Data input device
AssigneeKey Futures Limited
InventorMark Stephen Dressell
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Abstract
A data input device comprising a data input interface comprising user selectable zones arranged to define one or more fixed points, each of the fixed points being a point around which three or more of the zones are arranged. The device is arranged to associate a sequential selection of zones with an input code. The sequential selection comprises a clockwise and/or anticlockwise consecutive selection of the zones around at least one of the fixed points.
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A data input device comprising:
- a data input interface comprising user selectable zones arranged to define one or more fixed points, each of the fixed points being a point around which three or more of the zones are arranged;
- wherein the device is arranged to associate each of a plurality of unique sequential selections of two or more zones with a corresponding input code of a plurality of input codes, wherein a sequential selection comprises a clockwise and/or anticlockwise selection of the two or more zones around at least one of the fixed points;
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- wherein one or more sequential selections each begin and end with the same zone and comprise a selection of two or more zones in a clockwise direction around a fixed point followed by a retraced selection of the same two or more zones in an anticlockwise direction around the same fixed point, or alternatively a selection of two or more zones in an anticlockwise direction around a fixed point followed by a retraced selection of the same two or more zones in a clockwise direction around the same fixed point, to identify a single character or command.
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A data input device comprising:
- a data input interface comprising user selectable zones arranged to define one or more fixed points, each of the fixed points being a point around which three or more of the zones are arranged;
- wherein the device is arranged to associate a sequential selection of two or more zones with an input code, the sequential selection comprising a clockwise and/or anticlockwise selection of the two or more zones around at least one of the fixed points;
- wherein one or more of the outer zones has an associated user selectable run-off area, wherein the user selectable run-off area is selectable to indicate that the associated outer zone is to be used as the starting point for the next sequential selection.
A computer program on a carrier medium, the computer program comprising computer code to process a unique sequential selection received from a data input device comprising a data input interface comprising user selectable zones arranged to define one or more fixed points, each of the fixed points being a point around which three or more of the zones are arranged, wherein the device is arranged to associate each of a plurality of unique sequential selections of two or more zones with a corresponding input code of a plurality of input codes, wherein a sequential selection comprises a clockwise and/or anticlockwise selection of the two or more zones around at least one of the fixed points;
- and wherein one or more sequential selections each begin and end with the same zone and comprise a selection of two or more zones in a clockwise direction around a fixed point followed by a retraced selection of the same two or more zones in an anticlockwise direction around the same fixed point, or alternatively a selection of two or more zones in an anticlockwise direction around a fixed point followed by a retracted selection of the same two or more zones in a clockwise direction around the same fixed point, to identify a single character or command, the computer code being arranged to retrieve from a memory an input code associated with the unique sequential selection.
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