| 序号 | 专利名 | 申请号 | 申请日 | 公开（公告）号 | 公开（公告）日 | 发明人 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 141 | Handheld electronic device and keypad having tactile features | US11145370 | 2005-06-03 | US07433719B2 | 2008-10-07 | Teodor Dabov |
| An improved handheld electronic device and keypad include tactile features that help a user to identify certain keys of the keypad. In the present exemplary embodiment, the keypad includes keys in a predetermined region that can be employed during a telephone operation. The keypad additionally includes other keys outside the predetermined region. The keys in the predetermined region include tactile features that enable the user to identify and actuate the keys in the predetermined region during a telephone operation with the user directing minimal visual attention to the handheld electronic device. | ||||||
| 142 | Method and Apparatus To Improve Tactile Feel For Keyboards and Button Assemblies | US11561865 | 2006-11-20 | US20070151832A1 | 2007-07-05 | Michael Yurochko; Peter Skillman |
| A keyboard for an electronic device that incorporates a flexible carrier for the keys. The flexible carrier has cutouts or slots that aid in decoupling the actions of one from its neighbors. Moreover, in addition to or instead of cutouts or slots, the flexible carrier optionally has cutouts around its outer perimeter. In some embodiments, the keys are molded as part of the flexible carrier. In other embodiments, the keys are attached to or inserted in the flexible carrier during manufacture. Various embodiments of the invention employ various key shapes to aid the user's tactile experience while typing. | ||||||
| 143 | Integrated center stack switch bank for motor vehicle | US10744163 | 2003-12-22 | US07180017B2 | 2007-02-20 | David A. Hein |
| An interface is in the form of a switch bank for the center stack of a motor vehicle. The switch bank comprises a motor vehicle interior trim component and at least one non-movable switch located behind the interior trim component. The switch is operable to actuate and de-actuate an electrically operated device of the motor vehicle. | ||||||
| 144 | Finger feeling numerical buttons for commercial electronic remote control | US11201833 | 2005-08-10 | US20070035418A1 | 2007-02-15 | Ching Teng; Nai-You Teng |
| The present invention offers a finger feeling numerical buttons for commercial electronic remote control. The altitude of the five even number buttons 0, 2, 4, 6 and 8 is higher than the altitude of the other buttons 1, 3, 7, 9, * and #. On the upper, lower, right and left side of the central button 5, provides a feeling mark, so that as the user touch the central button and the higher buttons with his thumb, the position of every button can be identified. Remote control can be carried out without watching at the button. This is suitable for various remote controls such as a TV set, cellular phone and remote control of a car. | ||||||
| 145 | Method and apparatus to improve tactile feel for keyboards and button assemblies | US10772110 | 2004-02-03 | US07164088B1 | 2007-01-16 | Michael A. Yurochko; Peter N. Skillman |
| A keyboard for an electronic device that incorporates a flexible carrier for the keys. The flexible carrier has cutouts or slots that aid in decoupling the actions of one from its neighbors. Moreover, in addition to or instead of cutouts or slots, the flexible carrier optionally has cutouts around its outer perimeter. In some embodiments, the keys are molded as part of the flexible carrier. In other embodiments, the keys are attached to or inserted in the flexible carrier during manufacture. Various embodiments of the invention employ various key shapes to aid the user's tactile experience while typing. | ||||||
| 146 | Pointing device and key sheet for pointing device | US11455638 | 2006-06-20 | US20060284710A1 | 2006-12-21 | Toshinori Takatsuka; Yoshifumi Honmatsu; Masami Arai |
| Provided are a pointing device allowing accurate depressing operation on a key top and involving no erroneous input or erroneous operation, and a key sheet for the pointing device. On the back surface of a base sheet (14) of a key sheet (15) for a pointing device, an accommodating portion (17) for a magnet (13), for accommodating portion greatly protrudes toward a board (P) beyond a pusher (14b) is provided. When the key top (12) is depressed, the accommodating portion (17) and the magnet (13) come into contact with the board (P), and causes the depressed key top (12) to tilt using the point of contact as a fulcrum, thereby pressing the pusher (14b) against a contact switch (Pi, Po). Thus, it is possible to reduce the thickness and weight of the pointing device (10) and the key sheet (15) for the pointing device. Further, a reduction is achieved in terms of the possibility of erroneous input and erroneous operation, making it possible to reliably effect confirmation input. | ||||||
| 147 | Control housing and method of manufacturing same | US11238519 | 2005-09-29 | US07146701B2 | 2006-12-12 | Michael R. Mahoney; L. Nicholas Nibert; David M. Linhoff |
