CA2089000A1 - Computer keyboard - Google Patents
Computer keyboardInfo
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- CA2089000A1 CA2089000A1 CA 2089000 CA2089000A CA2089000A1 CA 2089000 A1 CA2089000 A1 CA 2089000A1 CA 2089000 CA2089000 CA 2089000 CA 2089000 A CA2089000 A CA 2089000A CA 2089000 A1 CA2089000 A1 CA 2089000A1
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- G—PHYSICS
- G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; 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
- G06F3/16—Sound input; Sound output
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- G—PHYSICS
- G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; 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
- G06F3/0202—Constructional details or processes of manufacture of the input device
- G06F3/021—Arrangements integrating additional peripherals in a keyboard, e.g. card or barcode reader, optical scanner
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
- H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
- H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
- H04M1/02—Constructional features of telephone sets
- H04M1/0289—Telephone sets for operators
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
- H04M11/00—Telephonic communication systems specially adapted for combination with other electrical systems
- H04M11/06—Simultaneous speech and data transmission, e.g. telegraphic transmission over the same conductors
- H04M11/066—Telephone sets adapted for data transmision
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Abstract
A computer keyboard is disclosed which includes an alphanumeric keypad (10), a numeric keypad (12) and at least one of the following: a document scanner (24), a speakerphone (32), and a modem (18). The numeric keypad (12) is operative for the speakerphone (32) and the keyboard.
Description
W092/038~, ,'vU ~ ~ U ~ U PCT/US91/05710 A COMPUT~R R~,YBOARD
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Field of the InventLon The pre~,ent invention rela~es to computer key~
15 boards generally. . -, Backaround of the Invention ~.
Various types of keyboards are known in the patent `...... :
literature. The f ollowing U.S. patents represent a sampling 20 of the art:
4,878,242; 4,918,7~3; 4"533,7~1; 4,75g,053; ~ :
4,736,407; 4,8~,9,19; 4,~29,559; 4,~60,342; ~,503,28~;
4,873,715; ~,850,005; 4,827,085; 4,864,601. ~j 25 Summary of the Invention -The present invention seeks to provide a general ~.
purpose comput~r keybo rd wh1ch is~operativ~ to pro~ide, in a single unit, multipls~,ynergistic functions, which are not ` ` .
presently provided in an integrated keyboard.
~here i8 thUs provlded in accordance wlth a pre~
f erred embod~ment cf the invention a computer keyboard including an alphanumeric keypad, a numeric keypad and at ~:
least one of the ~ollowins~: a document scanner, a speaker-phone and a modem. ~ .
- In aacord~nce with a preferred e~od~en-t of the ::~
invention there is provided a cc,mputer keyboard includlng an~
alphanumeric keypad, a numeric keypad and a:document scan- :~
ner.
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~VOg2~0~4 PCT/U591/~5710 2~89000 :2 In accordance with another pre~err~d embodiment of the invention there is provided a computer keyboard inelud- :
ing an alphanumeric keypad, a numeric keypad and a 6peaker-phone. .
In accordance with yet another pre~erred embodi-ment o~ the invention there is provided a c~mputer keyboard including an alphanumeric keypad, a numeric keypad and a .~.
mod~m. .
More preferably, the keyboard includes at least ..
two of the following: document scanner, speakerphone and modem.
Most preferably, the keyboard includes a document scanner, speakerphone and modem.
Finally, preferably, the numeric keypad is opera tive for the speakerphone and the keyboard together.
.-srief Description of the Drawings The present invention will be understood and appreciated more fully from the following detailed descrip-20 tion, taken in conjunction with the drawings in which: .
Figure l is a generalized pictorial illustrationof a keyboard constructed~and operative in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention; ,t,~' Figure 2 is a generalized block diagram illustra- :
25 tion of the keyboard of Fig. l; : .
Figure 3 is an electronic block diagram illustra tion of a key~oard; .
Figures 4A and 4B are electronic block diagrams of .:
portions of a speakerphone circuit u~e~ul in the keyboard of . .
Fig. l; `
Figure 5 i9 an electronic block diagram illustra tion of a modem circuit useul in the keyboard of Fi~. l; ~: -Figure 6 is an electronic block diagram illustra-tion of a scànner circuit u~eful in the-keyboard of Fig. l;
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~ - Figures 7A and 7B are generalized block`diagrams of the keyhoard of Fig. 1 with two altern~te numeric keypad control circuits. ~.
