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8165331 Hearing apparatus with variably mounted control element  
A hearing apparatus is provided with a housing including a first housing mounting element and a control element that is mounted rotatably in the first housing mounting element via a control...
8154521 Mobile terminal  
A mobile terminal having a terminal body and a keypad located on the terminal body is provided. The keypad includes a plurality of keys configured to input information, a plurality of light...
8154429 Keyboard device  
The present invention relates to a keyboard device. The keyboard device includes a base, a main circuit board, a base cover, a touching membrane switch, a touching thin plate, an upper cover and a...
8120594 Three-dimensional contact-sensitive feature for electronic devices  
An electronic device is formed at least partially from a deflectable material that generates an electrical signal in response to contact. The first material is integrated with a display module to...
8079766 Key input system and device incorporating same  
An ergonomically developed key input system for use with a computing or electronic handheld device that uses chording to type at increased speeds. The key input system includes a set of finger...
8055412 System and method for displaying control information to the vehicle operator  
Vehicle control information is displayed to a vehicle operator in a central display area. In one embodiment, a sensor associated with a vehicle control is configured to detect an approaching...
8044827 Communication device and method for inputting and predicting text  
A communication device comprising an input device for inputting text character-by-character from a sequence of characters, a memory device for storing a plurality of reference character sequences...
7986310 Three-dimensional contact-sensitive feature for electronic devices  
An electronic device is formed at least partially from a deflectable material that generates an electrical signal in response to contact. The first material is integrated with a display module to...
7952498 Haptic computer interface  
A method and system of an embodiment may include a system comprising a touch screen display panel, and a tactile panel with one or more raised surfaces wherein the touch screen display panel is...
7903003 Electronic module with track identification function and keypad identification function  
An electronic module with a track identification function and a keypad identification function is provided. The electronic module includes a touch-control element and a driver. The driver has a...
7898821 Apparatus and arrangement for shielding a light emitting diode against electrostatic discharge  
The invention relates to an apparatus and arrangement for shielding a light emitting diode against electrostatic discharges during usage. On a printed circuit board (103, 203) there is placed a...
7876255 Controlling device using visual cues to indicate appliance and function key relationships  
A controlling device, such as a universal remote control, that uses visual and/or audio cues, such as sounds, color, patterns, shapes, etc., to indicate a relationship between a function key and an...
7868787 Character-input method and medium and apparatus for the same  
A character-input method is provided. The character-input method includes providing a plurality of objects having a predetermined arrangement, mapping characters included in a character group...
7852193 Push-button testing system  
A push-button switch test device having a flexible tab fixedly attached to a pushing member. The flexible tab is made of a flexible material and includes a deformation sensitive resistor mounted on...
7825778 Electronic apparatus providing a vibrating function to give operation feeling to an operator  
In an electronic apparatus having a touch panel and pair of vibrating elements for vibrating the touch panel, pair of fixing cushions are fixed on a rear surface of the touch panel along right and...
7688305 Information inputting tool, storage device, information inputting device, and information processing equipment  
The present invention provides, among other things, an information inputting tool that can be made space-saving and places small constraint on key touch actions. For that purpose, an information...
7688230 Switching device with critical switch detection  
A system is provided comprising a switching device and a response module. The switching device has a critical switch and a plurality of non-critical switches. The switching device generates an...
7674053 Dual key pod data entry device  
A data entry device includes a pair of key pods adapted for use with left and right hands of a user. Each key pod includes a base housing, a carrier housing mounted on and rotate about the...
7659885 Method and system for using a keyboard overlay with a touch-sensitive display screen  
Disclosed is a “keyboard overlay” that sits on top of a touch-sensitive display screen of a computing device. After aligning the overlay on the display screen, the user types on the overlay. Whe...
7598890 Apparatus and method for character entry in a portable terminal  
A character entry method and apparatus in a terminal in which characters are grouped into a plurality of character sets and a representative character of each of the character sets is imprinted on...
7583206 Device for inputting text by actuating keys of a numeric keypad for electronic devices and method for processing input impulses during text input  
The aim of the invention is to provide a device for inputting text by a single actuation of a key on a numerical keypad and a method for processing input impulses for portable electronic devices...
7576294 Mechanical control elements for organic polymer electronic devices  
A switching element for polymer electronic devices is constructed from organic materials.
RE40867 Multiple input proximity detector and touchpad system  
A touchpad is formed of an electrically insulating membrane (10) with a first series of spaced apart conductors (12) on a first face of membrane (10) and a second series of spaced apart conductors...
7538287 Touch panel and manufacturing method thereof  
A first separate area insulated from a top conductive layer and extending in a direction perpendicular to an extending direction of top electrodes is provided near an inner periphery of a spacer on...
7536020 Wearable communication device  
A wearable communication device includes a bone conduction actuator which is applicable for being in contact with a user's wrist, hand, back of the hand, finger or nail in order to transmit voice...
