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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120013489 | Voting Device Including Dynamic Keypad And Gesture Voting A voting device and system for voting is described having a touch sensitive membrane input surface including at least one of an arc input and a slider input, at least one sensor for detecting movement and orientation of the voting device, and at least one transmitter. T... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20110227762 | Telephone Keypad with Quad Directional Keys A telephone keypad for one touch text messaging the QWERTY pattern of keys in a matrix of nine keys. Using the quad position biasing keys only one touch is needed for each character, so in use to input the letter “C” you touch one key one time, decreasing the time s... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110205161 | VERSATILE KEYBOARD INPUT AND OUTPUT DEVICE A versatile keyboard input and output device is described. The keyboard device includes a housing having a plurality of buttons, with each button individually clickable, and a capacitive sensing element under each button for touch sensing. The versatile keyboard input a... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110074685 | Virtual Predictive Keypad Devices and methods are disclosed which relate to improving the efficiency of text input by generating a dynamic virtual keyboard. Certain examples display a soft keyboard on a touchscreen of a text-entry device. The touchscreen works with the soft keyboard as a form of... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110063141 | ADAPTABLE KEYBOARD SYSTEM A system for adapting a keyboard display to a definable input language is provided. The system includes an adaptable keyboard comprising keys; a software application, operatively associated with the adaptable keyboard; and a computerized system enabling to receive data ... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110001641 | Electronic Device Equipped with Programmable Key Layout and Method for Programming Key Layout An electronic device equipped with programmable key layout in provided, which includes a microprocessor, a sensor point array assembly, and a memory module. The sensor point array assembly is electrically coupled to the microprocessor through an interface circuit. A plu... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100328110 | METHOD OF GENERATING AND PROVIDING A PASSWORD TO A HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE A method of providing a password to a handheld electronic device having a reduced keyboard and a non-predictive keystroke interpretation system, wherein the reduced keyboard is of a particular keyboard type and the non-predictive keystroke interpretation system is of a ... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100328219 | Method for Integrating an Imager and Flash into a Keypad on a Portable Device An improved mobile electronic device 100 with a unique thin and cost-effective form and design can have a large display 170 and a large full qwerty keypad 138. The keypad can have a camera 156 and flash 154 with a light barrier 158.... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100289749 | KEY INPUT INTERFACE METHOD A key input interface method is provided. The key input interface method includes allocating key elements belonging to either a first group or a second group to a key array; and processing a key element allocated to a selected key as input, wherein the key element belon... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100265107 | SELF-DESCRIPTION OF AN ADAPTIVE INPUT DEVICE Methods and systems for self-description of an adaptive input device to a host computing device are herein provided. One exemplary adaptive keyboard includes one or more depressible keys and one or more touch regions, where each touch region is configured to positionall... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100245134 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURATION OF A CONTROLLING DEVICE TO ENABLE SELECTION OF MEDIA STREAMS A controlling device has a configurable key. An overlay, such as a sticker, is provided to the configurable key and includes an indicia representative of media content and machine readable data indicative of an identity of the media content represented by the indicia. A... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100214135 | DYNAMIC REAR-PROJECTED USER INTERFACE A dynamic projected user interface includes a light source for generating a light beam and a spatial light modulator for receiving and dynamically modulating the light beam to create a plurality of display images that are respectively projected onto a plurality of keys ... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100127988 | KEY INPUT DEVICE AND CHARACTER INPUT METHOD USING CENTER KEY The present invention relates to a character input device and method using a plurality of center keys and a plurality of space keys. The present invention provides a character input device and method having a center key located at its central part and a plurality of per... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100109920 | SECURITY - INPUT KEY SHUFFLE An electronic device and method for securely entering textual input into the device. An electronic device has a keypad area and a plurality of keys disposed within the keypad area, each key having a character associated therewith and the characters being arranged on the... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100079310 | ADAPTIVE KEYBOARD FOR ULTRA-MOBILE DEVICES A method is provided. The method includes receiving inputs typed by a user of a keyboard and analyzing the inputs to identify typing errors made by the user. The method also includes customizing a layout of the keyboard to reduce the identified typing errors.... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20100060491 | Operating apparatus and electronic device having the same Disclosed herein are an operating apparatus and an electronic device having the same. According to the operating apparatus, key values of a button can be variably changed each time a key value changing button is pushed so that the button can have several key values. Acc... | 03/11/2010 |
| 20100052951 | NINE SENSOR DATA ENTRY KEYBOARD AND CONTROL MEANS This invention relates to methods of using nine sensors, preferably a centrally located sensor surrounded by eight adjacent sensors, to produce data. This invention also relates to methods of producing data using a multi-tap data entry method using nine sensors, a simul... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100026531 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE The application provides an electronic device. The electronic device includes a main body and a cover. The main body has a sheet and the sheet includes a first key set and a second key set. The cover, slidably disposed on the main body between a first configuration and ... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20100007530 | ALPHABET INPUT DEVICE AND ALPHABET RECOGNITION SYSTEM IN SMALL-SIZED KEYPAD Disclosed herein are an alphabet input device and an alphabet recognition system in a small-sized keypad. The device includes: a first keypad part comprising a plurality of buttons each of which is assigned with a symbol extracted from strokes of alphabet characters so ... | 01/14/2010 |
| 20090315741 | METHOD OF PROVIDING MORE BIGGER EFFECT OF BUTTON The present invention has to do with the method of increasing the efficiency of buttons on electric and electronic devices. To elaborate, the purpose of the invention is to enhance convenience and efficiency by improving areas of difficulty when operating buttons on com... | 12/24/2009 |
| 20090284397 | Keypad structure with multi-mode display function A keypad structure with multi-mode display function includes: a keypad layer having a plurality of key pressing positions; and a plurality of indicating unit in installed a multilayer form and under the keypad layer, and each having a light emitting element; and a light... | 11/19/2009 |
| 20090278713 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED METHOD ENABLING TEXT INPUT IN A LANGUAGE EMPLOYING NON-ROMAN CHARACTERS A handheld device includes a plurality of input members, a first set of which each have a Roman character assigned thereto, a least some of which have a first non-Roman, second non-Roman character, and third non-Roman characters assigned thereto. The device is switchabl... | 11/12/2009 |
| 20090231283 | Colored Morphing Apparatus for an Electronic Device A user interface (200) for a portable electronic device (100) is configured to transition from a first state to a second state to present a plurality of mode-based user actuation targets to a user. The user interface (200) includes a segmented elect... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20090179781 | SHEET, KEYBOARD, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS A sheet or overlay has plasticity and covers a keyboard including a plurality of keys, provided with a standard key indication based on a given language environment. The sheet has regions facing the keys on the keyboard, and an optional key indication based on a languag... | 07/16/2009 |
| 20090183098 | Configurable Keyboard An information handling system provides a graphical user interface for customization of a keyboard layout. Individual key sizes, shapes, icons, functions, and other characteristics can be created via the GUI. The customized layout can be stored at the information handli... | 07/16/2009 |
| 20090179780 | HAND-HELD THUMB TOUCH TYPABLE ASCII/UNICODE KEYPAD FOR A REMOTE, MOBILE TELEPHONE OR A PDA A hand held thumb touch typable ASCII/UNICODE keyboard that has an alphanumeric keypad having multiple quad keys and multiple dual keys, and a navigation keypad having multiple dual keys and single-function keys. Each corner of one of the quad keys or dual keys of the a... | 07/16/2009 |
| 20090174581 | INPUTTING METHOD OF COMPUTER AND MOBILE TELEPHONE An inputting method of computer and mobile telephone is disclosed. It is necessary for this method that there are 36 base codes and 5 single strokes. The base codes and the single strokes are configured on the 10 digits keys. It can input character without picking up it... | 07/09/2009 |
