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7248151 Virtual keypad for vehicle entry control  
Method and apparatus are provided for vehicle entry control using an imaged keypad. The apparatus includes a virtual interface for entry control of a vehicle having an imaging surface that defines...
7245943 Apparatus and method for inputting characters in a mobile communication terminal  
An apparatus and method are provided for inputting a character in a mobile communication terminal which displays character items representing types of characters on a screen of the mobile...
7244901 Capacitive touch panel  
The present invention discloses a capacitive touch panel, which comprises: an insulation substrate; an electrically-conductive layer, installed on the insulation substrate; and multiple...
7242340 Input device and input method  
First and second resistors are given a common length L and arranged to have a constant equal resistance per unit length. A plurality of switch elements are made conductive between the resistors. A...
7237132 Power reduction for unintentional activation of a wireless input device using a flip-flop to detect event termination  
An improved method and apparatus for reducing power consumption of a wireless input device when the wireless input device is unintentionally activated, and thereby significantly reduces the amount...
7233263 Analog actuation allocation structure with many actuators  
A system and method for allocation of actuators is provided. Electrodes having several voltages are assigned to actuators within correlation regions of the actuators. By varying the voltages, a...
7224344 Key code filter apparatus and method  
An apparatus for use in kiosks or other computerized devices for filtering out selected key codes transmitted between an input device, such as a keyboard, and a host computer. The apparatus...
7224292 Reduced keyboard letter selection system and method  
A system and method of selecting a letter for display in a communication device having a display and a reduced-key keyboard is provided. One of the plurality of keys on the reduced-key keyboard is...
7221560 Mobile digital device with retractable keyboard  
A mobile digital device includes a device body, a display screen, and a keyboard having two portions that can each be pivoted between a deployed position and an un-deployed position. When both...
7220930 Floor care appliance with an electro luminescent switch panel  
A floor care appliance such as a vacuum cleaner is provided having a display panel having at least one indicator light for indicating a status of a feature of the appliance wherein the indicator...
7216588 Modified-qwerty letter layout for rapid data entry  
A data entry pad arrangement includes twenty-six letters of the Roman alphabet arranged in a matrix including six rows of three to six letters per row. Ideally, no two adjacent letters in a row of...
7218247 Brief numerical keypad and its output method  
A brief numerical keypad is constructed to include four number keys aligned in X-axis and Y-axis directions and abutted against one another, each expressing one of the numbers from 1˜9, a...
7218250 Method and apparatus for keyboard control with programmable debounce and jog  
A method for providing debounce and jog control for a keyboard includes loading a first electronic storage register with a value indicative of a debounce period for the keyboard and loading a...
7218248 Input mode switching system  
A system and method for switching input modes is disclosed that includes receiving an input signal from an input device and determining whether the input signal is a data signal or a command...
7218249 Hand-held communication device having navigation key-based predictive text entry  
A hand-held communication device provides navigation key-based predictive text entry. The hand-held communication device includes a housing generally sized to be held in a human hand having a...
7215257 Depression judgment device  
A depression-judgment apparatus which properly judges the ON/OFF of a key switch without being affected by chattering that occur when key switch is turned ON is provided. The depression-judgment...
7206616 Handphone capable of inputting characters like keyboard  
A handphone including a phone body and a cover and which is capable of inputting characters using both a keypad installed on the phone body and an extra keypad installed on the cover in the manner...
7205909 Touch panel device and method of fabricating the same  
A touch panel device includes a wiring terminal, a flexible printed circuit film connected to the wiring terminal, an adhesion part corresponding to a location where the flexible printed circuit...
7202802 Reduced keypad  
An apparatus is provided with a first plurality of input keys. Each of the first plurality of input keys is associated with at least one numeric value and at least one alphabetic value and arranged...
7202853 Reduced keyboard system that emulates QWERTY-type mapping and typing  
A reduced keyboard system ( 100 ), with a reduced number of keys ( 13, 15, 23, 25, 102, 104, 106, 108, 110, 112 ), but retaining the typing map of the conventional QWERTY or QWERTY-type keyboard by...
7194239 Electronic device and method for managing its keyboard  
The invention relates to an electronic device and a method for managing the keyboard of the electronic device. The electronic device comprises a keyboard and a processing unit connected to the...
7194611 Method and system for navigation using media transport controls  
A system and method for improved navigation and access of computer media content using media transport controls is provided. These transport controls may be placed in various locations such as on...
7193613 Keyboard with integrated pointer control function  
A dual-function keyboard with two operational modes, a typing mode and a pointing mode. In the typing mode, each visible key functions as in a standard keyboard. In the pointing mode, all the keys...
7173605 Method and apparatus for providing projected user interface for computing device  
Apparatus and techniques for providing a user interface for a computing device such as a pervasive computing device. The computing device projects a user input display from a projector onto a...
7173814 Notebook computer keyboard system  
A modular laptop computer for accommodating selective placement and customization of user interface components. The computer includes a cavity having a connection or interface or coupling region,...
