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US 2026/0310307 A1Published application
Japanese pc keyboard and gaming keyboard
OwnerJong Heon LEE, Si Yeung LEE +1inventors
InventorsJong Heon LEE, Si Yeung LEE, In Oak KO
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Abstract
Disclosed in the present invention is a Japanese input device, wherein the Japanese input device comprises a first portion for inputting consonants and a second portion for inputting vowels, and comprises silent keys indicating Japanese syllables in combination with keys in the second portion. The Japanese input device may be implemented by being included in a PC keyboard or a gaming keyboard.
Claims8
A PC keyboard comprising a Japanese input device,
- wherein the Japanese input device includes:
- a first portion for inputting consonants;
- a second portion for inputting vowels;
- and
- a silent key for indicating Japanese syllables in combination with keys in the second portion,
- wherein the Japanese syllables are indicated using (a) consonant keys in the first portion and vowel keys in the second portion, or (b) the silent key and the vowel keys in the second portion, in which the syllables are not indicated when only one vowel key in the second portion is used, and
- wherein the consonant keys in the first portion and the vowel keys in the second portion are installed to correspond to English keys of the PC keyboard, and the first portion and the second portion are arranged such that a region surrounding the first portion and a region surrounding the second portion do not cross or overlap each other to allow the first portion and the second portion to occupy independent regions on the PC keyboard, respectively.
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A PC keyboard comprising a Japanese input device,
- wherein the Japanese input device includes:
- a first portion for inputting consonants;
- a second portion for inputting vowels;
- and
- a silent key for indicating Japanese syllables in combination with keys in the second portion,
- wherein the Japanese syllables are indicated using (a) consonant keys in the first portion and vowel keys in the second portion, or (b) the silent key and the vowel keys in the second portion, and the syllables are not indicated when only one vowel key in the second portion is used, and
- wherein the Japanese input device is installed at a position that does not overlap with the English keys of the PC keyboard, and the first portion and the second portion are arranged to allow the first portion and the second portion to occupy independent regions on the PC keyboard, respectively.
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A gaming keyboard comprising a Japanese input device,
- wherein the Japanese input device includes:
- a first portion for inputting consonants;
- a second portion for inputting vowels;
- and
- a silent key for indicating Japanese syllables in combination with keys in the second portion,
- wherein the Japanese syllables are indicated using (a) consonant keys in the first portion and vowel keys in the second portion, or (b) the silent key and the vowel keys in the second portion, in which the syllables are not indicated when only one vowel key in the second portion is used, and
- wherein the consonant keys in the first portion and the vowel keys in the second portion are arranged to allow the consonant keys and the vowel keys to occupy independent regions on the gaming keyboard, respectively.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.