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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2002
Applicant:
Ronald Hauf, Möhrendorf, DE;
Inventor:
Ronald Hauf, Möhrendorf, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, München, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M011/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A keyboard includes a plurality of key elements arranged in rows and columns in a matrix-like manner. Each key element has first and second break contacts which are decoupled for safety reasons and are commonly activated when the key element is actuated. An energy supply unit feeds to an evaluation unit electric energy serially via the first break contacts for each separate column and serially via the second break contacts for each separate row. In this way the location of the key element actuation can be reliably ascertained through column and row detection.