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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5063484 | Remote control unit A remote control unit which is simple in structure and free from the possibility of disconnection and has a stabilized illumination function. The remote control unit comprises a body case having a recess and having a plurality of push-button switches disp... | 11/05/1991 |
| 5059960 | Control panel A control panel includes electronically addressable display means and a removable opaque overlay. The overlay has transparent graphics indicating machine options for primary functions. The machine options are selectively backlit by the display means to in... | 10/22/1991 |
| 5038401 | Transmitter for remote control with operation switches having changeably displayed forms In the transmitter for remote control, a frequency at which an individual key switch is operated is counted, and a display formation of operation contents corresponding to the individual key switches is changed in accordance with the frequency. The change... | 08/06/1991 |
| 5034602 | Optically activated keyboard for digital system having character back lighting An optically activated keyboard having key members, each with a key pad having illuminated symbols at the keypad surface and for contact with the finger of the operator. A plunger is secured to the key pad for operating a device to indicate which key has ... | 07/23/1991 |
| 5021640 | Apparatus capable of being operated as both a bar code reading device and a manual keyboard A bar code reading device includes a code reading section for reading a bar code attached to an article by emitting a light beam through a window and receiving therethrough the light beam reflected from the bar code, and a manual input section for inputti... | 06/04/1991 |
| 4992779 | Information input device In an information input device for inputting information in an information processing apparatus by means of contact on an input surface provided on a display picture, an input-prohibiting area is provided on the input surface in response to setting a clea... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4973960 | Data entry method and apparatus A housing includes a liquid crystal display, a keypad and a three ring notebook a plurality of pages therein. Each page includes a plurality of descriptors. A touch sensitive linear potentiometer is affixed to the housing adjacent a page bay into which th... | 11/27/1990 |
| 4971406 | Telephone order entry system and terminal therefor In an exemplary data entry terminal, the keyboard, display module, and terminal processor board form respective subassemblies which can readily be disconnected from each other electrically and slidably removed from respective channels of a U-shaped housin... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4965557 | Interactive control of entertainment electronics apparatus The application describes how the control of entertainment electronics apparatus or combinations thereof can be simplified to the point that even an unpracticed user can make all necessary or desired adjustments as easily as possible. Even in a large comb... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4964075 | Software and hardware independent auxiliary user programmable intelligent keyboard This device is an add-on accessory for existing personal computer systems. This device is a user definable, keyboard MACRO storage device which operates independently of the hardware and software installed in the computer, plugs into the keyboard line of ... | 10/16/1990 |
| 4962530 | System for cryptographing and identification According to the invention, the keyboard consists of a matrix of keys and variable visible indicia. Each of the variable visible indicia is associated with a key. Upon each keystroke on the keyboard, the system randomly changes the positions of all of the... | 10/09/1990 |
| 4952932 | Information input apparatus An information processing system inputs information by touching the surface of a touch panel provided on the screen of a CRT display. This apparatus includes a mode setting device to set the cleaning mode of the touch panel on the screen of the CRT displa... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4942275 | Control panel face A control panel face for mounting at least one control member. The control panel face includes a base having a face surface onto which at least a portion of the control member is positioned, at least a portion of the face surface being magnetic; a flexibl... | 07/17/1990 |
| 4939514 | Foldable data collecting and processing device A foldable data collecting device includes a first case and a second case mutually connected in a foldable manner, and a plate hinged between the first case and the second case by an opening/closing support. A sheet-like keyboard is disposed on the surfac... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4916441 | Portable handheld terminal A handheld pocket terminal (22) having a display screen (40) and a bar code reader (42).... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4916740 | Input apparatus for computer An input apparatus for computers is interposed between a keyboard and the computer. This apparatus comprises: an area designating device on which a desired visible information sheet having predetermined visible information can be disposed and which output... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4914691 | Telephone dialing arrangement One of a pack of flexible cards is removed from a container and placed in a recess in a telephone set. The cards serve as small, portable directories for a plurality of subscriber numbers. Four repertory buttons take the form of a touch-sensitive keypad a... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4910504 | Touch controlled display device A touch controlled display device has, in one embodiment, two displaying segments disposed on the inside of a front cover window in an LCD unit. Further to causing the segments to display different sign information by providing them with different feeds, ... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4901364 | Interactive optical scanner system An interactive optical scanner system for use with a host computer or terminal comprising a central processor and a keyboard having a plurality of keyboard character and function keys to allow entry of keyboard character and function data to the central p... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4897651 | Key with selective symbol display and keyboard using such key The key comprises a movable part guided in a fixed support on a base plate and contacts which are closed when the key is depressed against the action of a return spring. The symbol associated with the key is displayed through a window in the key top by an... | 01/30/1990 |
