US 2015/0089429 A1 · Very Thin Virtual Keyboards and Keyboard Locators

Abstract

There is proposed a digital processing device including a display incorporating a virtual keyboard locator, having an elongated shape extending along one side of the display. The locator includes—partly invisible keys, and—visible alphabetical characters arranged into three rows (upper, middle, and lower). The middle row's characters indicate locations of corresponding visible alphabetical keys, situated on the visible parts. The upper row's characters indicate locations of the partly invisible keys, located on the display partly outside and above the visible parts. The lower row's characters indicate locations of the partly invisible keys, situated on the display partly outside and below the visible parts. In embodiments, the middle row's characters are increased to be inserted between the upper and lower rows' characters providing compactness of the locator and an intuitive visual separation effect between the three rows. The three rows can be arranged in a conventional three-row Qwerty keyboard order.

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Dependent claims

A digital processing device comprising a display, said display includes an alphabetical keyboard locator;

said locator has an elongated shape extending along at least one side of said display;
said locator comprises:
at least partly invisible parts including at least partly invisible keys and/or a row of keys;
visible parts including a set of visible alphabetical characters arranged into three rows:
an upper row, a middle row, and a lower row, and wherein:
a) the alphabetical characters of the middle row indicate locations of the corresponding visible alphabetical keys and/or row of keys, situated at least on said visible parts;
b) the alphabetical characters of the upper row indicate locations of said at least partly invisible keys and/or row of keys, located on the display at least partly outside and above said visible parts;
and
c) the alphabetical characters of the lower row indicate locations of at least partly invisible keys, and/or row of keys, situated on the display at least partly outside and below said visible parts.

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Very Thin Virtual Keyboards and Keyboard Locators

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