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US 11,635,824 B1Granted
Mechanical key state modifier component
AssigneeLenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
InventorsKevin W Beck, Thorsten Stremlau, Russell Speight VanBlon
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Abstract
One embodiment provides a device, including: a mechanical keyboard; a key state component mechanically co-located with each of a plurality of keys of the mechanical keyboard, wherein the key state component changes state between at least actuated and unactuated; a processor; a memory device that stores instructions executable by the processor to: detect an input to change a state of the key state component for at least one of the plurality of keys; and change, responsive to the input, the state of the key state component for the at least one of the plurality of keys. Other aspects are described and claimed.
Claims20
A device, comprising:
- a mechanical keyboard;
- a key state component mechanically co-located with each of a plurality of keys of the mechanical keyboard, wherein the key state component changes state between at least actuated and unactuated;
- a processor;
- a memory device that stores instructions executable by the processor to:
- detect an input to change a state of the key state component for at least one of the plurality of keys, wherein each of the plurality of keys comprises a plurality of holes, each of the plurality of holes located at a peripheral of a key and each of the plurality of holes having a corresponding key state component;
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- change, responsive to the input, the state of the key state component for the at least one of the plurality of keys, wherein the key state component corresponding to at least one of the plurality of holes protrudes through the at least one of the plurality of holes in an actuated state.
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A method, comprising:
- detecting an input to change a state of at least one key state component of a plurality of key state components, wherein each of the plurality of key state components are mechanically co-located with one of a plurality of keys of a mechanical keyboard, wherein the key state component changes state between at least actuated and unactuated, wherein each of the plurality of keys comprises a plurality of holes, each of the plurality of holes located at a peripheral of a key and each of the plurality of holes having a corresponding key state component;
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- changing, responsive to the input, the state of the key state component for the at least one of the plurality of keys, wherein the key state component corresponding to at least one of the plurality of holes protrudes through the at least one of the plurality of holes in an actuated state.
A product, comprising:
- a storage device that stores code, the code being executable by a processor and comprising:
- code that detects an input to change a state of at least one key state component of a plurality of key state components, wherein each of the plurality of key state components are mechanically co-located with one of a plurality of keys of a mechanical keyboard, wherein the key state component changes state between at least actuated and unactuated, wherein each of the plurality of keys comprises a plurality of holes, each of the plurality of holes located at a peripheral of a key and each of the plurality of holes having a corresponding key state component;
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- code that changes, responsive to the input, the state of the key state component for the at least one of the plurality of keys, wherein the key state component corresponding to at least one of the plurality of holes protrudes through the at least one of the plurality of holes in an actuated state.
1 more element
A device, comprising:
- a mechanical keyboard;
- a key state component mechanically co-located with each of a plurality of keys of the mechanical keyboard, wherein the key state component changes state between at least actuated and unactuated;
- a processor;
- a memory device that stores instructions executable by the processor to:
- detect an input to change a state of the key state component for at least one of the plurality of keys, wherein each of the plurality of keys comprises a clicker comprising a plurality of indents and wherein the key state component is located against one of the plurality of indents and moves to and is located against a different of the plurality of indents upon a change in state;
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- change, responsive to the input, the state of the key state component for the at least one of the plurality of keys.
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A method, comprising:
- detecting an input to change a state of at least one key state component of a plurality of key state components, wherein each of the plurality of key state components are mechanically co-located with one of a plurality of keys of a mechanical keyboard, wherein the key state component changes state between at least actuated and unactuated, wherein each of the plurality of keys comprises a clicker comprising a plurality of indents and wherein the key state component is located against one of the plurality of indents and moves to and is located against a different of the plurality of indents upon a change in state;
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- changing, responsive to the input, the state of the key state component for the at least one of the plurality of keys.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.