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W~92/03B~ ~ U~ ~ V ~ U PCT/US91/0571b Detailed DescriPtion o a Preferred Emb~diment Reference i~ now made to Figs. 1 and 2, whichillustrate a keyboard con~tructed and op~rative in accor-dance with a pre~erred embodiment of the present invention.
The keyboard comprises an alphanumeric keypad 10, which may be id~ntical to that used in conventional per~onal computers manufactured by IBM and others.
The keyboard of the present invention also prefer- -ably comprises a numeric keypad 12l typically arranged in the form of a computer numeric keyboard rather than in the form of a DTMF telephone keypad.
The alphanumeric keypad 10 i~i assoc~ited with a keyboard circuit 14, which may be a conventional keyboard circuit employed in commercially available IBM PC keyboards.
The keyboard circuit 14 may be ~oupled via a connector cable to the keyboard plug socket of a computer, such as a person-al computer.
The numeric keypad is coupled via a control cir-cuit 16 to keyboard circuit 14, modem 18 and speakerphone 20 20. Control circuit 16 is operated by means of a control ;-keypad 22. Control keypad 22 typically comprises three keys on the keyboard. For example, they may be a key-board/dialpad mode switch 42, a scanner on/off switch 41 and a speakerphone on/off switch 43.
The modem 18 is coupled Yia serial line, such as an RS 232 line, to a computer. A document scan~er 24, such as a CCD122 or a CCD 142DB of Fairchild Semiconductor of West Germany, may al~o be coupled via a s~rial line to the -~
computer. Scanner 24 i~ also typically connected to control !~
circuit 16 and i~ opera~le as an input device for the com-puter. The ~peakerphone 20 typically comprise6 a handset 30 and a loudspeaker 3~i and is coupled to a telephone line, a~
is modem 18. ~ -~ Re.~erence-is now~made to Fig. 3 which-illu5trate~
th~ keyboard circuit-~4 which is-the circuitry of the-T~- -5539AT, RT.XT keyboard manufactur~d by Chickory~of Taiwan utilizing the 8748 keyboard CPU manufactured ~y Intel of the USA. The full specification of all of the circuit compo-~,~ ~ 9~3~t~ ~ ~
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2 0 ~ 9 0 PCT/US9I/0~710 nents appears in the drawing and there~ore, for reasons of conciseness, a verbatim description thereof is not provided here. However, it will be noted that switches 36 of a n~meric keypad 98 have been marked, as has a keyboard CPU
38.
Reference is now made to figs. 4A and 4B which illustrate circuitry o~ speakerphone 20. Figure 4A is the speakerphone specifica ion published by Motorola Semiconduc-tors ~f the USA as Data Spec Sheets MC34014 and MC34018~ :
Figure 4B is the speakerphone specification published byMotorola Semiconductors of the USA as Data Spec Sheet MC34118. The full specification of all of the circuit components appears in the drawings and therefore, for rea-sons of conciseness, a YerbatLm description thereof is not provided hera. ~owever, it will be noted that a second numeric keypad 100 is markedO
Reference is now made to Fig. 5 which illustrates -~ -the circuitry for modem 18. Figure 5 is taken from the Motorola S~mlconductors Data Spec Sheet MC6860. The ~ull specification o~ all of the circuit components appears in the drawing and therefore, for reasons of conciseness, a verbatim description thereof is not provided here. Refer-ence i5 now made to Fig. 6 which is an illustration of circuitry for scanner 24. Figure 6 is take~ from the Fair-child Charge Coupled Device Cataloque, 1984, Page 80. Thefull specification of all of the circuit components appears in the drawing and therefore, for reasons of conciseness, a verbatLm description thereof i~ not provided here.
Re~erence is now made to-Figs. 7A and 7B which illustrate two embodiments o~ control circuit 16 in conjunc-tion with keyboard circuit 14 and speakerphone 20~ As shown in Fig. 1~ in accordance with the present invention, there i9 only one numeric keypa~ 12. The fir3t and second numeric keypads 98 and. 100 o~ Figs. 3 and 4B, respectively, are typically-embodied in a-single:numeric keypad 12 comprising switches 36 (Figs. -3~. ~For_the embodiment of Fig. 7A, the switches 36 are double pole switches directly connected to both keyboard CPU 38 ~shown also in Fig. 3) and a telephone . ,:
'',, :' SuBsriTuTE SHEE~ ~
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WO9V03884 ~ U ~ ~ ~ D o pcr/us9l/o57lo dialer 40 (shown also in Fig. 4B). Keyboard CPU 38 and telephone dialex 40 are also connected to keyboard/dialpad mode switch 42 ~orming part o~ control keypad 22.
