Mobile terminal
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1. A mobile terminal comprising:
- a terminal body having a front surface and a rear surface;
a touch screen disposed at the front surface, the touch screen formed to display visual information;
an input unit disposed at the rear surface to sense an input of a control command, the input unit including;
a first button portion exposed at the rear surface of the terminal body and configured to receive a push input corresponding to a first function; and
a second button portion having a through hole and keys; and
a controller configured to process one or more functions corresponding to an input applied to the input unit,wherein the first button portion is accommodated in the through hole of the second button portion such that a portion of the first button portion is overlapped by a portion of at least one of the keys to retain the first button portion in the through hole, andwherein the portion of the first button portion is caught by the portion of the at least one of the keys in an opposite direction to a direction that the first button portion is moved by the push input.
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Abstract
A mobile terminal includes a terminal body having a front surface and a rear surface, an input unit disposed at the rear surface to sense an input of a control command and a controller configured to process an input applied to the input unit. The input unit includes a first button portion exposed at an outside of the terminal body at the rear surface of the terminal body and configured to receive a push input corresponding to a first function and a second button portion surrounding the first button portion and configured to receive a push input corresponding to a second function different from the first function, the second button portion including keys disposed adjacent the first button portion.
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1. A mobile terminal comprising:
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a terminal body having a front surface and a rear surface; a touch screen disposed at the front surface, the touch screen formed to display visual information; an input unit disposed at the rear surface to sense an input of a control command, the input unit including; a first button portion exposed at the rear surface of the terminal body and configured to receive a push input corresponding to a first function; and a second button portion having a through hole and keys; and a controller configured to process one or more functions corresponding to an input applied to the input unit, wherein the first button portion is accommodated in the through hole of the second button portion such that a portion of the first button portion is overlapped by a portion of at least one of the keys to retain the first button portion in the through hole, and wherein the portion of the first button portion is caught by the portion of the at least one of the keys in an opposite direction to a direction that the first button portion is moved by the push input. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A mobile terminal, comprising:
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a terminal body having a front surface and a rear surface; a touch screen disposed at the front surface and formed to display visual information; and an input unit configured to sense an input of a control command, the input unit being overlapped by the touch screen in a thickness direction of the terminal body and exposed at the rear surface of the terminal body, the input unit including; a first button portion exposed at an outside of the terminal body at the rear surface of the terminal body and configured to receive a push input corresponding to a first function; and a second button portion having a through hole and keys, wherein the first button portion is accommodated in the through hole of the second button portion such that a portion of the first button portion is overlapped by a portion of at least one of the keys to retain the first button portion in the through hole, wherein the portion of the first button portion is caught by the portion of the at least one of the keys in an opposite direction to a direction that the first button portion is moved by the push input. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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