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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7382291 | Numeric keypad having keys assigned multiple-strokes for ideographic character input A numeric keypad (100) for entering ideographic characters is provided. The numeric keypad (100) comprises a first set of input keys (102) corresponding to numerals 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, and a second set of input keys (104) corresponding to ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7287921 | Key array of keyboard A key array for a keyboard is provided having an input key section including a plurality of input keys. Each input key has a left key part, a central key part, and a right key part. A left control key is positioned on a left side of the input key section so as to co... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7195409 | Apparatus, method and program for producing small prints An apparatus, method and program produce small print including character string information in a plurality of languages together with a logo. A language converting function converts an input character string into another language. A multi-language printing function ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7104711 | Keyboard configuration system A system for configuring keyboards using both frequency and alphabetical bases, as well as the resulting keyboards. The Keyboard Configuration System uses alphabetized and frequency-based sets of keys. The relevant alphabet is analyzed for letter use on a frequency ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7048456 | Keyboard arrangement The invention relates to a keyboard arrangement and a method for detecting an input character. In particular the invention relates to a method and arrangement for reducing the number of keys in a QWERTY-keyboard (20) or the like. One idea of the invention is ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7013422 | Noise removal in multibyte text encodings using statistical models Disclosed is a method of validating a byte sequence having a plurality of states, the method comprising designating one or more noise states from among the plurality of states; generating a most probable state sequence for the byte sequence; utilizing said state seq... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7008127 | Keyboard configuration system A system for configuring keyboards using both frequency and alphabetical bases and the resulting keyboards. The Keyboard Configuration System uses alphabetized frequency-based sets of keys in rows in order to fulfill the requirement that the keyboard must provide a ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6982658 | Keypad layout for alphabetic symbol input Layouts for keypads are provided that have an improved combination of a regular of intuitive arrangement of alphabetic symbols of a language defined by letter characters of the Roman alphabet and an efficient distribution of the symbols to minimize input ambiguities... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6956559 | Character input apparatus An operation unit is provided with an operation body operated by hand, a first detection unit for detecting the inclination operation of the operation body, and a second detection unit for detecting the pushing-down operation of the operation body. Any of 26 alphabe... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6932525 | Keyboard arrangement for easy acquisition of typing skills A keyboard arrangement that assigns alphanumeric and special character symbols to keys based upon the shapes of the symbols in order to facilitate learning to type. Attribute classes are defined according to the number, position, direction, or contours of the line s... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6916129 | Printing device A printing device for printing labels comprises a memory for storing one or more character sets, each character set including at least a principle character and an additional character which is associated with the principle character; user input means having charact... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6874960 | Keyboard The present invention provides a keyboard that comprises a plurality of touch areas that represent symbols such as letters of the Latin script, Greek script, Hebrew script, Arabic script, or Cyrillic script. The touch areas are arranged in groups that include at lea... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6799914 | Arabic-persian alphabeth input apparatus The present invention relates to an Arabic-Persian Alphabet input apparatus having ten or more basic keys on which basic figures extracted from analyzed forms of the Arabic Alphabet are inscribed, respectively. The basic key input signals are combined to easily and ... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6632038 | Keyboard arrangement for easy acquisition of typing skills A keyboard arrangement that assigns alphanumeric and special character symbols to keys based upon the shapes of the symbols in order to facilitate learning to type. Attribute classes are defined according to the number, position, direction, or contours of... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6604878 | Keyboard input devices, methods and systems A keyboard and method for inputting graphical indicium representations of language characters formed from one or a combination of character units. The keyboard includes a plurality of keys, each key having at least one unit associated therewith but with s... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6340937 | System and method for mapping multiple identical consecutive keystrokes to replacement characters A computer implemented method for allowing the entry of text in any number of languages using any keyboard chosen by the user. The computer implemented method monitors a user's keystrokes detecting the entry of multiple identical consecutive keystrokes of... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6281884 | General Chinese phonetic keyboard setting apparatus A general Chinese phonetic keyboard setting apparatus enables the user to define a phonetic keyboard in a computer system. The user can define a key to correspond with a Chinese phonetic character (one key, one sound), or one key to correspond with severa... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6231252 | Character input system and method using keyboard A character input system (and method) is actualized using an "easy-to-operate" keyboard, which is downsized by reducing a number of keys and which has a good efficiency in performance and operation without increasing key-pressing numbers so much. The keyb... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6232956 | OHAI technology user interface A variety of methods and systems for presenting and delivering user application input choices. One-handed or vocal user input provides chords or syllables. The invention includes systems and methods for presenting user application input choices, chord or ... | 05/15/2001 |
