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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2007
Applicants:
Won Seok Joo, Seoul, KR;
Seung-geun Lim, Seoul, KR;
Young-joong Kim, Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An input device and mobile terminal having the same is provided. The input device includes a housing having at least one transmissive region, a touch board located substantially adjacent the housing, the touch board being configured to sense a touch applied to the housing, a plurality of light emitting units, each light emitting unit being at least partially located in or on the touch board, and a controller configured to selectively turn on at least one of the light emitting units to be visible through the at least one transmissive region when the touch board senses a touch applied to the housing.