IP Library Patent Application 13061295
Patent Application
App. No. 13/061,295

BUTTON FOR INPUT INTERFACE, INPUT INTERFACE AND PORTABLE TERMINAL

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App. No.
13/061,295
Abstract

The present invention provides a button for an input interface, and an input interface and a portable terminal thereof, which make visibility of an indicated character high, and make it easy to detect a boundary with the tactile sensation. A button, which is used for an input interface of a portable terminal and which is stuck fixedly to a base sheet adjacently to at least one other button, is characterized in that a thin wall part, which is positioned lower than a key top part, is formed on at least one peripheral side adjacent to the other button and in that a character, which is printed on the base sheet or a surface stuck fixedly to the base sheet, is made visible by penetrating through the key top part and the thin wall part.

Claims (13)

1 . A button which is used for an input interface of a portable terminal and which is stuck fixedly to a base sheet adjacently to at least one other button, characterized in that:

a thin wall part of the button, which is positioned lower than a key top part of the button, is formed on at least one peripheral side adjacent to the other button; and

a character, which is printed on the base sheet or a surface stuck fixedly to the base sheet, is made visible by penetrating through the key top part and the thin wall part.

2 . The button for the input interface according to claim 1 , characterized in that:

an angle of the key top part to the thin wall part is almost right.

3 . The button for the input interface according to claim 1 characterized in that:

the thin wall part is formed in a state of enclosing the key top part.

4 . An input interface which is equipped with the button for the input interface according to claim 1 .

5 . The input interface which is equipped with the button for the input interface according to claim 1 characterized in that:

the thin wall part is formed on each button for the input interface at an area, through which two buttons are adjacent each other, in a state that the thin wall part is formed on only one button for the input interface out of two buttons.

6 . The input interface of the portable terminal according to claim 4 , characterized in that:

the buttons for the input interface are arranged in a matrix form in a vertical direction and in a horizontal direction.

7 . A portable terminal which is equipped with the input interface of the portable terminal according to claim 4 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 11, 2014
From: NEC CORPORATION
To: LENOVO INNOVATIONS LIMITED (HONG KONG)
Reel/Frame 033720/0767 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 2, 2011
From: SASAMOTO, KAZUTAKA
To: NEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 025885/0447 →