# US 2014/0193786 A1 · Keyboard training system and method

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- Number: US 2014/0193786 A1
- Document ID: US20140193786A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/145,036
- Filed: 2013-12-31
- Published: 2014-07-10
- Earliest claimed: 2013-01-09
- Assignees: Latkey Ltd.
- Applicants: Latkey Ltd.
- Inventors: DENIS IVANOV
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140193786A1

## CPC

- G09B 13/00: Teaching typing
- G09B: EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS (devices for psychotechnics or for testing reaction times A61B5/16; games, sports, amusements A63; projectors, projector screens G03B)

## Abstract

A computer console comprising a display, one or more speakers, a computer and a keyboard has key top stickers each applied each to a respective keyboard character key. Each respective key top sticker provides a cartoon image of an animal drawn in the shape of the underlying letter represented by the respective character key. The key top stickers are provided on a character key sheet respectively laid out to correspond with their position to be attached on the keyboard. A writing tablet can also be used by a student to provide a representation of a character to the computer. The computer employs an application program to provide audiovisual shows through the display and speakers indicative of a creature from the key top stickers indicating a character key to be pressed. The application program monitors the character keys pressed by the student and adjusts the audiovisual show in response.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A system for keyboard training, comprising:
a keyboard comprising character keys, each character key representing a letter to be typed;
a processor operable to receive typed characters typed upon the character keys of the keyboard;
a display screen operable to display images provided by the processor;
one or more speakers operable to produce sounds provided by the processor;
where
character keys stickers bearing creature representations are placed upon each of their respective character keys;
and where
the processor is operable to select a letter and to provide an audiovisual show through the display screen and/or the speakers to indicate to a student the character key that the students should press.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1 wherein the audiovisual show includes at least one of; animal sounds; static animal images; static animal cartoon images; animal video clips; animal cartoon clips; the sounds of the letter to be pressed; the name of the letter; a representation of the letter to be pressed; and a written image of the letter produced by the character key to be pressed.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1 wherein the creature representation for each respective character key is in the form of the shape of the letter represented by that character key.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1 wherein the processor is operable to determine whether or not a key pressed by the student corresponds to the creature represented by the audiovisual show; and wherein the processor is further operable to tailor the audiovisual show in response to the keyboard activity of the student.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1 further comprising a writing tablet operable to provide representation of a character written there on to the processor; the processor being operable to determine whether or not the written character from the writing tablet corresponds to the character represented by the audiovisual show.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1 wherein the creature representations are cartoon representations.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1 wherein the character keys stickers are provided on a character key sheet and laid out to correspond to the positions on the keyboard whereto they are to be attached.

### Claim 8

A method for keyboard training, comprising:
a step of a processor receiving typed characters typed upon the character keys of a keyboard comprising character keys, each character key representing a letter to be typed;
a step of displaying upon a display screen images provided by the processor;
a step of producing sounds provided by the processor on one or more speakers;
a step of attaching character keys stickers bearing creature representations upon each of their respective character keys;
and
a step of the processor selecting a letter and providing an audiovisual show through the display screen and/or the speakers to indicate to a student the character key that the students should press.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The method of claim 8 wherein the audiovisual show includes at least one of: animal sounds; static animal images; static animal cartoon images; animal video clips; animal cartoon clips; the sounds of the letter to be pressed; the name of the letter; a representation of the letter to be pressed; and a written image of the letter produced by the character key to be pressed.

### Claim 10 (depends on 8)

The method of claim 8 wherein the creature representation for each respective character key is in the form of the shape of the letter represented by that character key.

### Claim 11 (depends on 8)

The method of claim 8 including the steps of:
a step of the processor determining whether or not a key pressed by the student corresponds to the creature represented by the audiovisual show; and
a step of the processor tailoring the audiovisual show in response to the keyboard activity of the student.

### Claim 12 (depends on 8)

The method of claim 8 further comprising the steps of:
the processor receiving from a writing tablet a representation of a character written thereon; and
the processor determining whether or not the written character from the writing tablet corresponds to the character represented by the audiovisual show.

### Claim 13 (depends on 8)

The method of claim 8 wherein the creature representations are cartoon representations.

### Claim 14 (depends on 8)

The method of claim 8 further comprising the steps of;
providing the character keys stickers on a character key sheet; and
laying out the character key stickers to correspond to the positions on the keyboard whereto the respective character key stickers are to be attached.