JP6941748B1 - Nine-row five-stage keyboard - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To first press a predetermined voiced sound key 3 (second voiced sound key 3) and then to press any predetermined text creation key, which is possessed by the "patent No. 6823755 nine-row five-stage keyboard". This eliminates the inconvenience and inconvenience of having to press the key twice to create a sentence, which requires the time and effort of pressing the key twice. SOLUTION: "Method of arranging the arrangement of sentence creation keys 4" is changed to "" The upper one of the arrangement frame of the dakuon key 2 in nine rows and five stages "or" The arrangement frame of the dakuon key 2 in nine rows and five stages. By adopting a method in which the voiced sound keys 3 are arranged side by side in the left and right rows of the text creation key 4, the troublesomeness and inconvenience of pressing the text creation key 4 twice is eliminated. A predetermined sentence creation operation can be performed quickly and easily by "pressing only the key 4 once". [Selection diagram] Fig. 1

Description

The present invention is an invention relating to "arrangement of text creation keys on a nine-row, five-stage keyboard".
However, the terms used in the present invention are "nine-row five-stage keyboard", "nine-row five-stage keyboard / six-stage type", "nine-row five-stage keyboard / eleven-row type", "seion key", "dakuon key", and "muddy sound key". The definition of "sentence creation key" is as follows.

What is a "nine-row five-stage keyboard"?
1. As an "input keyboard for writing sentences"
B. The key is set to input "predetermined 45 types of hiragana, katakana seion, and sound repellency" by "pressing the specified key alone", and the arrangement is changed to "the Japanese syllabary arrangement of hiragana". The Kiyone key, which is an array of nine rows and five steps.
B. Enter "predetermined hiragana / katakana voiced sound / semi-voiced sound / sound / sokuon / long sound" by "pressing the specified key immediately after pressing the specified seion key" and "pressing the specified key". It is a key set to input "predetermined character type" by "pressing a predetermined dakuon key immediately after", and its arrangement is a predetermined position outside the frame of the nine-row, five-stage arrangement frame of the "a seion key". The voiced sound key placed in.
C. A key set to perform "operation commands for creating sentences for characters, numbers, symbols and specified sentence positions entered at specified positions" by "pressing the specified key alone". Then, the sentence creation key whose arrangement is arranged at "a predetermined position outside the frame of the nine-row, five-stage arrangement frame of the Kiyone key of a".
It is a keyboard characterized in that a key layout and a key input function are formed by three types of input keys.
2. As a "key input function", a key input function that allows you to "input the specified 45 types of hiragana, katakana, and sound repellency" by "pressing the specified clear sound key alone".
B. A key input function that allows you to perform "input of specified hiragana / katakana voiced sound / semi-voiced sound / yoon / sokuon / long sound" by "pressing the specified voiced sound key immediately after pressing the specified voiced sound key".
C. After performing "selecting the character type of hiragana, katakana, alphabets, numbers, and symbols" by "pressing the specified voiced sound key on the direct screen after pressing the specified voiced sound key", press the "specified voiced sound key". A key input function that allows you to "input characters, numbers, and symbols in a predetermined character type".
D. By "pressing the specified sentence creation key alone", "the characters, numbers, symbols entered at the specified position and the operation command for creating the sentence for the specified sentence position" are performed, and "the specified sentence creation" is performed. A key input function that allows you to perform "operations".
A keyboard characterized by having four types of key input functions.
To say.

What is "9-row 5-stage keyboard, 6-stage type"?
1. One of the "nine-row five-stage keyboard",
2. Set "dakuon key and sentence creation key" as "predetermined position outside the frame of the nine-row, five-stage arrangement frame of the Kiyone key", and "one step outside the frame of the nine-row, five-stage arrangement frame of the Kiyone key." The horizontal one-step position of the "frame".
A nine-row, five-stage keyboard that is arranged in a row and has a key layout frame on the entire keyboard surface that is "six rows up and down and nine rows left and right."
To say.

What is "9-row 5-stage keyboard, 11-row type"?
1. One of the "nine-row five-stage keyboard",
2. Set "dakuon key and sentence creation key" as "predetermined position outside the frame of the nine-row, five-stage arrangement frame of the Kiyone key", and "left and right outside the frame of the nine-row, five-stage arrangement frame of the Kiyone key." The position of two vertical rows of "one row frame".
A nine-row, five-stage keyboard that is arranged in a row and has a key layout frame on the entire keyboard surface that is "five rows up and down and eleven rows left and right."
To say.

