Electronic label type keyboard
OwnerYing-Zhang Luinventor
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Abstract
An electronic label keyboard includes a display unit disposed on each content area of a keyswitch, a microprocessor, an input module and an output module. The input module receives and reads at least one keyswitch content file provided by an external device, when the microprocessor is activated from a shutdown mode or a hibernate mode, it reads the file analysis software to analyze a keyswitch label content file and outputs a plurality of the keyswitch display signals, so that the output module controls the plurality of display units according to the plurality of keyswitch display signals to output label contents corresponding to the plurality of keyswitch display signals.
Claims8
An electronic label keyboard, wired or wireless connected to computer host, comprising:
- a plurality of keyswitches, wherein each keyswitch of the plurality of keyswitches has a content area respectively;
- a plurality of display units, respectively disposed on the content areas of the keyswitches, at least one of the plurality of display units outputting according to a keyswitch display signal, so that the at least one display unit located on the at least one of the plurality of keyswitches displays a marked content;
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- a keyswitch display content setting unit, including:
- a microprocessor having a storage module for saving file parsing software;
- a keyswitch content input module for receiving and reading at least one keyswitch label content file provided by the computer host, and saving the at least one keyswitch label content file in the storage module of the microprocessor;
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- a computer programed to function as a keyswitch content output module, wherein when the microprocessor is activated from a shutdown mode or a hibernate mode, the microprocessor reads file analysis software to analyze the keyswitch label content file saved in the storage module and outputs a plurality of the keyswitch display signals, so that the computer programed to function as the keyswitch content output module controls the plurality of display units according to the plurality of keyswitch display signals to output label contents corresponding to the plurality of keyswitch display signals,
- wherein the electronic label keyboard further includes a signal splitter connected with each of the plurality of keyswitches and the microprocessor and with the computer host, wherein one of the plurality of keyswitches has a switch keyswitch, and the switch keyswitch is used for a user to input a keyswitch display content switch signal, after the signal splitter receives the keyswitch display content switch signal, the microprocessor reads and parses the keyswitch label content file corresponding to the keyswitch display content switch signal saved in the storage module to output the plurality of the keyswitch display signals, so that, the computer programed to function as the keyswitch content output module controls the plurality of display units to output the label contents corresponding to the keyswitch display content switch signal according to the plurality of the keyswitch display signals, and the signal splitter notifies the computer host to execute a corresponding keyswitch display content switching process according to the keyswitch display content switch signal;
- wherein the plurality of keyswitches are further provided with a browsing keyswitch, the browsing keyswitch is used for the user to input keyswitch display content browsing signals, after the signal splitter receives the keyswitch display content browsing signals, the signal splitter notifies the computer host, so that a monitor of the computer host provides at least one design preview screen of a keyswitch display content according to the keyswitch display content browsing signals, which provides the user to design and browse the keyswitch display content to be displayed, and after the design is completed, the keyswitch label content file is generated;
- wherein the plurality of keyswitches have a download keyswitch for the user to input a keyswitch display content download signal, and the signal splitter receives the keyswitch display content download signal, the signal splitter notifies the computer host, so that the computer host downloads the keyswitch label content file completed by the user's design to the storage module for storage according to the keyswitch display content download signal;
- wherein at least one of the switch keyswitch, the browsing keyswitch and the download keyswitch is preset as a specific keyswitch to be used as a confirmation means of handshaking between the electronic label keyboard and the computer host before changing a display content of the specific keyswitch and changing a function of the specific keyswitch;
- thereby, when the user activates reading of the keyswitch label content file, switching of a key label content and changing of a keyswitch function on the electronic label keyboard, the computer host recognizes a keyswitch signal represented by the specific keyswitch after the key label content is switched.
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