Coded data generation or conversion – Bodily actuated code generator – Including keyboard or keypad
Patent
1994-04-13
1995-05-09
Peng, John K.
Coded data generation or conversion
Bodily actuated code generator
Including keyboard or keypad
345168, 400489, H03K 1794, B41J 508
Patent
active
054144221
ABSTRACT:
A computer system includes a pointing device and a data manipulation keypad on opposite sides of a keyboard. The data manipulation keypad may be either a stand alone unit or attached to the keyboard. A user operates the pointing device with one hand to designate data on a display, and then presses keys with the other hand on the data manipulation keypad to expediently perform data manipulation operations, such COPY or DELETE, on the designated data. Each of the keys on the data manipulation keypad generates keyboard equivalent signals for different data manipulation operations.
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Mullen Jr. Thomas J.
Peng John K.
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