CA1085487A - One-handed keyboard and its control means - Google Patents

One-handed keyboard and its control means

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Publication number
CA1085487A
CA1085487A CA262,533A CA262533A CA1085487A CA 1085487 A CA1085487 A CA 1085487A CA 262533 A CA262533 A CA 262533A CA 1085487 A CA1085487 A CA 1085487A
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finger
keyboard
chord
keys
thumb
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CA262,533A
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English (en)
French (fr)
Inventor
Nathaniel Rochester
Frank C. Bequaert
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International Business Machines Corp
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International Business Machines Corp
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H13/00—Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch
    • H01H13/70—Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch having a plurality of operating members associated with different sets of contacts, e.g. keyboard
    • H01H13/78—Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch having a plurality of operating members associated with different sets of contacts, e.g. keyboard characterised by the contacts or the contact sites
    • H01H13/807—Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch having a plurality of operating members associated with different sets of contacts, e.g. keyboard characterised by the contacts or the contact sites characterised by the spatial arrangement of the contact sites, e.g. superimposed sites
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J5/00—Devices or arrangements for controlling character selection
    • B41J5/08—Character or syllable selected by means of keys or keyboards of the typewriter type
    • B41J5/10—Arrangements of keyboards, e.g. key button disposition
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F3/00—Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
    • G06F3/01—Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
    • G06F3/02—Input arrangements using manually operated switches, e.g. using keyboards or dials
    • G06F3/023—Arrangements for converting discrete items of information into a coded form, e.g. arrangements for interpreting keyboard generated codes as alphanumeric codes, operand codes or instruction codes
    • G06F3/0233—Character input methods
    • G06F3/0235—Character input methods using chord techniques
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F3/00—Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
    • G06F3/01—Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
    • G06F3/02—Input arrangements using manually operated switches, e.g. using keyboards or dials
    • G06F3/023—Arrangements for converting discrete items of information into a coded form, e.g. arrangements for interpreting keyboard generated codes as alphanumeric codes, operand codes or instruction codes
    • G06F3/0233—Character input methods
    • G06F3/0237—Character input methods using prediction or retrieval techniques
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H2225/00—Switch site location
    • H01H2225/022—Switch site location other then row-column disposition

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Theoretical Computer Science (AREA)
  • Human Computer Interaction (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Input From Keyboards Or The Like (AREA)
CA262,533A 1975-10-06 1976-10-01 One-handed keyboard and its control means Expired CA1085487A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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US61986775A 1975-10-06 1975-10-06
US619,867 1975-10-06

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CA1085487A true CA1085487A (en) 1980-09-09

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JP (1) JPS5246721A (de)
AU (1) AU502377B2 (de)
CA (1) CA1085487A (de)
GB (1) GB1500674A (de)

Families Citing this family (10)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
JPS54130222A (en) * 1978-03-29 1979-10-09 Fujitsu Ltd Keyboard for japanese character input device
IL58767A (en) * 1979-11-21 1984-12-31 Ergoplic Ltd Chordic keyboards
JPS5915276A (ja) * 1982-02-02 1984-01-26 ア−ゴプリツク・リミテツド 短期操作習得に使用されるコ−デイツクキ−ボ−ド、習得方法およびそのコ−ド
JPS5943050U (ja) * 1982-08-14 1984-03-21 東北金属工業株式会社 自己保持型リレ−装置
JPS5955568A (ja) * 1982-09-25 1984-03-30 Sharp Corp 電子式キヤツシユレジスタ
CA1213987A (en) * 1983-01-21 1986-11-12 James M. Lapeyre Touch type computer keyboards
US4549279A (en) * 1983-01-21 1985-10-22 The Laitram Corporation Single hand, single finger stroke alphameric data processing keyboard system
CA1213067A (en) * 1983-01-21 1986-10-21 James M. Lapeyre Contoured touch type data processing keyboard
JPS6151534U (de) * 1984-09-01 1986-04-07
JPS61235930A (ja) * 1985-04-11 1986-10-21 Kawaguchi Gakuen 文字の入力方法

Family Cites Families (2)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
JPS4939332U (de) * 1972-07-10 1974-04-06
JPS50135935A (de) * 1974-02-28 1975-10-28

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GB1500674A (en) 1978-02-08
JPS5246721A (en) 1977-04-13
JPS5517418B2 (de) 1980-05-12
AU1922376A (en) 1978-05-11
AU502377B2 (en) 1979-07-26

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