Mobile device and key arranging method
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1. A mobile device comprising:
- a handheld housing that is taller than it is wide when the mobile device is in an upright position; and
a plurality of device keys mounted on the housing, the plurality of device keys corresponding to a QWERTY keyboard of a personal computer having the plurality of device keys arranged in three rows, wherein each of the three rows of device keys is divided into a leading portion and a following portion;
each of the three rows of device keys corresponds to a single horizontal row of keys on the QWERTY keyboard of the personal computer, wherein the leading portion includes all five device keys in their original sequence corresponding to a left portion of the single horizontal row of keys on the QWERTY keyboard, and the following portion includes device keys in their original sequence corresponding to a right portion of the single horizontal row of keys on the QWERTY keyboard;
the following portion of the first row is arranged below the leading portion of the first row and is misaligned therewith in a horizontal direction, so that a first key of the following portion is not directly below a first key of the leading portion of the first row;
the following portion of the second row is arranged below the leading portion of the second row and misaligned in the horizontal direction, so that a first key of the following portion is not directly below a first key of the leading portion of the second row; and
the following portion of the third row is arranged below the leading portion of the third row and is misaligned in the horizontal direction, so that a first key of the following portion is not directly below a first key of the leading portion of the third row.
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Abstract
A mobile device includes a vertically-oriented handheld housing and keys corresponding to keys of a horizontally-oriented keyboard of a personal computer divided into a plurality of groups, each group of keys being shifted in a vertical direction of the housing with respect to one another, to allow a mobile device to accommodate a key layout similar to the key layout of the computer keyboard.
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1. A mobile device comprising:
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a handheld housing that is taller than it is wide when the mobile device is in an upright position; and
a plurality of device keys mounted on the housing, the plurality of device keys corresponding to a QWERTY keyboard of a personal computer having the plurality of device keys arranged in three rows, wherein each of the three rows of device keys is divided into a leading portion and a following portion;
each of the three rows of device keys corresponds to a single horizontal row of keys on the QWERTY keyboard of the personal computer, wherein the leading portion includes all five device keys in their original sequence corresponding to a left portion of the single horizontal row of keys on the QWERTY keyboard, and the following portion includes device keys in their original sequence corresponding to a right portion of the single horizontal row of keys on the QWERTY keyboard;
the following portion of the first row is arranged below the leading portion of the first row and is misaligned therewith in a horizontal direction, so that a first key of the following portion is not directly below a first key of the leading portion of the first row;
the following portion of the second row is arranged below the leading portion of the second row and misaligned in the horizontal direction, so that a first key of the following portion is not directly below a first key of the leading portion of the second row; and
the following portion of the third row is arranged below the leading portion of the third row and is misaligned in the horizontal direction, so that a first key of the following portion is not directly below a first key of the leading portion of the third row. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 11)
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5. A key arranging method for arranging device keys on a handheld housing of a mobile device in which the handheld housing is taller than it is wide when the device is in an upright position, the device keys corresponding to three rows of keys of a QWERTY keyboard of a personal computer, the key arranging method comprising the steps of:
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assigning each row of three rows of the device keys into a leading portion and a following, portion, each of the three rows of device keys corresponding to a single horizontal row of keys on the QWERTY keyboard of the personal computer, wherein the leading portion includes all five device keys in their original sequence corresponding to a left portion of the single horizontal row of keys on the QWERTY keyboard, and the following portion includes device keys in their original sequence corresponding to a right portion of the single horizontal row of keys on the QWERTY keyboard;
arranging the following portion of the first row below the leading portion of the first row so as to be misaligned therewith in a horizontal direction, so that a first key of the following portion is not directly below a first key of the leading portion of the first row;
arranging the following portion of the second row below the leading portion of the second row so as to be misaligned therewith in the horizontal direction, so that a first key of the following portion is not directly below a first key of the leading portion of the second row; and
arranging the following portion of the third row below the leading portion of the third row so as to be misaligned therewith in the horizontal direction, so that a first key of the following portion is not directly below a first key of the leading portion of the third row. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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