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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2006
Chang-kyu Choi, Seongnam-si, KR;
Seong-woon Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Sungi Hong, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Jun-ho Park, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Kwangil Hwang, Suwon-si, KR;
Hongseok Yang, Seongnam-si, KR;
Yillmyung Yim, Seoul, KR;
Yeun-bae Kim, Seongnam-si, KR;
Namwoo Kim, Hanam-si, KR;
Byungin Yoo, Seoul, KR;
Chang-kyu Choi, Seongnam-si, KR;
Seong-woon Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Sungi Hong, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Jun-ho Park, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Kwangil Hwang, Suwon-si, KR;
Hongseok Yang, Seongnam-si, KR;
Yillmyung Yim, Seoul, KR;
Yeun-bae Kim, Seongnam-si, KR;
Namwoo Kim, Hanam-si, KR;
Byungin Yoo, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, KR;
Abstract
A button input apparatus with a display function, which generates a switch signal in response to a user's press, and a portable electronic device having the same. The button input apparatus includes: a plurality of lever buttons each having a transparent window in at least a portion thereof, and one fixed edge on one side of the transparent window, so that the buttons are elastically vertically flexible; a switch substrate, which is disposed below the plurality of lever buttons, including openings respectively corresponding to the transparent windows, and generating a switch signal according to a motion of any of the plurality of lever buttons via a plurality of switches disposed to respectively correspond to elastic parts of the lever buttons; and a display panel, which provides an image in an area corresponding to each of the transparent windows, at least a portion of the display panel being disposed below the plurality of lever buttons.