What is "Kiyone key" on a nine-row five-stage keyboard?
1. One of the input keys on the "9-row, 5-stage keyboard"
2. By "pressing one key in a predetermined position alone"
B. Enter "predetermined 45 types of hiragana / katakana seion / syllabary".
B. Enter the "predetermined letters, numbers, and symbols after the character type has been selected".
3. By "pressing the specified voiced sound key immediately after pressing the specified key"
B. Enter "predetermined hiragana / katakana voiced sound / semi-voiced sound / yoon / sokuon / long sound".
"45 types of input keys with an array of 9 rows and 5 steps according to the hiragana Japanese syllabary arrangement".
To say.

What is "dakuon key" on a nine-row five-stage keyboard?
1. One of the input keys on the "9-row, 5-stage keyboard"
2. By "pressing the specified key immediately after pressing the specified Kiyone key"
B. Enter "predetermined hiragana / katakana voiced sound / semi-voiced sound / yoon / sokuon / long sound".
3. By "pressing the specified Kiyone key immediately after pressing the specified key"
B. Select the character type of hiragana, katakana, alphabetic characters, numbers, and symbols as the specified character type.
B. Perform "move a predetermined cursor and enter a predetermined punctuation mark / bracket, etc."
"Three types of input keys arranged at a predetermined position outside the frame of the nine-row, five-stage arrangement frame of the Kiyone key" set for this purpose.
To say.

What is "text creation key" on a nine-row five-stage keyboard?
1. One of the input keys on the "9-row, 5-stage keyboard"
2. By "pressing one key in a predetermined position alone"
B. Perform the "operation command for creating sentences for the characters, numbers, symbols and the specified sentence position entered at the specified position" to perform the "predetermined sentence creation operation".
6 types of input: execution key, kanji conversion key, line feed key, blank key, delete key, and backward key, which are arranged at a predetermined position outside the frame of the 9-row, 5-stage array frame of the Kiyone key. Key".
To say.

The present invention describes the arrangement and input method of "execution key, kanji conversion key, line feed key, blank key, delete key, backward key" as a sentence creation key in "Patent No. 6823755, a nine-row five-stage keyboard". Is an improved invention.

That is, about "arrangement of" execution key, kanji conversion key, line feed key, blank key, delete key, backward key "as a sentence creation key in" Patent No. 6823755, 9-row, 5-stage keyboard "and its input method". teeth,
1. As detailed in "0010" of "Means for Solving Problems" in the specification of Japanese Patent No. 6823755, and illustrated in "Fig. 2" of Japanese Patent No. 6823755. As you can see, "the 6 keys as writing keys" are
B, within the frame of "1st to 3rd rows 1st and 2nd rows in the 9th row and 5th row Kiyone key arrangement frame".
It is arranged collectively in
2. As an input operation when creating a sentence, a predetermined sentence is created by "first pressing a predetermined voiced sound key 3 (second voiced sound key 3) and then pressing any predetermined sentence creation key". In Although,
3. In the input operation for creating this sentence, there are two stages: "First, the operation of pressing the predetermined voiced sound key 3 (second voiced sound key 3)" and "The operation of pressing one of the predetermined voiced sound keys 3". There was "the inconvenience and inconvenience of having to press the key twice", which means that the input operation procedure requires the trouble of pressing twice.

Incidentally, the sentence of "0010" of "Means for Solving the Problem" in the specification of Japanese Patent No. 6823755 is as follows.
4. The "arrangement of operation keys such as execution, blank, delete, backward, kanji conversion, line feed, etc. for sentence creation operation" that the conventional keyboard had, has regularity and uniformity around the character keys. Since it is arranged without any problem, it is troublesome to visually confirm the key name and the key position each time in order to press the operation key reliably.
As shown in "Fig. 2", in response to the problem of
B. Immediately after pressing the predetermined voiced sound key 3 (second voiced sound key 3), "Create a predetermined sentence that is collectively and regularly arranged within a certain range of the first to third rows of the Kiyone key row. By pressing the "dakuon key 2 for operation", you can "select the operation key name and key position that are regular and unified and easy to remember", and this "quick and accurate selection and determination of operation keys" makes it possible to write sentences. Being able to create smoothly.
This solves the "problem of a".

That is, the invention of the present application is an invention that eliminates the above-mentioned "troublesomeness and inconvenience of pressing twice in the input operation procedure" when creating a sentence in "Patent No. 6823755, a nine-row five-stage keyboard". be.

