WO2007079676A1

WO2007079676A1 - Chinese harmonic keyboard

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Publication number: WO2007079676A1
Application number: PCT/CN2007/000068
Authority: WO
Inventors: Xiang Yu
Original assignee: Xiang Yu
Priority date: 2006-01-10
Filing date: 2007-01-09
Publication date: 2007-07-19
Also published as: CN100437440C; CN1804763A

Abstract

A Chinese harmonic keyboard relates to the field of computer Chinese information processing. The Chinese harmonic keyboard comprises a main keyboard (I) and two sub keyboards, wherein the alphabetic key area (1), the punctuation mark key area (2), the numeric key area (3) and a plurality of functional keys are arranged on the main keyboard (I); the alphabetic keys on the alphabetic key area (1) are arranged in four lines; it arranges the punctuation mark key area (2) on one side of the alphabetic key area (1); it arranges the numeric key area (3) on the other side of the alphabetic key area (1), and arranges the ten numeric keys into an end-to-end repeating coil; it also arranges a key with choosing menu function on the main keyboard (I). One of the two sub keyboards is a numeric processing sub keyboard (II) and the other is a function key sub keyboard (III); it arranges an input-method switching key on the lower part of the function key sub keyboard (III); and it arranges the left/right choosing keys and left/right turning keys on the lower part of the main keyboard (I).

Description

Chinese homophonic keyboard

The invention relates to the field of computer Chinese information processing, in particular to a Chinese harmonic keyboard.

Background technique

The standard design of the standard American keyboard is not reasonable. First of all, the arrangement of the letter keys is designed to facilitate the beginner's typing practice. Even so, the fluency of the alphabetical manipulation is only in the first two-thirds of the 26 letters. One part is still not very smooth enough. Secondly, it rarely takes care of the prefixes and suffixes of many fixed letter combinations in English spelling. Among all these prefixes and suffixes, the standard American keyboard only takes care of er, ty, tr, ed, etc. Front and suffixes. In addition, its 26 letter keys are arranged in three lines, the left and right width of each line is too large, and the corresponding letter keys are also arranged for the left and right hand little fingers. In fact, the little finger is rarely involved in keyboard operations, and even professional typists rarely use the little finger to type. In addition, its array of letter keys extends in the upper left and upper right directions respectively, and we only use it from left to right and from bottom to top when operating on the key surface, so the direction of tilting to the upper left is not reasonable enough. We felt particularly inconvenient when we clicked on "Q" and "W". There are also punctuation settings. The standard American keyboard punctuation system does not have the most common commonly used punctuation marks such as single quotes, comma, period, ellipsis, etc. The exclamation point is designed on the additional Shift key of the number key 1, and is operated. Very inconvenient. Therefore, the standard American keyboard is not suitable as an ideal tool for typing characters in English easily, and as an input tool for Chinese documents, the convenience is even worse.

In order to overcome the above shortcomings, people have conducted long-term exploration and proposed various implementation schemes. For example, the Chinese patent document discloses a Chinese character input keyboard (application number: CN85100178), and the basic scheme is: Each letter key is arranged in principle with an initial and a final in the Chinese pinyin system, and the initial is identified on the key surface. Below, the vowel mark is above the key face, the first input of the keystroke is input, and the second is the final vowel of the keystroke; the initial key is added in addition to the original Latin alphabet international standard key order, and zh, Ch, sh, and added several punctuation marks commonly used in Chinese files. , ! " " Wait; and specify the operating area of each finger, including the left hand

-1- Confirmation The index finger area, the middle finger area, the ring finger area and the little finger area; when inputting Chinese, first click the special key "Chi" symbol, and when inputting Latin, first click the symbol of the special key. This kind of keyboard has some improvements in Chinese input, taking care of the convenience of Chinese input, but it does not solve the various problems mentioned above. The Chinese input method is still poor in comfort and the operation is cumbersome. The specific deficiencies are as follows: There are as many as 33 vowels, and the division is very thin, and the memory is inconvenient; it can only be applied to the Chinese Pinyin input method, but not to any other type of Chinese input method, such as "five-stroke type""Equivalent shape code input method, the limitations of use are obvious. In particular, the input to English has not improved, but it has brought more inconvenience.