Nhen switch 42 is in a ~irst keyboard mode, it 5 enables keyboard C~U 38 and disables telephone dialer 40, thereby enabling numeric and alphabetic input to the comput- -er. When switch 42 is in a second dialpad ~ode, it disables the keyboard CPU 38 and enables telephone dialer 40, thereby enabling the numeric keypad 12 of the presant invention to be utilized as a telephone keypad.
In accordance with an alternate embodiment of the present invention and as shown in Fig. 7B, switch 42 i~
connected to keypad CPU 38 and to telephone dialer 40. As in the previous embodiment, when switch 42 is in the first mode, the keyboard is enabled and the telephone dialer 40 is disabled. The keyboard data is sent, via a serial data line, to a computer (not shown). However, in this embodi-ment, when the telephone dialer 40 is enabled, the keyboard CPU 38 remains enabled and receives the data fxom numeric keypad 12. The serial data line is switched, via switch 47 wh ch is operated by switch 42, to send data to the now enabled telephone dialer 40. In this embodLment, telephone dialer 40 is modified, in a manner known to one skilled in the art, to receive keyboard signals and to encode them to DTMF signals for the speakerphone 20.
In accord~nce with the present invention, as shown in both Figs. 7A and 73, when the numeric keypad 12 is utilized as a telephone keypad, the keys ~, -, Enter and *, are rede~ined to perorm the redial, auto, memory and flash features of a sp~akerphone 20, respectively.
It will be appreciated that the entirety of keys of both the alphanumeric and numeric keypads 10 and 12, respectively, can be utilized for adva~ced talephone fea-tures, as required.~ For t~e embodLment of Fig. 7A, the 3~ entirety of keys of keypads 10 and 12 can be implemented as double pole switches. For the embodiment of Fig. 7B, the entirety of keyboard data can be sent to the telephone .
dialer 40.
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- -. s ~ ? ' : , W~921038~ PCTIV~91/05710 ~o~a~o It will be appreciated by persons skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to what has been particularly shown and described hereinabove. Rather the scope of the present invention is defined only by the claims which follow: ;
:
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. :-.'' .
Field of the InventLon The pre~,ent invention rela~es to computer key~
15 boards generally. . -, Backaround of the Invention ~.
Various types of keyboards are known in the patent `...... :
literature. The f ollowing U.S. patents represent a sampling 20 of the art:
4,878,242; 4,918,7~3; 4"533,7~1; 4,75g,053; ~ :
4,736,407; 4,8~,9,19; 4,~29,559; 4,~60,342; ~,503,28~;
4,873,715; ~,850,005; 4,827,085; 4,864,601. ~j 25 Summary of the Invention -The present invention seeks to provide a general ~.
purpose comput~r keybo rd wh1ch is~operativ~ to pro~ide, in a single unit, multipls~,ynergistic functions, which are not ` ` .
presently provided in an integrated keyboard.
~here i8 thUs provlded in accordance wlth a pre~
f erred embod~ment cf the invention a computer keyboard including an alphanumeric keypad, a numeric keypad and at ~:
least one of the ~ollowins~: a document scanner, a speaker-phone and a modem. ~ .
- In aacord~nce with a preferred e~od~en-t of the ::~
invention there is provided a cc,mputer keyboard includlng an~
alphanumeric keypad, a numeric keypad and a:document scan- :~
ner.
: :, UTE S5t,5ET
~VOg2~0~4 PCT/U591/~5710 2~89000 :2 In accordance with another pre~err~d embodiment of the invention there is provided a computer keyboard inelud- :
ing an alphanumeric keypad, a numeric keypad and a 6peaker-phone. .
In accordance with yet another pre~erred embodi-ment o~ the invention there is provided a c~mputer keyboard including an alphanumeric keypad, a numeric keypad and a .~.
mod~m. .
More preferably, the keyboard includes at least ..
two of the following: document scanner, speakerphone and modem.