What is "Patent No. 6823755, 9-row, 5-stage keyboard"?
1. The conventional "JIS layout keyboard" has "difficulty / disadvantages unique to keyboards" a. It has about 100 keys, has a large volume and area, and has the difficulty and weight of closing a place on a desk. There were drawbacks and drawbacks that were heavy and difficult to move.
(B) Since the hiragana key arrangement was disorderly without regularity and uniformity, it was difficult to remember the key name and key position when writing Japanese, and there were drawbacks and drawbacks that blind touch was difficult to perform.
C. The key name and key position cannot be changed due to the lack of regularity and uniformity in the selection method and display key position of "Hiragana, Katakana, Lowercase letters, Uppercase letters, Western numerals, Chinese numerals, symbols, etc." as the character type. There were drawbacks and drawbacks that made it difficult to remember and select a character type quickly and accurately.
D. "Arrangement of operation keys for execution, kanji conversion, line breaks, blanks, delete, backward, etc. for sentence creation operations" is arranged around the character keys without regularity or uniformity. There was the inconvenience and inconvenience of having to visually confirm the key name and key position each time to press the key reliably.
For the difficulties and drawbacks of
2. By halving the number of keys and giving regularity and uniformity to the arrangement of hiragana keys, character type selection keys, and sentence creation keys, the above "difficulty / disadvantages of JIS keyboard" can be solved and used. It is a keyboard with greatly improved convenience.

1. A patent document which is "Patent No. 6823755" in "Japanese Patent Application No. 2020-152393" as a patent document which caused the application of the present application.

The patent applicant searched for "non-patent documents related to the key layout and key input method in which the text creation key layout and key input method are considered to be similar to or similar to the present invention" by Internet search and j-platpat search. No suitable reference was found.

Problems to be solved by the invention

As the "difficulty / disadvantage in input operation when creating sentences" mentioned in the above background technology that "Patent No. 6823755, 9-row, 5-stage keyboard" had, in the input operation when creating the sentence, "You must first perform a two-step key press operation," an operation of pressing a predetermined voiced sound key 3 (second voiced sound key 3) "and" an operation of pressing one of the predetermined text creation keys "." There was the inconvenience and inconvenience of pressing twice in the procedure. "
The problem is to solve the problem.

Means to solve problems

The present invention relates to the arrangement of the text creation key 4.
1. As illustrated in "Fig. 2" of the drawing of the nine-row five-stage keyboard of Patent No. 6823755, as "arrangement arrangement method of sentence creation keys in the nine-row five-stage keyboard of Patent No. 6823755". Revised the "method of collectively arranging in the first and second rows of the first to third rows in the arrangement frame of the Kiyone keys in the nine rows and five rows".
2. Separate the sentence creation key 4 from "in the array frame of the Kiyone key 2 in 9 rows and 5 steps".
B. "Nine-row five-stage keyboard, six-stage type", that is, the upper part outside the frame of the nine-row five-stage arrangement frame of the dakuon key as shown in "Fig. 1" to "Fig. 6" of the drawings of the present invention. A method in which the voiced sound keys 3 are arranged side by side at the horizontal one-stage position of the one-stage frame. "
or,
B. "Nine-row five-stage keyboard, eleven-row type", that is, "outside the frame of the nine-row five-stage arrangement frame of the dakuon key" as shown in "Fig. 7" to "Fig. 12" of the drawings of the present invention. A method in which the voiced sound keys 3 are arranged side by side at the positions of two vertical rows of each of the left and right single row frames. "
By changing to, the procedure for inputting the text creation key 4 eliminates the "troublesomeness and inconvenience of pressing the text creation key 4 after pressing the second voiced sound key 3".
3. By "pressing only the sentence creation key 4 once", "execution as a predetermined sentence creation operation, kanji conversion, line feed, blank, delete, and backward operation" are performed quickly and accurately.

The "method of inputting sentences by the sentence creation key 4 in the" nine-row five-stage keyboard / six-stage system "" will be described in "Example 4" in "Modes for Implementing the Invention" described later. That's right.