Disclosure of invention

The object of the present invention is to provide a novel Chinese structure, a reasonable layout of the disk surface, a smooth input method, and a large amount of convenience to the Chinese homonym keyboard of various input modes such as Chinese and English. The disk structure that exists in technology is not very reasonable, and the input method is not smooth enough. There are many technical problems such as inconvenience in Chinese and English input.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a Chinese harmonic keyboard with the keyboard arrangement of the alphabet keys in accordance with the manual operation habits; the punctuation key input operation is convenient, and the symbol series on the punctuation key is various and perfect; The arrangement is not only convenient for numerical calculation, but also convenient for selection when inputting Chinese characters; solving the problem that the alphabetic key arrangement existing in the prior art is too large, the little finger is difficult to participate in operation, the symbol series of the punctuation key is not perfect, the number key Technical problems such as inconvenient operation.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a fully functional Chinese harmonic keyboard for the above problems, and the performance not only has all the basic functions of the standard American keyboard, but also has a performance function, a "back" key function, and an input method switching. Many new functions such as key function, and the combination function of common function keys are added, so that the practical operation performance of the keyboard has the function of some mouse; the technology of the prior art has a single function, and the operation is not very convenient. problem.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention adopts the following technical solutions: The Chinese homophonic keyboard includes a main keyboard and two sub-keyboards, and has a letter keypad, a punctuation keypad, a numeric keypad, and several a function key, wherein the letter keys of the letter keypad are arranged in four rows having substantially the same number of keys, and the respective keys of the first row to the fourth row of the four-row letter keys are Moved to the right by about half of the key positions; a punctuation keypad is placed on one side of the letter key area, and each punctuation key has a plurality of punctuation marks for selection input; another in the letter key area One side is provided with a numeric keypad, and ten numeric keys are arranged in a numerical order in order of end-to-end ordering into a recyclable loop; at the bottom of the main keyboard, that is, the near-hand row is added to the left side of the standard American keyboard. , Right selection key and left and right flip keys; The "Back" key with the function of selecting menu is also set on the main keyboard.

The invention creatively arranges the letter keys into four rows, each row has a small left and right amplitude, which is convenient for manual operation; the overall alphabetical arrangement of the disk surface is reasonable, the input method in alphabetical order is very smooth, and the English is fully taken care of. The input combination of the front and back suffixes is more convenient and quicker, and more fully takes care of the Chinese alphabet. The letter key of the most input word set takes precedence over the principle of manual operation; each row of letters is right-left or right-handed. Tilting in the same direction; avoiding the less flexible little finger to participate in the operation; the ten numeric keys of the numeric keypad are arranged in the order of end to end in numerical order, forming a loopable loop; at the bottom of the main keyboard is set Left and right selection keys and left and right flip keys, through the integration of these commonly used function keys, can greatly improve the convenience and speed of Chinese and English input, especially for Chinese input.

In the above Chinese harmonic keyboard, one side of the main keyboard is further provided with a digital processing sub-keyboard; the digital processing sub-keyboard is provided with 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 arranged end to end in numerical order. , 6, 7, 8, 9, 0 ten number keys; a plurality of commonly used symbol keys and arithmetic symbol keys are arranged on both sides of the above number keys, the commonly used symbol keys include %, $, and the operation symbol keys include +, 1. =, X, ÷ _; under the above number keys, there are control keys, conversion keys, cleaning keys, and send keys.

The digital processing sub-keyboard is set up to facilitate data processing and is convenient for industries or professionals with more data processing such as banking and accounting. As with the numeric keypad arrangement on the main keyboard, the ten numeric keys are arranged end to end in numerical order to form a loopable loop, so that the arrangement is to facilitate the operation of the numeric keys, especially for the convenience of the Chinese harmonic input method. The selection operation of the input display frame is suitable for the number selection key to be recurrently selected in the loop in an unrestricted manner.

In the above Chinese harmonic keyboard, one side of the main keyboard is further provided with a function key sub-keyboard; the function key sub-keyboard is provided with a plurality of special function keys, and the special function keys include F7, F8, F9, F10, F11, F12; a pause button, a lock button and a print button are arranged above the special function button; a screen exit button, a start button and a menu button are arranged below the special function button; There are several input method switching keys arranged under the key sub-keyboard, and the input method switching keys include Chinese harmonic input method keys - middle, English input method keys - English, other input method keys - and, for each The input method switching key is correspondingly provided with an indicator light, and when it is determined that an input method key is the current input method, the corresponding indicator light is illuminated. The input method switching key is the "or" logical language switching key. The function key sub-keyboard is set to facilitate the centralized operation of various function keys.

In the above Chinese harmonic keyboard, the key order of the first row of the letter keypad of the main keyboard is W, X, Y, Z, T, U, V from left to right; the second row of keys The bit arrangement order is B, C, D, S, A, H, I from left to right; the order of the keys in the third row is J, K, L, E, M, N, 0 from left to right. The order of the keys in the fourth row is P, R, F, G from left to right.

