Patent ID: 9141214
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. Data input device comprising: at least one input module which is used to allow data to be inputted and provided to a base; a memory which stores data assigned to a signal of an input made in the input module; and a controller which extracts the data assigned to the input from the memory when the input signal is made in the input module and then allows the extracted data to be inputted, characterized in that the input module is provided to comprise an input reference block within a selection area formed by one finger, wherein the input reference block is formed in such a manner that three A separated indication positions and three other B separated indication positions in A and B sides, which are separated from each other from a separation reference line, are arranged to face each other as only three A-B type separation pairs that are spaced from each other along the separation reference line, thereby being disposed in a rectangular form, on the input reference block, the three A-B type separation pairs are disposed within a contact area of a fingerprint region on a distal end of one thumb, that is, when the one thumb is placed on the input reference block, selection positions of the three A-B type separation pairs are recognized as left, central, and right positions of the fingerprint region on the distal end of the one thumb as well as a front and a rear of each of the left, central, and right positions, on the input reference block, a selection is made by a single input click performed with one finger, wherein one of the A and B separated indication positions in the A and B sides is individually selected by the single input click, and thus one data assigned to one input signal generated through the individual selection is inputted, or the separation reference line disposed between the A and B separated indication positions forming one A-B type separation pair is selected by the single input click, and thus one data assigned to two input signals generated through the selection of the A and B separated indication positions is inputted, wherein each of the single input clicks is made in a downward direction, and wherein the two input signals made on the input reference block through the selection is processed as one pair input, and when A and B separated indication positions selected together to make the pair input fail to come into contact with a predetermined sensor simultaneously, two signals corresponding to the A and B separated indication positions are sequentially generated and the controller determines the two signals as the pair input, based on a pre-set time value.