G06F 3/023
Arrangements for converting discrete items of information into a coded form
Official title: Arrangements for converting discrete items of information into a coded form, e.g. arrangements for interpreting keyboard generated codes as alphanumeric codes, operand codes or instruction codes
G06F3/023 (Arrangements for converting discrete items of information into a coded form) appears on 6,364 US grants and 7,688 published applications in this corpus.
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| 2026 | 93 | 88 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Dynamic code resequencing for external input6 Oct 2026US 12,754,619 B1Google Inc.
- Keypad controller device29 Sep 2026US 12,748,501 B2
- Housing as an I/O device22 Sep 2026US 12,743,124 B2
- Information handling system secure keyboard with collapsible keys at a numberpad area22 Sep 2026US 12,743,556 B2Dell Products L. P.
- Information handling system keyboard with replaceable modular keys15 Sep 2026US 12,737,056 B2Dell Products L. P.
- Devices, Methods, and Graphical User Interfaces for Improving Text Content Generated Based on Decoded Brain Signals8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310294 A1Echo Neurotechnologies Corporation
- Spi keyboard module for a parking meter and a parking meter having an spi keyboard module8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310308 A1J. J. Mackay Canada Limited
- Differential capacitance sensing interfaces8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310322 A1Azoteq Holdings Limited
- System and Method of Action-Based Navigation Visualization for Supply Chain Planners and Specially-Abled Users1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299708 A1Blue Yonder Group, Inc.
- Wireless communication system using bridge device to couple notebook computer and smartphone24 Sep 2026US 2026/0288268 A1Pixart Imaging Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for integrating manual input3,711US 6,323,846 B1University of Delaware · 2001
- Operation of a computer with touch screen interface1,280US 7,614,008 B2Apple Inc. · 2009
- Peripheral data acquisition, monitor, and adaptive control system via personal computer1,227US 5,400,246 AAnsan Industries Ltd. · 1995
- Portable handheld terminal919US 4,916,441 ACliniCom Incorporated · 1990
- Graphical user interface with gesture recognition in a multiapplication environment760US 5,252,951 AInternational Business Machines Corporation · 1993