In the Chinese input, the Chinese character is classified into the alphabetic key according to the key of the pronunciation of the Chinese character, and the first ten alphabetic keys whose letter keys have more Chinese characters are Z, Y, C, J, L, S. , X, H, T, B, in addition to J and L are distributed in the third row, the remaining eight keys are distributed in the first two rows, that is, the letters with higher frequency occupy the letters. The most important and convenient position of the keypad; In the English input, there are many prefixes and suffixes composed of a fixed letter combination. The alphabetical order of the alphabetic keypad of the above keyboard takes care to the utmost extent. All of these prefixes and suffixes are easy to input in combination; in addition, the S key is the most commonly used key, whether it is English input or Chinese input, and is arranged in the most central position of the letter keypad. In addition, the right end of the letter keypad is the four keys U, V, I, and 0. These four keys have special functional meanings in the Chinese harmonic input method. They are arranged at the bottom and most of the letter keypad. Right end, which is the most convenient location for right hand operation. Therefore, the overall alphabetical arrangement of the disk surface is very reasonable, and whether it is English input or Chinese input, it fully takes care of the fluency of alphabetical order and manipulation, which is very convenient.

In the above Chinese harmonic keyboard, the first row (near hand row) of the letter keypad is provided with a determination key below the letter key, and the length of the determination key is about 3 to 6 common key lengths. The right selection key and the right flip key are arranged on the right side of the determination key, and the left selection key and the left flip key are arranged on the left side of the determination key; a plurality of special function keys are arranged above the letter key area, the special function The keys are Fl, F2, F3, F4, F5, F6 from left to right.

The invention classifies the related functions of the up, down, left and right four direction keys in the standard American keyboard into the left and right selection keys and the left and right flip keys respectively, and returns the line feed function of the Enter key in the standard American keyboard. Entering the left and right flip keys avoids the confusion of the Enter key in the standard American keyboard; the left and right selection keys and the left and right flip keys are set at the bottom of the main keyboard, which is very convenient to operate.

In the above Chinese harmonic keyboard, the respective key positions of the first row to the fourth row of the above four-line letter keys are sequentially moved to the right into about half of the key positions, and the arrangement of the whole letter keys forms a tilt to the upper right. A parallelogram array; and a "back" key with a menu selection function is placed to the left of the first key from the left of the fourth row of letter keys.

In the above Chinese harmonic keyboard, the punctuation keypad of the main keyboard is disposed on the right side of the letter keypad; the numeric keypad of the main keyboard is disposed on the left side of the letter keypad; the punctuation keypad The right side of the digital keypad is provided with a back button, a second button, a control button, and a switch button; the left side of the numeric keypad is provided with a control button, a switch button, a play button, and a second button.

In the above Chinese homophone keyboard, a send key is respectively arranged in the lower right corner and the upper left corner of the main keyboard; a tab key, an wake key and a sleep key are set on the left side of the numeric keypad. The send button in the upper left corner facilitates the operation of the left hand, and the send button in the lower right corner facilitates the operation of the right hand.

In the above Chinese harmonic keyboard, the selection menu of the "back" key is provided with an option for converting the relevant key into a note key, and the letter keys of the letter keypad arranged in four rows and the same Each key of a column of adjacent punctuation keys can be converted into a corresponding note key.

In the above Chinese harmonic keyboard, the lower left corner, the upper right corner and the lower right corner of each punctuation key of the punctuation keypad are respectively identified by three punctuation marks, one of which can be input by clicking the key, and the other two The key combination is added by the control key and the second key respectively; the identifiers of the lower left corners of the respective punctuation keys are respectively. . : ... ! / ? @~等; The identifiers in the upper right corner of each punctuation key are ', <> ' " " "; \ II & \\, etc.; the identifiers in the lower right corner of each punctuation key are {} 】 II [], 〇-, etc.

Compared with the existing technology, the advantages of the Chinese harmonic keyboard are:

1. The structure is novel, the layout is reasonable, the input operation is smooth, and the middle and the The convenience and speed of various input methods such as English;

2. The layout of the letter keys conforms to the manual operation habit; the punctuation key input operation is convenient, and the symbol series on the punctuation key is various and perfect; the numeric keys are arranged end to end in a numerical order to form a recyclable loop, so that Not only is it easy to perform numerical calculations, but it is also easy to select when inputting Chinese characters.

3. Maximize the English alphabetic combination of pre- and post-suffix letters, that is, the relevant combination letters of the front and back suffixes are close in position, which is convenient for the input of suffixes in English. At the same time, it also takes into account the fluency of the input methods given in alphabetical order.

4. Maximally take care of the principle that the letter key of the Chinese input method is used more frequently, so that most of the letter keys where the most word set is located are arranged to the most convenient position for manipulation.

5. The send key function is single, and the line feed function is classified into the flip key, which avoids the confusion of the function of the return key of the standard American keyboard.

6, with a switchable input method switching button.

