System and method for keyboard independent touch typing
First Claim
1. A finger mounted data entry device for a user to enter information into a computing device, the data entry device mounted on at least one of a user'"'"'s two hands, each of the user'"'"'s hands having a plurality of fingers and one thumb, and a palm-side and a back-side, the data entry device being adapted to accept data entry in a manner mimicking a standard keyboard that generates a signal representing a character corresponding to a key selected from a plurality of keys arranged in a base row of keys, an upper row of keys and a lower row of keys, the data entry device comprising:
- two sets of thumb contacts positioned on respective ones of the user'"'"'s thumbs, each set of thumb contacts including a first thumb contact which represents the base row of keys, a second thumb contact which represents the upper row of keys, and a third thumb contact which represents the lower row of keys; and
a plurality of finger contacts positioned on respective ones of the user'"'"'s fingers such that contact between any one of the finger contacts and the first thumb contact on the same hand generates a signal equivalent to the signal that would be generated if touch typing was used by the user to press a corresponding key in the base row of keys, contact between any one of the finger contacts and the second thumb contact on the same hand generates a signal that is equivalent to the signal that would be generated if touch typing was used by the user to press a corresponding key in the upper row of keys, and contact between any one of the finger contacts and the third thumb contact on the same hand generates a signal that is equivalent to the signal that would be generated if touch typing was used by the user to press a corresponding key in the lower row of keys.
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Abstract
A finger-mounted data entry device that allows a user to enter information into a computing device without using a keyboard and a method of using the data entry device. The data entry device includes thumb contacts and finger contacts. The thumb contacts are positioned on the user'"'"'s thumbs such that the thumb contacts represent rows of keys on a standard keyboard: a first thumb contact representing a base row of keys; a second thumb contact representing an upper row of keys; and a third thumb contact representing a lower row of keys. The finger contacts are positioned on each of the user'"'"'s fingers such that touching one of the finger contacts with the first thumb contact generates a signal that is equivalent to the signal that would be generated if the user used touch typing to press a key in the base row of keys on the standard keyboard using the same finger, touching one of the finger contacts with the second thumb contact generates a signal that is equivalent to the signal that would be generated if the user used touch typing to press a key in the upper row of keys on the standard keyboard using the same finger, and touching one of the finger contacts with the third thumb contact generates a signal that is equivalent to the signal that would be generated if the user used touch typing to press a key in the lower row of keys on the standard keyboard using the same finger.
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32 Claims
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1. A finger mounted data entry device for a user to enter information into a computing device, the data entry device mounted on at least one of a user'"'"'s two hands, each of the user'"'"'s hands having a plurality of fingers and one thumb, and a palm-side and a back-side, the data entry device being adapted to accept data entry in a manner mimicking a standard keyboard that generates a signal representing a character corresponding to a key selected from a plurality of keys arranged in a base row of keys, an upper row of keys and a lower row of keys, the data entry device comprising:
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two sets of thumb contacts positioned on respective ones of the user'"'"'s thumbs, each set of thumb contacts including a first thumb contact which represents the base row of keys, a second thumb contact which represents the upper row of keys, and a third thumb contact which represents the lower row of keys; and
a plurality of finger contacts positioned on respective ones of the user'"'"'s fingers such that contact between any one of the finger contacts and the first thumb contact on the same hand generates a signal equivalent to the signal that would be generated if touch typing was used by the user to press a corresponding key in the base row of keys, contact between any one of the finger contacts and the second thumb contact on the same hand generates a signal that is equivalent to the signal that would be generated if touch typing was used by the user to press a corresponding key in the upper row of keys, and contact between any one of the finger contacts and the third thumb contact on the same hand generates a signal that is equivalent to the signal that would be generated if touch typing was used by the user to press a corresponding key in the lower row of keys. - 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)
the thumb contacts and the finger contacts are positioned on one of the user'"'"'s hands; and
further comprising;
a sensor configured to detect positioning of the user'"'"'s hand having the contacts, the sensor toggling between two sets of characters, a first set of characters being equivalent to a first set of characters on a half-keyboard in a first configuration and a second set of characters being equivalent to a second set of characters on the half-keyboard in a second toggled configuration.
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24. A method for a user to enter information into a computing device without using a keyboard, the method mimicking touch typing on a standard keyboard and comprising the steps of:
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a) positioning a plurality of finger contacts on the user'"'"'s fingers and a plurality of thumb contacts on the user'"'"'s thumbs;
b) establishing contact between one of the finger contacts and a respective one of the thumb contacts of the same hand to generate a signal that is equivalent to a signal that would be generated by pressing a key on the standard keyboard using conventional keyboard fingering;
c) generating a signal that is equivalent to the signal that would be generated by pressing the key on the standard keyboard using conventional keyboard fingering in response to establishing contact between the finger contact and the thumb contact; and
d) transmitting the generated signal to the computing device. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
the thumb contacts and the finger contacts are positioned on one of the user'"'"'s hands;
wherein a sensor is configured to detect positioning of the user'"'"'s hand having the contacts, the sensor toggling between two sets of characters, a first set of characters being equivalent to a first set of characters on a half-keyboard in a first configuration and a second set of characters being equivalent to a second set of characters on the half-keyboard in a second toggled configuration.
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Specification