| A control housing is provided which encases a control board. The housing has a cover and a backing which are fixed together to secure the control board within the housing. The control board includes a plurality of switches, and the housing includes a plurality of corresponding buttons to activate the switches. The cover includes a cover surface having at least one button hole in register with the control board switch; operating insignia integrally formed on the cover surface adjacent the button hole; and a membrane which closes said button hole to form a button surface. The insignia is exposed through the membrane to be exposed and visible. The membrane is fused to the cover, thereby providing a housing which is sealed to substantially prevent gases, liquids or solids from entering the housing. | ||||||
| 148 | Small form-factor keypad for mobile computing devices | US11115032 | 2005-04-25 | US20060202968A1 | 2006-09-14 | Peter Skillman; Richard Gioscia; Michael Yurochko; Arthur Zarnowitz |
| Embodiments of the invention provide an effective keypad assembly and keypad layout for mobile computing devices. In particular, embodiments of the invention provide keyboard layouts and designs. Additionally, embodiments described herein provide for stack components to make keyboards operable on small-form factor devices. | ||||||
| 149 | Actuation mechanism for use with keyboards on mobile computing devices | US11114941 | 2005-04-25 | US20060202967A1 | 2006-09-14 | Peter Skillman; Michael Yurochko; Arthur Zarnowitz |
| Embodiments of the invention provide an effective keypad assembly and keypad layout for mobile computing devices. In particular, embodiments of the invention provide keyboard layouts and designs. Additionally, embodiments described herein provide for stack components to make keyboards operable on small-form factor devices. | ||||||
| 150 | Electronic module for universal garage door opener and assembly method | US11275036 | 2005-12-05 | US07098411B1 | 2006-08-29 | John E. McConnell; Bruce Pierik; John Stack; Brian R. Masters |
| An electronic module that is activated by the touch of a button for sending a wireless signal to a remote receiver. The module has a housing with an upper portion that is secured in relation to a vehicle. A lower portion of the housing has mating apertures and openings provided therein. A set of staking posts extends from an upper face of one or more buttons. The staking posts have a leading end that is registrable with the mating apertures that are provided in the lower portion of the housing. A set of actuating posts also extends from the upper face of the button. Those posts extend within at least some of the openings that are defined in the lower portion of the housing. Optionally, an array of light pipes is in optical communication with a set of switches. One of the switches can be closed following contact by a leading end of one of the posts when a button is depressed. A printed circuit board is positioned in operative communication with one or more of the buttons so that upon touching a button, a circuit in the circuit board is closed by one of the switches. A signal is then sent wirelessly to a remote receiver. | ||||||
| 151 | Input apparatus and touch-reading character/symbol input method | US11337510 | 2006-01-24 | US20060164387A1 | 2006-07-27 | Kazuhiko Takisima |
| An input apparatus including: a display screen which visually displays information; an input member which is made of a transparent member to allow at least part of beams to pass and placed in a region of space in front of the display screen and elastically displaces a specific region of the input member toward the display screen in response to an external force, where embosses are formed on a surface of the input member to represent characters or symbols; and a coordinate position detecting device which, being placed between the display screen and the specific region of the input member, detects a coordinate position of the displacement of the specific region on the display screen. | ||||||
| 152 | Keyboards with both individual and combination key output | US09916928 | 2001-07-27 | US07015896B2 | 2006-03-21 | David H. Levy; Paul D. Butler; Scott A. Rhodes |
| Methods of providing input feedback in a device having a keyboard with a matrix of independent keys having associated switches arranged in rows and columns, wherein combinations of diagonally adjacent keys are associated with combination key outputs, and devices performing such methods. One method includes scanning for activated keys, providing provisional output to a user indicating that the activated key has been registered; continuing to scan the matrix; and, in response to activation of an adjacent key prior to release of the first activated key, providing final output to the user indicating that a combination of the first and adjacent keys has been registered, to the exclusion of the provisional output. Another features driving the rows in adjacent pairs while examining the columns for switch activation; and, in response to detecting switch activation in two adjacent columns while driving the rows in adjacent pairs, determining a combination key output. | ||||||
| 153 | Control housing and method of manufacturing same | US11238519 | 2005-09-29 | US20060021860A1 | 2006-02-02 | Michael Mahoney; L. Nibert; David Linhoff |
| A control housing is provided which encases a control board. The housing has a cover and a backing which are fixed together to secure the control board within the housing. The control board includes a plurality of switches, and the housing includes a plurality of corresponding buttons to activate the switches. The cover includes a cover surface having at least one button hole in register with the control board switch; operating insignia integrally formed on the cover surface adjacent the button hole; and a membrane which closes said button hole to form a button surface. The insignia is exposed through the membrane to be exposed and visible. The membrane is fused to the cover, thereby providing a housing which is sealed to substantially prevent gases, liquids or solids from entering the housing. | ||||||