The invention's effect

In the present invention,
1. As the "arrangement arrangement method of the sentence creation keys 4 in the nine-row five-stage keyboard 1", the "arrangement arrangement method of the sentence creation keys in the nine-row five-stage keyboard according to Patent No. 6823755" is "nine-row five-stage". The method of collectively arranging in the first and second rows of the first to third rows in the arrangement frame of the Kiyone key of
2. As in "9-row 5-stage keyboard / 6-stage type" or "9-row 5-stage keyboard / 11-row type" a, "Sentence creation key 4" is the arrangement frame of "9-row 5-stage dakuon key 2" A method in which the voiced sound keys 3 are arranged side by side in a horizontal one-row frame or a vertical two-row frame provided outside the frame.
By changing to
3. In the procedure of the input operation of the sentence creation key 4, "the troublesomeness and inconvenience of pressing the second voiced sound key 3 and then the sentence creation key twice, which is troublesome and inconvenient" is solved.
4. There is an effect and convenience that a predetermined sentence creation operation, that is, a sentence creation can be performed quickly and accurately by "one-time pressing operation of only the sentence creation key 4".

In the "nine-row five-stage keyboard, eleven-row type", the voiced sound key and the sentence creation key are set to "the left and right vertical one-row frames outside the arrangement frame of the nine-row five-stage seion key". The key layout frame on the entire keyboard surface is "five steps up and down", and "back and forth movement when pressing keys with fingers" can be minimized, so "wrist and arm as a whole due to long-term input" It has the effect and convenience of suppressing "fatigue".

In the present invention, as will be described later in "Example 7",
1. In all of the input, whether it is character input or sentence creation input, "pressing two keys consisting of a predetermined combination at the same time (as when using the shift key on a JIS layout keyboard) to perform a predetermined input" is Instead, "press only one predetermined key in sequence to perform a predetermined input".
2. Therefore, it is not always necessary to perform the key press operation with the fingertips, for example,
B. Use a "thin stick-like instrument with a sharp tip like a touch pen" to press the top of the keys one by one in sequence to enter all characters and write sentences.
It is also possible to input as a "minimal keyboard with a key pitch reduced to about 5 mm" according to the thickness of this bar.
3. In the case of this "minimal keyboard", the area size of the keyboard can be reduced to a size of about 4 cm in length and 6 cm in width, for example.
B. It has the effect and convenience of being able to be used as a "portable keyboard consisting of button-type keys or touch-panel-type keys".
(B) Installed as an application on smartphones and tabloid personal computers with strict screen area restrictions, "Press the specified key on the touch panel key screen with the tip of a thin stick such as the above touch pen or a fingertip attachment device with a thin tip. There is an effect and convenience that it can be used as a "keyboard for inputting a predetermined input and therefore for creating a predetermined sentence".
C. Therefore, there is also the effect and convenience of being able to perform "more accurate and quicker input than the toggle input method or flick input method on the key screen of the touch panel".

