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US 6,686,908 B1Granted
Tablet type key input device and information terminal device
AssigneeFunai Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorHideo Kobayashi
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Abstract
A key input device 1 is provided with a transparent tablet 1b, and when an IC card 2 is inserted from an insertion inlet 1c and set in the key input device 1, characters or numerals 20 printed on the surface of a card 2 are represented in the tablet 1b as a key operational portion. The IC card 2 stores therein a program for assigning the keys represented in the tablet 1b to the predetermined functions. When the key portion of the tablet 1b is pushed, a code signal corresponding to its key is generated.
Claims6
A tablet type key input device comprising:
- an insertion inlet into which information memory medium having a plurality of marks displayed on a surface thereof is inserted;
- a transparent tablet in which the marks of the information memory medium inserted into said insertion inlet are represented as a key operational portion;
- a reading portion for reading a program recorded in said information memory medium;
- a memory portion for storing the program read by said reading portion therein;
- a control portion for assigning each of said plurality of marks represented on said tablet to a corresponding one of a plurality of specific keys according to said program, and
- a transmit-receive portion for transmitting a signal corresponding to the key according to the operation of the assigned key and receiving the predetermined information from an external portion;
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- a display portion for displaying the received information, wherein a layout of the plurality of keys represented in the table is the same as that of keys displayed on the display portion.
5 more elements
The tablet type key input device comprising:
- an insertion inlet into which information memory medium having a plurality of marks displayed on a surface thereof is inserted;
- a transparent tablet in which the marks of the information memory medium inserted into said insertion inlet are represented as a key operational portion;
- a reading portion for reading an identification code recorded in said information memory medium;
- a memory portion in which a program for assigning each of said
- plurality of marks to a corresponding one of a plurality of specific keys is stored;
- a control portion for reading a program according to the identification code read by said reading portion from said memory portion and performing key assignment in accordance with the program, and
- a transmit-receive portion for transmitting a signal corresponding to the key according to the operation of the assigned key and receiving the predetermined information from an external portion;
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- a display portion for displaying the received information, wherein a layout of the plurality of keys represented in the table is the same as that of keys displayed on the display portion.
6 more elements
A tablet type information terminal device comprising:
- an insertion inlet into which information memory medium having a plurality of marks displayed on a surface thereof is inserted;
- a transparent tablet in which the marks of the information memory medium inserted into said insertion inlet are represented as a key operational portion;
- a reading portion for reading information recorded in said information memory medium;
- a control portion for assigning each of said plurality of marks represented on said tablet to a corresponding one of a plurality of specific keys according to the information read by said reading portion;
- a transmit-receive portion for transmitting a signal corresponding to the key according to the operation of the assigned key and receiving the predetermined information from an external portion;
- and
- a display portion for displaying the received information, wherein a layout of the plurality of keys represented in the table is the same as that of keys displayed on the display portion.
4 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.