Coded data generation or conversion – Bodily actuated code generator – Including keyboard or keypad
Patent
1997-11-19
2000-04-18
Horabik, Michael
Coded data generation or conversion
Bodily actuated code generator
Including keyboard or keypad
200 5A, 200 86R, 708138, G06F 100
Patent
active
06052071&
ABSTRACT:
The present invention comprises a signal generator for sending an electrical signal from an expandable, flexible layer of material, the signal generator comprising an upper layer of flexible, resilient material and a lower layer of flexible, resilient material which between them define a cavity for enclosing an expandable material such as a cellular foam or gas, whereupon localized distortion of one of the layers of flexible material, effects a signal generation within the structure, which is transmissible through a proper circuit to an outside electrical device. A circuit may be arranged adjacent a plurality of said keys which senses when several of said keys are depressed in a skewed or sideways manner, so as to effect movement of a cursor or pointer on a monitor in communication with a processing unit and said keyboard.
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Crowley Robert J.
Halgren Donald N.
Halgren Don
Horabik Michael
Wong Albert K.
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