1. "Fig. 1" shows "9-row 5-stage keyboard / 6-stage board view", and "Fig. 7" shows "9-row 5-stage keyboard / 11-row board view". The figure is an "arrangement diagram of the clear sound key 2, the voiced sound key 3, and the sentence creation key 4."
However, as the sequence diagram,
B, "Arrangement arrangement of 45 kinds of Kiyone keys 2" is shown, and "Hiragana of the corresponding key" is written as the key name.
B. “Arrangement of the first voiced sound key 3, the second voiced sound key 3, and the third voiced sound key 3 as the three types of voiced sound keys 3” is shown.
C, "Arrangement of" execution key, kanji conversion key, line feed key, blank key, delete key, backward key "as 6 types of sentence creation keys 4" is shown, and "actual" as the key name is "execution". , "Kan" is "Kanji conversion", "Kai" is "Line feed", "Empty" is "Blank", "Delete" is "Delete", and "After" is "Backward". do.
2. "Fig. 2" shows "9-row 5-stage keyboard / 6-stage board view", and "Fig. 8" shows "9-row 5-stage keyboard / 11-row board view". The figure is "arrangement diagram of 6 kinds of sentence creation keys 4,""arrangement diagram of character type for selecting character type", and "arrangement diagram of operation commands and frequently used symbols at the time of sentence creation".
However, the character types and operation details for each character and each symbol are as shown in (a) to (d) below, and "selection of character type and input of frequently used symbols in these sequence diagrams" is "second voiced sound key 3". It is established by pressing the key after pressing.
B, "Hi" is "Hiragana", "Ka" is "Katakana", "Q" is "QWERTY sequence diagram", "A" is "ABCDEF sequence diagram", "Large" is "English capital", "Number" Is written as "Western numerals, Chinese numerals, number-related Chinese characters, number-related symbols", and "Note" is written as "bracket symbols / frequently used symbols".
B, "Full" is "Full-width", "Half" is "Half-width", "Left" is "Left movement of cursor", "Up" is "Upward movement of cursor", "Right" is "Right movement of cursor" , "Down" is "cursor down", "head" is "cursor line beginning", "end" is "cursor line end", "thick" is "bold", "oblique" is "oblique" , "Line" means "underline", "insertion" means "insertion", "previous" means "previous page", and "next" means "next page".
C, "," as a frequently used symbol is a "comma", "." Is a "punctuation mark", and "・" is a "middle black".
D. "Parentheses" shall be as shown in the notation.
3. "Fig. 3" shows "9-row 5-stage keyboard / 6-stage board view", and "Fig. 9" shows "9-row 5-stage keyboard / 11-row board view". The figure is "arrangement diagram of 6 kinds of sentence creation keys 4", "arrangement diagram of lowercase letters of QWERTY arrangement", and "arrangement diagram of frequently used symbols for English sentences".
4. "Fig. 4" shows "9-row 5-stage keyboard / 6-stage board view", and "Fig. 10" shows "9-row 5-stage keyboard / 11-row board view". The figure is "arrangement diagram of 6 kinds of sentence creation keys 4", "arrangement diagram of lowercase letters of ABCDEF arrangement", and "arrangement diagram of frequently used symbols for English sentences".
5. "Fig. 5" shows "9-row 5-stage keyboard / 6-stage board view", and "Fig. 11" shows "9-row 5-stage keyboard / 11-row board view". The figure is "arrangement diagram of 6 kinds of sentence creation keys 4" and "arrangement diagram of Western numbers / Kanji numbers / number-related kanji / number-related symbols".
6. "Fig. 6" shows "9-row 5-stage keyboard / 6-stage board view", and "Fig. 12" shows "9-row 5-stage keyboard / 11-row board view". The figure is "arrangement diagram of 6 kinds of sentence creation keys 4" and "arrangement diagram of frequently used symbols".

For "How to enter text in" 9-row 5-step keyboard, 6-step type ""
1. "Method of inputting hiragana, katakana, kanji, alphabets, numbers, and symbols" shall be as described in "Example 2" and "Example 3" below.
2. The "text input method using the text creation key 4" is an improved "text input method using the nine-row five-stage keyboard of Patent No. 6823755" as described in "Example 4" below. A method of inputting sentences by pressing the creation key 4 once. "

Refer to "Fig. 1" and "Fig. 2" for "How to input" Hiragana "and" Katakana "using the clear sound key 2 and dakuon key 3 on the board of the nine-row five-stage keyboard 1" when creating Japanese sentences. As a figure, it is as follows.
1. For "Hiragana input method", refer to "Fig. 2".
B. Immediately after pressing the "second voiced sound key 3", press the "hi key" to change the character type to "hiragana", and then enter the "corresponding hiragana" as shown in 2 to 9 below.
2. "A, I, U, E, O, Ka, Ki, Ku, Ke, Ko, Sa, Su, Se, So, Chi, Tsu, Te, To, Na," as "Kiyone" Ni-nu-ne-no-ha-hi-fu-he-ho-ma-mi-mu-me-mo-ya-yu-yo-wa-ra-ri-ru-re-ro "and" sound repellency " For information on how to enter "n" as
B. Input by "pressing the" Kiyone key of the key name shown in FIG. 1 "alone".
3. Regarding the input method of "ga, gi, gu, ge, go, za, ji, zu, ze, zo" as "dakuon",
B, enter by "pressing the first muddy sound key 3 immediately after pressing each key of" ka, ki, ku, ke, ko, sa, s, s, se, so "as a seion key" ..
4. Regarding the input method of "da, ji, zu, de, do, ba, bi, bu, be, bo" as "dakuon",
B. Enter by "pressing the second voiced sound key 3 immediately after pressing each key of" ta, chi, tsu, te, to, ha, hi, fu, he, ho "as a seion key." ..
5. Regarding the input method of "pa-pi-pu-pe-po" as "handakuon",
B. Input by "pressing the second voiced sound key 3 immediately after pressing each key of" na, ni, nu, ne, no "as a seion key".
6. Regarding the input method of "a-i-u-e-o" as "Yoon",
B. Input by "pressing the first voiced sound key 3 immediately after pressing each key of" a, i, u, e, o "as a seion key".
7. Regarding the input method of "ya-yu-yo" as "Yoon",
B. Input by "pressing the third voiced sound key 3 immediately after pressing each key of" ya, yu, yo "as a seion key".
8. Regarding the input method of "tsu" as "sokuon",
B. Input by "pressing the third voiced sound key 3 immediately after pressing the" ma "key as the seion key".
9. Regarding the input method of "-" as "long sound",
B. Input by "pressing the third voiced sound key 3 immediately after pressing the" ra "key as the seion key".
10. For the input method of "Katakana", refer to "Fig. 2".
B. Immediately after pressing "2nd voiced sound key 3", press "Khaki" to change the character type to "Katakana", and then use the same method as "Hiragana input method in 2 to 9 above" to "Applicable Katakana". ".
11. For the input method of "punctuation marks and key brackets written in the clear sound key frame in Fig. 2", refer to "Fig. 2" as a reference diagram.
B. Immediately after pressing the "second voiced sound key 3", press the "corresponding key" to input.
12. For the input method of "Kanji",
B. Enter "one word or one sentence of hiragana entered by the above methods 2 to 9" by "pressing the" Kanji key "before confirming it to perform kanji conversion".
B. "Selection and confirmation of candidate kanji" is confirmed by "pressing the" kanji "repeatedly until the selected kanji is reached, and then pressing the" real key "when the kanji is reached."

