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Patent No.:

US 10032580 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2018

Filed:

Jun. 06, 2017
Applicant:

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd., New Taipei, TW;

Inventors:

Chun-Hung Lai, New Taipei, TW;

Chih-Chun Chang, New Taipei, TW;

Ming-Yi Liu, New Taipei, TW;

Wei-Ting Chien, New Taipei, TW;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0338 (2013.01); H01H 25/04 (2006.01); H01H 25/06 (2006.01); H01H 19/11 (2006.01); H01H 19/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 25/041 (2013.01); H01H 19/04 (2013.01); H01H 19/11 (2013.01); H01H 25/065 (2013.01); H01H 2025/043 (2013.01); H01H 2025/045 (2013.01); H01H 2231/032 (2013.01);
Abstract

A device for inputting commands includes a casing, a rotatable disk, and a processor. The rotatable disk can rotate relative to the casing, and has a plurality of input modes. The rotatable disk includes a switch button for switching among the input modes. The rotatable disk further includes a pointer. The casing includes an annular area surrounding the rotatable disk. The annular area has a plurality of input positions. The input positions correspond to characters of one character set corresponding to the current input mode. The processor is received in the casing, and can generate a command or control signal according to a character corresponding to an input position when the pointer is aligned with the input position.


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Lai, Chun-Hung. (2018). Input device having rotatable disk (U.S. Patent No. 10032580). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10032580

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