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Tactile touchscreen for electronic device

An electronic device, touch screen technology, applied in the direction of telephone structure, electrical digital data processing, input/output of user/computer interaction, etc., can solve the problems of inability to provide tactile quality, insufficient quality user experience, etc.

Inactive Publication Date: 2009-02-18
RES IN MOTION LTD
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However, these I / O devices suffer from internal disadvantages related to user reaction and response
In particular, such touchscreen input / output devices fail to provide user-satisfactory tactile quality for definitively indicating input, and provide only an insufficient quality user experience

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[0019] It will be appreciated that for simplicity and clarity of illustration, where considered appropriate, reference numerals may be repeated among the figures to indicate corresponding or analogous elements. Furthermore, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the embodiments described herein. However, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the embodiments described herein may be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, well-known methods, procedures, and components have not been described in detail so as not to obscure the embodiments described herein. Furthermore, this description is not intended to limit the scope of the embodiments described herein.

[0020] Embodiments described herein generally relate to portable electronic devices having a display. Examples of portable electronic devices include mobile or hand-held wireless communication devices such as pagers, mobile phones, small...

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Abstract

A portable electronic device includes a housing with a front frame; a moveable touch-screen display framed by the front frame of the housing, the moveable touch-screen display including a touch-sensitive input surface overlying a display device, the front frame including corners curved outwardly away from the surface of the touchscreen display; a mechanical switch disposed between a back surface of the touchscreen display and a base of the housing; and operational components including a processor within the housing and connected to the touchscreen display. The touchscreen display moves or pivots relative to the housing about a pivot axis in response to application of sufficient force on the touchscreen. This movement or pivoting results in the actuation of the single mechanical switch and the pivot axis depending on the location of application of the force.

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technical field [0001] The present invention generally relates to input and output devices for portable electronic devices. Background technique [0002] Portable electronic devices are widely used and can provide a variety of functions including, for example, telephony, electronic messaging, and other personal information management (PIM) application functions. Portable electronic devices may include a variety of devices including mobile stations such as simple mobile phones, small phones, wireless PDAs, and portable computers with wireless 802.11 or Bluetooth capabilities. These devices operate on a wide variety of networks ranging from pure data networks such as Mobitex and DataTAC to complex voice and data networks such as GSM / GPRS, CDMA, EDGE, UMTS and CDMA2000 networks. [0003] Devices such as PDAs or small telephones are generally intended to be hand-held and portable. Smaller devices are generally satisfactory for portability. Since such hand-held devices are sma...

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IPC IPC(8): G06F1/16G06F3/01G06F3/041H04M1/02
CPCG06F3/0338G06F2203/04105G06F3/016G06F3/041G02F1/1333
Inventor 贾森·格里芬
Owner RES IN MOTION LTD