G06F 3/021
Arrangements integrating additional peripherals in a keyboard
Official title: {Arrangements integrating additional peripherals in a keyboard, e.g. card or barcode reader, optical scanner}
G06F3/021 (Arrangements integrating additional peripherals in a keyboard) appears on 1,062 US grants and 1,120 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Keypad controller device29 Sep 2026US 12,748,501 B2
- Information handling system secure keyboard with collapsible keys at a numberpad area22 Sep 2026US 12,743,556 B2Dell Products L. P.
- Touch control system and method15 Sep 2026US 12,737,054 B2I-Interactive LLC
- System and method for a thin capacitive split keyboard stack including a light-emitting diode (LED) layer and light guide layer and metal support plate sealed input surface15 Sep 2026US 12,737,055 B1Dell Products L. P.
- Information handling system keyboard with replaceable modular keys15 Sep 2026US 12,737,056 B2Dell Products L. P.
- Japanese pc keyboard and gaming keyboard8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310307 A1
- Information processing system, one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media, method1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299706 A1Nintendo Co., Ltd.
- Improved sensor arrangement for touchless control of a computer device, sensor system and electronic device24 Sep 2026US 2026/0288254 A1Ameria AG
- Device having integrated interface system17 Sep 2026US 2026/0277330 A1Apple Inc.
- Smart keyboard device20 Aug 2026US 2026/0244280 A1Pixart Imaging Inc.
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By later US patents
- Methods and apparatus for data input659US 5,305,017 A1994
- Image controller575US 9,081,426 B2Anascape, Ltd. · 2015
- Capacitive position sensor496US 6,288,707 B12001
- Hand held remote control device with trigger button470US 5,724,106 AGateway 2000, Inc. · 1998
- Capacitive position sensor423US 6,535,200 B22003