Mobile terminal

• US 9,880,690 B2
• Filed: 09/09/2016
• Issued: 01/30/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/09/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Oh, Han-Gyu
• Primary Examiner(s): Sadio, Insa
• Application Number:
  US15/261,510
• Publication Number:
  US 20160378228A1
• Time in Patent Office: 508 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1613 for portable computers cooling arrangements therefor G06F1/203; constructional details or arrangements for pocket calculators, electronic agendas or books G06F15/0216; constructional details of portable telephone sets: with several bodies H04M1/0202
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1624 with sliding enclosures, e.g. sliding keyboard or display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1643 the display being associated to a digitizer, e.g. laptops that can be used as penpads details related to the relative motion of the display enclosure with respect to the body enclosure, e.g. to move between laptop and tablet PC configuration G06F1/1615
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1662 Details related to the integrated keyboard
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1677 for detecting open or closed state or particular intermediate positions assumed by movable parts of the enclosure, e.g. detection of display lid position with respect to main body in a laptop, detection of opening of the cover of battery compartment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/169 the I/O peripheral being an integrated pointing device, e.g. trackball in the palm rest area, mini-joystick integrated between keyboard keys, touch pads or touch stripes G06F1/1643 takes precedence; constructional details of pointing devices G06F3/033
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04102 Flexible digitiser, i.e. constructional details for allowing the whole digitising part of a device to be flexed or rolled like a sheet of paper
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04107 Shielding in digitiser, i.e. guard or shielding arrangements, mostly for capacitive touchscreens, e.g. driven shields, driven grounds
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0445 using two or more layers of sensing electrodes, e.g. using two layers of electrodes separated by a dielectric layer
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0235 Slidable or telescopic telephones, i.e. with a relative translation movement of the body parts; Telephones using a combination of translation and other relative motions of the body parts
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0266 for a display module assembly
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/23 Construction or mounting of dials or of equivalent devices; Means for facilitating the use thereof by improving visibility H04M1/22
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/233 including a pointing device, e.g. roller key, track ball, rocker switch or joystick constructional details of pointing devices per se G06F3/033
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/18 including more than one keyboard unit
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector

Abstract

A mobile terminal having an input device that performs inputting in a tactile manner is disclosed. A touch screen of a first region and touch buttons of a second region are implemented by a single touch sheet without having touch sensing units. Thus, manufacturing, assembling and handling can be facilitated.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a terminal body;

a display located at an interior of the terminal body, the display being configured to display information;

a single window coupled to the terminal body, wherein the single window comprises a first region and a second region, wherein the first region is optically transmissive and the display is disposed below the first region, and wherein the second region includes symbols printed on a rear side of the window and a through hole is formed on the second region;

a push button installed by passing through the through hole;

a touch screen pattern part configured to sense a touch applied to the first region of the single window and located below the first region of the single window; and

a touch button pattern part comprising a first portion and a second portion for sensing a touch applied to the second region of the single window, wherein the first portion of the touch button pattern part is located on a left side of the through hole and the second portion of the touch button pattern part is located on a right side of the through hole.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, further comprising:

a light emitting element disposed below the single window to illuminate the second region of the single window.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the symbols are substantially hidden during a standby state of the mobile terminal, and

wherein the symbols are identified by lighting of the light emitting element when an input is applied to the mobile terminal.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1, further comprising a camera disposed below the single window, wherein an area of the single window is optically transmissive and is aligned with the camera.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 4, wherein the terminal body further comprises a case having a member located between the single window and the camera, and

wherein the member includes an aperture for the camera.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein a sound hole is formed on the single window and an audio output unit is disposed below the sound hole.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 6, wherein the first region of the single window is located between the sound hole and the through hole.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the symbols are formed for touch type keys.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein the first portion and the second portion are each disposed at a respective one of the touch type keys.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the touch screen pattern part and the touch button pattern part are included in a single touch sheet.

11. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a terminal body;

a display located at an interior of the terminal body, the display being configured to display information;

a single window coupled to the terminal body, wherein the single window comprises a first region and a second region, wherein the first region is optically transmissive and the display is disposed below the first region, and wherein the second region includes symbols printed on a rear side of the window and a through hole is formed on the second region;

a push button installed by passing through the through hole; and

a touch sheet including a touch screen pattern part and a touch button pattern part,

wherein the touch screen pattern part is configured to sense a touch applied to the first region of the single window, and is located below the first region of the single window,

wherein the touch button pattern part includes a first portion and a second portion for sensing a touch applied to the second region of the single window, and

wherein the first portion of the touch button pattern part is located on a left side of the through hole and the second portion of the touch button pattern part is located on a right side of the through hole.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 11, further comprising:

a light emitting element disposed below the single window to illuminate the second region of the single window.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 12, wherein the symbols are substantially hidden during a standby state of the mobile terminal, and

wherein the symbols are identified by lighting of the light emitting element when an input is applied to the mobile terminal.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 11, further comprising a camera disposed below the single window, wherein an area of the single window is optically transmissive and is aligned with the camera.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 14, wherein the terminal body further comprises a case having a member located between the single window and the camera, and

wherein the member includes an aperture for the camera.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 15, wherein a sound hole is formed on the single window and an audio output unit is disposed below the sound hole.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 16, wherein the first region of the single window is located between the sound hole and the through hole.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein the symbols are formed for touch type keys.

19. The mobile terminal of claim 18, wherein the first portion and the second portion are each disposed at a respective one of the touch type keys.