7504967 Portable electronic device with keyboard  
A keyboard (32, 1230) for a handheld electronic device (100, 1100, 1200) comprising a row of keys (102) wherein each of said keys (102) represents at least two alphanumeric characters and the...
7495585 Method for inputting characters in electronic device  
According to an aspect of the invention, an enhanced audible feedback solution has been invented for electronic devices using an input device facilitating navigation though a plurality of available...
7436326 Operation input device  
An operation input device according to the present invention displays a plurality of keys (7) on a liquid crystal panel (6), and prompts a user to press the keys (7) in the order of numbers...
7417566 Sequential two-key system to input keyboard characters and many alphabets on small keypads  
This invention discloses a sequential two-key system to input letters of the English alphabet and of many world languages, numbers, punctuation marks, page-control characters, line-control...
7417565 Keyboard for hand-held devices  
A hand-held electronic device has a keyboard with a plurality of keys, each key having a substantially flat contact surface extending to the sides of each key. One of the sides of the key is beveled.
7411581 Touch pad  
A touch pad (101) includes transducers (201-204) for receiving acoustic signals resulting from touch events, such as the continuous movement of a fingertip across the surface (105) of the touch...
7388577 Display apparatus with a touch-sensitive layer and an antireflection lattice  
Abstract of the Disclosure A display apparatus having a display layer (2) and a touch-sensitive layer (3) running parallel thereto. An antireflection lattice is provided which is arranged on the...
7385530 Key system for a communication device  
A key activation system for use in a handheld communication device is provided. The system comprises an activation mechanism associated with a key in the system, a first feedback system and a...
7369121 Input device with a zoom apparatus  
An input is disclosed that includes a zoom apparatus for increasing or decreasing the size of an image rendered on a display screen. The zoom apparatus has an actuator that is movable in a first...
7331618 Outside door handle, in particular for motor vehicles  
An outside door handle includes a handle and a switching component which is coupled to the handle in such a manner that, when there is an opening force which acts in a correct manner on the handle...
7286063 Method of input of a security code by means of a touch screen for access to a function, an apparatus or a given location, and device for implementing the same  
The method relates to the input of a security code by means of a touch screen of an electronic device such as a watch for access to a specific function, an apparatus or a given location. This touch...
7280095 Hierarchical methods for generating force feedback effects  
Embodiments of the invention relate to a hierarchical method for generating force feedback effects. In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving a first force contribution associated with a...
7265686 Touch sensor with non-uniform resistive band  
A touch sensors with improved topological equivalence between an equipotential space and a Cartesian space to which the equipotential space will be mapped. The touch sensor comprises a substrate...
7250844 Stick lever unit for radio controlled device and radio controlled device equipped with the same  
A stick lever unit for a radio-controlled device that is capable of easily changing the type of stick lever holding mechanism by a user is provided. The stick lever unit includes a fixing member to...
7248249 Touch panel apparatus and method for controlling the same  
A touch panel apparatus includes a touch panel for recognizing a contact position and a touch panel controller for computing a coordinate value corresponding to the contact position on the touch...
7242323 Electronic device having touch sensor  
A variable capacitance unit is formed between one portion of a human body and an opposed electrode facing it through a casing of a robot toy (electronic device) when the one portion of the human...
7233263 Analog actuation allocation structure with many actuators  
A system and method for allocation of actuators is provided. Electrodes having several voltages are assigned to actuators within correlation regions of the actuators. By varying the voltages, a...
7218250 Method and apparatus for keyboard control with programmable debounce and jog  
A method for providing debounce and jog control for a keyboard includes loading a first electronic storage register with a value indicative of a debounce period for the keyboard and loading a...
7202802 Reduced keypad  
An apparatus is provided with a first plurality of input keys. Each of the first plurality of input keys is associated with at least one numeric value and at least one alphabetic value and arranged...
7183948 Tangential force control in a touch location device  
Various techniques are provided for reducing the impact of tangential forces on touch location in a touch location device. For example, in one aspect, shunt connections are provided that impede...
7170427 Remote controller with a pressable casing for performing specific function  
A remote controller includes a casing, a support seat, an actuator, and a control circuit. The support seat has a base, and a post that extends from the base and into the casing and that is pivoted...
7167107 Keypad array having reduced number of input/outputs and method for generating same  
The invention concerns a method (200) of generating an array (100, 300, 400) having a reduced number of input/outputs (114, 314, 414). The method includes the steps of, for each array row...
7164368 Multi-channel proportional user interface for physical control applications  
New techniques are presented for providing proportional activation of model railroad functions and effects with control keys on a model railroad layout control system. This permits for example a...
7145549 Ring pointing device  
A method, system, apparatus, and program product for moving a pointer on a display screen. A ring capable of being worn by a user contains a sensor unit having multiple sensors. When the user...
7139623 Method and apparatus for use of multiple control systems  
A method and apparatus for simultaneously controlling multiple control systems is provided. The resulting hybrid control system provides for sharing of inputs and outputs on a control surface...
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