Coded data generation or conversion – Bodily actuated code generator – Including keyboard or keypad
Patent
1996-11-07
1998-10-06
Horabik, Michael
Coded data generation or conversion
Bodily actuated code generator
Including keyboard or keypad
341 22, 345170, H03K 1794
Patent
active
058183612
ABSTRACT:
A display keyboard including a conventional keyboard having an upper edge, lower edge, and pair of side edges. A plurality of display keys are situated on the keyboard. Each display key has a liquid crystal display, light emitting diode display, or any future state of the art display invention situated thereon for depicting alphanumeric characters and indicia. Finally, for controlling the operation of the present invention, a conventional computer is connected to the keyboard and adapted to depict via the display keys characters and indicia relevant to the function of the key during a current software application. To prevent confusion and eliminate clutter, the display keys that are not relevant to the software are rendered blank. In essence, all of the keys of the display keyboard have display capabilities, but it is at the discretion of the manufacture which keys should be able to display.
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Horabik Michael
Wong Albert K.
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