JP3025832U - Keyboard, keyboard cover and sticker - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] A keyboard and a keyboard cover and a keyboard or keyboard cover that enables a person who hits a key while looking at the keyboard, for example, a person who hits the keyboard for the first time, to find the necessary key visually. It is an object to provide a seal body to be attached to. [Structure] In a keyboard in which a plurality of keys 2,2, ... Displaying predetermined characters are arranged, each of the keys 2,2, ... has a character displayed on the key 2,2, ... The identification means is provided to identify each of the desired groups.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a keyboard for a computer, a word processor, a typewriter, etc., a keyboard cover, and a seal body attached to the keyboard or the keyboard cover.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 In recent years, the penetration rate of computers has been increasing not only in companies but also in schools, homes, etc., and even people who have never touched a keyboard can touch it. There are often opportunities that must be taken.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, the keys are arranged so that the most frequently used characters are placed at the finger position of the home position, that is, the keys are designed so that those who can do so-called blind touch can press the keys very quickly. However, the first person who hits the keyboard or the person who occasionally has the opportunity to hit the keyboard have to look for the necessary key while looking at the keyboard, and for such a person, the alphabet order or five Since they are not arranged in ten-tone order, they are inconvenient. Especially for elderly people and beginners, there is a tendency to avoid computers because of the complexity of finding the positions of dozens of keys.

The present invention has been made in order to solve all the above-mentioned conventional problems, and it is extremely easy for a person who hits a key while looking at a keyboard, for example, a person who hits a keyboard for the first time. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a seal body for a keyboard and a keyboard cover that can search various keys.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and a means for solving the problem is to use a keyboard in which a plurality of keys 2, 2, ... Displaying predetermined characters are arranged. In each of the keys 2, 2, ..., Identification means is provided to identify the characters displayed on the keys 2, 2, ... For each desired group.

Further, like the means of claim 2, as the identification means, for example, different colors may be applied to the keys 2, 2, ..., And, as described in claim 3, The characters themselves displayed on the keys 2, 2, ... May be displayed in different colors.

The means described in claim 4 is that the characters displayed on each of the keys 2, 2, ... Are kana characters, and the desired group is configured to accompany a consonant.

Further, the means according to claim 5 is a keyboard cover, and it is possible to strike each key while covering the upper surface of the keyboard on which a plurality of keys displaying predetermined characters are arranged, Further, in a keyboard cover in which a plurality of convex portions 5, 5, ... Which can be fitted to the respective keys are formed, the convex portions 5, 5, ... Are displayed on the key in a covered state. The identification means is provided to identify the characters for each desired group.

In addition, the means according to claim 7 is a seal body, which is a seal body 7 that can be attached to a key of a keyboard or the like, and a predetermined character is displayed on the non-attachment surface of the seal body. In addition, an identifying means is provided to identify the character for each desired group.

[0010]

[Action]

 The keyboard configured as described above is provided with identification means for identifying the characters displayed on the keys 2, 2, ... For each desired group, so that the necessary characters were displayed while looking at the keyboard. When searching for the keys 2, 2, ..., The group in which the character is included can be very easily identified by the identifying means. In other words, it is very easy to narrow down from dozens of keys 2,2, ... to several keys 2,2, ..., so that the required characters are displayed from those several keys 2,2, .... It will be easier to find the key 2

In particular, when a sentence is created by a word processor, Japanese input is generally performed. However, like the means according to claim 4, a desired group is set to the keys 2, 2, .... By accommodating the consonants of the displayed kana characters, it is possible to quickly search for about 50 kana characters.

Further, if the color is used as the identification means as in the means according to claim 2 or 3, the keys 2, 2, ... Of the keyboard can be color-coded for each desired group, and the keys 2, 2 The keyboard can be color-configured like an array map of.

Further, the keyboard cover of the means according to claim 5 is a device for covering the upper surface of the keyboard to protect dust from the dust and at the same time, a key can be pressed from above the keyboard cover. , 5, ... Are provided with identification means for identifying the characters displayed on the keys of the keyboard with the keyboard cover covered for each desired group, so the characters searched for by the identification means are displayed. You can easily identify the group that contains the key.

