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6388658 High-end KVM switching system  
The present invention relates to a switching system for interconnecting a plurality of computer user terminals or workstations each having user interface devices, including a keyboard, a video...
6388657 Virtual reality keyboard system and method  
A system and method implement a virtual reality (VR) keyboard. The VR keyboard system and method receive a VR glove position, generate a corresponding key code from the VR glove position using a...
6384812 Keyboard deck  
A keyboard for use with a computer which includes a housing and having an upper surface. Pivotally attached to the housing is a pointer pad which is positionable between a position which covers at...
6384811 Portable computer having a display module moveable among closed, keyboard typing and image viewing positions  
A portable computer includes a display module having a panel mounting side provided with a display panel, a main frame module having a keyboard mounting side provided with a keyboard, and a pivot...
6384810 Keyboard with belt clip attachment and height adjustment  
A keyboard or keypad or other electronic assembly is adjustably suspended from an individual at waist-level and extends to a position which is comfortable and ergonomic for operation by a standing...
6380924 Mouse/keyboard capture recorder (MCR) apparatus and methodology  
This apparatus is an add-on computer component peripheral for existing computer systems. The mouse/keyboard capture recorder (MCR) is capable of recording keyboard keystrokes, mouse coordinate...
6377444 Hinged housings for electronic devices  
A hinged housing for an electronic device having a first body portion defining a first plane and having a surface with a control panel and a second body portion defining a second plane and having a...
6377246 Article comprising a computer-style keyboard  
An improved keyboard, and a data terminal incorporating same, is disclosed. The present keyboard advantageously includes a keyboard membrane having, on an upper side, a plurality of raised regions...
6377243 Data input device and the method thereof  
The operability in inputting data using a so-called software keyboard is provided wherein a computer displays a software keyboard and a target window to which data is to be inputted, determines...
6377238 Holographic control arrangement  
Operator input into one or more devices to be controlled by the operator is provided through a holographic image of the keys or other input devices customarily actuated to provide input data to the...
6373501 Portable device comprising keypad and screen  
Portable electronic devices including housings in which input keypads are disposed above display screens and in which input keypads and/or display screens are optionally directly oriented for...
6373471 Keyboard with interchangeable connection function  
A keyboard with interchangeable connection specification, comprises an input/output circuit board for DIN, PS/2 or USB connection specification and replaceably assembled within a main body of the...
6369800 Method and apparatus for use with a keypad of an electronic device  
A method and apparatus for use with a keypad for an electronic device including at least one plunger associated with a key, wherein the plunger is moveable between a first position and a second...
6369798 Data processing equipment with detachable pointing device  
A data processing equipment including a housing for a keyboard and a display, and a pointing device detachably mounted in the housing for instructing the processing equipment on coordinate data by...
6369795 Mousepad telephone  
An improved mousepad ( 100 ) includes a telephone integrated therewith. A keypad ( 108 ) for the telephone is disposed beneath a mylar layer ( 130 ). The keypad ( 108 ) includes a plurality of...
6366275 Push button structure of keyboard  
A push button of a keyboard includes a cap movably supported on a base plate by two link members which are pivotally attached to each other and pivotally attached to both the cap and the base...
6362812 Electronic device and display system employing the same  
An electronic device includes: a key input section having a plurality of keys; a first display section for displaying a display data; a first display control section for controlling the first...
6362440 Flexibly interfaceable portable computing device  
A flexibly interfaceable portable computing device includes a display coupled to a processor, which is coupled or selectively coupled to either or both of a keyboard and a recording unit. The...
6359613 Pointing stick having chip resistors  
A device for generating conditioned electrical signals in response to forces applied to the device. The device includes a shaft attached to a substrate. Several strain sensitive resistors are...
6359610 Wireless interface system for allowing a plurality of input devices to control a processor  
A wireless interface system comprising a set of input ports for keyboard, pointing device, and joystick signals, a data encoding circuit, a transmission unit, a receiving unit, a data decoding...
6356258 Keypad  
A keyboard input apparatus, where a plurality of main keys are pressed for character inputting operation. Five keys are set individually as character keys for inputting characters ā€œAā€, ā€œIā€,...
6353431 Surface mount pointing device having signal conditioning components  
A pointing stick for controlling cursor movement on a display screen of a computer system that is mountable to a surface of a printed circuit board. The pointing stick has a base member and a shaft...
6353430 Gimbal mounted joy stick with z-axis switch  
A control device, like a pointing stick, for controlling the positioning, movement and operation of a responsive electrical device, like a cursor on a computer display screen. There is a compact...
6351372 Personal computing device with foldable keyboard  
A personal computing device comprises a chassis having a top and a bottom and a keyboard movably secured to the chassis. The keyboard includes a pair of laterally spaced arms with each arm having a...
6351258 Switcher system and I/O switching method  
The present invention switches an input/output route for each signal, even if types of signals are increased, without installing additional switchers. The present invention provides a...
