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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2005
Applicants:
Byung-seok Soh, Suwon-si, KR;
Yoon-sang Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Jun-il Sohn, Yongin-si, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of operating a key input apparatus having one or more pressable keys, and a key input apparatus to perform the method, the method including selectively controlling an electromagnetic force to support at least one of the one or more pressable keys, wherein a height of the at least one pressable key is controlled by selectively supplying electric current to an electromagnet to control the electromagnetic force.