In addition, the seal body of the means according to claim 7 is generally used by sticking a sheet body 7 on which a character corresponding to the character displayed on the key of the keyboard is displayed, to the key. However, since the sheet body 7 is provided with an identification means for identifying the character for each desired group, it is possible to easily identify the group including the key with the character to be searched for by the identification means. You can

[0015]

【Example】

 <First Embodiment> An embodiment of the keyboard according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 represents a general keyboard connected to a computer, and alphabetical characters and kana characters are displayed on the upper surface of each key 2, 2, ... To enable kana input.

Further, each key 2, 2, ... As an identification means, the kana characters 5, 5, ... Displayed on the key 2, 2 ,. Colors (shown with diagonal lines) are applied. That is, the group of keys 2,2, ... displaying the line "aiueo" is red, the group of keys 2,2, ... displaying the line "Kakikukeko" is yellow, and so on. The blue key is for the row keys 2,2, ..., the green is for the row keys 2,2, ..., the brown is for the row keys 2,2 ,. The keys 2,2, ... of gray and ma rows are pink, and the keys 2,2, ... of ya row are gold. However, the keys 2,2, ... with the above colors are identified by the characters such as alphabet characters and kana characters displayed on the keys 2,2, .. It goes without saying that the above colors have been applied so that it can be done.

In the keyboard configured as described above, different colors are provided as identification means for each accompanying consonant of the kana characters 5, 5, ... Displayed on the keys 2, 2 ,. However, when searching for the required key, it is possible to quickly find the key displaying the required character even if the array of kana characters is not stored.

Second Embodiment Hereinafter, an embodiment of the keyboard cover according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 3 denotes a key cover which covers the upper surface of the keyboard, and the keyboard cover 3 is a transparent and thin soft layer so that the keys can be hit with the keyboard covered. It is made of synthetic resin (see a partial cross section in the figure) and has predetermined projections 5, 5, ... To match each key of the keyboard.

Further, the convex portions 5, 5, ... Of the keyboard cover 3 are, as an identification means, the alphabet characters displayed on the keys to which the convex portions 5, 5 ,. Different colors are applied to each desired color group. That is, the convex parts 5,5, ... Conforming to the group of keys displaying "ABCDEFG" are red, the convex parts 5,5, ... Of "HIJKLMN" are yellow, and the convex part 5 of "OPQRSTU" is , 5, ... Are colored blue, and the convex portions 5, 5, ... Of "VWXYZ" are colored brown. However, the colors of the convex portions 5, 5, ... Are provided around the convex portions 5, 5 ,, so that the characters such as the alphabet displayed on the covered keys 2, 2, ... Can be seen through. (Indicated by solid fill in the figure).

By covering the keyboard with the keyboard cover configured as described above, not only the keyboard is protected from dust, but also the same color is applied to each alphabet group, so that the necessary alphabet characters are displayed. You can easily find the key.

<Third Embodiment> An embodiment of the sheet body according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In FIG. 3, 7 indicates a plurality of seal bodies that can be attached to the keys of the keyboard or the keyboard cover, and the non-attachment portions of the seal bodies 7, 7, ... Are colored as identification means. In addition, kana characters up to "a" are punched out and displayed for each character. That is, the group of seal bodies 7,7, ... in which "Aueo" is displayed is red, the seal body 7,7, ... in which similar rows are displayed is yellow, and the same line is displayed. Are shown in blue, seals 7,7, ... are marked green, seals 7,7, ... are marked brown, and The seals 7,7, ... with lines are gray, the seals 7,7, ... with lines are pink, and the seals 7,7, ... with lines are gold. Each color is applied.

If the sticker having the above structure is attached to the key of the keyboard or the convex portion of the keyboard cover corresponding to the kana character displayed on the sticker, the arrangement of the kana character is stored as in the above embodiment. Even if you don't do it, you can quickly find the key that displays the necessary characters.