| 4893115 | Touch sensitive visual display system A flat panel visual display system having orthogonally disposed display electrodes which are provided by display command signals from a computer to cause activation of portions of the display is provided with additional electrodes. The additional electrod... | 01/09/1990 |
| 4890832 | Compact electronic apparatus with removable processing units A compact electronic apparatus comprises a main unit having at least a power supplying section and a display, at least one of several processing units having a key input section and a memory adapted to be removably attached to the main unit and a connecti... | 01/02/1990 |
| 4885580 | Multi-function key input device A multi-function key input device having a touch panel serving as a key input means, which is operated separately according to different operational modes to display different symbols or matters with the aid of a central processing section, a memory secti... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4885575 | Method and means of displaying information Reprogrammable or softkeys are employed in a manner allowing significant flexibility in the display of information on a computer display means. Areas on the display corresponding to the softkeys are used to display the possible set of values of a paramete... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4885574 | Display and keyboard panel A display and keyboard panel for an electronic device such as a handheld or desktop calculator, the panel having a keyboard area and an indication area located in the vicinity of the keyboard area. The indication area has a plurality of key sections each ... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4882582 | Touch panel input device A transparent touch panel mounted on the screen of a display CRT of an automatic transaction device used for banking business detects push down of one of keys displayed on the screen. Among a number of keys displaying an operation manual and numbers, thos... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4879557 | General purpose keyboard for central processing unit with microprocessor and use of this keyboard with a microcomputer A general purpose keyboard for a central processing unit with microprocessor 9, characterized in that it includes at least one set 300 of variable allocation keys, a removable booklet 2 comprising at least two pages 20, 21 specifying allocation of the key... | 11/07/1989 |
| 4879548 | Flat keyboard arrangement A flat keyboard arrangement includes a color of blocks. Each block corresponds to a key unit and is liquid crystal display having a screen divided into a number capable of producing any natural color. A table is provided for storing color data of the bloc... | 11/07/1989 |
| 4878055 | Remote control device The remote control device is equipped with at least one movable panel arranged rotatably to cover an operation panel having a plural number of operation keys arranged thereon, so composed as to permit manipulating the operation keys from an upper side of ... | 10/31/1989 |
| 4870677 | Data/facsimile telephone subset apparatus incorporating electrophoretic displays There is disclosed a telephone subset which incorporates a high resolution electrophoretic display on the surface of a subset housing. The telephone subset includes a microprocessor which operates under the control of a mode selector. In this manner the d... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4866764 | Telephone A telephone has a first keypad provided with conventionally numbered touch tone keys. A second keypad has a plurality of transparent keys, each provided with a slot for the insertion of a small picture or symbolic representation. Optical fiber may be embe... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4862166 | Combination keyboard including plural stroke keys and plural touch keys Disclosed is an input device or keyboard for inputting into an electronic appliance, comprising stroke keys and touch keys disposed on a common circuit matrix of a flexible printed circuit board. Preferably, data inputting keys such as character keys are ... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4857914 | Access-control apparatus For use in access-control apparatus, the character-to-key assignment in a keypad for inputting an authorization or identification code is changed at specified events so as to scroll the array of assigned characters. The security offered by the device agai... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4855746 | Multiple device remote control transmitter A multi-device remote control transmitter has a first plurality of keys for controlling functions of a TV, a VCR and a Text service. A pair of slidable covers is provided in the housing for movement to two overlapping positions in which different second a... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4855740 | Keyboard In construction of a keyboard for word processors and computer machines, character patterns of different key arrangement modes are stored in different memories for selective read-out so that any key arrangement mode chosen by an operator should be visuall... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4853697 | Keyboard with manual-control keys combined with a display system A keyboard having a series of parallel bars capable of mechanical displacement by downward thrust under the pressure of the user's fingers, and a luminous display system in which a tactile electric control screen forms the top of the bars. Circuits are us... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4853494 | Information processing apparatus for inputting coordinate data selectively from either the obverse or the reverse surface of an input tablet An information processing apparatus includes a vibration pen for generating a vibration, a transmission propagation member with which the vibration pen is brought into contact so as to propagate the vibration generated by the vibration pen, sensors for de... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4853888 | Programmable multifunction keyboard A programmable, multifunction keyboard system in which the key configurations and the relationships between key configurations are fully specified by a data base. The keyboard system comprises a keyboard (16) having a plurality of keys (18), each key comp... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4849732 | One hand key shell A self-contained data terminal or typewriter keyboard completely operable by a single human hand for the input of information into a computer or other electronic device. The keyboard comprises five sets of keys, each set aligned respectively with the thum... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4846597 | Line printer panel and control system A system for controlling and displaying the printing format of dot matrix printers includes a microprocessor, a memory which is loaded with programs from replaceable software cards, and a control panel having a plurality of control buttons, an aligned dis... | 07/11/1989 |