7, full-featured, rich in diversity, not only has all the basic functions of the standard American keyboard, but also adds many new features, such as music performance function, play-key function, "back" key function. More importantly, several commonly used function keys are powerful and can be attached to three additional function keys, so that many specific functions can be integrated, thus making the practical performance of the keyboard both part of the mouse function, greatly It improves the convenience and speed of input, especially for Chinese input. DRAWINGS

1 is a schematic diagram showing the overall layout of a Chinese harmonic keyboard provided by the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a schematic view showing the arrangement of the disk surface of the main keyboard of the Chinese harmonic keyboard provided by the present invention.

3 is a schematic diagram of a disk surface arrangement of a punctuation key area of a main keyboard of a Chinese harmonic keyboard provided by the present invention.

4 is a schematic diagram showing the disk surface arrangement of the numeric keypad of the main keyboard of the Chinese harmonic keyboard provided by the present invention. Figure.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a disk surface arrangement of a digital processing sub-keyboard of a Chinese harmonic keyboard provided by the present invention. 6 is a schematic diagram of a disk surface arrangement of a function key sub-keyboard of a Chinese harmonic keyboard provided by the present invention. Figure 7 is a schematic diagram showing the alphabetical arrangement of the letter keypad of the main keyboard of the second Chinese harmonic keyboard provided by the present invention.

Figure 8 is a schematic diagram showing the alphabetical arrangement of the letter keypad of the main keyboard of the third Chinese harmonic keyboard provided by the present invention.

In the figure, the main keyboard I, the digital processing sub-keyboard II, the function key sub-keyboard III, the letter keypad 1, the punctuation key area 2, the numeric keypad 3. Best way to implement the invention

Example:

As shown in Fig. 1, the Chinese harmonic keyboard includes a main keyboard I, a letter key area 1 on the main keyboard I, a punctuation key area 2, a numeric keypad 3, and a plurality of function keys. On the right side of the main keyboard I, there is a 4X 6 array digital processing sub-keyboard Π, and on the right side of the digital processing sub-keyboard II, there is also a 3 X 5 array function key sub-keyboard III. The punctuation keypad 2 of the main keyboard I is set to the right of the letter keypad 1, and the numeric keypad 3 is set to the left of the letter keypad 1.

Letter keypad 1:

As shown in FIG. 2, the letter keys of the letter keypad 1 are arranged in four rows, wherein the fourth row is provided with five key positions, and the remaining three rows are provided with seven key positions. The respective key positions of the first to fourth rows of the four-line letter keys are sequentially shifted to the right by about half of the key positions, and the arrangement of the whole letter keys forms a parallelogram array which is inclined upward to the right. The key order of the first row of the letter keypad 1 is W, X, Y, Z, T, U, V from left to right; the order of the keys in the second row is Β, C from left to right. D, S, A, H, I; The order of the keys in the third row is J, K, L, E, M, N, 0 from left to right; the order of the keys in the fourth row is from left to right. In turn, P, Q, R, F, and Go are different from the standard American keyboard. The letter keys of the keyboard are arranged in four lines, and the left and right width of each line is small, which is convenient for manual operation; the overall alphabetical arrangement is reasonable, and is given in alphabetical order. The input method is very smooth; the letter keys of each row are tilted in the same direction to the right and left, whether in the left hand area or the right hand area; and the small flexibility is avoided. Refers to participation in the operation. Some combinations of pre- and post-suffixes commonly used in English input such as er, ed, ing, ce, se, un, hy, ly, le, tr, ty, sh, ch, tion, ture, qu, ua> fy, pro , pre, per, etc., the keyboard takes care of the above letter combination to the greatest extent, most of the combination of the front and suffix letters are relatively close in position, only the combination of the two letters of qu and fy is separated. far. In Chinese input, the first ten letter keys with higher frequency are Z, Y, C, J, L, S, X, H, T, B. In addition to J and L are distributed in the ten letter keys. Outside of the three lines, the remaining eight keys are distributed in the first two lines, that is, the more frequently used letter keys occupy the most important and convenient position of the letter keypad 1. In addition, the S key is the most commonly used key in English input or Chinese input, and is arranged at the most central position of the letter keypad 1, which is ideal. In addition, the right end of the letter keypad 1 is the four keys U, V, I, and 0. These four keys have special functional meanings in the Chinese harmonic input method, and they are arranged at the forefront of the letter keypad 1. And the far right, it is very convenient to operate. Therefore, the overall arrangement of the letter keys on the keyboard surface is very reasonable, and the English input or the Chinese input fully take care of the fluency of the alphabetical order and the manipulation operation, and the operation is very convenient. This keyboard is very suitable as a keyboard matching Chinese homophone input method.

