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7403191 |
Tactile overlay for an imaging display
A tactile overlay for a touchscreen includes one or more button structures, a flexible resilient membrane, and one or more nibs corresponding to the one or more button structures. The overlay is...
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7403190 |
Context sensitive labels for a hardware input device
A method and apparatus for hardware input devices provides context sensitive labels which can change according to an application running on a computer and/or the function assigned to an input...
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7403188 |
Handheld electronic device with text disambiquation employing advanced word frequency learning feature
A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with disambiguation software. An enhanced word frequency learning feature is provided. The device provides output in...
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7400905 |
Insertion of sound segments into a voice channel of a communication device
The disclosure is directed to a software and hardware system that includes recording and storing audio data (digital or analog) for introduction into a voice channel of a communication device. The...
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7400270 |
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...
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7397658 |
Multi-function electronic device with split cover
In a multi-function electronic device, consists of a display mounted on the device and a two part cover with each cover part slidable on the device in opposite directions for covering and exposing...
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7395100 |
Portable communication apparatus having keys moved up/down by rotation
A portable communication apparatus equipped with up/down keys. The portable communication apparatus includes a main housing, a sliding housing adapted to slide to be opened and closed while...
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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...
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7394455 |
Electronic device
A display unit which is electronically connected to a body to display data, and has an antenna electronically connected thereto for transferring data. The body has a first element, a second...
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7394367 |
Keypad for building automation
An exemplary embodiment of a keypad for building automation may comprise a sensing layer operable to detect user input. The sensing surface configured with a plurality of switching fields assigned...
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7391409 |
Method and system for applying gearing effects to multi-channel mixed input
A method and system for interactive interfacing with a computer gaming system is provided. The method includes providing an input device, where the input device is configured to convey...
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7389454 |
Error detection in user input device using general purpose input-output
A method and apparatus are disclosed for using a general purpose input-output (GPIO) interface to test a user input device such as a wireless keyboard or mouse. Operation of key-scan logic can be...
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7389232 |
Communication device and learning tool
A portable communication device and learning tool for use by speech impaired individuals or monolinguistic individuals is provided by the present invention. The device is foldable for convenient...
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7389124 |
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...
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7388576 |
Handheld electronic device and keypad providing enhanced usability and reduced size, and associated method
An improved handheld electronic device, keypad, and method in accordance with the invention meet these and other needs. An improved handheld electronic device having an improved keypad provides...
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7388574 |
Pointing device
A pointing device is provided which facilitates the assembly, achieves downsizing and has a long life. Magnetic sensors 21 are placed symmetrically two by two along an X axis and Y axis on a...
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7388536 |
Remote control unit, electronic device and method for controlling electronic device
A remote control unit, an electronic device and a method for controlling an electronic device using the same are provided. The remote control unit includes: a key input part including a menu key...
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7388520 |
Apparatus and method for decoding a key press
Disclosed is an apparatus for decoding a key press. The apparatus includes an interface that performs conversion between parallel data and serial data and generates an interrupt when a key is...
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7387457 |
One-row keyboard and approximate typing
In one aspect, an apparatus for character entry on an electronic device, comprising: a keyboard with one row of keys; and an electronic device in communication with the keyboard; wherein one or...
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RE40368 |
Data input device
A data input device including an optically generated image of a data input device, the image including at least one input zone actuable by an action performed thereon by a user, a sensor operative...
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7385591 |
Out-of-vocabulary word determination and user interface for text input via reduced keypad keys
Out-of-vocabulary (OOV) word determination corresponding to a key sequence entered by the user on a (typically numeric) keypad, and a user interface for the user to select one of the words, are...
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7385588 |
Keyboard illumination system and method
A keyboard illumination system comprises a computer device having a plurality of liquid crystal displays (LCDs). The system also comprises a display controller adapted to change an electrical state...
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7383342 |
Operating a browser to display first and second virtual keyboard areas that the user changes directly or indirectly
Operating a browser that interprets a markup page and thereby displays a virtual keyboard ( 350 ) to a user. The operation comprises: displaying ( 405 ) a first keyboard area ( 350 ); presenting (...
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7382358 |
System and method for continuous stroke word-based text input
The disclosed System enables word-level text entry on a small displayed keyboard by tracing an input path that begins on or near the key of the first letter, passes through or near the key of each...
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7382357 |
User interface incorporating emulated hard keys
An emulated hard key that emulates a key of a user-selected keyboard is generated on a reconfigurable keyboard. In one exemplary embodiment, the reconfigurable keyboard has an array of...
