Mobile device and key arranging method
First Claim
1. A mobile device comprising a portrait-oriented handheld housing, and keys mounted on the housing, said keys corresponding to keys mounted on a landscape-oriented keyboard of a personal computer, wherein each row of keys mounted on the keyboard is divided into at least two groups including a first group and a second group, the first group of keys being positioned along the width direction of the housing, the second group of keys being positioned along the width direction of the housing and arranged to be shifted in the longitudinal direction of the housing with respect to the first group of keys.
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Abstract
A mobile device includes a portrait-oriented handheld housing, and keys which are arranged in such a manner that keys mounted on a landscape-oriented keyboard of a personal computer are divided into a plurality of groups, each group of keys being shifted in a longitudinal direction of the housing with respect to one another. Therefore, the mobile device with a confined width can accommodate a key layout similar to the key layout of computer keyboard.
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14 Claims
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1. A mobile device comprising a portrait-oriented handheld housing, and keys mounted on the housing, said keys corresponding to keys mounted on a landscape-oriented keyboard of a personal computer,
wherein each row of keys mounted on the keyboard is divided into at least two groups including a first group and a second group, the first group of keys being positioned along the width direction of the housing, the second group of keys being positioned along the width direction of the housing and arranged to be shifted in the longitudinal direction of the housing with respect to the first group of keys.
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8. A key arranging method for arranging keys on a portrait-oriented handheld housing, the keys corresponding to keys mounted on a landscape-oriented keyboard of a personal computer, said key arranging method comprising the steps of:
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dividing each row of keys in the key layout of the keyboard into at least two groups;
positioning one group along the width direction of the housing as a first group of keys; and
positioning another group along the width direction of the housing as a second group of keys, and shifting the second group of keys in the longitudinal direction of the housing with respect to the first group of keys. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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