Punctuation keypad 2:

As shown in Fig. 3, the punctuation keypad 2 is set to the right of the letter keypad 1, and is composed of a total of ten keys. a punctuation mark is respectively identified on the lower left corner, the upper right corner, and the lower right corner of the key surface of each key of the punctuation keypad 2, and the identifier of the lower left corner of each of the punctuation keys is left to right and The order from bottom to top is , respectively. . : ... ! / ? @〜等; The identifiers in the upper right corner of each punctuation key are arranged in order from left to right and from bottom to top, respectively, ', 〈 ',, "" ', \ II \\, etc.; The identifiers in the lower right corner of the key are arranged from left to right and from bottom to top, respectively, {} □ ■ [ ] 11 □ , 〇 - - etc. The punctuation marks in the lower left corner are used at a higher frequency. The punctuation marks that can be input by clicking this button; the punctuation marks in the upper right corner are input by the combination of the two keys and the key; the punctuation marks in the lower right corner are input by the control key and the combination of the keys. Thus ten punctuation marks There are a total of thirty punctuation marks on the keys.

The numeric keypad 3 of the main keyboard 1 and the digital processing sub-keyboard II:

This keyboard is equipped with two sets of areas for digital input, located on the main keyboard 1 and digital processing. On the secondary keyboard II.

As shown in FIG. 4, the numeric keypad 3 of the main keyboard I is disposed on the left side of the letter keypad 1, is divided into two columns, and is inclined upward to the right in correspondence with the letter keys to form a parallelogram of 2×5. Array. The numeric keys in the left column are 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 in the order from top to bottom; the numeric keys in the right column are arranged in order from bottom to top, respectively, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0. The ten numeric keys are arranged in a shape that is connected end to end in numerical order, that is, the ten numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0 form a recyclable loop. The numeric symbol is identified in the lower left corner of the key face of the numeric key, and is directly input by clicking the key; the upper right corner of the key face of each numeric key is identified with a common symbol or an operation symbol, wherein the numeric key in the left column is from top to bottom. The order of the order is the common symbols %, ¥, *, #, $; the numeric keys in the right column are arranged in the order from bottom to top, respectively, the operands +, ―, =, X, ÷; that is, the % corresponds to 1. Y corresponds to 2, * corresponds to 3, # corresponds to 4, $ corresponds to 5, + corresponds to 6, one corresponds to 7, X corresponds to 9, and ÷ corresponds to 0. Common symbols or arithmetic symbols here are input by a combination of a two-energy key and a local key.

The digital processing sub-keyboard II is provided with ten, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 0 numeric keys arranged end to end in a numerical order; a rectangular array of 2 X 5 is formed. The numeric keys in the left column are 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 in the order from top to bottom; the numeric keys in the right column are arranged in order from bottom to top, respectively, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0. The ten numeric keys are arranged in a shape that is connected end to end in numerical order, that is, the ten numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0 form a recyclable loop. The common symbol keys are arranged on the left side of the number key array, and are arranged in order from top to bottom, respectively, %, ¥, *, #, $; an arithmetic symbol key is set on the right side of the digital array, and the bottom is pressed. The order of the top is +, one, =, X, ÷. The numeric symbols, common symbols, and arithmetic symbols here are all input by directly clicking this button. Control keys, switch keys, clear keys, and send keys are provided below the digital array. The control keys, conversion keys, cleanup keys, and send keys correspond to the Ctrl, Alt, Delete, and Enter keys in the standard US keyboard, respectively. The Ctrl key and the Alt key belong to the combination key and need to be combined with other keys to be used. Thus the entire digital processing sub-keyboard Π forms a 4X 6 rectangular array. The digital processing sub-keyboard II is designed to facilitate data processing and is convenient for industries or professionals with more data processing such as banking and accounting. Ten numeric keys are arranged in two columns, arranged end to end in numerical order, forming a loopable loop, which makes it easier to operate the numeric keys, especially to adapt to the input box of the Chinese harmonic input method. In this case, the digital selection key can perform the recurrent selection in an unrestricted manner in the loop of the input display frame.

Function Key Sub Keyboard III:

As shown in Fig. 6, the function key sub-keyboard III is disposed on the right side of the digital processing sub-keyboard II into a rectangular array of 3 X 5 . In the middle of the array, there are two special function keys F7-F12 arranged in two rows, wherein the order of the keys of the next row is F7, F8, F9 from left to right; the order of the keys of the previous row is from left To the right is F10, F1K F12; the special function keys F7-F12 here correspond to F7-F12 in the standard American keyboard and have the same function. These special function keys have different definitions in different systems. A pause button, a lock button and a print button are arranged above the two-line special function keys, and the pause button corresponds to the Pause button in the standard American keyboard for suspending or interrupting the execution of the program; the lock button corresponds to the standard American keyboard. In the Scroll Lock button, when the display content of the display is rolled, press this button to lock the display of the screen; the print button corresponds to the Print Screen button in the standard American keyboard. When the printer is connected, press this button to press the current button. The content displayed on the screen is printed. An offline button, a start button, and a menu button are disposed below the two-line special function button, and the screen-back button corresponds to the Esc button in the standard American keyboard, and its function is to exit the current state; the start button corresponds to the standard American model. The windows key in the keyboard is the left mouse button main menu of the start key; the menu key corresponds to the windows sub key in the standard American keyboard, and is the right mouse button of the start key.

