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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025

Filed:

Oct. 02, 2024
Applicant:

Logitech Europe S.a., Lausanne, CH;

Inventors:

Jérémie Willemin, Zhubei, TW;

Yu-Sen Chen, Hsinchu County, TW;

Keson Tsao, Lausanne, CH;

Laurent Plancherel, Lausanne, CH;

Assignee:

Logitech Europe S.A., Lausanne, CH;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/023 (2006.01); G06F 3/02 (2006.01); H01H 13/70 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 13/70 (2013.01); G06F 3/0202 (2013.01); G06F 3/0231 (2013.01);
Abstract

A keyboard system including a plurality of hybrid key structures configured in an array of subarrays, each of the plurality of hybrid key structures configured within a subarray and including a depressible element, a first type of key switch configured to generate a first signal when the depressible element is activated, a second type of key switch configured to generate a second signal when the depressible element is activated, and processor(s) configured to: receive a first signal from an activated hybrid key structure when its corresponding depressible element is activated; determine a corresponding subarray that the activated hybrid key structure is configured within; scan the corresponding subarray for a generated second signal; detect the generated second signal from the corresponding subarray; identify the activated hybrid key structure based on the detected, generated second signal; and register a key press for the identified activated hybrid key structure.


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