Most preferably, the keyboard includes a document scanner, speakerphone and modem.
Finally, preferably, the numeric keypad is opera tive for the speakerphone and the keyboard together.
.-srief Description of the Drawings The present invention will be understood and appreciated more fully from the following detailed descrip-20 tion, taken in conjunction with the drawings in which: .
Figure l is a generalized pictorial illustrationof a keyboard constructed~and operative in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention; ,t,~' Figure 2 is a generalized block diagram illustra- :
25 tion of the keyboard of Fig. l; : .
Figure 3 is an electronic block diagram illustra tion of a key~oard; .
Figures 4A and 4B are electronic block diagrams of .:
portions of a speakerphone circuit u~e~ul in the keyboard of . .
Fig. l; `
Figure 5 i9 an electronic block diagram illustra tion of a modem circuit useul in the keyboard of Fi~. l; ~: -Figure 6 is an electronic block diagram illustra-tion of a scànner circuit u~eful in the-keyboard of Fig. l;
35~ and~
~ - Figures 7A and 7B are generalized block`diagrams of the keyhoard of Fig. 1 with two altern~te numeric keypad control circuits. ~.
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W~92/03B~ ~ U~ ~ V ~ U PCT/US91/0571b Detailed DescriPtion o a Preferred Emb~diment Reference i~ now made to Figs. 1 and 2, whichillustrate a keyboard con~tructed and op~rative in accor-dance with a pre~erred embodiment of the present invention.
The keyboard comprises an alphanumeric keypad 10, which may be id~ntical to that used in conventional per~onal computers manufactured by IBM and others.
The keyboard of the present invention also prefer- -ably comprises a numeric keypad 12l typically arranged in the form of a computer numeric keyboard rather than in the form of a DTMF telephone keypad.
The alphanumeric keypad 10 i~i assoc~ited with a keyboard circuit 14, which may be a conventional keyboard circuit employed in commercially available IBM PC keyboards.
The keyboard circuit 14 may be ~oupled via a connector cable to the keyboard plug socket of a computer, such as a person-al computer.
The numeric keypad is coupled via a control cir-cuit 16 to keyboard circuit 14, modem 18 and speakerphone 20 20. Control circuit 16 is operated by means of a control ;-keypad 22. Control keypad 22 typically comprises three keys on the keyboard. For example, they may be a key-board/dialpad mode switch 42, a scanner on/off switch 41 and a speakerphone on/off switch 43.
The modem 18 is coupled Yia serial line, such as an RS 232 line, to a computer. A document scan~er 24, such as a CCD122 or a CCD 142DB of Fairchild Semiconductor of West Germany, may al~o be coupled via a s~rial line to the -~
computer. Scanner 24 i~ also typically connected to control !~
circuit 16 and i~ opera~le as an input device for the com-puter. The ~peakerphone 20 typically comprise6 a handset 30 and a loudspeaker 3~i and is coupled to a telephone line, a~
is modem 18. ~ -~ Re.~erence-is now~made to Fig. 3 which-illu5trate~
th~ keyboard circuit-~4 which is-the circuitry of the-T~- -5539AT, RT.XT keyboard manufactur~d by Chickory~of Taiwan utilizing the 8748 keyboard CPU manufactured ~y Intel of the USA. The full specification of all of the circuit compo-~,~ ~ 9~3~t~ ~ ~
: - - - ' - ". .
2 0 ~ 9 0 PCT/US9I/0~710 nents appears in the drawing and there~ore, for reasons of conciseness, a verbatim description thereof is not provided here. However, it will be noted that switches 36 of a n~meric keypad 98 have been marked, as has a keyboard CPU
38.
Reference is now made to figs. 4A and 4B which illustrate circuitry o~ speakerphone 20. Figure 4A is the speakerphone specifica ion published by Motorola Semiconduc-tors ~f the USA as Data Spec Sheets MC34014 and MC34018~ :
Figure 4B is the speakerphone specification published byMotorola Semiconductors of the USA as Data Spec Sheet MC34118. The full specification of all of the circuit components appears in the drawings and therefore, for rea-sons of conciseness, a YerbatLm description thereof is not provided hera. ~owever, it will be noted that a second numeric keypad 100 is markedO
Reference is now made to Fig. 5 which illustrates -~ -the circuitry for modem 18. Figure 5 is taken from the Motorola S~mlconductors Data Spec Sheet MC6860. The ~ull specification o~ all of the circuit components appears in the drawing and therefore, for reasons of conciseness, a verbatim description thereof is not provided here. Refer-ence i5 now made to Fig. 6 which is an illustration of circuitry for scanner 24. Figure 6 is take~ from the Fair-child Charge Coupled Device Cataloque, 1984, Page 80. Thefull specification of all of the circuit components appears in the drawing and therefore, for reasons of conciseness, a verbatLm description thereof i~ not provided here.