In the bottom row of the 3 X 5 rectangular array, there are three input method switching keys, including the leftmost Chinese harmonic input method key - in the rightmost English input method key - English; set in the middle Any other type of input method key - it. The three input method switching keys are the "or" language logical switching key. The three input method switching keys have an corresponding indicator light. When it is determined that an input method key is the current input method, the corresponding indicator light is illuminated.

Tab, sleep, and wake buttons:

A tab, a sleep button, and an awake button are provided on the upper left side of the numeric keypad 3.

The tab key corresponds to the Tab key in the standard American keyboard. Each press can move the cursor to the left or right by a distance of the tab stop; click the sleep button to put the computer into hibernation; click the wake button to make the computer The sleep state is restored to the normal use state.

"Back" word key: "Back" key setting

1. symbol 0. expression

2. Picture 9. Music

3. Phrase 8. Text

4. Address Book 7. Password

5. Piano 6. Other

Select 5. Piano on the selection menu of the "Back" key, and the computer can become a music playing tool. The letter keys of the letter key area 1 arranged in four rows on the main keyboard I disk surface and the punctuation key area 2 The related key of a column of punctuation keys adjacent to the letter keypad 1 can be converted into a corresponding note key, and the music can be played by clicking the associated note key. According to the difference of the phonemes, as shown in FIG. 1, a note key arranged in four lines is arranged on the disk surface of the main keyboard I, and the phoneme symbols are respectively identified in the upper left corner of the key face of each note key, so that the logo is not It means that the phoneme symbol is a symbol input by the combination of the conversion key and the key. The combination function of the conversion key and the letter key or punctuation key has different definitions in different systems, and is not a phoneme symbol, a phoneme symbol. This is marked in the upper left corner of the key face, just for the intuitive and clean visual effect of the key surface.

Special function keys:

There are a number of special function keys arranged above the first row of letter keys of the letter keypad 1, the special function keys are Fl, F2, F3, F4, F5, F6 from left to right _; function key sub-keyboard III There are a number of special function keys, including F7, F8, F9, F10, F11, F12. The 12 special function keys F1 - F12 here correspond to Fl - F12 in the standard American keyboard. These special function keys have different definitions in different systems.

Additional function keys:

There are three additional function keys, they are two-energy keys, control keys and conversion keys. They are all combination keys. They cannot be used alone. They need to be combined with other keys to be used. The two energy keys, the control keys and the conversion keys respectively correspond to the Shift key, the Ctrl key and the Alt key in the standard American keyboard, and the three are respectively set on the right side of the punctuation key area 2 and the left side of the numeric keypad 3. Additional function keys. Common function keys:

There are eight commonly used function keys, which are the send key, the OK key, the left select key, the right select key, the left flip key, the right flip key, the back-off key, and the play-back key.

1. Send button: There is a send button in the lower right corner and upper left corner of the main keyboard I. The Send key corresponds to the Enter key in the standard American keyboard, but its function is single, which avoids the confusion of the standard American keyboard Enter key. The send button in the upper left corner is convenient for left-hand operation, and the send button in the lower right corner is convenient for right-hand operation.

2. OK button: The OK button is set below the letter key of the bottom row of the letter keypad 1. The length of the button is about 3 to 6 of the length of the normal button. The OK button corresponds to the space bar in the standard American keyboard, but its function is more complete than the space bar of the standard American keyboard.

3. Left and right selection keys and left and right flip keys: Right selection key and right flip key are set on the right side of the OK key; Left selection key and left flip key are set on the left side of the determination key. This keyboard assigns the related functions of the up, down, left and right four direction keys in the standard American keyboard to the left and right selection keys and the left and right flip keys respectively, and returns the line feed function of the Enter key in the standard American keyboard. Enter the left and right flip keys to avoid confusion of the function of the Enter key; the left and right selection keys and the left and right flip keys are set at the bottom of the main keyboard I, which is very convenient to operate. The left and right selection keys and the left and right flip keys also have many new features that are not available on standard American keyboards.

4. Backspace and playback keys: There is a backspace key on the right side of the punctuation keypad 2. The backspace key corresponds to the Back space key in the standard American keyboard. Its function is to delete the cursor. One character; On the left side of the numeric keypad 3, there is a play-and-go key. The function of the play-and-go key is similar to that of the back-off key, but the direction of the operation is reversed. The function is to delete a character after the cursor.

Among the several commonly used function keys mentioned above, the send key is not used in addition to the three additional function keys, and the other seven commonly used function keys can be used in combination with the three additional function keys.

