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US 12,646,667 B2Granted
Modified tactile input attachment and device
AssigneeTippy Type LLC
InventorSara Young
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Abstract
Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with a modified tactile input attachment and device are described. In one embodiment, the modified tactile input may be a keyboard cover that includes an operator side having a plurality of keycap regions with each keycap region having a vertical structure. The keyboard cover further includes a device side having a plurality of keyplate regions that vertically align with and correspond to each of the plurality of the keycap regions. The keyplate regions may be configured to contact and receive a key of a keyboard.
Claims20
A keyboard cover, comprising:
- a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the first surface having a plurality of keycap regions and the second surface having a plurality of keyplate regions;
- wherein the first surface includes an input surface portion between the plurality of keycap regions that is configured to be substantially flat on a keyboard;
- wherein each keyplate region of the plurality of keyplate regions vertically aligns with and corresponds to each keycap region of the plurality of the keycap regions;
- a plurality of vertical structures disposed on the first surface, each vertical structure of the plurality of vertical structures being disposed in and corresponding to each keycap region of the plurality of keycap regions;
- wherein each keyplate region of the plurality of keyplate regions includes and corresponds to each key cover of a plurality of key covers, and a corresponding key cover of a corresponding keyplate region is configured to contact and receive a corresponding key of the keyboard;
- wherein the corresponding surface feature key cover of the corresponding keyplate region is wider than a corresponding vertical structure disposed in a corresponding keycap region that corresponds to the corresponding keyplate region;
- and
- wherein an upper surface of the corresponding keycap region is configured to be substantially flat and correspondingly aligned with the input surface portion.
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A method of forming a keyboard attachment, the keyboard attachment covering or replacing one or more keys of a keyboard, the method comprising:
- forming one or more vertical structures on a first surface of a substrate, the first surface having one or more keycap regions;
- wherein a vertical structure of the one or more vertical structures is formed in a keycap region of the one or more keycap regions;
- forming one or more surface features on a second surface of the substrate, the second surface being opposite to the first surface and comprising one or more keyplate regions, wherein a keyplate region of the one or more keyplate regions includes a surface feature of the one or more surface features, wherein the keyplate region is formed to vertically align with the keycap region;
- wherein the surface feature is configured to overlay a keypress region or facilitate a key press of a key of the keyboard to communicate a keypress on the keyboard;
- wherein the keyplate region is wider than the vertical structure formed in the keycap region;
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- wherein the surface feature is formed to include one or more protrusions that extend vertically from or horizontally with respect to a base surface portion of the keyplate region that is opposite to an upper surface of the keycap region.
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A keyboard, comprising:
- a plurality of keys disposed on a panel, wherein a first set of keys of the plurality of keys includes a first keycap region and a first vertical structure, wherein the first vertical structure extends from a first upper surface of the first keycap region;
- wherein a second set of keys of the plurality of keys includes a second keycap region and a second vertical structure, wherein the second vertical structure extends from a second upper surface of the second keycap region;
- wherein a width of the second upper surface is different from a width of the first upper surface;
- wherein the first vertical structure is disposed in a central region of the first keycap region;
- wherein the first vertical structure forms a shaped structure that extends vertically from the first upper surface of the first keycap region;
- wherein the first upper surface of the first keycap region is wider than the shaped structure;
- wherein a height of a wall of the first keycap region that extends from a base surface portion of the panel to the first upper surface of the first keycap region is less than a height of the shaped structure from the first upper surface of the first keycap region to an input key top surface of the shaped structure.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.