Universal touch screen keyboard

• US 8,102,366 B2
• Filed: 05/09/2006
• Issued: 01/24/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/11/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Abderrahim Ennadi
• Original Assignee: Abderrahim Ennadi
• Inventors: Ennadi, Abderrahim
• Primary Examiner(s): DINH, DUC Q
• Application Number:
  US12/089,712
• Publication Number:
  US 20080225006A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,086 Days
• Field of Search: 345/156, 345168-173
• US Class Current: 345/156
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1616 with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1662 Details related to the integrated keyboard
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0238 Programmable keyboards key guide holders G06F3/0224
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus

Abstract

The invention relates to a touch screen keyboard, characterized in that it comprises a screen with a tactile faceplate (1), luminous, with color display, and capable of displaying a basic standard keyboard and keys for rapid access to functionalities that can be displayed on the said tactile faceplate screen via respective interfaces.

Claims

1. A laptop computer comprising:

a microprocessor;

a hard drive for registering data;

a memory means;

a display screen adapted to display an interface; and

a touch screen keyboard comprising a screen with a tactile faceplate, said touch screen keyboard programmed to display and receive input of;

a mouse interface receiving input of a mouse and performing functions associated with the input of the mouse;

a telephone interface receiving input of a telephone and performing a function associated with the input of the telephone;

an email interface receiving input of an email application and performing a function associated with the input of the email application;

a Graphic Tablet interface receiving input of an Graphic Tablet application and performing a function associated with the input of the Graphic Tablet application; and

a main interface, said main interface displaying a plurality of shortcut keys for selectively receiving input of a shortcut key of the plurality of shortcut keys, activating one of the mouse interface, the telephone interface, the email interface and the Graphic Tablet interface associated with the shortcut key.

2. The laptop computer according to claim 1, wherein upon one of the said interfaces of the touch screen keyboard being active, the corresponding shortcut key changes color, indicating to the user that this interface is active.

3. The laptop computer according to claim 1, in which the keys of the touch screen keyboard are suitable for being programmed for “

sound on”

or “

sound off”

.

4. The laptop computer according to claim 1, in which the keyboard is capable of displaying an AZERTY, QWERTY, Latin or Cyrillic keyboard or another keyboard with special characters, and comprising means for changing from one keyboard to another, without switching off the computer to which the said keyboard is connected.

5. The laptop computer according to claim 1, in which the Graphic Tablet displayed, can be used with a stylus and which allows recognition of manuscript characters.

6. The laptop computer according to claim 1, in which the main interface includes keys for direct access to at least one application and displaying all the tools used in this at least one application.

7. The laptop computer according to claim 1, in which the main interface comprises a PERSO key which displays a keyboard customized by the user.

8. The laptop computer according to claim 1, in which the interfaces of the touch screen are driven by a distinct software program.

9. The laptop computer according to claim 1, in which the shortcut keys of the main interface comprise a Multimedia key which gives access to the adjustment of the sound or a video equalizer or a small virtual piano or a video/audio mixing console.

10. The laptop computer according to claim 1, in which the shortcut keys of the main interface comprise an email key which gives access to the email of the user.

11. The laptop computer according to claim 1, in which the shortcut keys of the main interface comprise a Security keys which locks the keyboard.

12. The laptop computer according to claim 1, wherein the touch screen keyboard is suitable for being supplied directly via the laptop battery or via the computer power supply, or separately from the mains supply or via a rechargeable battery.

13. A computer system comprising:

a first display panel displaying information of the computer system;

a second display panel with a tactile faceplate hingedly attached to said first display panel;

a processor programmed to display and receive input from said second display panel and display information on said first display panel, said second panel displaying;

a first section with a plurality of shortcut keys;

a second section displaying an input function of a plurality of interfaces, an interface of the plurality of interfaces activated upon receiving input of an associated shortcut key of the plurality of shortcut keys; and

upon the second section of the second panel receiving input of a interface of the plurality of interfaces a corresponding function associated with said input is performed by the computer system and displayed on said first display panel,

wherein the plurality of interfaces in the second section of said second display panel comprises a keyboard, a mouse, a Graphics Tablet, a telephone and an email application.