7171498 Alphanumeric keyboard input system using a game controller  
An invention is provided for an alphanumeric keyboard input system using a controller, such as a game controller. A plurality of cells is provided, where each cell includes a plurality of...
7170429 Keypad indicating arrangement including virtual key  
The present invention provides a keypad having a plurality of keys, each having a predetermined function for a respective plurality of selective operations. An indicating arrangement is provided...
7170420 Ergonomic television remote control  
A control stick-shaped, programmable TV remote control device fixed to a base, including a infrared diode and circuitry for transmitting control signals to a television, VCR, or DVD. The ergonomic...
7170430 System, method, and computer program product for single-handed data entry  
A system, method and computer program product that permits a user, using the fingers of a single hand, to produce defined outputs such as generating characters for text input and executing...
7170428 Electronic device and method of managing its keyboard  
The invention relates to an electronic device and a method of managing a virtual keyboard of the electronic device. The device comprises a touch pad ( 106 ), a processing unit ( 600 ) and a...
7167107 Keypad array having reduced number of input/outputs and method for generating same  
The invention concerns a method ( 200 ) of generating an array ( 100, 300, 400 ) having a reduced number of input/outputs ( 114, 314, 414 ). The method includes the steps of, for each array row...
7161276 Self-powered, electronic keyed, multifunction switching system  
A self-powered switching system using electromechanical generators generates power for activation of a latching relay, switch, solenoid or latch pin. The electromechanical generators comprise...
7158374 Method and system for assembling keypad  
A method and system for assembling a keypad or a keypad module to a processing portion of an electronic device is described. The keypad module is a sealed unit connectable to the pre assembled...
7158055 Key input circuit, power supply control apparatus, and power supply control method  
A key switch 102 formed by arranging a plurality of key contacts SW 11 , SW 12 , SW 21 , SW 22 , . . . at cross points of a key matrix is provided with a power supply control key (SW 11 ), and a...
7157651 Independently positionable and programmable key switches  
An independently positionable key switch including a key base having a key cap receiving opening and at least one gripping feature operative to facilitate gripping of the key base. An actuatable...
7154428 Remote control with selective key illumination  
A system and method for facilitation and encouragement of user interaction and functionality with a multimedia program via an entertainment system and remote control device. The entertainment...
7154415 Celestial body communication techniques  
In a communication technique using the apparent distribution of stars and other celestial bodies visible from the earth to generate codes corresponding to communication characters such as the...
7145481 Method and apparatus for trusted keyboard scanning  
A keyboard scan engine integrated on a chipset to initiate a keyscan process. The keyboard scan engine detects a key depression. When in a trusted mode, the keyboard scan engine transmits a key...
7145552 Electric field proximity keyboards and detection systems  
The invention is related to an electric field proximity detection system suitable for use as a touch sensitive keyboard or to be used in close proximity without direct contact. In an embodiment of...
7144168 Printing device  
A printing device for printing labels comprises a memory for storing one or more character sets, each character set including at least a principle character and an additional character which is...
7143043 Constrained keyboard disambiguation using voice recognition  
An improved approach for resolving overloaded keys (i.e., ambiguous keys) in constrained data entry computing systems is disclosed. A combination of an ambiguous key entry and a corresponding voice...
7139623 Method and apparatus for use of multiple control systems  
A method and apparatus for simultaneously controlling multiple control systems is provided. The resulting hybrid control system provides for sharing of inputs and outputs on a control surface...
7135995 Method for automatic determination of validity or invalidity of input from a keyboard or a keypad  
The method for automatic determination of validity or invalidity of input from miniaturized keypads or keyboards, in which more than one key is operated at the same time, includes designating a...
7133668 Wireless human input device and transmission-quality test method  
A test method for testing a wireless human input device being totally implemented in program codes which are built in the input device is disclosed. A step (A) is to start a test of transmission...
7129930 Cordless computer keyboard with illuminated keys  
A remote keyboard has keys which are illuminated for identification under a dim motherboard. For a first embodiment of the invention, the identifying symbol or symbols on each key cap of the...
7129435 Movable contact element and panel switch using the same  
Provided are a movable contact element used in a panel switch on the operation panel of various electronic devices and a panel switch using the movable contact element, which provide excellent...
7129932 Keyboard for interacting on small devices  
A QWERTY-based cluster keyboard is disclosed. In the preferred embodiment, the keyboard comprises fourteen alphabet keys arranged such that all the letters in the alphabet are distributed in three...
7126498 Keypad construction  
An IACK keypad with independent key regions arranged in an array of multiple rows and columns, and combination key regions defined between rows and columns of the array of independent key regions....
7126499 Keyboard  
A keyboard. The keyboard comprises at least one key, a base, a membrane assembly and a circuit board. The membrane assembly is disposed between the base and the key. At least part of the circuit...
7123242 Remote control method using remote control device with keyboard  
A remote control method and system employ remote controller ( 10 ) which is adapted for use with an entertainment system of a type including a display ( 222 ) as well as providing functions such as...