DATA INPUT DEVICE
First Claim
1. A data input device comprising a predetermined sensing region in a terminal for an electronic apparatus, comprising:
- an input unit for discriminating and sensing touch and pressure applied to a reference position that can be displaced in the sensing region and a plurality of first directing positions arranged around the reference position in a radial direction to generate an input signal corresponding to the touch or the pressure; and
a controller for determining a touch or pressure point of a finger or a touch or pressure direction from the input signal to extract data assigned to the input signal from a memory unit and to input the extracted data.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a data input device with a predetermined sensing region in a terminal for an electronic device, including an input unit for sensing one or more contact and pressing actions for a reference position displaceable in the sensing region and a plurality of first indicating positions arranged in a radial direction from the reference position, and generating an input signal corresponding to the contact or pressing action, and a control unit for judging a finger contact or pressing point or a contact or pressing direction from the input signal, extracting data allocated to the input signal from a memory, and inputting the extracted data.
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50 Claims
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1. A data input device comprising a predetermined sensing region in a terminal for an electronic apparatus, comprising:
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an input unit for discriminating and sensing touch and pressure applied to a reference position that can be displaced in the sensing region and a plurality of first directing positions arranged around the reference position in a radial direction to generate an input signal corresponding to the touch or the pressure; and a controller for determining a touch or pressure point of a finger or a touch or pressure direction from the input signal to extract data assigned to the input signal from a memory unit and to input the extracted data. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, 17, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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24. A data input device, comprising:
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an input unit provided in a base of a terminal for an electronic apparatus to independently perform at least one of a first direction input, in which one of a plurality of directing positions spaced from a reference position and arranged around the reference position in a radial direction in a predetermined input radius is vertically pressed, a second direction input, in which one of the directing positions is outward pressed to opposite direction of the reference position, and a third direction input, in which one of the directing positions is inward pressed toward the reference position; a first sensing unit for sensing the first direction input; a second sensing unit for sensing the second direction input; a third sensing unit for sensing the third direction input; and a controller for extracting first data assigned to the first direction input performed in the directing positions from a memory unit when the first direction input is sensed by the first sensing unit, for extracting second data assigned to the second direction input performed in the directing positions from the memory unit when the second direction input is sensed by the second sensing unit, and for extracting third data assigned to the third direction input performed in the directing positions from the memory when the third direction input is sensed by the third sensing unit and for executing the first to the third data. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 32)
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35. A data input device, comprising:
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an input unit provided in a base of a terminal for an electronic apparatus to independently perform at least one of a first direction input, in which one of a plurality of directing positions spaced from a reference position and arranged around the reference position in a radial direction in a predetermined input radius is vertically pressed, a second direction input, in which the outside of one of the directing positions is pressed, and a third direction input, in which the inside of one of the directing positions is pressed; a first sensing unit for sensing the first direction input; a second sensing unit for sensing the second direction input; a third sensing unit for sensing the third direction input; and a controller for extracting first data assigned to the first direction input performed in the directing positions from a memory unit when the first direction input is sensed by the first sensing unit, for extracting second data assigned to the second direction input performed in the directing positions from the memory unit when the second direction input is sensed by the second sensing unit, and for extracting third data assigned to the third direction input performed in the directing positions from the memory when the third direction input is sensed by the third sensing unit and for executing the first to the third data. - View Dependent Claims (36)
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37. A data input device, comprising:
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an input unit provided in a base of a terminal for an electronic apparatus to independently perform a first direction input, in which one of a plurality of first directing positions spaced from a reference position and arranged around the reference position in a predetermined input radius is pressed, and a second direction input, in which movement is made to one of a plurality of second direction directing positions spaced from the first direction directing positions and arranged around the first direction directing positions in a radial direction; a first sensing unit for sensing the first direction input; a second sensing unit for sensing the second direction input; and a controller for extracting first data assigned to the first direction directing positions from a memory unit when the first direction input is sensed by the first sensing unit and for extracting second data assigned to the second direction directing positions from the memory unit when the second direction input is sensed by the second sensing unit and for executing the first and the second data. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43)
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