Rapid Typing System for a Hand-held Electronic Device
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1. An input system for an electronic device comprising:
- a plurality of primary inputs that are associated with designated sets of characters and/or functions, whereinsaid inputs are placed on at least one or more of a back, side, or bottom of the electronic device and are arranged in pairs of two inputs each such that the fingertips of a majority of an operator'"'"'s fingers are each aligned with one of said input pairs.
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Abstract
An ergonomic system for placing primary inputs on the back, bottom, or sides of an electronic device. By way of example, the system places two primary inputs at each finger position and makes use of a ‘dual-subset’ chordal keyboard input design that effectively doubles the number of available inputs. The result is a system in which the operator'"'"'s fingers never need to move from their positions on the backside of the device yet the operator can instantly access character/function sets as large as a complete alphabet, allowing for rapid typing speed and extensive device control, even on a small hand-held electronic device.
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1. An input system for an electronic device comprising:
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a plurality of primary inputs that are associated with designated sets of characters and/or functions, wherein said inputs are placed on at least one or more of a back, side, or bottom of the electronic device and are arranged in pairs of two inputs each such that the fingertips of a majority of an operator'"'"'s fingers are each aligned with one of said input pairs. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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- 12. An input system for an electronic device comprising a plurality of primary inputs and a selector input, wherein a complete pre-existing human alphabet of 18-64 letters is available to the operator via said primary inputs through only two different subsets, including a first subset and a second subset, and wherein the first subset comprises at least half of the letters in the alphabet, said first subset being selectably replaceable by the second subset, which comprises the remaining letters of the alphabet that are not included in the first subset, due to the action of said selector input.
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