For "How to input" alphabetic characters "using the clear sound key 2 and the voiced sound key 3 on the board of the nine-row five-stage keyboard 1," refer to "Fig. 2", "Fig. 3", and "Fig. 4" as shown below. It is as 1 to 3.
1. With reference to "Fig. 2", press the "Q key" immediately after pressing the "second voiced sound key 3" to change the alphabetical arrangement to the "QWERTY arrangement", or press the "second voiced sound key 3". Immediately after that, press the "A key" to change the alphabetical arrangement to "ABCDEF arrangement", and then enter the "corresponding alphabet" as "lowercase letters".
2. With reference to "Fig. 2", for "uppercase letters", press the "large key" immediately after pressing the "second voiced sound key 3" before entering the corresponding character, and change the character type to "uppercase letters". Then, enter the "corresponding alphabet" as the "uppercase letter".
3. "Frequent symbols for alphabetic characters" are input by pressing the "corresponding symbol keys" shown in "Fig. 3" and "Fig. 4" while inputting English sentences.

Regarding "How to input" numbers "using the clear sound key 2 and the voiced sound key 3 on the board of the nine-row five-stage keyboard 1," refer to "Fig. 2" and "Fig. 5" as shown in 1 below. be.
1. With reference to "Fig. 2", immediately after pressing "2nd muddy sound key 3", press "number key" to change the character type to "number", and then "corresponding Western numeral" shown in "Fig. 5".・ Press and enter the keys for Chinese numerals, number-related terms, and number-related symbols.

Regarding "How to input" symbols "using the clear sound key 2 and the voiced sound key 3 on the board of the nine-row five-stage keyboard 1," refer to "Fig. 2" and "Fig. 6" as shown in 1 below. be.
1. With reference to "Fig. 2", immediately after pressing "2nd voiced sound key 3", press "Note key" to change the character type to "symbol", and then "corresponding parenthesis symbol" shown in "Fig. 6".・ Press the "key of frequently used symbols" to enter.

1. Regarding "method of inputting sentences with the sentence creation key 4 in" 9-row 5-stage keyboard / 6-stage type "", refer to "Fig. 1" to "Fig. 6" for any character type. ,
B. Perform the "execution operation" by pressing "real key only" alone.
B. Perform the "Kanji conversion operation" by pressing "Kanji only" alone.
C. Perform a "line feed operation" by pressing "only the break key" alone.
D. Perform a "blank operation" by pressing "empty key only" alone.
E. Perform the "delete operation" by pressing "cut key only" alone.
F. Perform the "backward operation" by pressing the "back key only" alone.
It is a thing.
2. Therefore, in the sentence creation operation, "the operation of pressing the voiced sound key (second voiced sound key 3) as the pre-stage operation of pressing the sentence creation key" performed in the nine-row five-stage keyboard of Patent No. 6823755 "is It is not necessary, and the "troublesomeness and inconvenience of pressing the text creation key twice after pressing the second voiced sound key 3" in the "procedure for inputting the text creation key" has been eliminated. It is something that is.

