Keypad apparatus, mobile device comprising same, and keypad control method

A keyboard device and keyboard technology are applied in semiconductor/solid-state device manufacturing, input/output process of data processing, input/output of user/computer interaction, etc., which can solve the problems of increasing the overall thickness and size of mobile communication terminals, and achieve Effects of improving electrical performance, preventing increase in internal resistance, and improving light transmittance

CN102177488AInactive Publication Date: 2011-09-07NEOVIEWKOLON
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CN · China
Patent Type
Applications(China)
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Publication Date
2011-09-07
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Not applicable · inactive patent

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Abstract

Disclosed is a keypad apparatus wherein an OLED or a TOLED (Transparent OLED) is employed to make the structure of a product slim and compact. The keypad apparatus of the present invention comprises a TOLED panel which is arranged beneath a touch panel, and a reflection sheet which is arranged beneath the TOLED panel, and which is patterned with keypad information to reflect and display the keypad information corresponding to the pixels of the TOLED panel which have emitted light. The touch panel and the TOLED panel are electrically connected to a controller. The controller senses an electrical signal for a touch point on the touch panel, and emits light from relevant pixels of the TOLED panel corresponding to the touch point.
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[0001] The present invention generally relates to keyboards, and more particularly, to a keyboard device capable of making the product structure thin and compact by using an organic light emitting diode (OLED) or a transparent OLED (TOLED), a mobile device having the keyboard device, and controlling the device. method of the keyboard device. Background technique

[0002] In general, a mobile communication terminal such as a mobile phone is equipped with a keypad for various types of information search, transmission and reception, or character input.

[0003] By adhering a substrate on a printed circuit board (PCB) with a printed circuit pattern, a membrane switch and a light emitting diode (LED) for backlighting are provided on the substrate, and Korean consonants and vowels, English consonants and vowels are printed on the substrate. The upper sheet of letters, numbers, etc. is used to construct a typical traditional keyboard.

[0004] However, the convent...

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[0045] Reference should now be made to the drawings, wherein the same reference numerals are used to designate the same or similar components in the different drawings.

[0046] A keyboard device, a mobile device having the keyboard, and a keyboard control method according to preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. For reference, in the following description of the present invention, if a detailed description of a well-known function or construction may unnecessarily obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description will be omitted.

[0047] figure 1 is an exploded perspective view showing a main part of a keyboard device according to an embodiment of the present invention, figure 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a keyboard device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0048] Such as figure 1 and 2As shown, the keyboard device according ...