Speed typing apparatus
OwnerMarvin Blumberginventor
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Abstract
A keyboard is provided having 26 letters assigned to only 17 to 21 keys, and preferably 21 keys. This advantageous system of typing makes use of either one or two hands. The 26 letters of the English alphabet are all displayed. Five keys have two letters—those letters are PQ, JK, UW, VX and YZ for a total of ten letters. Sixteen keys have one letter assigned to each key—namely the letters A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, L, M, O, N, R, S and T for a total of sixteen letters assigned to a specific key—for a total of 26 letters.
Claims11
A keyboard containing a plurality of letters on a pattern of keys, said keyboard comprising
- at least 19 and at most 21 keys, the keys being letter keys and including all letters of an alphabet, each of the letter keys including a representation of an alphabetical character and representing said alphabetical character when pressed,
- the keys being arranged in a core grouping including three groups of keys, with each of the three groups including an arrangement of three letters containing a set of alphabetically consecutive letters, the three letters in each group being included on a plurality of keys aligned in a row or a column,
- the three groups of the core grouping including the letters (1) A, B, and C, (2) D, E, and F, and (3) G, H, and I, in each group respectively, each of the three groups including three keys with one letter per key,
- at least three additional groups of letters, the additional groups of letters being arranged contiguously with respect to the core grouping and each other,
- the at least three additional groups of letters each include at least three letters on at least three keys with at least one letter per key,
- the at least three additional groups of letters being successively positioned adjacent to each other.
A keyboard containing a plurality of letters on a pattern of keys, said variable keyboard comprising
- 21 keys, the keys being letter keys and including all letters of an alphabet, each of the letter keys including a representation of an alphabetical character and representing said alphabetical character when pressed,
- the keys being arranged in a core grouping including three groups of keys, with each of the three groups including an arrangement of three letters containing a set of alphabetically consecutive letters, the vowels A, E and 1 being aligned consecutively between the three groups, a plurality of letters in each group being included on a plurality of keys aligned in a row or a column,
- the three groups of the core grouping including the letters (1) A, B, and C, (2) D, E, and F, and (3) G, H, and I, in each group respectively, each of the three groups including three keys with one letter per key,
- at least three additional groups of letters, the additional groups of letters being arranged contiguously with respect to the core grouping and each other,
- the at least three additional groups of letters each include at least three letters on at least three keys with at least one letter per key,
- the at least three additional groups of letters being successively positioned adjacent to each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.