Portable electronic device
First Claim
1. A portable electronic device:
- a main housing having a mounting surface;
a main module disposed in said main housing;
a keyboard mounted on said mounting surface of said main housing and connected electrically to said main module; and
a touch input unit mounted to said main housing and connected electrically to said main module, said touch input unit having first, second and third operating areas spaced apart from each other and exposed from said mounting surface of said main housing, said touch input unit being capable of generating an input signal corresponding to at least one touch point on any one of said first, second and third operating areas, and outputting the input signal to said main module such that said main module performs an operation corresponding to the input signal from said touch input unit.
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Abstract
A portable electronic device includes: a main module disposed in a main housing; a keyboard mounted on a mounting surface of the main housing and connected electrically to the main module; and a touch input unit mounted to the main housing and connected electrically to the main module. The touch input unit has first, second and third operating areas spaced apart from each other and exposed from the mounting surface of the main housing. The touch input unit generates an input signal corresponding to one touch point on any one of the first, second and third operating areas, and outputs the input signal to the main module such that the main module performs an operation corresponding to the input signal.
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1. A portable electronic device:
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a main housing having a mounting surface; a main module disposed in said main housing; a keyboard mounted on said mounting surface of said main housing and connected electrically to said main module; and a touch input unit mounted to said main housing and connected electrically to said main module, said touch input unit having first, second and third operating areas spaced apart from each other and exposed from said mounting surface of said main housing, said touch input unit being capable of generating an input signal corresponding to at least one touch point on any one of said first, second and third operating areas, and outputting the input signal to said main module such that said main module performs an operation corresponding to the input signal from said touch input unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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