and character transmitters, calculators, electronic planners or the like, wherein a control element, when actuated manually...
6806815 Keypad structure with inverted domes  
A keypad is disclosed for a portable electronic device. The keypad comprises an outer surface and a number of pressable keys ( 402 ). Associated with each key there is a pair of conductive contact...
6741189 Keypad having optical waveguides  
A keypad includes a light emitting source, a light detector and waveguide assembly adapted to receive light from the light emitting source and having a plurality of waveguide branches adapted to...
6705783 Ruggedized keyboard with cursor positioning device  
A rugged keyboard and cursor positioning device with an inherent restiveness from external fluids to interior keyboard fluid contamination. The key interrupters and cursor positioning device block...
6696987 Electronic device with illuminated operator button, the activation of said operator buttons being determined by detection of the change in the luminous reflectance  
With an electronic device, in particular a car radio that includes a microprocessor and operating buttons that can be illuminated by light sources, the functions of illumination and detecting an...
6603115 Measurement scale and system incorporating a measurement scale for determining absolute position  
A scale and scale reader are disclosed which may be used to determine absolute position of the reader with respect to the scale in two directions. In an embodiment of the invention a chequered...
6552717 OHAI technology user interface  
A variety of methods and systems for presenting and delivering user application input choices. One-handed or vocal user input provides chords or syllables. The invention includes systems and...
6535145 Ideographic keyboard and method  
Ideographic keyboard and method in which an array of characters are printed on one side of a panel and optically readable data corresponding to the characters is recorded on the other side of the...
6529150 Photonic analog to digital conversion based on temporal and spatial oversampling techniques  
A method of converting an analog signal to a digital signal includes (a) filtering the analog signal to the range 0≦f x ≦f B ; (b) sampling the filtered signal at a rate f S >>f N , where...
6525677 Method and apparatus for an optical laser keypad  
An optical laser numeric keypad ( 100 ) provides a digital signal indicative of which of a plurality of key locations is selected. The optical laser numeric keypad ( 100 ) comprises a plurality of...
6501012 Musical apparatus using multiple light beams to control musical tone signals  
A musical apparatus which controls a variety of parameters of musical tones by detecting motion of an object in a space adjacent to the musical apparatus. More specifically, the musical apparatus...
6392224 Scanning unit for an optical position measuring device  
A scanning unit for an optical position measuring device that includes a detector system that has a first reference pulse signal detector region disposed along a measuring direction and a second...
6369800 Method and apparatus for use with a keypad of an electronic device  
A method and apparatus for use with a keypad for an electronic device including at least one plunger associated with a key, wherein the plunger is moveable between a first position and a second...
6313460 Optical encoder for detecting rotary and linear movements  
An optical device for quantitative detection of linear or rotary movements, in which light beams from two light emitters pass through a grid disk which images the movement and has translucent areas...
6232593 Optical encoder  
A movable code plate for an optical encoder is given a light path changing function by forming a series of indentations in one or more portions of one surface of the plate. Since these indentation...
6222527 Compact key structure  
A key structure comprises base plate, elastic member, frame and cap wherein the conductive membrane thereof is single-film structure, the contact of the conductive membrane corresponding to each...
6218967 Arrangement for the optical remote control of apparatus  
An arrangement for the optical remote control of an apparatus such as a data terminal, an online bill payment terminal, movement surveillance equipment or the like, employing the palm of a hand or...
6130425 Rotating detecting device of multi-rotation body  
Disclosed is a rotation detecting device of a multi-rotation body, in which a code plate of an incremental encoder is fixedly mounted to a first rotor which is rotatably supported on a housing; a...
6107621 Modular encoder and method of manufacturing the same  
Each component of a modular encoder can be formed so as to be fixed to a rotary shaft of a rotating unit in a horizontal direction (a direction of a shaft line of a rotary shaft). Consequently, the...
5909210 Keyboard-compatible optical determination of object's position  
A method of determining an object's position and associated apparatus provides positional information in a form that may be conveniently communicated to a computer to calculate the object's...
5818037 Controller using a flexible element to vary light transferred to a photosensitive element  
A controller has a light source, such as a light emitting diode ("LED") and a photosensitive element, such as a photodiode mounted on a substrate, such as a printed circuit board ("PCB"). The...
5815109 Transmitter/receiver module of cordless keyboard assembly  
A transmitter/receiver module of cordless keyboard assembly adapted to be received and fixed inside a disk driver slot provided on the front panel of a computer casing is disclosed, including a...
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