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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120106730 | TELEPHONE KEYPAD CONFIGURATION A keypad configuration for a telephone comprising: a first row, where said first row includes three keypads with the numbers seven, eight, nine designated sequentially on the keypads; a second row, where said second row includes three keypads with the numbers four, five... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20110069831 | KEYBOARD ARRANGEMENT AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE INCORPORATING SAME The array of keys constituting a numeric phone keypad on a mobile communication device only partially overlaps the array of keys that make up the text input keypad creating an offset so that only subsets of the keys constituting the two keypads are common to both. With ... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20100201652 | EMBEDDED PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENTS IN TOUCH PANELS A system includes a touch panel, a touch panel controller and a voltage source. The touch sensitive touch panel is formed with one or more piezoelectric elements disposed in an interior of the touch panel. The touch panel controller identifies an occurrence of a touch u... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20090316883 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL An exemplary communication terminal includes a main body, a cover, and a keypad. The main body has a triggering area and a microphone boot near the triggering area. The cover defines an opening and a sound inlet near the opening. The keypad contacts the triggering area ... | 12/24/2009 |
| 20090175440 | Metallic Panel Assembly Having Multilayer Arrays Of Micropores A metallic panel assembly having multilayer arrays of micropores includes a backlight module and a panel body. The backlight module is constituted of a first and a second light-guiding plate. First and second light-guiding microstructures are provided on the first and s... | 07/09/2009 |
| 20080137836 | PORTABLE COMMUNICATION APPARATUS A portable communication apparatus includes arrow keys for moving a highlight bar to select one of a plurality of information items displayed on screen and an Enter key for executing a selected information item. The arrow keys and the Enter key are disposed close to eac... | 06/12/2008 |
| 20080101594 | KEYPAD HAVING KEYS WITH ANGLED ENGAGEMENT SURFACES, AND ASSOCIATED HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE An improved keypad for a handheld electronic device has keys wherein the engagement surface thereof is oriented oblique to the actuation axis of the key. The oblique arrangement of the engagement surfaces visually and tactually distinguishes one key from another, which ... | 05/01/2008 |
| 20080019502 | USER INTERFACE SUBSTRATE FOR HANDSET DEVICE HAVING AN AUDIO PORT A substrate (56) for a handset device defines at least a portion of an audio port (274) and may include a keypad contact array (108) on the substrate (56) and a display electrode pattern (604) on the substrate (56). A display (<... | 01/24/2008 |
| 20080008310 | Input method using standard numeric keypad An input method using standard numeric keypad which complies with CCITT standards and comprises a plurality of CCITT standard keys is disclosed. Each CCITT standard key has a corresponding CCITT key value. The method comprises the steps of: reassigning a first CCITT key... | 01/10/2008 |
| 20070161410 | Mobile phone capable of controlling keyboard lock and method therefor The present invention discloses a method and a mobile phone capable of controlling a keyboard lock thereof, wherein an optical sensor and a software are installed to the mobile phone, and the software controls the locking and unlocking of the keyboard of the mobile phon... | 07/12/2007 |
| 20070133788 | Handheld electronic device with reconfigurable keypad An improved handheld electronic device has a display and a keypad, with the keypad being movable among a number of configurations that enable the “real estate” occupied by the keypad to be increased or decreased, and to correspondingly enable the viewable area of th... | 06/14/2007 |
| 20070071232 | Apparatus and method of inputting a character Provided is a method of inputting a character in a mobile terminal. According to the method, when a character button is pressed, a first character is displayed among characters printed on the pressed character button. After that, when a function button is pressed subseq... | 03/29/2007 |
| 20070041580 | Method of composing and operating data input key array and apparatus employing the same An apparatus and method for composing a data input key array with a plurality of keys are provided. The method comprises the steps of assigning Arabic numeral “1” to the first key at the left end of the first row of the keys in the data input key array, the order of... | 02/22/2007 |
