Button with edge mounted pivot point
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1. An electronic book reader device configured to reduce inadvertent activation of a button, the electronic book reader device comprising:
- a button adjacent to an edge of the electronic book reader device and configured to produce a signal upon activation;
an axis of rotation for the button proximate to, and substantially parallel with, the edge of the device;
an inner portion of the button extending from an innermost edge of the button to the axis of rotation;
an outer portion of the button extending substantially from the axis of rotation to an outermost edge of the button; and
wherein activation of the button comprises moving the innermost edge of the button in an arc having a greater length of travel than the outermost edge of the button.
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Abstract
A device disclosed herein reduces inadvertent activation of buttons mounted on edges of an electronic device. The button moves around an axis of rotation proximate to, and parallel with, the adjacent edge of the device. Thus, inadvertent pressure on an edge of the button adjacent to the edge of the device will not inadvertently activate the button. Additionally, the presence of the axis of rotation proximate to the edge maintains a desired reveal.
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1. An electronic book reader device configured to reduce inadvertent activation of a button, the electronic book reader device comprising:
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a button adjacent to an edge of the electronic book reader device and configured to produce a signal upon activation; an axis of rotation for the button proximate to, and substantially parallel with, the edge of the device; an inner portion of the button extending from an innermost edge of the button to the axis of rotation; an outer portion of the button extending substantially from the axis of rotation to an outermost edge of the button; and wherein activation of the button comprises moving the innermost edge of the button in an arc having a greater length of travel than the outermost edge of the button. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A device comprising:
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a button adjacent to an edge of the device and configured to produce a signal upon activation, wherein the button has an axis of rotation proximate to the edge of the device; an innermost edge of the button distal to the edge of the device; and an outermost edge of the button proximate to the edge of the device, wherein the button is activatable by moving the innermost edge of the button in an arc having a greater length of travel than the outermost edge of the button. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An electronic device comprising:
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an edge of the electronic device; a user input surface adjacent to the edge of the device, the user input surface having an axis of rotation parallel and adjacent to the edge of the device, the axis located nearer the edge of the electronic device than an innermost edge of the user input surface; and a switch activatable by pressure on the user input surface and configured to send a signal. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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