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US 2014/0237398 A1Published application
Adaptive Keyboard for portable device
OwnerScott C. Harrisinventor
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Abstract
An adaptive keyboard on a touch screen device. The keyboard can reuse key areas, can detect positions of fingers, and can make it in general easier for users to type.
Claims10
A computer, comprising:
- a display screen that displays an electronically configurable keyboard and detects actuations of the keyboard;
- a processor, running a stored program, and receiving inputs from said keyboard;
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- an electronically controllable actuator, adjacent said display screen, and operating based on commands from said processor to change the shape of a front portion of said display screen according to location where keys of the electronically configurable keyboard are displayed.
1 more element
A method of operating a computer, comprising:
- selecting a keyboard layout from a memory;
- displaying an electronically configurable keyboard on a display screen based on said keyboard layout;
- commanding a moving structure to change the shape of a front portion of said display screen according to location where keys of the electronically configurable keyboard are displayed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.