Typewriting machines – Plural-key-actuated typewriter
Patent
1997-02-03
1999-11-30
Eickholt, Eugene
Typewriting machines
Plural-key-actuated typewriter
400485, 400486, 341 22, 36470915, 36470916, 364189, B41J 506, H03K 1794
Patent
active
059930896
ABSTRACT:
An alphanumeric data entry system for chordic keyboards permits the entry of vowels with the thumb and digits of the left hand and the entry of consonants with the thumb and digits of the right hand in combination with vowel chords from the left hand. Only the thumb, index, middle and ring digits of the left and right hands, respectively, are necessary for manipulation of 2 four-key sets. The keyboard can either be a conventional side-by-side keyboard or, alternatively, an 8 dot braille keyboard in which the two sets are arranged in two rows in a substantially parallel relationship to each other. The number mode is initiated by depressing all four digits of the right hand and then entering numbers beginning with the ring digit of the left hand as the lowest integer and proceeding in a reverse binary fashion from left to right with the numbers 0 through 9 entered by the left hand. The system can switch functions by depressing the index, middle and ring digits of the right hand and then entering the desired function code with the digits of the left hand. Some of the other functions possible are common math operators, containment chords, movement chords, operating chords, monetary and graphic chords, foreign language chords, etc. Because of the left to right nature of the data entry, the system is relatively easy to learn and fast to use. It is especially suited for handicapped and sight disabled individuals as a substitute for braille.
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Eickholt Eugene
Sutton Ezra
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