Apparatus for braille input and method thereof
AssigneeBraillist Inc.
InventorJae Woo Ahn
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Abstract
A braille input device includes a keypad having a plurality of keys. The keypad includes: three left side corresponding keys corresponding to three dots disposed at a left side column of braille; three right side corresponding keys corresponding to three dots disposed at a right side column of braille; a plurality of left side multi keys, each left side multi key corresponding to two or more keys among the left side corresponding keys; and a plurality of right side multi keys, each right side multi key corresponding to two or more keys among the right side corresponding keys.
Claims16
A braille input device comprising:
- a keypad having a plurality of keys,
- wherein the keypad comprises:
- three left side corresponding keys corresponding to three dots disposed at a left side column of braille;
- three right side corresponding keys corresponding to three dots disposed at a right side column of braille;
- a plurality of left side multi keys, each left side multi key corresponding to two or more keys among the left side corresponding keys;
- and
- a plurality of right side multi keys, each right side multi key corresponding to two or more keys among the right side corresponding keys, and
- wherein the plurality of left side multi keys and the plurality of right side multi keys are disposed at columns different from each other.
A braille input device comprising:
- a key pad comprising a plurality of keys,
- wherein the keypad comprises:
- three left side corresponding keys corresponding to three dots disposed at a left side column of braille;
- three right side corresponding keys corresponding to three dots disposed at a right side column of braille;
- four left side multi keys, each of the four left side multi keys corresponding to plural keys among the left side corresponding keys, wherein the four left side multi keys comprise three keys, each of the three keys corresponding to two different keys among the left side corresponding keys and one key corresponding to all of the left side corresponding keys;
- and
- four right side multi keys, each of the four right side multi keys corresponding to plural keys among the right side corresponding keys, wherein the four right side multi keys comprise three keys, each of the three keys corresponding to two different keys among the right side corresponding keys and one key corresponding to all of the right side corresponding keys, and
- wherein the four left side multi keys and the four right side multi keys are disposed at columns different from each other.
A braille input method comprising the steps of:
- inputting at least one key of a key pad of a braille input device by a user;
- and
- outputting an input signal for inputting braille to a host device, the braille comprising
- a dot corresponding to the at least one key inputted into the braille input device,
- wherein the at least one key comprises at least one among three left side corresponding keys corresponding to three dots disposed at a left side column of braille and a plurality of left side multi keys, each left side multi key corresponding to two or more keys of the left side corresponding keys and at least one among three right side corresponding keys corresponding to three dots disposed at a right side column of braille and a plurality of right side multi keys, each right side multi key corresponding to two or more keys of the right side corresponding keys, and
- wherein the plurality of left side multi keys and the plurality of right side multi keys are disposed at columns different from each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.