SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A GRAPHICAL USER INPUT INTERFACE VIA AN ASSOCIATED DISPLAY

• US 20080184155A1
• Filed: 03/09/2007
• Published: 07/31/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/26/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation), Toshiba Tec Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation), Toshiba Tec Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Su, William, KODIMER, Marianne
• Granted Patent: US 7,779,364 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/773
• 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 subject application is directed to a system and method for generating a graphical user input interface via an associated graphical user interface. Data representative of a user input interface from storage. Preferably, this data includes graphical representations of each character associated with a standard QWERTY keyboard, inclusive of modified characters. The retrieved graphical data is then used to generate a user input interface on an associated touch screen. The user then selects a character from those characters displayed via the touch screen. The selected character is then displayed to the user in an associated data field.

Claims

1. A shift free keyboard input system comprising:

a user input area including a plurality of letter entry keys and a plurality of non-letter character keys arranged in a standardized keyboard layout;

each of the plurality of non-letter character keys including an adjacent, concurrently viewable non-letter character key corresponding to a function associated with a shift thereof, on the standardized keyboard layout such that each function is available concurrently via a separate input.

2. The shift free keyboard input system of claim 1 wherein the user input area is comprised of a touch screen, wherein each of the keys are formed on a sub-area thereof, having an associated visual indicator corresponding to the standardized keyboard layout.

3. The shift free keyboard input system of claim 2 wherein the standardized keyboard layout includes one of a QWERTY layout and a Dvorak layout.

4. The shift free keyboard input system of claim 2 wherein each of the plurality of non-letter character keys is disposed along a row above the letter entry keys, and wherein each adjacent, concurrently viewable non-letter character key is disposed along a row above the row of non-letter character keys.

5. The shift free keyboard input system of claim 4 wherein the plurality of non-letter character keys include numeric input keys.

6. The shift free keyboard input system of claim 2 wherein the touch screen is unable to process concurrent key inputs.