Patent ID: 8368805

Claim:
A user interface module for a digital camera, the user interface module comprising: a front cover including a window through which an image may be projected, and an attachment element to fixedly affix the user interface module to an exterior surface of a camera body; a touch panel disposed behind the front cover to project the image through the window, and detect touch manipulations of a user; a button assembly including a button pattern externally exposed through the front cover to detect and convert manipulations of the button pattern into an electrical signal; a flexible printed circuit board comprising a circuit that is configured to convert or process a touch signal generated by the touch panel and to convert physical manipulations of the button pattern into a manipulation signal; a first wiring cable connected between the flexible printed circuit board and the camera body to collect and transmit the touch signal of the touch panel and the manipulation signal of the button assembly to the camera body; and a second wiring cable that is connected between the flexible printed circuit board and the touch panel to relay the touch signal of the touch panel to the flexible printed circuit board, wherein the touch panel, the button assembly and the first wiring cable are assembled with the front cover prior to the user interface module being affixed to the exterior surface of the camera body via the attachment element.