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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2007
Kyoung-ho Kang, Yongin-si, KR;
Seong-il Cho, Seoul, KR;
Wook Chang, Seoul, KR;
Byung-seok Soh, Suwon-si, KR;
Yeun-bae Kim, Seongnam-si, KR;
Joon-ah Park, Seoul, KR;
Kyoung-ho Kang, Yongin-si, KR;
Seong-il Cho, Seoul, KR;
Wook Chang, Seoul, KR;
Byung-seok Soh, Suwon-si, KR;
Yeun-bae Kim, Seongnam-si, KR;
Joon-ah Park, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, KR;
Abstract
Provided are an apparatus, method, and medium for expanding the number of input channels, more particularly, an apparatus and method for expanding the number of input channels, which can expand the number of input channels using a limited number of input code values. The apparatus includes a first input unit, a second input unit, and a control unit. The first input unit has a plurality of buttons arranged therein, the buttons each being assigned a predetermined input code value. The second input unit is formed on one side of the first input unit and has a plurality of buttons arranged therein, the buttons each being assigned a predetermined input code value and each being formed to be adjacent to neighboring buttons of the first input unit. The control unit performs predetermined functions depending on a combination of buttons manipulated in the first input unit and the second input unit.