| 5954437 | Computer keyboard system enabling users to locate keys of letters, radicals and phonetic symbols quickly A computer keyboard consists of keys which are arranged in groups according to five different patterns for enhancing the key-in efficiency. The first and the second patterns are respectively composed of four sets of specific keys which are arranged in gro... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5836705 | Keyboard arrangement to maximize typing speed and data entry and to ease transition from a qwerty keyboard A keyboard arranged for efficiency in learning and in operating. Home keys are assigned according to the frequency of use of the letters. A user can select a new format with eleven or more keys in the same location as the conventional typewriter letter fo... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5791792 | Ideographic typewriter and method Ideographic typewriter and method in which a set of characters are printed on a keyboard panel in optically readable form and scanned to provide a bit map of a character which is to be printed. A printer is actuated in accordance with the bit map to form ... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5724031 | Method and keyboard for inputting Chinese characters on the basis of two-stroke forms and two-stroke symbols The present invention relates to a method and a keyboard for inputting Chinese characters, which can input both simplified Chinese characters and their original complex forms. The invention defines 25 double strokes of the kind and 25-28 auxiliary roots c... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5623682 | Apparatus for processing documentary information An apparatus for processing document information includes a keyboard, for inputting characters of a plurality of languages, symbols relating to the pronunciation of the inputted characters, a selection key, and a key for inputting a nationality code, and ... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5498088 | Keyboard arrangement to maximize typing speed and ease of transition from a qwerty keyboard A keyboard arranged for efficiency in learning and in operating. Home keys are assigned according to the frequency of use of the letters. A user can select a new format with eleven or more keys in the same location as the conventional typewriter letter fo... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5481264 | Data inputting apparatus using rotary data drum In a data inputting apparatus, marks are represented in a matrix form on a surface of a cylindrical data drum. These marks are constructed of characters/symbols, character ornamentation symbols, and character type designation symbols. The data drum is rot... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5387042 | Multilingual keyboard system A multilingual keyboard system (10) including a customized keyboard unit (12) is provided to operate in conjunction with a central processing unit (14) and a logic system (16) having unique software in order to facilitate multilingual typing from a single... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5378068 | Word processor for generating Chinese characters A word processor for producing Chinese characters includes a standard United states keyboard, an internal memory unit for storing a dictionary of radicals of Chinese characters from which selected Chinese characters are derived, a screen and a memory disk... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5352050 | Keyboard arrangement to maximize typing speed and ease of transition from a QWERTY keyboard A keyboard arranged for efficiency in learning and in operating. Home keys are assigned according to the frequency of use of the letters. A user can select a new format with eleven or more keys in the same location as the conventional typewriter letter fo... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5236268 | Universal input method for Chinese characters An input method including a novel keyboard facilitates entry of Chinese characters into a computer. Character Roots or Radicals are selected in accordance with the first pen-stroke used by Chinese in writing such Root or Radical and those that begin with ... | 08/17/1993 |
| 5213422 | Bicameral pictographic-language keyboard A Bicameral Keyboard is provided for generating pictographic characters wherein twenty keys are sufficient to specify the roughly 3000 characters required for ordinary personal and business correspondence. The Bicameral Keyboard is compatible with pictogr... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5212638 | Alphabetic keyboard arrangement for typing Mandarin Chinese phonetic data The invention is an alphabetic keyboard arrangement for convenient and fast typing--for instructional, research or data entry purposes--the phonetic data or phonetic transcriptions of Mandarin Chinese in the pinyin romanization. Its distinguishing feature... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5197810 | Method and system for inputting simplified form and/or original complex form of Chinese character A method and a system for inputting both simplified form and original complex form Chinese character, comprises two dominent and highly efficient inputting methods and a plurality of auxiliary ones wherein 187 radicals have been selected. These radicals t... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5187480 | Symbol definition apparatus In a method and apparatus for assembling text in ideographic language characters, a computer processing apparatus is provided, which comprises a central processing unit to which are connected a program storage unit, a character storage unit, a display uni... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5137383 | Chinese and Roman alphabet keyboard arrangement An apparatus and method for encoding Chinese characters into a computer. Each character is divided into a leading part and a body part. The leading part is represented by one code element and the body part is represented by four code elements. The code el... | 08/11/1992 |
| 4920492 | Method of inputting chinese characters and keyboard for use with same An improved method for inputting Chinese characters into computers and the keyboard arrangement therefor wherein the Chinese characters, of which the numbers are enormous and the structures are complicated, are reduced to obtain only a few rules for input... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4722621 | Keyboard assembly and recording apparatus A keyboard assembly for selecting characters to be recorded includes a substrate carrying an array of characters arranged on one face thereof. A character selection device moves between advanced and retracted positions along each of two axes of the array ... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4723217 | Apparatus for outputting a character composed of basic symbols A character composed of basic symbols such as a Korean character is outputted by an apparatus so as to adjust to an outputted design or outputted design alteration. The apparatus includes an input device for inputting a plurality of binary codes, each bin... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4715736 | Process for determining optimum keyboard formats for a given language A keyboard arrangement suitable for use in typewriters, word processors, computer terminals and the like includes a number of manually actuable key members supported in a given array. Different letter formats can be selected for those key members correspo... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4689743 | Method and an apparatus for validating the electronic encoding of an ideographic character A method and apparatus for validating the electronic and coding of an incoming ideographic character, having a particular complexity and encoded according to a group of predetermined basic stroke elements and stroke sequencing rules to define an incoming ... | 08/25/1987 |