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7382356 |
Input unit for games and musical keyboards
A computer game system uses an infrared sensor which produces an infrared light to produce pulse of infrared light. Optics focus reflections from the infrared light pulse from different portions of...
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7382355 |
Extractable terminal keypad
A terminal includes a terminal body, a data output interface, and a data input interface. The data output interface includes a display disposed on a face of the terminal body. The data input...
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7382353 |
Changing a function of a device based on tilt of the device for longer than a time period
In various embodiments, changing the function involves disabling an input device, disabling an output device, changing a display mode of the output device from portrait to landscape, or increasing...
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7379055 |
Data record method using a touch panel
A data record method using a touch panel is disclosed. The touch panel can be separated from a computer. The computer and the touch panel store data having plural records respectively. The method...
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7375956 |
Cover positioning structure of a dual-usage portable computer
A cover positioning structure of a dual-usage portable computer is disclosed, which comprises a base, at least one slide block sliding on the base, at least one elastic slice imposing a pressure to...
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7375721 |
Keyboard with changeable key display
A keyboard system comprises a first plurality of keys. The first plurality of keys have top surfaces with fixed indicia disposed thereon. The keyboard system further comprises a recessed section....
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7375296 |
Keyboard
A keyboard includes a main body and a plurality of keys arranged on a top plate of the main body. The main body includes the top plate, a bottom plate with a utility board arranged thereon, and a...
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7375295 |
Collapsible keyboard
A collapsible keyboard comprises a first key assembly, a second key assembly rotatably connected to the first key assembly and a third key assembly rotatably connected to the second key assembly....
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7372959 |
Handheld electronic device with reconfigurable keypad
An improved handheld electronic device has a display and a keypad, with the keypad being movable among a number of configurations that enable the “real estate” occupied by the keypad to be...
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7372454 |
Keyboard with variable-sized keys
A computer keyboard is provided having keys that vary in size based on the keys' frequency of use. The keyboard may, for example, be modeled after the standard QWERTY keyboard, but modified such...
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7372450 |
Analog input mapping for hand-held computing devices
A first hand-held computing device includes an analog input device and a processor. The analog input device generates analog input. The processor receives the analog input and converts the analog...
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7369121 |
Input device with a zoom apparatus
An input is disclosed that includes a zoom apparatus for increasing or decreasing the size of an image rendered on a display screen. The zoom apparatus has an actuator that is movable in a first...
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7369117 |
Application programming interface that maps input device controls to software actions
A system for using computer input devices with software applications is disclosed. The system includes an input device mapper API, which uses a language of semantics as an interface between input...
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7369064 |
Key and keyboard
A key includes a light-permeable body, a light-shading layer and a first dye layer. The light-shading layer is formed on the surface of the light-permeable body and has a first light-permeable area...
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7364339 |
Flexible backlight unit for key of input device
Provided is a backlight unit for a key of an input device. The unit includes a light guide plate and at least one light emitting unit. The light guide plate is formed of flexible transparent resin...
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7362310 |
Systems and methods to move a keyboard
According to some embodiments, a keyboard may be moved to a location behind a display.
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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...
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7359999 |
Inputting method and device with a flat input having sensor capable of coordinate touch input wherein display is switchable based on touch pressure
An input device includes a flat first input unit for a first input operation, a second input unit for a second input operation, a display unit having a display portion displaying data, and a...
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7358956 |
Method for providing feedback responsive to sensing a physical presence proximate to a control of an electronic device
In a computer system, a touch sensitive input device having touch sensitive auxiliary controls can be used to provide a user with information regarding the functionality of an auxiliary control....
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7358866 |
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...
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7355595 |
Tactile device for scrolling
A tactile touch-sensitive device for use as an electronic input device for navigating an electronic document on a display device is described. The tactile aspect of the device provides a document...
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7355590 |
Keymat
A keymat for use with a mobile station. The keymat includes a web for interconnecting a plurality of keys, the web and the keys lying external to the mobile-station enclosure when the mobile...
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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...
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7353046 |
Portable telephone
A portable telephone has a phone-book capability of storing and searching plural pieces of receiver information including character information and image information and comprises phone-book memory...
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7352362 |
Integrated virtual hub chip
An apparatus that includes a serial port configured to interface with a separate host, one serial interface engine (SIE) connected to the serial port, and at least a first interface unit and a...
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