Coded data generation or conversion – Bodily actuated code generator – Including keyboard or keypad
Patent
1993-08-26
1996-03-19
Groody, James J.
Coded data generation or conversion
Bodily actuated code generator
Including keyboard or keypad
341 23, 345168, 400486, 400489, B41J 510
Patent
active
055006434
ABSTRACT:
A one hand, QWERTY keyboard angles the rows of keys away from the top and bottom parallel axes of the keyboard so as to eliminate ulnar-deviation of the actuating hand. This permits the orientation of the device to be parallel to the frontal plane of the body. Further, by positioning one or more keys on a front vertical surface of the keyboard, the thumb can actuate these keys in a natural-grasping, prehensile movement towards the fingers. The keyboard operates in two basic function modes. In a first mode, textual letters and symbols are input and in a second mode, numbers or symbols as for mathematical or scientific calculation are input. Once the user has turned on the device, the user can either press the "L" portion of a switch for letter usage or the "N" portion of the switch for number usage.
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Burgess Glenton B.
Groody James J.
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