DATA INPUT DEVICE

• US 20130100062A1
• Filed: 07/05/2011
• Published: 04/25/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/06/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ju Hyup Lee
• Original Assignee: Ju Hyup Lee
• Inventors: Lee, Ju Hyup
• Granted Patent: US 9,141,214 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0234 using switches operable in different directions
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus

Abstract

A data input device and method are provided. The data input device provides an input module, which may be applied to electronic devices or portable terminals, consisting of a number of separation pairs, and the input module includes a number of A separated indication positions and a number of B separated indication positions which are disposed as each A-B type based on a predetermined separation reference line, in two sides, that is, an A separated segment and a B separated segment which are ambilaterally divided based on the separation reference line, so that a data input may be individually or continuously performed by means of an input selection to the one or more separated indication positions.

Claims

6-1. The data input device according to claim 1, wherein, in the input module, when one or more A-B type separation pairs is further disposed outside the input reference block, an input selecting position of each separated indication position of the separation pair disposed outside the input reference block is recognized as each A-B type selecting position of the left or right of the input reference block based on the input reference block on which a finger is positioned, and each of the A-B type selecting positions is recognized as a forward-backward type of the A separated segment direction and the B separated segment direction based on the separation reference line.

28. A data input device comprising:

at least one input module which is provided to a base so as to input a data;

a memory unit which stores the data assigned to an input signal inputted in the input module; and

a control unit which extracts the data assigned to a corresponding input from the memory unit when the input is made in the input module and when processes the extracted data;

where in,

characterized in that the input module has two sides, that is, an A separated segment and a B separated segment which are divided based on one separation reference line passing through the separation reference point which is a reference position within a contact area of one finger,

the A separated segment has four A separated indication positions,

the B separated segment has four B separated indication positions,

four A-B type separation pairs are disposed by each one pair along the separation reference line as the array of an A-B type in which the A separated indication positions and the B separated indication positions are corresponded each other as a face-to-face type based on the separation reference line,

an input reference block is formed in such a way that three A-B type separation pairs among the separation pairs are continuously arranged in the left, middle, and right around the separation reference point,

the three A-B type separation pairs of the input reference block are positioned within the rolling movement range of a fingerprint region of a thumb tip, and the positions of the three A-B type separation pairs are recognized as the positions of a left-middle-right type around the middle of a fingerprint region of a finger, and moreover, the input selecting positions of a separation pair disposed outside the input reference block is recognized as the position of each A-B type separation pair of the left or right of the input reference block based on the input reference block,

an input by means of an individual selection or a continuous selection to one or more separated indication positions among the separation pairs is sensed, and an input signal corresponding to the input is generated.

29. A data input device comprising:

an input module which is provided to a base so as to input a data and has an input unit for performing an input as well as a separation sensing unit for generating a corresponding input signal when the input is made;

a memory unit which stores the data assigned to an input signal inputted in the input module; and

a control unit which extracts the data assigned to a corresponding input from the memory unit when the input is made in the input module and then processes the extracted data;

where in,

characterized in that the input unit has two sides, that is, an A separated segment and a B separated segment which are divided based on one separation reference line passing through the separation reference point which is a reference position within a contact area of one finger,

the A separated segment has a number of A separated indication positions,

the B separated segment has a number of B separated indication positions,

a number of A-B type separation pairs are disposed by each one pair along the separation reference line as the array of an A-B type in which the A separated indication positions and the B separated indication positions are corresponded each other as a face-to-face type based on the separation reference line,

an input reference block is formed in such a way that three A-B type separation pairs among the separation pairs are continuously arranged in the left, middle, and right around the separation reference point,

the three A-B type separation pairs of the input reference block are positioned within the rolling movement range of a fingerprint region of a thumb tip, and the positions of the three A-B type separation pairs are recognized as the positions of a left-middle-right type around the middle of a fingerprint region of a finger,

an input by means of an individual selection or a continuous selection to one or more separated indication positions among the separation pairs is sensed, and an input signal corresponding to the input is generated.

30. A data input device comprising:

two input modules which are provided to a base so as to input a date;

a memory unit which stores the data assigned to an input signal inputted in each of the input modules; and

a control unit which extracts the data assigned to a corresponding input from the memory unit when the input is made in each of the input modules and then processes the extracted data;

where in,

characterized in that each of the input modules has two sides, that is, an A separated segment and a B separated segment which are divided based on one separation reference line passing through the separation reference point which is a reference position within a contact area of one finger,

the A separated segment has a number of A separated indication positions,

the B separated segment has a number of B separated indication positions,

a number of A-B type separation pairs are disposed by each one pair along the separation reference line as the array of an A-B type in which the A separated indication positions and the B separated indication positions are corresponded each other as a face-to-face type based on the separation reference line,

an input reference block is formed in such a way that three A-B type separation pairs among the separation pairs are continuously arranged in the left, middle, and right around the separation reference point,

the three A-B type separation pairs of the input reference block are positioned within the rolling movement range of a fingerprint region of a thumb tip, and the positions of the three A-B type separation pairs are recognized as the positions of a left-middle-right type around the middle of a fingerprint region of a finger,

an input by means of an individual selection or a continuous selection to one or more separated indication positions among the separation pairs is sensed, and an input signal corresponding to the input is generated.