<Other Embodiments> In the above embodiments, the colors applied to the keys 2, 2, ..., Convex portions 5, 5 ,. Therefore, it goes without saying that a color different from those of the above-mentioned respective examples may be applied. Further, in each of the above-described embodiments, the grouping of kana characters and alphabetic characters is merely an example, and different grouping from the above-described embodiments may be performed.

Further, in the above-mentioned first and third embodiments, the non-adhered portions of the keys 2, 2, ... Or the seal bodies 7, 7 ,. However, the identification method is not necessarily limited to this, and for example, the same effect can be obtained by coloring the characters themselves in different colors for each group. In addition, in the second embodiment described above, the convex portions 5, 5, ... Of the keyboard cover are colored in the periphery to serve as the identification means, but the identification means is not necessarily limited to this, and the identification means is not limited to each group. The colored characters may be displayed on the convex portions 5, 5, ... Or the convex portions 5, 5 ,.

Further, in each of the above-mentioned embodiments, the color is applied as the identification means, but the identification means is not necessarily limited to the color. For example, apples are used for A row and bananas are used for Ka row. Different fruits may be displayed for each group and used as an identification means, or animals or flowers may be used instead of fruits. The point is that some kind of identification means may be provided to distinguish one character group from another character group, and the identification means may be a color or a sign. Using an animal or the like as the identification means has an advantage that a small child can hit the keyboard while having fun.

[0026]

[Effect of device]

 As described above, since the keyboard according to the present invention can very easily identify the group including the key of the required character by the identification means, it is possible to narrow down the number of keys to several keys. Therefore, it is possible to quickly find a required key by narrowing the selection range of the key. With such a keyboard, even beginners, elderly people, etc. who are looking at the keyboard and can press the key can quickly find the key, and it is believed that there is less need to shy away from the computer due to the complexity of keyboard input. Be done. Further, according to the means of claim 2 or 3, since the keys of the keyboard are constructed like the color map, the keyboard layout of the keyboard is obvious and is suitable for the practice of storing the arrangement of the keys. Is.

Further, if key input is performed using the keyboard cover which is the means according to the fifth aspect, not only can the dust be prevented from being applied to the keyboard, but the required key can be quickly searched for as in the above case.

[0028] In addition, if the sticker, which is the means according to the seventh aspect, is attached to a keyboard or a keyboard cover and a key input is performed, a required key can be quickly searched for as in the above. Furthermore, the key layout may differ depending on the type of keyboard, but with this seal body, it is sufficient to attach them individually according to the keyboard layout. It becomes possible.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an embodiment of a keyboard according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a keyboard cover according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a seal body according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 ... Key, 5 ... Convex part, 7 ... Seal

Claims (8)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A plurality of keys (2) displaying predetermined characters,
(2), ... In a keyboard in which the above-mentioned keys are arranged,
A keyboard characterized in that (2), (2), ... Is provided with identification means for identifying the characters displayed on the keys (2), (2), ... For each desired group. . 2. The keyboard according to claim 1, wherein the identification means has different colors applied to the keys (2), (2), .... 3. The identification means includes the keys (2), (2), ...
The keyboard according to claim 1, wherein the characters themselves displayed on the screen are displayed in different colors. 4. The character displayed on each of the keys (2), (2), ... Is a kana character, and the desired group is accompanied by a consonant. Keyboard. 5. A plurality of convex portions capable of hitting each key while being fitted on the upper surface of a keyboard on which a plurality of keys displaying predetermined characters are arranged and which can be fitted into each key.
In the keyboard cover in which (5), (5), ... Is formed, each convex portion (5), (5) ,. A keyboard cover, characterized in that identification means is provided for each identification. 6. The keyboard cover according to claim 5, wherein the identification means has different colors applied to the convex portions (5), (5), .... 7. A sticker (7) that can be attached to a keyboard key or the like, wherein a predetermined character is displayed on the non-stick surface of the sticker (7) and the character is desired. The seal body is provided with an identification means for identifying each group. 8. The seal body according to claim 7, wherein the identification means has different colors applied to the non-sticking surface of the seal body (7).