Replaceable faceplates for peripheral devices

Details Replaceable faceplates for peripheral devices Replaceable faceplates for peripheral devices

2007-09-04

2007-09-04

Fernstrom, Kurt (Department: 3711)

Education and demonstration

Occupation

Keyboard operation

Reexamination Certificate

active

10871733

ABSTRACT:
Automatically determining which one of a plurality of functions is to be associated with a movable member of an electronic device, depending on which one of a plurality of faceplates is coupled to the electronic device. A selected faceplate is coupled to a keyboard or other electronic device with movable members such as keys, buttons, knobs, etc. Protrusions or other configuration characteristics of the faceplate interface with one or more faceplate sensors, such as switches, that detect which faceplate is coupled to the electronic device. Based on the state of the faceplate sensors, the electronic device selects a predefined code, such as a scan code, that represents the coupled faceplate. The selected predefined code is communicated to a host computing device according to a keyboard protocol such as PS/2 or universal serial bus (USB). Consequently, an individual function is associated with each movable member based on the coupled faceplate.

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