| 154 | Locating key for a keyboard or keypad | US10236859 | 2002-09-06 | US06991390B2 | 2006-01-31 | Alberto B. Sabato |
| A key (21) for a keyboard or keypad, the key (21) having an upper finger engaged surface (2) defining a generally top edge portion (3) remote from the user, a generally bottom edge portion (4) adjacent to the user, a generally left edge portion (5) and a generally right edge portion (6), the key (21) further having a ridge (22) adjacent to the top edge portion (3), the bottom edge portion (4), the left edge portion (5) and/or the right edge portion (6). | ||||||
| 155 | Telephone equipment compatible, twelve button alphanumeric keypad | US09901763 | 2001-07-10 | US06931125B2 | 2005-08-16 | Gregory N. Smallwood |
| A keypad for entering a complete set of alphanumeric characters (including symbols) into telephonic equipment comprises a housing containing a telephone set compatible array of manually operated actuator elements, each actuator element selectably coding for four or more alphanumeric characters upon a single actuation of the element. The manually operated actuator elements each comprises a push button assembly and a switch assembly. The switch assembly further comprises two or three switches. In a two-way switch assembly, the push button assembly is manually operable to selectably close either switch individually and both switches together. In a three-way switch, the push button assembly is manually operable to selectably close any one of the three switches individually. The push button assembly includes a push button cover that has an upper surface that serves as a user interface, which is configured to facilitate a user's operation of the actuator elements (keys) to selectively enter discrete alphanumeric selections into the keypad. | ||||||
| 156 | Switch apparatus for a driver information interface | US10458295 | 2003-06-10 | US06907328B2 | 2005-06-14 | Walton Fehr; Jeffrey C. Pflug; Kenneth W. Stanevich |
| An interface includes a base with locking flanges for securing the base to a second structure within a vehicle. A plurality of switch caps are pivotably supported on the base and extend through apertures formed in the base. Each switch cap has a first surface and a second surface such that pressure applied to one of the first surface and the second surface causes limited rocking motion of the switch cap and actuation of a corresponding momentary contact switch. | ||||||
| 157 | Mobile telephone | US11004114 | 2004-12-03 | US20050124393A1 | 2005-06-09 | Frank Nuovo; Justin Lyles |
| A hand held mobile telephone is disclosed comprising a front face having a longitudinal extension greater than a lateral extension and having a plurality of openings therein, and a multiplicity of keys each having an upper surface bounded by side walls. Each key protrudes from one of the plurality of openings to provide its upper surface for tactile actuation by a user and a plurality of said multiplicity of keys are arranged along a common first axis, in the longitudinal direction. Further, at least one of said plurality of keys has a vertex, in the boundary of its upper surface, aligned on said first axis. | ||||||
| 158 | Switch apparatus for a driver information interface | US10458295 | 2003-06-10 | US20050004724A1 | 2005-01-06 | Walton Fehr; Jeffrey Pflug; Kenneth Stanevich |
| An interface includes a base with locking flanges for securing the base to a second structure within a vehicle. A plurality of switch caps are pivotably supported on the base and extend through apertures formed in the base. Each switch cap has a first surface and a second surface such that pressure applied to one of the first surface and the second surface causes limited rocking motion of the switch cap and actuation of a corresponding momentary contact switch. | ||||||
| 159 | Keypad assembly | US10247234 | 2002-09-19 | US06824321B2 | 2004-11-30 | Isaac Ward; Kenneth Weselake |
| A keypad assembly utilizes touch-detecting apparatus such as force sensors or touchpad assemblies for registering key presses. In exemplary embodiments, the keypad assembly is suitable for use in electronic devices such as a mobile telephones, calculators, hand-held computers, or the like, having single piece molded housings wherein the keypad assembly is at least partially encapsulated within the housing. | ||||||
| 160 | Portable communication device | US10451900 | 2004-01-26 | US20040132504A1 | 2004-07-08 | Michael Hague; Todd Richard Metlen |
| A portable communication device is disclosed comprising a front face (3) having a plurality of openings therein, and an array (6) of keys. Each key has a switch actuator, a switching element, and coupling means. The switch actuator has an upper surface bounded by side walls, and the switch actuator of each key of the array (6) protrudes from one of the plurality of openings to provide its upper surface for tactile actuation by a user and is physically discrete from the others. The coupling means couples the tactile actuation of the upper surface by a user to the switching element. | ||||||
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