| 20060263137 | KEYBOARD ARRANGEMENT A physical keyboard for a handheld mobile communication device having a plurality of keys with corresponding indicia including keys simultaneously presenting associated alphabetic indicia and associated numeric indicia. The alphabetic indicia correspond to letters A-Z t... | 11/23/2006 |
| 20060222174 | Portable terminal The present invention relates to a portable terminal. The portable terminal of the present invention comprises a main body unit 10, a display unit 20 which is connected and installed to the main body unit 10 and provided with a display screen 22 ... | 10/05/2006 |
| 20060193468 | Character arrangements, input methods and input device The present invention relates to character arrangements, input methods and input device. More particularly, the present invention relates to Korean, English and symbols arrangements that are effectively arranged on a limited number of buttons, input methods using the ch... | 08/31/2006 |
| 20060177047 | Keypad guard for providing security and preventing vandalism to a pay telephone keypad The invention is a guard for preventing the vandalism of a pay telephone keypad. Additionally, the invention prevents access to a pay telephone coin vault through the keypad. The inventive guard includes a plurality of attachment points. The attachment points have a sho... | 08/10/2006 |
| 20060062382 | Method for describing alternative actions caused by pushing a single button A method, apparatus, and software are presented for a device to provide information about operation of a button during operation of the button. The button performs a first action if the button has been operated a first way, and performs a second alternative action if th... | 03/23/2006 |
| 20060052143 | Piezoelectric user interface The invention relates to an apparatus (1) comprising a keypad (2), and means for generating a tactile response to a user of the apparatus when a key in said keypad is pressed. In order accomplish a simple construction requiring a minimum of space, said mea... | 03/09/2006 |
| 20060045259 | Data entry pad and an electronic apparatus incorporating it The invention proposes a data entry unit (70), characterized in that it comprises a double-faced touch panel (48), the first upper face (46) of which is controlled by a first control device (26), such as a keypad, and the second lower face (<... | 03/02/2006 |
| 20060030375 | Ultra high-speed character input device of cellular telephone Letter input rate of a conventional cell phone is low because only thumb is used for inputting a letter. When the inventive cell phone provided with one joystick, two shift keys and twenty six keys on the opposite side faces is grasped by both hands and ten fingers are ... | 02/09/2006 |
| 20060018463 | Keyboard for a mobile device A keyboard apparatus includes a group of keys with corresponding actuation indicia for a plurality of numerals in a telephone keypad and a plurality of letters in an overlapping text-entry keyboard. Each key in the group is configured for multi-directional movement pivo... | 01/26/2006 |
| 20050195971 | Dual keypad phone A telephone comprises a first body part with a first keypad and a second keypad located on opposite sides of the first body part, and a second body part having a display. As the first body part is swiveled to bring the second keypad to the front of the phone the process... | 09/08/2005 |
| 20050169460 | Portable electronic apparatus A portable electronic apparatus. The portable electronic apparatus has a main body with a plurality of keys disposed thereon. The main body is bisected by a first axis, and the keys are bisected by a second axis. The first and second axes intercept with each other by a ... | 08/04/2005 |
| 20050163310 | Communication device keypad illumination Communication device keypad illumination. A mobile communication device can include a housing and a mobile communication device numeric keypad coupled to the housing, the mobile communication device numeric keypad having an external visible portion. The mobile communica... | 07/28/2005 |
| 20050107126 | Mobile device and method for preventing undesired key depression in the same Undesired key depression of a mobile device is prevented using a predetermined key activation pattern. This pattern includes successively pressing one or more keys of the mobile device a predetermined number of times. When this occurs, the mobile device converts from a ... | 05/19/2005 |
| 20050054390 | Piezoelectric user interface The invention relates to an apparatus (1) comprising a keypad (2), and means for generating a tactile response to a user of the apparatus when a key in said keypad is pressed. In order accomplish a simple construction requiring a minimum of space, said mea... | 03/10/2005 |