| 20090160681 | Numeiric keyboard device with voice interaciton and the method thereof The numeric keyboard device of the present invention includes a key matrix, an audio I/O module for sending and receiving audio signals, an audio microprocessor for processing audio signals sent and received by the audio I/O module, an MCU that scans the key status of t... | 06/25/2009 |
| 20090153481 | DATA OUTPUT DEVICE HAVING A PLURALITY OF KEY STICK DEVICES CONFIGURED FOR READING OUT DATA TO A USER AND METHOD THEREOF A data output device and associated method for reading out data to a computer user. The data output device includes a keyboard having a plurality of key stick devices configured for reading out data. Each key stick device is coupled to a key stick positioning actuator t... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090135029 | Handheld Electronic Device That Has A Keypad Which Can Be Rendered Ineffective, And Associated Method An improved handheld electronic device is movable among a retracted configuration and a deployed configuration. Several different exemplary embodiments are described, some having two members, others having more. In one embodiment, certain features or objects are unavail... | 05/28/2009 |
| 20090128372 | Metal Keypad Panel Structure With Micropore Array A metal keypad panel structure with a micropore array includes a metal keypad panel, a filling, a pattern layer, a backlight module and an electric signal module. The metal keypad panel has micropores filled with the filling. The pattern layer is on a side of the metal ... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090128509 | EXTERNALLY RECONFIGURABLE INPUT SYSTEM An externally reconfigurable input system for an electronic device is provided. The input system has the flexibility of receiving input via an input interface with the guidance of key-based substrate overlay positioned proximate a sensor array that is coupled to a print... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090128371 | Electroluminescence Device An electroluminescence device includes a first electroluminescence part, a second electroluminescence part, a key layer, a direction detecting module, a circuit switch module and a touch induced circuit. The first electroluminescence part and the second electroluminesce... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090115644 | METHOD FOR INPUTTING CHARACTER A method for inputting a character adapted for a handheld electronic device is provided. In the present method, a reference plane is determined first. Then, a tilting angle and a tilting direction of the handheld electronic device deviating from the reference plane are ... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090115641 | POSITIONING STRUCTURE FOR EXTERNAL KEYPAD ASSEMBLY A positioning structure (30) for an accessory keypad assembly (20) is provided. The accessory keypad assembly includes an upper shell (21) and a lower shell (22). The positioning structure includes a first mounting portion (231), a sec... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090102685 | DATA INPUT INTERFACE AND METHOD FOR INPUTTING DATA The invention relates to a data input interface arranged to input data comprising a first set of keys, wherein all or a majority of the keys is adapted to indicate an input of a first set of symbols, arranged in a first structure, and a second set of keys, wherein all o... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20090073004 | FULLY CONFIGURABLE TRADING KEYBOARD The present invention provides a trading keyboard that can be configured both physically and functionally according to a user's preferences. The trading keyboard preferably includes self-identifying key covers that can be physically arranged on any of the keyboard's key... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090066543 | METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING DYNAMIC PSEUDORANDOM KEYBOARD REMAPPING A method of implementing dynamic pseudorandom keyboard remapping of a system including a keyboard in communication with an operating system of a computing device includes encrypting an original keyboard scan code corresponding to each of a plurality of keyboard keys, us... | 03/12/2009 |
| 20090058690 | Mobile Wireless Communications Device Providing Enhanced Predictive Word Entry and Related Methods A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable, handheld housing, and a display and keyboard carried by the portable, handheld housing. The keyboard may include a plurality of multi-symbol keys each having indicia of a plurality of respective symbols the... | 03/05/2009 |
| 20090051572 | MAPPING ALPHABETIC CHARACTERS TO A NUMERIC KEYPAD A keypad comprising a plurality of numerically labeled keys; wherein each key on a numeric keypad as mapped to letters of alphabet in a language, wherein a plurality of alphabetic letters are assigned to at least one key on the numeric keypad; wherein a first alphabetic... | 02/26/2009 |
