Keyboard layout
OwnerVictor Peterseninventor
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Abstract
There is provided herein an improved keyboard layout that has a particular alphabetical, numerical, functional and symbolic key layout that enhances keyboard layout compactness and hand specialisation. The symbolic key layout allows for the incorporation of a much larger symbol character set wherein more frequently used symbols are more readily accessible and more conveniently located. This particular layout may be overlaid with extended Latin and, in embodiments, Greek characters to facilitate typing of most Western European languages in ways which do not affect the symbol key layout, facilitates finding of extended characters and offers one-to-one key mappings between basic and extended symbols for each language.
Claims33
An improved keyboard layout comprising:
- at least 36 alphanumeric keys arranged to define a left-hand side alphabetical character typing zone and a right-hand side numeric keypad;
- a top row comprising 12 keys beginning at the left-hand side thereof with alphabetical characters starting with character Q and ending with character O and ending at the right-hand side thereof with three numeric characters;
- a middle row comprising 12 keys beginning at the left-hand side thereof with alphabetical characters starting with character A and ending with character L and ending at the right-hand side thereof with three numeric character keys;
- a bottom row comprising at least 11 keys beginning at the left-hand side thereof with alphabetical characters beginning with character Z and ending with character P and ending at the right-hand side thereof with at least three numeric character keys;
- a row of symbol keys arranged above the top row;
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- a right-hand side function key zone to the right of the numeric keypad comprising three function keys corresponding to each row.
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