Modified-QWERTY Letter Layout for Rapid Data Entry
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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.
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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.
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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:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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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:
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a 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, and a vertical distance between the centers of adjacent letters in different rows of a set is equal to or greater than a vertical distance between the centers of adjacent letters of different sets. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. 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:
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 pair of two horizontally adjacent letters in the standard QWERTY keyboard layout are not horizontally adjacent in the six-row matrix and wherein a vertical distance between the centers of adjacent letters in different rows of a set is equal to or greater than a vertical distance between the centers of adjacent letters of different sets.- View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. 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. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A data entry interface arrangement including all twenty-six letters of a standard three-row QWERTY keyboard, comprising:
a five-column matrix, wherein said first column includes all letters in columns one and two of the standard QWERTY keyboard, said second column includes all letters in columns three and four of the standard QWERTY keyboard, said third column includes all letters in columns five and six of the standard QWERTY keyboard, said forth column includes all letters in columns seven and eight of the standard QWERTY keyboard, and said fifth column includes all letters in columns nine and ten of the standard QWERTY keyboard. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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