Keyboard illuminator and a method for illuminating a keyboard
AssigneeWillard H. Wattenburg
InventorWillard H. Wattenburg
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Abstract
A keyboard illuminator and a method for illuminating a keyboard for use by a computer user operating a computer having a keyboard, a housing and a display that emits light. The keyboard illuminator includes a rigid planar member that is at least partially transmitting and at least partially reflecting and an apparatus for mounting the member on the housing. The member is mounted so that the member is disposed at an angle to the display screen between the display screen and the user such that at least a portion of light emitted by the display screen is reflected onto the keyboard to illuminate the keyboard for operation.
Claims24
A keyboard illuminator for use by a computer user operating a computer having a keyboard, a housing and a display screen that emits light comprising a rigid planar member that is at least partially transmitting and at least partially reflecting and means for mounting the member on the housing so that the member is disposed at an angle to the display screen between the display screen and the user such that at least a portion of the light emitted by the display screen is reflected by the member onto the keyboard to illuminate the keyboard for operation.
A keyboard illuminator for use by a user of a computer having a keyboard and a display screen that emits light comprising a rigid planar member that is at least partially reflecting and a mounting mechanism adapted for mounting the member to the computer at a position relative to the display screen so that at least a portion of the light emitted from the display screen is reflected by the member onto the keyboard so as to illuminate the keyboard for operation.
A method of illuminating a keyboard of a computer having a housing and a display screen that emits light such that a user of the computer can view the keyboard when there is insufficient ambient light comprising mounting a rigid planar member that is at least partially reflecting and at least partially transmitting to the housing, positioning the member so that the member is disposed at an angle to the display screen between the display screen and the user such that at least a portion of the light emitted by display screen is reflected by the member onto the keyboard illuminating the keyboard for operation and transmitting a portion of the light emitted by the display screen through the member to be viewed by the user.
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