User friendly keyboard
First Claim
1. An ergonomic keyboard comprising:
- a left quadrant having an angle ranging from 25°
to 35°
from a user'"'"'s body centerline;
a right quadrant having an angle ranging from 25°
to 35°
from a user'"'"'s body centerline; and
said left and right quadrants each having a curved home row of keys located to conform to a user'"'"'s index, middle, ring, and pinkie fingers when bent in a slightly flexed position; and
each quadrant having a curved adjacent upper row of keys above the home row and a curved adjacent middle row of keys below the home row and a curved adjacent lower row of keys below the middle row and a curved adjacent bottom row of keys below the lower row, said keys forming four columns, each comprising a domain and each having an alignment with a centerline of a user'"'"'s index, middle, ring, and pinkie fingers; and
each quadrant having a fifth column of four keys inboard from a user'"'"'s index finger and a column of at least two keys outboard from a user'"'"'s pinkie finger defining a pinkie-domain area; and
each quadrant having a plurality of keys located in a thumb-domain area defined by a reach of a user'"'"'s thumb; and
each quadrant having a palm support to enable a user to touch every key without lifting his palm from the palm support.
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Abstract
A ergonomic keyboard that is suitable for all devices interfacing with a keyboard; and that is able to transmit on an unlimited amount of information including the more than 50 alphabets of the world, numbers, other symbols, programming, and operational information. The keyboard is ergonomically designed to take maximum advantage of the shape, dexterity, and strength of the hands and fingers so that the majority of the fingers on both hands are always naturally positioned on the home keys, and so the reaching to the other keys is natural and effortless. The ergonomic design and optimum distribution of the information bits on the keys makes the transfer of information on this keyboard the fastest possible with the least amount of effort and the least amount of errors, and it also makes the learning the fastest and easiest possible. A palm rest, thumb-activated trackball, one-hand typing option, palm keys, and an integrated joystick with a circular motion sensor around the palm rest offer the user unheralded ease of use.
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31 Claims
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1. An ergonomic keyboard comprising:
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a left quadrant having an angle ranging from 25°
to 35°
from a user'"'"'s body centerline;a right quadrant having an angle ranging from 25°
to 35°
from a user'"'"'s body centerline; andsaid left and right quadrants each having a curved home row of keys located to conform to a user'"'"'s index, middle, ring, and pinkie fingers when bent in a slightly flexed position; and
each quadrant having a curved adjacent upper row of keys above the home row and a curved adjacent middle row of keys below the home row and a curved adjacent lower row of keys below the middle row and a curved adjacent bottom row of keys below the lower row, said keys forming four columns, each comprising a domain and each having an alignment with a centerline of a user'"'"'s index, middle, ring, and pinkie fingers; and
each quadrant having a fifth column of four keys inboard from a user'"'"'s index finger and a column of at least two keys outboard from a user'"'"'s pinkie finger defining a pinkie-domain area; and
each quadrant having a plurality of keys located in a thumb-domain area defined by a reach of a user'"'"'s thumb; and
each quadrant having a palm support to enable a user to touch every key without lifting his palm from the palm support. - 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)
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31. A method of illustrating use of the user-friendly keyboard to a typist on a monitor comprising the steps of:
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rendering a graphic depiction of a keyboard; dividing the rendering into sections comprising; left- and right-hand high-frequency blocks; a punctuation block; a symbolic block; left- and right-hand pinkie-finger blocks; a number function block; left- and right-hand thumb blocks; left- and right-hand palm-key blocks; placing each section onto a monitor frame for viewing by a user in an arrangement comprising; said left- and right-hand high-frequency blocks located at the top of a monitor frame on the left and right side respectively; said punctuation block located at the top of a monitor frame adjacent to said left-hand high-frequency block; said symbolic section located at the top of a monitor frame adjacent to said right-hand high-frequency block; said left- and right-hand pinkie-finger blocks located at the ton of a monitor frame at the left and right corners respectively; said number-function block located on the left side of a monitor frame; said left- and right-hand thumb blocks located on the bottom of a monitor frame at the left and right side respectively; said left- and right-hand palm-key blocks located on the bottom of the frame of a monitor adjacent to said thumb blocks; and whereby a user may refer to said blocks for keyboard layout for entry of data on a computer while a user is viewing a monitor.
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