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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016

Filed:

Dec. 12, 2013
Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Inventors:

Ho-Jun Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Jung-Hoon Park, Incheon, KR;

Assignee:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); H01H 13/66 (2006.01); H01H 13/702 (2006.01); H01H 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 13/66 (2013.01); H01H 13/702 (2013.01); H01H 2003/0293 (2013.01); H01H 2231/022 (2013.01); H01H 2239/006 (2013.01); H01H 2239/074 (2013.01);
Abstract

An electronic device includes a substrate having a key sensor region and a touch sensor regions, a dome key unit, a key button, and a touch sensor. The dome key unit is arranged on the key sensor region of the substrate. The key button is arranged above the dome key unit in alignment with the dome key unit. The touch sensor is arranged on the touch sensor region of the substrate. The touch sensor is arranged such that it includes a region overlapping with a part of the key button. The key button can perform at least two functions associated with different input schemes at the same input point of the key button by means of the dome key unit and the touch sensor.


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