ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,225,257, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to KYUNG IN ELECTRONICS Co. LTD (Seoul, South Korea).
"Input device" was invented by Bum Seok Kim (Anyang-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an input device which allows a user to select desired contents more quickly and intuitively in selection of contents. The input device includes: a navigation key manipulated to select one direction among a plurality of directions; a dial unit including a rotating dial wheel; and a control unit which controls movement on a user interface screen of a target device based on one or more direction inputs corresponding to the navigation key ...