Color-coded tactile data-entry devices

Details Color-coded tactile data-entry devices Color-coded tactile data-entry devices

2005-02-01

2005-02-01

Wu, Xiao (Department: 2674)

Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system

Display peripheral interface input device

Including keyboard

C345S169000, C345S170000, C345S176000, C434S227000, C434S233000, C400S487000, C400S489000, C341S073000, C341S020000, C341S021000, C341S022000, C084S423001, C084S478000, C084S47900R

Reexamination Certificate

active

06850225

ABSTRACT:
A data-entry device having manually operable input means arranged in zones for operation by corresponding fingers of a user. The device includes means for color coding such that each zone is assigned a color and successive zones display colors ordered according to their relative positions within a spectrum-ordered color pattern. In one embodiment the device includes a keyboard, such as for a computer or typewriter, wherein the keys of the keyboard are color-coded according to a spectrum-ordered color pattern. The invention also provides a method of color coding a data-entry device.

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