USER INPUT DEVICE, DISPLAY APPARATUS COMPRISING THE SAME AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF
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1. A user input device comprising:
- at least one touch sense pad which is divided into a plurality of areas which are separated by a boundary; and
at least one switch to receive a user'"'"'s input by pushing the touch sense pad.
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Abstract
Provided herein are a user input device, a display apparatus and a control method thereof. The user input device includes at least one touch sense pad which is divided into a plurality of areas which are separated by a boundary; and at least one switch to receive a user'"'"'s input by pushing the touch sense pad.
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1. A user input device comprising:
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at least one touch sense pad which is divided into a plurality of areas which are separated by a boundary; and at least one switch to receive a user'"'"'s input by pushing the touch sense pad. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A display apparatus comprising:
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a display unit; a user interface (UI) generator which generates UI information to be displayed on the display unit; a user input unit which comprises at least one touch sense pad that is divided into a plurality of areas which are separated by a boundary, and at least one switch that receives a user'"'"'s input by pushing the touch sense pad; and a controller which controls the UI generator to display on the display unit a character corresponding to location information of the area which is pushed by a user. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A control method of a display apparatus which includes a display unit and a user input unit comprising at least one touch sense pad divided into a plurality of areas which are separated by a boundary, and at least one switch receiving a user'"'"'s input by pushing the touch sense pad, the control method comprising:
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detecting a location of an area among the plurality of areas which is pushed by the user; and displaying on the display unit a character corresponding to the detected location of the area. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
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