LIGHTING GUIDE KEYPAD AND LIGHTING GUIDE KEYPAD ASSEMBLY

摘要

The present invention relates to a light guiding keypad and a light guiding keypad assembly. More particularly, the present invention relates to a light guiding keypad and light guiding keypad assembly which can reduce the number of components of mobile phones by forming line type or surface type of key character patterns on one surface of a light guiding plate of a mobile phone that receives lights through its side surface and thus making the light guiding plate perform as keypad. The key character patterns are formed by printing paste having diffusion and reflection features. The present invention provides a light guiding keypad, wherein a light guiding plate of transparent material used in keypad assembly provides lights received from light source connected to its side surface to upper part of the keypad assembly through line or surface types of key character patterns, wherein key character patterns are formed on one surface of the light guiding plate by means of printing, and wherein the light guiding plate is flexible enough to be able to bend. The key character patterns can be implemented with various colors. The light guiding keypad of the present invention is the light guiding plate itself.