Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080266269 | PORTABLE TOUCH-TYPE KEYBOARD - Disclosed herein is a portable touch-type keyboard in which touch type electrodes are included in a printed circuit board (PCB) and keys each having a pad shape are formed on a flat plate in correspondence with the touch type electrodes so as to transmit/receive a signal to/from an external device via wired/wireless communication such that key data indicating a character or a function can be input. The portable keyboard includes a pad key touch panel including a plurality of pad type touch electrodes contained in predetermined containing spaces of a printed circuit board (PCB) and pad keys formed on an upper plane in correspondence with the touch electrodes, and a signal operation module which processes signals received from the plurality of pad keys, generates a key signal, and transmits the key input signal to an external device via wired/wireless communication. Accordingly, it is possible to provide a keyboard which is used for typewriting, has a small total size due to the decrease of the size of keypads, and includes a plurality of keys arranged therein. It is possible to provide a portable keyboard which is capable of transmitting key input data to an external device via wired/wireless communication and being folded or wound when a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) is employed. | 10-30-2008 |
20090090568 | Apparatus for controlling digital device based on touch input interface capable of visual input feedback and method for the same - The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for controlling a digital device, which controls the digital device by using a sensor sensing a touch of a human body, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for controlling a digital device, which controls a digital device via a touch sensor and provides feedback information based on touch information of a sensor. The digital device control apparatus comprises a sensor including a plurality of touch-sensitive switches separated from each other by a certain distance and sensing user's touch on the touch-sensitive switches for generating touch information; a control information generating unit generating control information for controlling the mobile device based on the touch information; a control unit controlling the mobile device according to the generated control information; a feedback information generating unit generating feedback information based on the touch information; and a plurality of light-emitting devices visually displaying the feedback information to the user corresponding to the plurality of the touch-sensitive switches. According to the present invention, the user may clearly recognize the plurality of the touch-sensitive switches being touched. | 04-09-2009 |
20100187023 | USER INPUT APPARATUS COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF TOUCH SENSORS, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING DIGITAL DEVICE BY SENSING USER TOUCH FROM THE APPARATUS - A user input apparatus having a plurality of touch sensors is provided. The apparatus includes: a plurality of touch sensors, each of which detects the user's touch and generates touch a sensing signal; a state control unit determining an activated or deactivated state for each of the touch sensors according to an operation mode of the digital device; an optical signal generation unit generating an optical signal that displays the activated or deactivated state of each of the touch sensors; and a touch sensing signal receiving unit receiving the touch sensing signal, the touch sensing signal being generated from a touch sensor in the activated state. | 07-29-2010 |
20100315330 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR COMPLEX INPUT INTERFACE - The present disclosure relates to a user input apparatus for integrated processing of user inputs via various types of switches. In one aspect, the apparatus includes: an input port connected to either an electrical switch or a mechanical switch to receive a user input signal via the electrical switch or the mechanical switch; a switch selection unit configured to store an electrical input unit activating information in case the input port is connected to the electrical switch, and to store a mechanical input unit activating information in case the input port is connected to the mechanical switch; an electrical input unit coupled to receive an electrical input signal inputted via the electrical switch, in case the electrical input unit activating information is stored in the switch selection unit; and a mechanical input unit coupled to receive a mechanical input signal inputted via the mechanical switch, in case the mechanical input unit activating information is stored in the switch selection unit. | 12-16-2010 |
20110187666 | TOUCH-SENSING PANEL INCLUDING ELECTRODE-INTEGRATED WINDOW, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to a touch-sensing panel including an electrode-integrated window, and a manufacturing method thereof. The disclosed touch-sensing panel includes a transparent window and a wiring unit. A sensing electrode is formed in a certain pattern on one surface of the transparent window, and the transparent window allows touching on the opposite surface to the plane where the sensing electrode is formed. The wiring unit is connected to the sensing electrode, and the sensing electrode is integrated with the transparent window. According to the invention, it is used the transparent window in which the sensing electrode is integrated with the one surface so that the manufacturing processes may be simplified and the yield may be increased. | 08-04-2011 |
20130021296 | TOUCH-SENSING PANEL AND TOUCH-SENSING APPARATUS - The present invention relates to a touch-sensing panel and to a touch-sensing apparatus. The touch-sensing panel according to the present invention includes a substrate and one or more sensing regions prepared on the substrate, wherein the sensing region includes one or more first electrodes extending in a first axis direction, and one or more second electrodes extending in a second axis direction intersecting the first axis, and wherein at least some of the second electrodes are electrically connected to another second electrode arrayed at the same position on a first axis and included in another unit sensing region. According to the present invention, by disposing a second electrode in a space that is prepared inside a first electrode receiving a driving signal or disposing a second electrode such that the first electrode surrounds the second electrode according to the electrode type, a touch-sensing panel and touch-sensing apparatus which can accurately determine one or more touch inputs can be provided in a single-layer structure. | 01-24-2013 |
20130120288 | TOUCH-SENSING PANEL INCLUDING ELECTRODE-INTEGRATED WINDOW, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to a touch-sensing panel including an electrode-integrated window, and a manufacturing method thereof. The disclosed touch-sensing panel includes a transparent window and a wiring unit. A sensing electrode is formed in a certain pattern on one surface of the transparent window, and the transparent window allows touching on the opposite surface to the plane where the sensing electrode is formed. The wiring unit is connected to the sensing electrode, and the sensing electrode is integrated with the transparent window. According to the invention, it is used the transparent window in which the sensing electrode is integrated with the one surface so that the manufacturing processes may be simplified and the yield may be increased. | 05-16-2013 |
20130169558 | TOUCH SENSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method for manufacturing a touch sensing apparatus includes repeatedly forming a plurality of electrode patterns on a first sub-substrate unwound from a first roller; repeatedly forming a plurality of interconnection patterns on a second sub-substrate unwound by a second roller; forming an array of touch sensing substrates by adhering the first sub-substrate to the second sub-substrate; forming a plurality of via holes through which the plurality of electrode patterns are electrically connected to the plurality of interconnection patterns; and cutting the array of touch sensing substrates into a plurality of touch sensing substrates, each touch sensing substrate including one of the electrode patterns and one of the interconnection patterns. | 07-04-2013 |