In "Keyboard 1 in" 9-row 5-stage keyboard / 6-stage type "", as shown in "Fig. 1" to "Fig. 6", "45 each Kiyone key 2" is "predetermined". It is in charge of 5 to 6 types of key functions, "operation command function for writing sentences" and "input function for predetermined clear sounds, letters, numbers, and symbols corresponding to character types", for example.
There are 6 types of "A key", "A", "・", "o", "i", "Thousand", and "Co., Ltd.".
B. There are five types of "na key": "na", "t", "e", "eight", and "*".
In charge of the key functions of, "the total number of the functions in the clear sound key frame of nine rows and five steps" is as many as 255 in total shown in "Fig. 1" to "Fig. 6".
For this reason, it is almost impossible for users, especially beginner users, to remember all the key function names.
1. In the case of "button type keys", each of these 6 or 5 key functions is color-coded and printed on the key surface including the upper surface or the side surface of each Kiyone key 2. By doing so, the user can "quickly and accurately select a key and press a key without making a mistake by visually checking the printed matter", and the user does not get lost in searching for a key.
2. In the case of "touch panel type keys", on all the key screens of the 45 Kiyone keys 2, the 45 displays of the entire key screen are instantly switched each time the character type is switched. If the "screen display of characters, numbers, and symbols for each character type" as shown in "1" to "Fig. 6" is performed, the user can "visually make a mistake in viewing the screen display.""No quick and accurate key selection and key press operation" is possible, so you will not get lost in finding a key.

The above-mentioned "Example 1" to "Example 5" are "key input method and key operation method in" 9-row 5-stage keyboard / 6-stage type "".
1. "The nine-row five-stage keyboard, six-stage type" and the "nine-row five-stage keyboard, eleven-row type" have different arrangement positions of the voiced sound key and the sentence creation key, but "the arrangement of the seion keys is mutual. If it is "same as" and "the key name is the same", "the input function and the operation function of the voiced sound key, the voiced sound key, and the sentence creation key are all the same as each other".
2. Therefore, the "key input method and key operation method in the" nine-row five-stage keyboard / eleven-row type "" refers to the "nine-row five-stage keyboard" shown in the above-mentioned "Example 1" to "Example 5". -The same key input method and key operation method as in "Key input method and key operation method in the 6-stage system".

In the nine-row five-stage keyboard 1 of the present invention,
1. In all of the input, whether it is character input or sentence creation input, "pressing two keys consisting of a predetermined combination at the same time (as when using the shift key on a JIS layout keyboard) to perform a predetermined input" is Instead, "press only one predetermined key in sequence to perform a predetermined input".
2. Therefore, it is not always necessary to perform the key press operation with the fingertips, for example,
B. Use a "thin stick-like instrument with a sharp tip like a touch pen" to press the top of the keys one by one in sequence to enter all characters and write sentences.
It is also possible to input as a "minimal keyboard with a key pitch reduced to about 5 mm" according to the thickness of this bar.
3. In the case of this "minimal keyboard", the area size of the keyboard can be reduced to a size of about 4 cm in length and 6 cm in width, for example.
B. It can be used as a "portable keyboard consisting of button-type keys or touch-panel-type keys".
(B) Installed as an application on smartphones and tabloid personal computers with strict screen area restrictions, "Press the specified key on the touch panel key screen with the tip of a thin stick such as the above touch pen or a fingertip attachment device with a thin tip. Therefore, it is possible to use it as a "keyboard for creating a predetermined sentence again by inputting a predetermined input".
C. Therefore, it also enables "more accurate and quicker input than the toggle input method or flick input method on the key screen of the touch panel".

In the "touch panel type key" of the present invention, since the entire surface of the screen is formed as one touch panel plate and there is no physical boundary between each key, when each key is pressed, "2 to 4 fingertips" are used. Pressing multiple keys at the same time may confuse the input,
1. In order to prevent "a situation where this erroneous input occurs", "a key frame is formed for each key on the surface of the entire screen of the touch panel. If you set up a "frame" and clearly form the boundaries of each key, you will be able to "press only within the one key frame that your fingertips want."
2. It is possible to prevent "a situation in which a fingertip presses a plurality of keys at the same time to confuse the input and cause an erroneous input".

