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7362243 Apparatus and method using color-coded or pattern-coded keys in two-key input per character text entry  
Letters (more generally, language symbols) are entered electronically by selecting, in sequential fashion, two keys on a standard phone layout. The first key in the two-key sequence is that key on...
7363225 Compressing language models with Golomb coding  
A list of integer values is generated from n-grams of a user input. The list of integer values is sorted. Differences between adjacent integer values in the list are calculated. Each calculated...
7362244 User programmable input apparatus with a keyboard  
A user programmable input apparatus with a keyboard comprises several keys with one or more special keys thereof on the keyboard for input operations, a microprocessor to receive inputs from the...
7355589 Alphabet input apparatus and alphabet input method  
Alphabet input apparatus and method are provided. In the alphabet input apparatus, one alphabet is determined by pressing two keys of a keypad to which ten basic figures made by analyzing shapes of...
7352295 Apparatus for and method of inputting alphabets using a reduced keypad  
The invention concerns an apparatus for inputting English alphabets, comprising: a keypad having five buttons of one central button, a left top button, a left bottom button, a right top button and...
7352363 Single finger or thumb method for text entry via a keypad  
A single press method for entering text using a keypad is disclosed. A conventional four-row by three-column 12-key keypad is used to enter all of the letters of the alphabet using single key...
7348512 Key unit with reinforcing plate  
The object of the present invention is to utilize a reinforcing plate formed out of a metal or a hard resin introduced into a key unit in order to overcome the weak point that conventional rubber...
7350066 Computer peripheral operating event responding method and system  
A computer peripheral operating event responding method and system is proposed, which is designed for use in conjunction with a computer platform for providing a peripheral operating events...
RE40153 Multi-touch system and method for emulating modifier keys via fingertip chords  
A multi-touch system is disclosed that recognizes simultaneous touchdown of four fingers on, above, or below the home row of keys as a modifier chord and applies modifiers such as Shift, Ctrl, or...
7345598 Electronic device with keyboard system and method of detecting key conditions thereof  
The present invention provides an electronic device and its keyboard system that includes a plurality of keys, a keyboard matrix and a program. The keys include a plurality of first type keys and a...
7345599 Computer keyboard  
A keyboard has a middle region that has upward longitudinal slopes rising to upper planes on both sides of the middle region. An alphanumeric section disposed in the keyboard housing generally in...
7338224 Ergonomic keyboard apparatus  
A plurality of embodiments of improved ergonomic keyboards for interfacing with a user's arms, wrists, hands and fingers in a more natural way, i.e., in ways that are optimally suited to human...
7339498 Character arrangements, input methods and input device  
The present invention relates to character arrangements, input methods and input device. More particularly, the present invention relates to Korean, English and symbols arrangements that are...
7339499 Keypad signal input apparatus  
Keypad apparatus for registering signals corresponding to data that a user enters by pressure on keys of an array in a surface extending in two dimensions. The elements of first and second sets of...
7333031 Illuminated keyboard  
Method and apparatus for illuminating selected keys on a computer keyboard. The illumination color, intensity, duration and the blink rate for each key are under the control of the computer. Key...
7331727 Selectively illuminated key chambers  
A method and apparatus for facilitating input of data to an electronic device using selectively illuminated chambered keys is disclosed. A determination is made as to which of a plurality of...
7330134 Key construction method for a keyboard and the keyboard thereof  
A key constructing method for a keyboard has M scan lines*N return lines. The electrical interconnects of the M scan lines*N return lines can generate numerical electrical contacts of A 1 to A M*N...
7330135 Method and a device for reading out keyboard keys  
A method and a device for reading out keys of a keyboard. The read-out is realised by randomly generating a scanning pattern comprising for each row and column a read-out value to be applied on the...
7326864 Method and apparatus for masking keystroke sounds from computer keyboards  
Disclosed herein is a method of masking audible sounds emanating from a keyboard in response to a stroking of keys on the keyboard, the method comprising, selecting components from a plurality of...
7324019 Adjustable ergonomic keyboard for use with stationary palm and elements thereof  
An ergonomic keyboard as shown in FIG. 3 A for use with a stationary palm wherein the keys ( 15 ) of the keyboard are actuated only by motion of the joints in the digits. The keyboard may have a...
7324020 General purpose input board for a touch actuation  
The specification and drawings present a new method and apparatus for a touch actuation in an electronic device using a general purpose input board. The input board comprises of a grating of...
7323795 Apparatus for powering on by pushing random key  
An apparatus for powering on a terminal with a keypad by randomly selecting any key of the keypad. The keypad includes a plurality of keys, each of which has at least one set of contacts. The...
7322759 Keyboard apparatus  
A keyboard apparatus has two rows of multi-function keys that together bear actuation indicia for the numerals 0-9 and the letters A-Z. The actuation indicia preferably defines four rows of...
7321779 Method for enhanced short message service  
A method and apparatus for an enhanced SMS can include receiving a short message, checking whether the received message is user data, processing the user data by referring to previously received...
