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7612765 Actuated multi-faced keys  
An assembly may include information that includes a first plurality of stripes making up a first icon and a second plurality of stripes making up a second icon. The assembly may include an actuator...
7583206 Device for inputting text by actuating keys of a numeric keypad for electronic devices and method for processing input impulses during text input  
The aim of the invention is to provide a device for inputting text by a single actuation of a key on a numerical keypad and a method for processing input impulses for portable electronic devices...
7581047 Usage of keyboard driver in extensible firmware interface for adding new hot keys at firmware level  
A hot key register request is created in an extensible firmware interface application, the hot key register request has a key number and a pointer to a hot key function for the new hot key. The hot...
7561072 Interactive sequential key system to input characters on small keypads  
This invention discloses an interactive sequential system to input letters of the English alphabet and of many world languages, numbers, punctuation marks and many other symbols on keypads with few...
7545364 Multi-functional control interface  
A system and method are used to provide a user control interface for controlling multiple device functionality. The system comprises a support structure, control regions, depressible interaction...
7504967 Portable electronic device with keyboard  
A keyboard ( 32, 1230 ) for a handheld electronic device ( 100, 1100, 1200 ) comprising a row of keys ( 102 ) wherein each of said keys ( 102 ) represents at least two alphanumeric characters and...
7492286 Reduced keyboard character selection system and method  
A system and method of selecting a character 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...
7477165 Handheld electronic device and method for learning contextual data during disambiguation of text input  
A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with disambiguation software that is operable to disambiguate text input. In addition to identifying and outputting...
7436326 Operation input device  
An operation input device according to the present invention displays a plurality of keys ( 7 ) on a liquid crystal panel ( 6 ), and prompts a user to press the keys ( 7 ) in the order of numbers...
7432831 Handheld electronic device having reduced keyboard and multiple password access, and associated methods  
A reduced keyboard handheld electronic device and associated method that utilizes a plurality of passwords for controlling access thereto. The handheld electronic device has a non-predictive...
7429979 Remote control with programmable button labeling and labeling display upon button actuation  
A universal remote control includes a display that is partitioned into a button touch-screen portion and a message area. The button touch-screen portion includes pre-determined or etched areas...
7423557 Key input device combined with key display unit and digital appliance having the same  
A key input device combined with a key display unit and a digital appliance having the same are disclosed. The key input device includes a key display unit for displaying a character or an image...
7420480 Methods, systems, and computer program products for iteratively providing feedback via a user interface for multi-character, multi-mode alphanumeric data entry  
Disclosed are methods, systems, and computer program products for receiving input from a multi-function momentary switch by providing feedback from a user interface for each function associated...
7417565 Keyboard for hand-held devices  
A hand-held electronic device has a keyboard with a plurality of keys, each key having a substantially flat contact surface extending to the sides of each key. One of the sides of the key is beveled.
7394456 Raised keys on a miniature keyboard  
A miniature keyboard wherein the keys are arranged in a way to improve data entry and decrease the chance of depressing multiple keys at a time. Accordingly, the height of the keys are patterned to...
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...
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...
7336504 Computer component cover  
The present invention relates a cover which changes the aesthetic appearance of a computer component by providing an area to display an image, graphic, logo or text. Attachment shall be of a...
7298311 Controller apparatus for controlling an electronic apparatus  
A remote controller apparatus has a controller body, which is provided with annularly disposed display devices displaying as images operating buttons for the purpose of executing functions of a...
7294794 Button input apparatus with display function and portable electronic device having the same  
A button input apparatus with a display function, which generates a switch signal in response to a user's press, and a portable electronic device having the same. The button input apparatus...
7259696 Interactive web-based codeset selection and development tool  
An interactive, web-based codeset selection and development tool transmits hypertext documents from a web server to a web browser of a developer of microcontroller code for a new remote control...
7242323 Electronic device having touch sensor  
A variable capacitance unit is formed between one portion of a human body and an opposed electrode facing it through a casing of a robot toy (electronic device) when the one portion of the human...
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...
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...
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...
7187360 Pointing device and electronic apparatus provided with the pointing device  
A pointing device capable of generating a fixed control signal regardless of operated directions and preventing the generation of a control signal owing to malfunctions, and an electronic apparatus...