6346894 Method and system for intelligent text entry on a numeric keypad  
A method and system for intelligent text entry on a keypad. First, a user selects a key on a keypad. Then, an application predicts which character of those corresponding to that key is intended by...
6344967 Laptop computer with ergonomically enhanced interface features  
A laptop computer has a base and a cover with a display monitor that are connected together by a hinge. The base and cover have congruent trapezoidal shapes that give the laptop a unique...
6342880 Force feedback system including multiple force processors  
A force feedback interface including a haptic accelerator that relieves the computational burden associated with force feedback generation from a force feedback processor. The force feedback...
6339374 Receiving indication apparatus for e-mail  
A receiving indication apparatus for E-mail located in a keyboard or mouse device for indicating E-mail being received in a computer. The apparatus includes a signal output contact located in a...
6336727 Pointing device keyboard light  
A lighting source, such as a light emitting diode (LED), is incorporated into the shaft of the pointing device. There is a light shield over the exposed top of the pointing device preferably,...
6333734 Method and device for the one-handed input of data  
The invention concerns a device for the one-handed input of coordinates of multi-axis coordinate systems and alphanumeric characters and control commands, the device being operable with one hand....
6331850 Collapsible keyboard  
A collapsible keyboard assembly having, in one embodiment, a plurality of keys each of the plurality of keys having a top portion and a portion of the plurality of keys displaced adjacent one...
6331849 Integrated surface-mount pointing device  
An integrated, surface-mount pointing device for controlling the movement of an object on a display screen, comprises a base member; a shaft mounted in the base member; a sensor mounted on the...
6329979 Image processing system  
An image processing system comprises a printer and a reader which are mechanically and functionally separated in such a manner that they can be used independently of each other and the transmission...
6326953 Method for converting text corresponding to one keyboard mode to text corresponding to another keyboard mode  
Converting text corresponding to one keyboard mode to text corresponding to another keyboard mode. Language detection is used to determine whether text was entered using the correct keyboard mode....
6326952 Method and apparatus for displaying and retrieving input on visual displays  
A method and apparatus for implementing the keys of a visual keyboard so that each key can perform multiple functions without the prior or simultaneous selection of differing visual keys. Each key...
6323845 Single finger controlled computer input apparatus and method  
A computer 10 has an input device 12 keyboard with two sets of input keys 14, 16 separated by a touch pad 20. The touch pad 20 is accessed by an operator's index finger from the home row of keys,...
6323840 Surface-mount pointing device  
A surface-mount pointing device controls the movement of an object on a display screen. The device has a base and a shaft. The shaft is mounted to the base. Several sensors are mounted on the base...
6322449 Mechanical interface device  
The present invention comprises both a system and a method for mechanically depressing a key of an underlying keyboard in response to a user input. The system preferably comprises a computer system...
6317313 Case and cover for an electronic device  
A cover for an electronic device having a screen that includes a window and at least one device operating feature. The cover is coupleable with the electronic device such that the window of the...
6317117 User interface for the control of an audio spectrum filter processor  
A user interface control apparatus is disclosed for the control of electronic filter parameters of audio spectrum equalizers, crossovers, and other filter processors. The user interface apparatus...
6317061 Detachable keyboard  
A detachable keyboard provides options to a computer user between a complete keyboard and a partial keyboard. The detachable keyboard comprises two sections, a docking station having a set of...
6313827 Computer data re-presentation apparatus and method  
In combination with a personal computer having internal driving circuitry, a key data input keyboard, and a mouse for computer cursor control, the improvement apparatus for effecting...
6313762 Keyboard with keys for moving cursor  
The present invention comprises a signal generator for sending an electrical signal from an expandable, flexible layer of material, the signal generator comprising an upper layer of flexible,...
6310608 System and method of keyboard configuration for disabled user access  
A system and method for grouping together multiple keys on a keyboard to form compound keys is presented. An exemplary configuration of compound keys involves grouping function keys "F1" through...
6307548 Reduced keyboard disambiguating system  
A reduced keyboard disambiguating system. The keyboard has twelve to sixteen keys, nine of them labeled with numerous letters and other symbols, and those nine plus one more are associated each...
6307540 Image processing system  
An image processing system comprises a printer and a reader which are mechanically and functionally separated in such a manner that they can be used independently of each other and the transmission...
6307538 EMC enhanced peripheral device  
An input device capable of being connected to a computing device includes a housing having transducer electronics capable of manipulating an electrical signal to indicate movement of a portion of a...
6307535 Pointing device for use in a computer system  
A pointing device for controlling cursor movement on a computer display by entering positional information into the computer includes: a housing having an upper opening and a lower inside base...
6307534 Computer data re-presentation method and apparatus  
A personal computer having internal driving circuitry, a key data input keyboard, and a mouse for computer cursor control, the improvement apparatus for effecting re-presentation by the computer of...