7321360 Systems, methods and devices for efficient communication utilizing a reduced number of selectable inputs  
Embodiments of the subject invention relate to systems, methods, and devices providing a reduced number of selectable inputs that enable efficient communication. One aspect of what is disclosed are...
7319426 Controlling device with illuminated user interface  
An illuminable user interface includes a plurality of input elements, a source of light energy, and a fiber optic filament mat provided with irregularities arranged in one or more controlled...
7315260 Integrated removable functional faceplate for portable computer system  
An integrated removable functional faceplate for a portable computer system. The removable functional faceplate employs specially located electrical contacts or pads that mate with similarly...
7299309 Method and apparatus for protocol and code converter  
Apparatus and method for converting protocol and code for use with a Human Interface Device (HID)-compliant keyboard device comprises a Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface, non-USB interface and a...
7295099 Home appliance network system and method for operating the same  
Disclosed herein are a home appliance network system and a method for operating the same. The home appliance network system comprises a plurality of home appliances connected to a network...
7295188 Modified computer keyboard number pad  
The present invention provides for a number pad section of a keyboard having a plurality of digit keys, a plurality of arithmetic operation keys, and a Tab key operational by the ring or little...
7289043 Portable terminal device and control method of the same  
A portable telephone has a key operation unit in which a plurality of small keys is arranged close to each other. A user sometimes depresses a plurality of keys at the same time. The portable...
7289108 Method for constituting bootstrap hotkeys and input system thereof  
A method for constituting bootstrap hotkeys comprises a step ( 11 ) for identifying a predetermined keyboard and a step ( 13 ) for booting hotkey functions. The step ( 11 ) further comprises: a...
7283065 Handheld electronic device with text disambiguation  
A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with disambiguation software. The device provides output in the form of a default output and a number of variants. The...
7283067 Fully configurable trading keyboard  
The present invention provides a trading keyboard that can be configured both physically and functionally according to a user's preferences. The trading keyboard preferably includes...
7277029 Using language models to expand wildcards  
A method of inputting text is provided in which a first portion of an input string is received from a user, the first portion of the input string including at least one keystroke representing a...
7271743 Switch arrangement and a switch matrix structure for a keypad  
A switch arrangement comprises a photoconductor to be illuminated. The switch arrangement also comprises a conductor which is intended to further transmit light escaping from the photoconductor and...
7264170 Input device and electronic device using the same  
An input device. The input device may be coupled to an electronic device. The input device comprises a control capable of being moved to n activation points to respectively activate input...
7262761 User interface for detecting a data entry mode  
A method is described comprising: assigning to each of a first group of keys of an alphanumeric keyboard a specific alphabetic character; assigning to each of a second group of keys of the...
7255503 Dual numerical keyboard based on dominance  
There is a need to develop a more sophisticated educational system of keyboard set ups for not only the disabled population from their worker's compensation injuries but for the entire continuum of...
7256679 Stick lever units  
A stick lever unit is provided that is capable of eliminating uncomfortable feeling during manipulation of the stick, as well as, minimizing breaking of a wiring conductor of the variable resistor....
7256769 System and method for text entry on a reduced keyboard  
A system and method for efficient Asian character text input into a reduced keypad machine such as a word processor, telephone, hand-held computer, or personal computer is provided. The system...
7256714 Keyboard with reduced keying ambiguity  
When an array of proximity sensors is used as a keyboard, it can provide an ambiguous output if a user's finger overlaps several keys or if liquid is spilled on the keyboard. This ambiguity is...
7253750 Bidirectional wireless number pad and keyboard  
The present invention uniquely separates the number pad from a keyboard providing a separate, wireless device. This separate wireless device with the number pad includes a display and has multiple...
7254376 Wearable phone and method of using the same  
A wearable phone and a method of using the same is provided. The phone includes a glove; a display mounted on the glove and including a user interface, the display on which a virtual key pad is...
7253806 Computer keyboard  
A computer keyboard with a monitor on the operating panel thereof. Data entered by users from the keyboard is synchronously displayed on the keyboard monitor, eliminating the need for a user to...
7253751 Method for writing language components  
A method for writing text employing at least one hand of a user and manipulating a keyboard having a pair of keypads which are finger depressed and a press pad which is depressed by the palm region...
7253749 English letter coding method and a small keypad  
This invention relates to a kind of coding method and related miniature keyboard for western characters. The invention assigns a 3-digit number that has specific value to every western letter. The...
7250937 Hard base key unit  
A first object is to provide a key unit capable of preventing a problem that a key top gets under a key window frame of a casing of a movable telephone or the like during key pushing down, and...
7250898 Universal keyboard  
The present invention provides a multifunctional input device. The input device includes a functional mode which defines the mode of operation of the input device. Each functional mode includes one...
7248201 Key fob with automatic cover release  
A key fob for use in a remote keyless entry system of a vehicle includes a transmitter housing having at least one user operable button thereon indicative of remote keyless entry functions...