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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184022 | Method for automatically preferring a diacritical version of a linguistic element on a handheld electronic device based on linguistic source and associated apparatus A method for automatically preferring a diacritical version of a linguistic element on a handheld electronic device by utilizing a linguistic source. ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184021 | Keyboard with illuminating architecture A keyboard with illuminating architecture includes a keyboard portion and a substrate carrying the keyboard portion, wherein the keyboard portion includes a plurality of pressing elements for receiving a pressing force from the user and inter-dependent mechanisms re... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8179289 | Handheld electronic device with text disambiguation A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with disambiguation software. The device provides output in the form of a default output and a number of variants. The output is based largely upon the frequency, i.e., the likelihood tha... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8174409 | Lineographic alphanumeric data input system An alphanumeric data input system for entering text into portable electronic devices by making linear traces or taps with a thumb or finger on a touch sensitive lineographic keypad. This keypad is conveniently located on the upper and left part of the electronic dev... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8159371 | Systems and methods for semi-automatic dialing from a mixed entry sequence having numeric and non-numeric data A system and method for semi-automated dialing is provided. The system includes a display, and a standard keyboard upon which some keys have both a numeric and alphabetic interpretation. An input is received from the keyboard. A determination is made if the input co... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8144035 | Slim self-luminous keyboard structure A slim self-luminous keyboard structure comprises a keyboard unit and luminous units. The keyboard unit has a press plane containing a plurality of press members, and a baseplate is arranged below the press plane and supporting the press members. The luminous units ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8134482 | Method and system for reducing multiple keystroke output A method for reducing the erroneous display of multiple keystrokes on a target computer, that occur when depressing a key a single time on a Universal Serial Bus (USB) based keyboard from a remote computer. The invention eliminates the time lapse between the key pre... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8130122 | Input device with a flexible circuit board and related computer system An input device includes a body, and a flexible circuit board connected to the body and receivable inside the body. A plurality of keys is disposed on the flexible circuit board. The input device further includes a signal transmission module installed inside the bod... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8125354 | Complex switch control system A complex switch control system including many switches, a switching voltage control circuit and a comparator is provided. The switching voltage control circuit converts an operating voltage into a switching voltage according to the states of the switches. The compa... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8125355 | Qwerty-keyboard for mobile communication devices The invention relates to a mobile communication device, with a casing and a keypad comprising a plurality of keys and a plurality of rotatable key elements comprising a protrusion. Each key element is adapted to depress a first key in a first direction, when rotated... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8125356 | Electronic device providing a number input system An electronic device providing number input is an input combination of a number input system. The number input system comprises three horizontal elements and four vertical elements arranged in the shape of the number “8.” The electronic device provides a mechani... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8115658 | Handheld electronic device providing confirmation of input, and associated method A letter confirmation system is provided on a handheld electronic device. The letter confirmation provides highlighting of various letters that have been input to the handheld electronic device during a string of member input actuations. The letter confirmation syst... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8111175 | Reduced keyboard character selection system and method A system and method of selecting a character for display in a communication device having a display and a reduced-key keyboard is provided. One of the plurality of keys on the reduced-key keyboard is selected and a default letter associated with the selected key is ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8102283 | Keypad assembly and portable electronic device using the same A keypad assembly (20) including a key module (30) and a base unit (90) is described. The key module includes an operating surface (31), and the operating surface has a keypad (32) disposed thereon. The key module is rotatably and ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8102284 | Handheld electronic device with disambiguation of compound word text input A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with disambiguation software that is operable to disambiguate compound word text input. The device provides output in the form of a default output and a number of variants. The output is ... | 01/24/2012 |
| RE43082 | Touch-typable devices based on ambiguous codes and methods to design such devices The design of typable devices, in particular, touch-typable devices embodying ambiguous codes, presents numerous ergonomic problems. Solutions for these problems are herein disclosed. This invention teaches methods for the selection of ambiguous codes from the class... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8089376 | RFID based keyboard An RFID keyboard comprising a base with a first antenna and; keys with secondary antennas wherein a key is normally in a first position such that the resonant frequency is away from an interrogation frequency and no signal for the key is detected and wherein when th... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8081091 | Secure keypad scanning A secure key scanning functionality drives the row lines and column lines of a key switch array with randomized pulses of different polarities, and drives signals in one direction from a row line through a pressed key and to a column line as well as in an opposite d... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8081090 | Method of transmitting key code of hot key from number pad In a method of transmitting key codes of hot keys from a number pad, the number pad includes at least one hot key and several key code sets corresponding to the hot keys. Each key code set has key codes formed and edited according to a first key code conversion tabl... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8077057 | Input device with palm detecting unit A capacitive input pad is provided at a position near input keys constituting a keyboard input unit. A left palm detecting unit and a right palm detecting unit are provided both sides of this input pad. When the left palm detecting unit and the right palm detecting ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8072355 | Reduced QWERTY keyboard system that provides better accuracy and associated method A handheld electronic device and an associated method are provided. The handheld electronic device includes a keyboard assembly, a display positioned adjacent the keyboard assembly, a processor structured to receive inputs from the keyboard assembly and to output to... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8068041 | Handheld electronic device and keypad having tactile features An improved handheld electronic device and keypad include tactile features that help a user to identify certain keys of the keypad. In the present exemplary embodiment, the keypad includes keys in a predetermined region that can be employed during a telephone operat... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8054205 | Method of composing and operating data input key array and apparatus employing the same An apparatus and method are provided for composing a data input key array with a plurality of keys wherein multiple character groups are assigned to respective ones of the plurality of keys, each of the multiple character groups comprising multiple characters. The m... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8044827 | Communication device and method for inputting and predicting text A communication device comprising an input device for inputting text character-by-character from a sequence of characters, a memory device for storing a plurality of reference character sequences of characters and a prediction device for comparing individual ones of... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8040261 | Handheld electronic device and method for disambiguation of compound text input employing different groupings of data sources to disambiguate different parts of input A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with disambiguation software that is operable to disambiguate compound text input. The device is able to assemble language objects in the memory to generate compound language solutions. T... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8035534 | Method for automatically preferring a diacritical version of a linguistic element on a handheld electronic device based on linguistic source and associated apparatus A method for automatically preferring a diacritical version of a linguistic element on a handheld electronic device by utilizing a linguistic source. ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8031087 | Detecting key actuation in a keyboard A system and method for detecting key actuation in a keyboard assembly, which, in one embodiment, is used as a conductor to electrically communicate with an information appliance. The rows in the keyboard assembly are electrically isolated from one another, and each... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8018355 | Handheld electronic device and method for dual-mode disambiguation of text input A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with disambiguation software that is operable to disambiguate text input. In response to an ambiguous editing input at a location preceding at least a portion of an output word, the softw... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7994943 | Handheld electronic device with text disambiguation A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with disambiguation software. The device provides output in the form of a default output and a number of variants. The output is based largely upon the frequency, i.e., the likelihood tha... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7978098 | Key input device Key switches SW1-SW6 short-circuit one ends of resistors R corresponding thereto and a termination of a resistor string unit STR1, in accordance with inputs made by keys KEY1-KEY6 assigned thereto, respectively. The keys KEY1 | 07/12/2011 |
| 7969329 | Handheld electronic device with text disambiguation A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with disambiguation software. The device provides output in the form of a default output and a number of variants. The output is based largely upon the frequency, i.e., the likelihood tha... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7956771 | Compact alphanumeric keyboard An apparatus comprises an input keypad having a plurality of keys. The input keypad outputs an output signal that is indicative of either a single depressed key or a plurality of depressed keys. The apparatus includes a processor for receiving the output signal by t... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7952495 | Data entry device and method A method and device for entering data is provided wherein the pressing of up to two combinations of proximate keys on a keypad concurrently sends a signal or signals from the keypad to a processor. The processor receives the signal or signals and identifies a charac... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7952497 | Handheld electronic device and method for disambiguation of compound text input for prioritizing compound language solutions according to quantity of text components A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with disambiguation software that is operable to disambiguate compound text input. The device is able to assemble language objects in the memory to generate compound language solutions. T... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7952496 | Handheld electronic device and associated method employing a multiple-axis input device and reinitiating a text disambiguation session upon returning to a delimited word A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with disambiguation software. The device provides output in the form of a default output and a number of variants. The output is based largely upon the frequency, i.e., the likelihood tha... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7944373 | Handheld electronic device and method for disambiguation of compound text input and for prioritizing compound language solutions according to completeness of text components A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with disambiguation software that is operable to disambiguate compound text input. The device is able to assemble language objects in the memory to generate compound language solutions. T... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7932839 | Mobile terminal and method for operating touch keypad thereof A mobile terminal and method for operating a touch keypad, the mobile terminal including a touch keypad, a touch sensor for sensing a signal inputted from a key selected by a user on the touch keypad and outputting location information corresponding to the selected ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7932840 | Systems and methods for changing characters associated with keys A mobile communication device may include logic configured to provide a first keypad layout via a programmable keypad using a first illumination source, receive a keypad selection and provide a second keypad layout via the programmable keypad using a second illumina... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7932841 | Wireless communication device including a universal keypad The present invention provides a multifunctional input device. The input device includes a functional mode which defines the mode of operation of the input device. Each functional mode includes one or more domain levels with each domain level containing one or more ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7911363 | Apparatus and method for inputting characters in portable electronic equipment An apparatus and method are provided for inputting characters in electronic equipment using a limited number of keys. A key input device may include a play/pause key (hereinafter, referred to as a ‘play key’), a repeat key, a record key, up/down/left/right arrow... | 03/22/2011 |