Re~erence is now made to-Figs. 7A and 7B which illustrate two embodiments o~ control circuit 16 in conjunc-tion with keyboard circuit 14 and speakerphone 20~ As shown in Fig. 1~ in accordance with the present invention, there i9 only one numeric keypa~ 12. The fir3t and second numeric keypads 98 and. 100 o~ Figs. 3 and 4B, respectively, are typically-embodied in a-single:numeric keypad 12 comprising switches 36 (Figs. -3~. ~For_the embodiment of Fig. 7A, the switches 36 are double pole switches directly connected to both keyboard CPU 38 ~shown also in Fig. 3) and a telephone . ,:
'',, :' SuBsriTuTE SHEE~ ~
,.-: ' ' .
WO9V03884 ~ U ~ ~ ~ D o pcr/us9l/o57lo dialer 40 (shown also in Fig. 4B). Keyboard CPU 38 and telephone dialex 40 are also connected to keyboard/dialpad mode switch 42 ~orming part o~ control keypad 22.
Nhen switch 42 is in a ~irst keyboard mode, it 5 enables keyboard C~U 38 and disables telephone dialer 40, thereby enabling numeric and alphabetic input to the comput- -er. When switch 42 is in a second dialpad ~ode, it disables the keyboard CPU 38 and enables telephone dialer 40, thereby enabling the numeric keypad 12 of the presant invention to be utilized as a telephone keypad.
In accordance with an alternate embodiment of the present invention and as shown in Fig. 7B, switch 42 i~
connected to keypad CPU 38 and to telephone dialer 40. As in the previous embodiment, when switch 42 is in the first mode, the keyboard is enabled and the telephone dialer 40 is disabled. The keyboard data is sent, via a serial data line, to a computer (not shown). However, in this embodi-ment, when the telephone dialer 40 is enabled, the keyboard CPU 38 remains enabled and receives the data fxom numeric keypad 12. The serial data line is switched, via switch 47 wh ch is operated by switch 42, to send data to the now enabled telephone dialer 40. In this embodLment, telephone dialer 40 is modified, in a manner known to one skilled in the art, to receive keyboard signals and to encode them to DTMF signals for the speakerphone 20.
In accord~nce with the present invention, as shown in both Figs. 7A and 73, when the numeric keypad 12 is utilized as a telephone keypad, the keys ~, -, Enter and *, are rede~ined to perorm the redial, auto, memory and flash features of a sp~akerphone 20, respectively.
It will be appreciated that the entirety of keys of both the alphanumeric and numeric keypads 10 and 12, respectively, can be utilized for adva~ced talephone fea-tures, as required.~ For t~e embodLment of Fig. 7A, the 3~ entirety of keys of keypads 10 and 12 can be implemented as double pole switches. For the embodiment of Fig. 7B, the entirety of keyboard data can be sent to the telephone .
dialer 40.
SU851-lTUTE SHEET - -;
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- -. s ~ ? ' : , W~921038~ PCTIV~91/05710 ~o~a~o It will be appreciated by persons skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to what has been particularly shown and described hereinabove. Rather the scope of the present invention is defined only by the claims which follow: ;
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Claims (20)
AMENDED CLAIMS
[received by the International Bureau on 7 December 1991 (07.12.91);
original claims 1-7 replaced by amended claims 1-20 (4 pages)]
1. A computer keyboard for connection to a separate personal computer having a personal computer housing and compris-ing a keyboard housing separate from the personal computer housing and an alphanumeric keypad, a numeric keypad, connector cable means for connection only to the keyboard plug socket of the personal computer and at least one of the following: a document scanner, a speakerphone, and a modem disposed in the keyboard housing.