7184032 Tactile overlays for screens  
An overlay for use with a display screen, comprising at least one first tactilely readable area, wherein the display screen includes a first feature thereon, wherein the tactilely readable area...
7180504 Keyboard matrix data transfer  
A method of setting a key mapping used to generate key information from a keyboard responsive to manipulation of a key on the keyboard is described. A connected keyboard device having a...
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...
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...
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...
7136047 Software multi-tap input system and method  
A software multi-tap input method requires only two taps to input most characters. This is especially beneficial for languages where existing multi-tap methods require on average more than two...
7132973 Universal soft remote control  
A universal remote control ( 10 ) is provided for wireless remote control of one or more devices (D 1 . . . Dn) equipped for remote control by respective original remote controls having visual...
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...
7119719 Device and method for improved text entry on an alphanumeric keypad  
A device and method wherein, using a keypad such as a standard alphanumeric telephone-style keypad, text entry is improved by employing a key-press combination which indicates which of the multiple...
7102542 Apparatus and method for determining output signals according to pressure and depressing time  
An apparatus and a method for determining output signals according to pressure and depressing time mainly includes a timer, a scanner and a keyboard connecting electronically to the timer and the...
7088341 System and method for inputting special characters  
This invention provides a system and method for a user of a mobile computing device to input special characters using a modifier key on a keyboard. The special characters include accented...
7071845 Control unit with variable visual indicator  
A system for controlling an apparatus ( 11, 21, 31 ), which system comprises a control unit ( 13, 23, 33 ) adapted to transfer control signals to the apparatus dependent on the control data. Said...
7056043 Keyboard for a mobile device  
An apparatus has a keyboard panel with a QWERTY array of alphabetic key actuation indicia. The apparatus further has a QWERTY array of keys that are free of alphabetic key actuation indicia, and...
7054045 Holographic human-machine interfaces  
A holographic HMI allows data and commands to be entered into electronic equipment. The HMI involves no tangible physical contact between the human operator and the control elements because the...
7020270 Integrated keypad system  
A data entry system comprising a group of data symbols comprising at least one of alphabetical symbols, numeric symbols, and commands ( 128–136 ), divided into subgroups. Each subgroup is...
6961004 Portable messaging and scheduling device with homebase station  
A portable device ( 10 ) for selective message recordation and playback and scheduling includes a portable unit ( 11 ) and an optional homebase station ( 12 ). Portable unit ( 11 ) includes a...
6947030 Actuating device for miniature keyboards  
The invention concerns a simple and user-friendly actuating device ( 10 ) for miniature keyboards or miniature input tablets. The device has of a dome-shaped body ( 12 ) which is adapted to the...
6927763 Method and system for providing a disambiguated keypad  
A keypad system (FIG. 2 ) and corresponding method (FIGS. 3-4 ) suitable for use in a subscriber device ( 1 ) includes a capacitive touchpad 22 for detecting movement within a region, a driver...
6906695 Touch control apparatus and touch control method that can be applied to electronic instrument  
A touch curve memory 110 stores therein a touch curve formed by velocity values corresponding to touch data generated by a keyboard device 20 . A correction coefficient generator 10 generates...
6864809 Korean language predictive mechanism for text entry by a user  
Consonant jamos of the Korean language are grouped according to appearance and each group is associated with a respective key of a reduced keypad. Vowel jamos are specified by the user using a...
6834294 Methods and systems for providing and displaying information on a keyboard  
One embodiment of the present invention is a system and method of communicating information over a network between a remote server and a client computer keyboard system. The state of the client...
6798545 Scanner which can input various symbols to control operations  
A scanner includes a housing, a control circuit positioned in the housing, the control circuit being used to control the operations of the scanner, a scanning module positioned in the housing and...
6798359 Control unit with variable visual indicator  
A system for controlling an apparatus ( 11, 21, 31 ), which system comprises a control unit ( 13, 23, 33 ) adapted to transfer control signals to the apparatus dependent on the control data. Said...
6774888 Personal digital assistant including a keyboard which also acts as a cover  
A personal digital assistant (PDA) which includes a body portion and a keyboard adapted to be coupled to the body portion. The keyboard is a standard keyboard size when in use. The keyboard is also...
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