Three additional function keys are attached to the seven commonly used function keys, which can integrate many specific functions, and there are input method display boxes in the 1. editing state; 2. No input method display box in the editing state; 3. Browse status three In this state, each has its own different functions, and the system can design more corresponding specific functions for the computer users to choose to use, which can greatly improve the convenience and speed of input and browsing. Combination of additional function keys and frequently used function keys:

1. The edit status has an input method display box:

Click OK button = OK

Two energy key + OK key = OK

Control key + OK key = OK

Conversion key + OK key = OK

Click the right selection key = select one by one in the numerical order direction, counterclockwise, that is, 1- 2- 3-4~ two-energy key + right selection key = in the numerical order direction, counterclockwise jumper selection, ie -3- 5-7- Control button + Right selection button = Change column, ie 1 <1> 0

2 <一〉 9

3 〈→ 8

4 <一> 7

5 〈=〉 6

Conversion key + right selection key = jump 5 bit selection

Click the right flip key = down one page

Two energy keys + right flip key = two pages down

Control key + right flip key = turn to the last page

Conversion key + right flip key = down five pages

Click the left selection key = select the clockwise direction in the opposite direction of the numerical order, ie -9-8-7

Two-energy key + left-selection key = the opposite direction in numerical order, that is, the clockwise jump position selection, ie - 8- 6- "

Control key + left selection key = change column, ie 1 <1> 0

2 〈〉 9

3 <==> 8

4 <=> 7

5 <=> 6 Conversion key + left selection key = skip 5 bit selection

Click the left flip key = up one page

Two energy keys + left flip key = up two pages

Control button + left flip button = turn to the home page

Conversion key + left flip key = up five pages

2, edit state no input method display box:

Determine the keybook key = The cursor advances one space, the word in front of the cursor does not move, and the word after the cursor moves down.

Two-energy key + OK key = The cursor advances one space, the word after the cursor does not move, and the word before the cursor moves up.

Control button + OK button = The cursor advances the half grid, the word in front of the cursor does not move, and the word after the cursor moves down.

Shift key + OK key = The cursor advances half a grid, the word after the cursor does not move, and the word before the cursor moves up.

Right selection key This key = the cursor advances one space, the word does not move.

Two-energy key + Right selection key = The cursor moves to the top line of the next line, and the word does not move.

Control button + Right key = Cursor moves to the end of the page text, the word does not move.

Conversion key + Right selection key = The cursor advances half a grid and the word does not move.

Right flip key This key = The cursor moves to the top line of the next line. The word above the cursor does not move. The word below the cursor moves down with the cursor, that is, it changes one line.

Two energy keys + right flip key = the cursor moves to the top of the next two lines, the word above the cursor does not move, the word below the cursor moves down with the cursor, that is, the next two lines are changed.

Control key + Right flip key = The cursor moves to the top grid of the bottom line of the text page. The word above the cursor does not move, and the word below the cursor moves down with the cursor.

Conversion key + Right flip key = The cursor moves to the next five lines, the word above the cursor does not move, and the word below the cursor moves down with the cursor.

Left selection key This key = the cursor is back one space, the word does not move.

Two-energy key + left-selection key = The cursor moves to the top line of the previous line, and the word does not move. Control key + left selection key = The cursor moves to the top of the page text, and the word does not move.

Conversion key + Left selection key = The cursor is back halfway and the word does not move.

Left flip key This key = The cursor moves to the top of the previous line. The word below the cursor does not move. The word above the cursor moves up with the cursor, that is, it changes one line.

Two-energy key + left-turn key = The cursor moves to the top of the top two lines. The word below the cursor does not move. The cursor above the cursor moves up, that is, the upper two lines are changed.

Control key + Left flip key = The cursor moves to the top of the top line of the text page, the word below the cursor does not move, and the word above the cursor moves up with the cursor.

Conversion key + Left flip key = The cursor moves to the top five lines, the word below the cursor does not move, and the word above the cursor moves up with the cursor.

Backspace key = delete one character before the cursor, and the cursor follows.

Two-energy key + Back-off key = delete the word before the current line cursor; When the cursor is on the top of the line, delete the word on the previous line of the cursor.

Control button + Backspace key = All words before the cursor are deleted, and the word after the cursor is followed.

Conversion key + backspace key = delete half of the character before the cursor, cursor follow up

Ingestion key = delete one character after the cursor, the cursor follows.

The second key + the delete key = delete the word after the current line cursor; when the cursor is on the top of the line, delete the word on the next line of the cursor.

Control key + Incorrect key = All words after the cursor are deleted, and the word before the cursor is followed.

Conversion key + Ingestion key = Delete half of the character after the cursor, the cursor follows.

3, browsing status:

Determine keybook key = OK

Two energy key + OK key = OK

Control key + OK key = OK

Conversion key + OK key = OK

Right-click this button = slide the horizontal slider of the page to the right.

