Keyboard for a mobile device
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Abstract
An apparatus has a keyboard panel with a QWERTY array of alphabetic key actuation indicia. The apparatus further has a QWERTY array of keys that are free of alphabetic key actuation indicia, and are located adjacent to corresponding alphabetic key actuation indicia on the keyboard panel. Other parts of the apparatus include an output device responsive to actuation of the keys, and a processing device operatively coupled between the keys and the output device. Summarized alternatively, the apparatus includes a keyboard with keys arranged in arcuate horizontal rows. The keys in each row have centerlines projecting radially from a respective common centerpoint.
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37 Claims
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21. An apparatus comprising:
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a keyboard panel having a QWERTY array of alphabetic key actuation indicia;
a QWERTY array of keys that are free of alphabetic key actuation indicia and are located adjacent to corresponding alphabetic key actuation indicia on the keyboard panel;
an output device responsive to actuation of the keys; and
a processing device operatively coupled between the keys and the output device;
wherein the keys are horizontally spaced apart from each other in the rows of the QWERTY array, and the corresponding alphabetic key actuation indicia on the keyboard panel are located in the spaces extending horizontally between the keys; and
the keys on the left-hand side of the QWERTY array are located to the left of the corresponding alphabetic key actuation indicia on the keyboard panel, and the keys on the right-hand side of the QWERTY array are located to the right of the corresponding alphabetic key actuation indicia on the keyboard panel. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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23. An apparatus comprising:
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a keyboard panel having a QWERTY array of alphabetic key actuation indicia;
a QWERTY array of keys that are free of alphabetic key actuation indicia and are located adjacent to corresponding alphabetic key actuation indicia on the keyboard panel;
an output device responsive to actuation of the keys; and
a processing device operatively coupled between the keys and the output device;
wherein the keys are horizontally spaced apart from each other in the rows of the QWERTY array, and the corresponding alphabetic key actuation indicia on the keyboard panel are located in the spaces extending horizontally between the keys; and
the keys on the left-hand side of the QWERTY array are located on one side of the corresponding alphabetic key actuation indicia on the keyboard panel, and the keys on the right-hand side of the QWERTY array are located on the opposite side of the corresponding alphabetic key actuation indicia on the keyboard panel. - View Dependent Claims (24)
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25. An apparatus comprising:
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a keyboard panel having a QWERTY array of alphabetic key actuation indicia;
a QWERTY array of keys that are free of alphabetic key actuation indicia and are located adjacent to corresponding alphabetic key actuation indicia on the keyboard panel;
an output device responsive to actuation of the keys; and
a processing device operatively coupled between the keys and the output device;
wherein the keys are horizontally spaced apart from each other in the rows of the QWERTY array, and the corresponding alphabetic key actuation indicia on the keyboard panel are located in the spaces extending horizontally between the keys. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27)
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28. An apparatus comprising:
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a keyboard panel having a QWERTY array of alphabetic key actuation indicia;
a QWERTY array of elongated keys that are free of alphabetic key actuation indicia and are located adjacent to corresponding alphabetic key actuation indicia on the keyboard panel;
an output device responsive to actuation of the keys; and
a processing device operatively coupled between the keys and the output device;
wherein the keys are arranged in arcuate horizontal rows, and all of the QWERTY keys in each row have longitudinal centerlines projecting radially from a respective common center point. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31)
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32. An apparatus comprising:
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a keyboard with elongated alphabetic keys;
an output device responsive to actuation of the keys;
a processing device operatively coupled between the keys and the output device; and
a housing containing the output device and the processing device and, when viewed from the front in an upright position, having a vertically extending centerline;
wherein the keys are arranged on the keyboard in arcuate horizontal rows, and all of the keys in each arcuate horizontal row have longitudinal centerlines projecting radially from a respective common center point that is located on the vertically extending centerline of the housing. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34)
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35. An apparatus comprising:
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a keyboard with elongated keys arranged in arcuate horizontal rows, with all of the keys in each arcuate horizontal row having longitudinal centerlines projecting radially from a respective common center point;
an output device responsive to actuation of the keys; and
a processing device operatively coupled between the keys and the output device;
wherein the keyboard includes a keyboard panel having alphabetic key actuation indicia, and the keys are alphabetic keys that are free of alphabetic key actuation indicia and are located adjacent to corresponding alphabetic key actuation indicia on the keyboard panel; and
the alphabetic keys are horizontally spaced apart from each other, and the corresponding alphabetic key actuation indicia on the keyboard panel are located in the spaces extending horizontally between the alphabetic keys. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37)
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Specification