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INPUT APPARATUS USING ALL FINGERS OF ONE HAND

  • US 20130154945A1
  • Filed: 08/26/2011
  • Published: 06/20/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2010
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An input apparatus being held by one hand, comprising:

  • a plurality of character buttons being arranged on one of both sides of the body of the apparatus, and a plurality of shift buttons and functional buttons being arranged on the other of the both sides and the upper portion of the body of the apparatus,wherein the plurality of character buttons consist of buttons assigned, respectively, to all the alphabets of a language, or consist of buttons so assigned, respectively, to the half of the alphabets of a language that the characters assigned to the buttons are convertible with a particular shift button of the plurality of shift buttons,wherein the plurality of character buttons are spaced apart from each other in the region of one edge, the other edge and the middle between one edge and the other edge of the side of the apparatus on which the plurality of character buttons are arranged,wherein the plurality of character buttons are so arranged as to be reached by four fingers, except the thumb,wherein the plurality of shift buttons and functional buttons are so arranged as to be reached by the thumb, andwherein a portion of the plurality of shift buttons and functional buttons arranged on the upper portion of the apparatus are so arranged as to be reached by the forefinger.

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