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US 2015/0277578 A1Published application
Touch type keyboard with embedded modifier keys
AssigneeSynerdyne Corporation
InventorsMark S. Knighton, Peter J. DeLaurentis, Mydul R. Islam
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Abstract
A keyboard having fewer than twelve keys that collectively provide single stroke access to every letter of an alphabet. At least some of the keys provide access to more than one letter with the different letters being accessible at different physical locations on the key. The keyboard provides access to additional function not available through any individual key when two or more keys are concurrently pressed. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
Claims5
An apparatus comprising:
- a keyboard with a plurality of independently moveable physical keys;
- wherein each letter of an entire alphabet is accessible by a single stroke actuation of one of the plurality of keys,
- wherein at least some of the keys allow access to more than one character from different areas on the surface of the respective key;
- wherein twelve or fewer keys provide single stroke access to the entire alphabet;
- and
- wherein two or more keys when pressed concurrently produce an additional function not present on any individual key.
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