KEYBOARDS AND METHODS THEREOF
First Claim
1. A integrated keyboard. comprising:
- a touch pad;
a keyboard that is smaller than the touch pad and occupying an area completely overlapping the touch pad; and
a control unit that controls operations of the keyboard and the touch pad, wherein the control unit configures the touch pad into one or more logical touch pads, each logical touch pad occupying an area of the touch pad that is outside the area occupied by the keyboard.
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Abstract
An integrated keyboard includes a touch pad and a dynamic keyboard embedded in an area of the touch pad. The touch pad, which may provide a transparent surface to allow the keyboard to be visible, provides motion tracking in areas around the periphery of the keyboard and may be configured into many operating modes. For example, virtual touchable buttons may be configured in the periphery of the keyboard. The keyboard may be provided as a dynamic keyboard with various layouts. A keyboard protector may be provided for each layout, with printed symbols for the keys under the layout. The integrated keyboard may also include a mini-projector to allow projection of a large image on a surface and a virtual Human Interface Device (HID) system to facilitate data input. With the input capabilities of the touch pad and the keyboard, the projector may be controlled in many additional ways not available in conventional projectors that are controlled by a few buttons. The virtual HID may provide motion tracking. The integrated keyboard may interface with a master/slave device, such as a slate type device. A customized case tightly integrates the integrated keyboard with the master/slave device.
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82 Claims
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1. A integrated keyboard. comprising:
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a touch pad; a keyboard that is smaller than the touch pad and occupying an area completely overlapping the touch pad; and a control unit that controls operations of the keyboard and the touch pad, wherein the control unit configures the touch pad into one or more logical touch pads, each logical touch pad occupying an area of the touch pad that is outside the area occupied by the keyboard. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A method for providing an integrated keyboard including a touch pad. comprising:
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providing a control unit to control operations of a keyboard and the touch pad; configuring a keyboard that is located in a designated area of the touch pad, the designated area completely overlapping the touch pad; and configuring the touch pad into one or more logical touch pads, each logical touch pad occupying an area of the touch pad that is outside the area occupied by the keyboard. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82)
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