Communications: electrical – Continuously variable indicating – With meter reading
Patent
1994-07-25
1995-04-11
O'Shea, Sandra L.
Communications: electrical
Continuously variable indicating
With meter reading
34082568, 341 24, 345168, 3642344, 3642623, 3649285, H04Q 500, G08C 1900, H03M 1102, G06F 1326
Patent
active
054062730
ABSTRACT:
A data processing apparatus receives key codes corresponding to keys depressed on a plurality of keyboards. These key codes are sequentially stored in a first-in first-out (FIFO) buffer awaiting processing by a central processing unit (CPU). If successive key code entries correspond to an auto repeat key (e.g., a space key, a backspace key, an underline key, a move cursor key, etc.), a determination is made whether the auto repeat key codes are the same. If they are, the CPU processes the subsequent auto repeat key code. If they are different, the CPU ignores that auto repeat key input. In another embodiment of the present invention, one of the keyboards is hardwired to the data processing system while a second keyboard is connected via a wireless link. Auto repeat key codes are only accepted from the first wire-connected keyboard, and any auto repeat key codes from the second wireless keyboard are ignored.
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Kataoka Yoshito
Maekawa Yoshitugu
Nishida Hiroshi
Nishikawa Hirofumi
Nishimiya Kenji
O'Shea Sandra L.
Rinehart Mark H.
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
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