Modified-QWERTY letter layout for rapid data entry

• US 7,658,562 B2
• Filed: 05/14/2007
• Issued: 02/09/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/12/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dana Suess
• Original Assignee: Dana Suess
• Inventors: Suess, Dana
• Primary Examiner(s): Evanisko; Leslie J
• Application Number:
  US11/748,438
• Publication Number:
  US 20070253758A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,002 Days
• Field of Search: 400/88, 400/486
• US Class Current: 400/486
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 5/10 Arrangements of keyboards , e.g. key button disposition
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0202 Constructional details or processes of manufacture of the input device
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0219 Special purpose keyboards
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/70 methods for entering alphabetical characters, e.g. multi-tap or dictionary disambiguation methods for entering alphabetical characters per se G06F3/0237

Abstract

Data entry arrangements that include twenty-six letters of the Roman alphabet arranged in matrices including six rows of three to six letters per row and in five column matrices. The transposition of the letters of the Roman alphabet on a standard three-row QWERTY keyboard into six row matrices and five column matrices utilizes spacing between the letters wherein a vertical distance between adjacent letters is at least the same.

Claims

1. A data entry interface arrangement including all twenty-six letters of a top, middle, and bottom row of a standard three-row QWERTY keyboard, comprising:

a non-staggered, linearly aligned six-row matrix including a first set of two rows, a second set of two rows, and a third set of two rows, wherein said first set includes all letters in the top row of the QWERTY keyboard, said second set includes all letters in the middle row of the QWERTY keyboard, and said third set includes all letters in the bottom row of the QWERTY keyboard; and

wherein at least one set of two rows is arranged in a layout consisting of every other letter of a corresponding top, middle, or bottom row of said standard QWERTY keyboard.

2. The data entry interface arrangement of claim 1, wherein said non-staggered, linearly aligned six-row matrix comprises:

QETUO

WRYIP

ADGJL

SFHK

ZCBM

XVN.

3. The data entry interface arrangement of claim 1, wherein said non-staggered, linearly aligned six-row matrix is manifested electronically upon a touch screen.

4. The data entry interface arrangement of claim 1, wherein said non-staggered, linearly aligned six-row matrix is disposed upon a plurality of keys or buttons.

5. A data entry interface arrangement including all twenty-six letters of a top, middle, and bottom row of a standard three-row QWERTY keyboard, comprising:

a non-staggered, linearly aligned six-row matrix including a first set of two rows, a second set of two rows, and a third set of two rows, wherein said first set includes all letters in the top row of the QWERTY keyboard, said second set includes all letters in the middle row of the QWERTY keyboard, and said third set includes all letters in the bottom row of the QWERTY keyboard, wherein said arrangement excludes;

OWERT

YUIOP

ASFGH

HJKL

ZXCVB

NM.

6. The interface arrangement of claim 5, wherein any two adjacent letters are transposed vertically or horizontally.

7. The data entry interface arrangement of claim 5, wherein said six-row matrix is disposed upon a plurality of keys or buttons.

8. The data entry interface arrangement of claim 5, wherein said six-row matrix is manifested electronically upon a touch screen.