1. Both the "9-row 5-stage keyboard / 6-stage type" and the "9-row 5-stage keyboard / 11-row type" are fully integrated keyboards, but they are on the desk in front of the user. For the purpose of setting the free space for work, it may be "a left-right two-divided keyboard in which the keyboard surface is vertically divided into two at appropriate positions and separated into a left-handed keyboard and a right-handed keyboard".
2. For both "9-row 5-stage keyboard / 6-stage type" and "9-row 5-stage keyboard / 11-row type" keyboards, "muddy sound key / execution key / kanji conversion key / line feed key / blank key / The "positional relationship of the mutual arrangement of the delete key and the backward key" may be the positional relationship of any array.
3. The voiced sound key and the sentence creation key in the "nine-row five-stage keyboard / six-stage type" are the upper one stage outside the frame of the nine-row five-stage arrangement frame of the seion key in the nine-row five-stage keyboard of the present invention. Although it is set to "the horizontal one-step position of the frame", it may be set to "the horizontal one-step position of the lower one-step frame outside the frame of the nine-row five-step arrangement frame of the dakuon keys".
4. The voiced sound key and the text creation key in the "nine-row five-stage keyboard / eleven-row type" are the left and right outside the frame of the nine-row five-stage arrangement frame of the Kiyone key in the nine-row five-stage keyboard of the present invention. Although it is set to "the position of the vertical two rows of the one-row frame", it may be set to "the position of the left vertical two rows or the position of the right vertical two rows outside the frame of the nine-row five-stage array frame of the dakuon key". ..

1 is a 9-row, 5-stage keyboard. 2 is the Kiyone key. 3 is a voiced sound key. 4 is a sentence creation key.

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1. As an "input keyboard for writing sentences"
B. The key is set to input "predetermined 45 types of hiragana, katakana seion, and sound repellency" by "pressing the specified key alone", and the arrangement is changed to "the Japanese syllabary arrangement of hiragana". The Kiyone key, which is an array of nine rows and five steps.
B. Enter "predetermined hiragana / katakana voiced sound / semi-voiced sound / sound / sokuon / long sound" by "pressing the specified key immediately after pressing the specified seion key" and "pressing the specified key". It is a key set to input "predetermined character type" by "pressing a predetermined dakuon key immediately after", and its arrangement is a predetermined position outside the frame of the nine-row, five-stage arrangement frame of the "a seion key". The voiced sound key placed in.
C. A key set to perform "operation commands for creating sentences for characters, numbers, symbols and specified sentence positions entered at specified positions" by "pressing the specified key alone". Then, the sentence creation key whose arrangement is arranged at "a predetermined position outside the frame of the nine-row, five-stage arrangement frame of the Kiyone key of a".
It is a keyboard characterized in that a key layout and a key input function are formed by three types of input keys.
2. As a "key input function", a key input function that allows you to "input the specified 45 types of hiragana, katakana, and sound repellency" by "pressing the specified clear sound key alone".
B. A key input function that allows you to perform "input of specified hiragana / katakana voiced sound / semi-voiced sound / yoon / sokuon / long sound" by "pressing the specified voiced sound key immediately after pressing the specified voiced sound key".
C. After performing "selecting the character type of hiragana, katakana, letters, numbers, and symbols" by "pressing the specified voiced sound key immediately after pressing the specified voiced sound key", "pressing the specified voiced sound key" A key input function that allows you to "input characters, numbers, and symbols in a predetermined character type".
D. By "pressing the specified sentence creation key alone", "the characters, numbers, symbols entered at the specified position and the operation command for creating the sentence for the specified sentence position" are performed, and "the specified sentence creation" is performed. A key input function that allows you to perform "operations".
A nine-row, five-stage keyboard characterized by having four types of key input functions. In the "nine-row five-stage keyboard described in" claim 1 "", the "dakuon key and sentence creation key" are set as "predetermined positions outside the frame of the nine-row five-stage arrangement frame of the seion key". The position of the horizontal one step of "one step frame outside the frame of the nine rows and five steps arrangement frame of the Kiyone key".
A nine-row, five-stage keyboard that is arranged in a row and has a key layout frame on the entire keyboard surface that is "six rows up and down and nine rows left and right." In the "nine-row five-stage keyboard described in" Claim 1 "", the "dakuon key and sentence creation key" are set as "predetermined positions outside the frame of the nine-row five-stage arrangement frame of the seion key". The position of the two vertical rows of the left and right one-row frames outside the frame of the nine-row, five-stage array frame of the dakuon key.
A nine-row, five-stage keyboard that is arranged in a row and has a key layout frame on the entire keyboard surface that is "five rows up and down and eleven rows left and right."

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