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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2003
Applicant:
Jarmo Lehtonen, Littoinen, FI;
Inventor:
Jarmo Lehtonen, Littoinen, FI;
Assignee:
Nokia Corporation, Espoo, FI;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A miniaturized user input device or input button () for a computing or communication device, such as a personal digital assistant device or a mobile phone. A user provides inputs to the computing or communication device by inserting an end () of a pen or other indicator instrument () into a receptacle () of the input button () and applying a force, as a result of which the input button () actually or only barely perceptibly moves or deforms. Sensors (-) proximate to the input button () detect the moving or deforming and provide signals corresponding the moving or deforming, and so corresponding to the user input.