User programmable input apparatus with a keyboard

Details User programmable input apparatus with a keyboard User programmable input apparatus with a keyboard

2008-04-22

2008-04-22

Goins, Davetta W. (Department: 2612)

Coded data generation or conversion

Bodily actuated code generator

Including keyboard or keypad

C341S023000, C341S026000, C345S171000, C345S172000, C345S173000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07362244

ABSTRACT:
A user programmable input apparatus with a keyboard comprises several keys with one or more special keys thereof on the keyboard for input operations, a microprocessor to receive inputs from the keys when they are pressed, a nonvolatile memory programmable by operating the keys for users themselves to program or define key definitions or functions for the keyboard or to store data or microinstructions or other programs thereto, and a transmission arrangement connected to the microprocessor to output data to the computer system or other peripheral connected with the input apparatus.

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