2. A computer keyboard for connection to a personal computer and comprising a keyboard housing separate from the personal computer and disposed therewithin an alphanumeric keypad, a numeric keypad and a document scanner and a connector cable arranged for connection to the keyboard plug socket of a personal computer.
3. A computer keyboard for connection to the key-board plug socket of a personal computer and comprising an alphanumeric keypad, a numeric keypad, a speakerphone and a connector cable arranged for connection to the keyboard plug socket of a personal computer.
4. A computer keyboard for connection to the keyboard plug socket of a personal computer and comprising a keyboard housing separate from the personal computer, an alphanumeric keypad, a numeric keypad, and a modem and a connector cable arranged for connection to the keyboard plug socket of a personal computer.
5. A computer keyboard for connection to the keyboard plug socket of a personal computer and comprising a keyboard 9.
housing separate from the computer and at least two of the following: document scanner, speakerphone and modem and a connec-tor cable arranged for connection to the keyboard plug socket of a personal computer.
housing separate from the computer and at least two of the following: document scanner, speakerphone and modem and a connec-tor cable arranged for connection to the keyboard plug socket of a personal computer.
6. A computer keyboard for connection to the key-board plug socket of a personal computer and comprising a key-board housing separate from the computer, a document scanner, speakerphone and modem disposed within said keyboard housing.
7. A computer keyboard according to Claim 1 and wherein said numeric keypad is operative for said speaker-phone.
8. A computer keyboard for connection to a separate personal computer having a personal computer housing and compris-ing a keyboard housing separate from the personal computer housing, an alphanumeric keypad and a numeric keypad arranged for connection to the keyboard plug socket of the personal computer and at least one of the following: a document scanner, a speakerphone, and a modem disposed in the keyboard housing.
9. A computer keyboard for connection to a personal computer and comprising an alphanumeric keypad and a numeric keypad arranged for connection to the keyboard plug socket of a personal computer and a document scanner, all being disposed in a keyboard housing separate from the personal computer.
10. A computer keyboard for connection to the keyboard plug socket of a personal computer and comprising alphanumeric and numeric keypad means for controlling the operation of the personal computer via said keyboard plug socket and a speakerphone disposed in a keyboard housing separate from the personal computer.
11. A computer keyboard for connection to a personal computer having a keyboard plug socket and comprising alphanumer-ic and numeric keypad means for controlling the operation of said personal computer via said keyboard plug socket and a modem, all disposed in a keyboard housing separate from the personal comput-er.
12. A computer keyboard for connection to the keyboard plug socket of a personal computer and comprising a keyboard housing separate from the computer, alphanumeric and numeric keypad means for controlling the operation of said personal computer via said keyboard plug socket and at least two of the following: document scanner, speakerphone and modem disposed in a keyboard housing separate from the personal computer.
13. A computer keyboard for connection to the keyboard plug socket of a personal computer and comprising a keyboard housing separate from the computer, alphanumeric and numeric keypad means for controlling the operation of said personal computer via said keyboard plug socket, a document scanner, speakerphone and modem disposed within said keyboard housing.
14. A computer keyboard according to claim 1 and wherein said numeric keyboard is arranged in the form of a computer numeric keyboard rather than in the form of a DTMF
telephone keyboard.
telephone keyboard.
15. A computer keyboard according to claim 2 and wherein said numeric keyboard is arranged in the form of a computer numeric keyboard rather than in the form of a DTMF
telephone keyboard.
telephone keyboard.
16. A computer keyboard according to claim 3 and wherein said numeric keyboard is arranged in the form of a computer numeric keyboard rather than in the form of a DTMF
telephone keyboard.
telephone keyboard.
17. A computer keyboard according to claim 4 and wherein said numeric keyboard is arranged in the form of a computer numeric keyboard rather than in the form of a DTMF
telephone keyboard.
telephone keyboard.
18. A computer keyboard according to claim 8 and wherein said numeric keyboard is arranged in the form of a computer numeric keyboard rather than in the form of a DTMF
telephone keyboard.
telephone keyboard.
19. A computer keyboard according to claim 9 and wherein said numeric keyboard is arranged in the form of a computer numeric keyboard rather than in the form of a DTMF
telephone keyboard.
telephone keyboard.
20. A computer keyboard according to claim 10 and wherein said numeric keyboard is arranged in the form of a computer numeric keyboard rather than in the form of a DTMF
telephone keyboard.
telephone keyboard.
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