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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2015
Applicant:
Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo, FI;
Inventor:
Juhani Tuovinen, Espoo, FI;
Assignee:
Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10K 9/122 (2006.01); G08B 3/10 (2006.01); G10K 9/12 (2006.01); B06B 1/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/02 (2006.01); H01H 13/84 (2006.01); H03K 17/96 (2006.01); G08B 6/00 (2006.01); G08B 7/06 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G10K 9/125 (2006.01); G10K 9/00 (2006.01); H04M 19/02 (2006.01); H04W 68/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 3/10 (2013.01); B06B 1/0215 (2013.01); G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 3/0202 (2013.01); G08B 6/00 (2013.01); G08B 7/06 (2013.01); G10K 9/12 (2013.01); G10K 9/121 (2013.01); G10K 9/122 (2013.01); H01H 13/84 (2013.01); H03K 17/96 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G10K 9/00 (2013.01); G10K 9/125 (2013.01); H01H 2215/052 (2013.01); H03K 2217/96062 (2013.01); H04M 19/02 (2013.01); H04W 68/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a touchscreen keypad and one or more devices that generate a tactile response to a user of the apparatus when a key in the keypad is pressed. In order accomplish a simple construction requiring a minimum of space, the one or more devices that generate that tactile response may include at least one piezoelectric element configured to generate vibration which is forwarded to the user in response to a key of the touchscreen keypad being pressed.