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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2011
Ching-liang Chiang, Taoyuan County, TW;
Tsung-yuan Ou, Taoyuan County, TW;
Yi-shen Wang, Taoyuan County, TW;
Ching-Liang Chiang, Taoyuan County, TW;
Tsung-Yuan Ou, Taoyuan County, TW;
Yi-Shen Wang, Taoyuan County, TW;
HTC Corporation, Taoyuan County, TW;
Abstract
A portable electronic device including a main body, a physical key module, and a control module is provided. The physical key module assembled to the main body has a display surface, and the physical key module includes at least two overlapped icon units. The control module electrically connected to the physical key module activates one of the icon units according to an operating state of the main body, so that an icon of the activated icon unit is displayed on the display surface. A method for switching icons is also provided.