Multi-functional keyboard on touch screen

• US 20080046496A1
• Filed: 12/01/2006
• Published: 02/21/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/18/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Arthur Kater
• Original Assignee: Arthur Kater
• Inventors: Kater, Arthur
• Application Number:
  US11/607,046
• Publication Number:
  US 20080046496A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 708/524
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus

Abstract

A touch screen has a keyboard which has several areas of keys. Each area is sizable, including enlarging and shrinking, and movable. Because the sizes of the keys areas are controllable, the keyboard does not occupy the whole screen and the areas are not too small to clearly see the keys. With the present invention, more room is left for flexible operations.

Claims

1. A multi-functional keyboard on a touch screen, comprising:

an input/output (I/O) control unit, said I/O control unit comprising a key area zone;

an algorithm unit, said algorithm unit being connected with said I/O control unit;

a memory unit, said memory unit being connected with said algorithm unit, said memory unit having a display status data base and

a key definition unit, said key definition unit being connected with said algorithm unit,

wherein said I/O control unit inputs/outputs a status selected from a group consisting of a key display status and a key usage status;

wherein said algorithm unit receives a signal of said status to be recognized and computed, said status being selected from a group consisting of a key display status and a key usage status;

wherein said memory unit receives said key display status after said key display status is computed by said algorithm unit, then said key display status is fed back to said algorithm unit to be confirmed, and then said key display status is outputted by said I/O control unit;

wherein said key definition unit receives said key usage status after said key display status is computed by said algorithm unit, then a key definition is fed back to said algorithm unit to be confirmed, and then said key usage status is outputted by said I/O control unit.

2. The keyboard according to claim 1,

wherein said I/O control unit is a touch screen.

3. The keyboard according to claim 1,

wherein said key area zone comprises a main key area, a number key area and a function key area.

4. The keyboard according to claim 1,

wherein said display status database of said memory unit comprises an area enlarging library, an area shrinking library, an area decomposing library, an area moving library, an area combining library, an area border library, a normal area library and a key positioning library.

5. The keyboard according to claim 1,

wherein said key area has a hidden key at a default position;

and

wherein said hidden key transfers an operation status signal to said algorithm unit to be recognized and computed, and data of a key display status corresponding to said operation status signal are obtained from said display status database of said memory unit.

6. The keyboard according to claim 1,

wherein said hidden key displays an enlarging icon, a shrinking icon and a moving icon.

7. The keyboard according to claim 1,

wherein said key area has a displayed key at a default position;

and

wherein said hidden key transfers an operation status signal to said algorithm unit to be recognized and computed, and data of a key display status corresponding to said operation status signal are obtained from said display status database of said memory unit.

8. The keyboard according to claim 1,

wherein said displayed key displays an enlarging icon, a shrinking icon and a moving icon.