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Method for encoding key assignments for a data input device

  • US 6,542,091 B1
  • Filed: 10/01/1999
  • Issued: 04/01/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/01/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of encoding key assignments for a data input device comprising the steps of:

  • providing a data input device having at least ten individual data input keys each being capable of being actuated by an operator;

    encoding characters to the data input keys wherein the simultaneous actuation of no more than two data input keys is required to generate said characters;

    actuating the encoded data input keys to generate the desired character;

    providing a processing means for reading the encoded characters; and

    wherein, to generate an alphabetic character “

    a”

    through “

    j”

    , the operator actuates the encoded data input key that corresponds to the desired alphabetic character.

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