Two keys + right selection - Browse the vertical slider of the page to slide down.

Control button + right selection button to navigate the horizontal slider of the page to the right, the vertical slider to slide down, Finally slide to the top right corner of the browse page.

Shift key + Right select key - Rotate clockwise to click through the button ring for clicking on the page, which is equivalent to moving the tab to the right by a tab stop.

Right flip key this key = scroll down to the next browse page.

Two keys + right flip - down to the next two browsing pages.

Control Key + Right Flip Key = Scroll down to the last page of the browsable page.

Conversion key + Right flip key = Scroll down to the next five browsing pages.

Left selection key This key = slide the horizontal slider of the page to the left.

Two keys + left selection key = browse the vertical slider of the page to slide up.

Control Key + Left Select Key = The horizontal slider of the browse page slides to the left, the vertical slider slides up, and finally slides to the top left corner of the page.

Shift key + Left select key = Turn counterclockwise to click through the button ring for clicking on the page, which is equivalent to shifting the tab to the left by a tab stop.

Left flip key This key = scroll up to the previous page.

Two energy keys + left flip key = up to the previous two browsing pages.

Control Key + Left Flip Key = Scroll up to the front page of the browsable page.

Conversion key + left flip key = up to the top five browsing pages.

Example 2:

As shown in Fig. 7, in the present embodiment, the alphabetical arrangement order of the letter key area 1 of the keyboard is changed, and the arrangement and function of the other keys are the same as those in the first embodiment. The specific differences are as follows:

In the keyboard of the embodiment, the key arrangement order of the first row of the letter keypad 1 is V, W, A, S, T, I, 0 from left to right; the key order of the second row is arranged from the left To the right, Β, C, D, E, R, N, U; the order of the keys in the third row is K, J, L, H, Y, G, Z from left to right; The order of the key positions is P, Q, M, F, and X from left to right.

The alphabetical arrangement of the alphabetic keys in this embodiment is designed in such a way that the fluency of the grammar given in alphabetical order and the combination of the suffixes of the English input and the suffix are designed, so that the keyboard system of the embodiment is more suitable for care. Alphabetical and English input keyboard.

Example 3: As shown in FIG. 8, in this embodiment, the letter arrangement order of the letter key area 1 of the keyboard is changed, and the arrangement and function of the other keys are the same as in the first embodiment. The specific differences are as follows:

In the keyboard of the embodiment, the order of the keys in the first row of the letter keypad 1 is sequentially from left to right, C, A, S, T, I, 0; the order of the keys in the second row is from left to right. The order of the right is Β, P, D, E, R, N, U; the order of the keys in the third row is K, J, L, H, Y, G, Q from left to right; The bit arrangement order is Z, X, F, M, W from left to right.

The alphabetical arrangement of the alphabetic keys of this embodiment is designed to be more simply designed to take care of the combination of the leading and suffixes of the English input, so that the keyboard of the present embodiment is more suitable for a keyboard that purely cares for the English input method.

The keyboard provided by the invention is particularly suitable for use with the Chinese harmonic input method. Its overall appearance and panel design are quite different from standard American keyboards. Its overall performance not only covers all the basic functions of a standard American keyboard, but also adds many new and useful features. In the near hand position, the OK button, the left and right selection button, and the left and right flip buttons are set. By operating these keys, the purpose of inputting the Chinese file conveniently and quickly without the keyboard can be achieved.

The specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the spirit of the invention. A person skilled in the art can make various modifications or additions to the specific embodiments described or replace them in a similar manner, without departing from the spirit of the invention or beyond the appended claims. The scope of the definition.

Although this article uses the main keyboard I, digital processing sub-keyboard 功能, function key sub-keyboard III, letter keypad 1, punctuation keypad 2, numeric keypad 3, additional function keys, common function keys, special function keys , two energy keys, control keys, conversion keys, send keys, OK keys, selection keys, flip keys, suppression keys, "back" key keys, input method switching keys, punctuation keys, numeric keys, common symbol keys, operations Symbol keys, tabs, sleep, wake, clean, exit, start, menu, pause, lock, print, etc., but do not preclude the possibility of using other terms. These terms are only used to more easily describe and explain the nature of the invention, and the interpretation of any of the additional limitations is inconsistent with the spirit of the invention.

Claims

Ωυυ^ WO 2007/079676 PCT/CN2007/000068 Claims

1. A Chinese harmonic keyboard, comprising a main keyboard (I) and two sub-keyboards, having a letter keypad (1), a punctuation keypad (2), a numeric keypad on the main keyboard (I) (3), and a plurality of function keys, wherein the letter keys of the letter key area (1) are arranged in four lines having substantially the same number of keys, and the first to fourth lines of the four-line letter keys are opened Each of the key positions is sequentially shifted to the right by about half of the key positions; a punctuation key area ( 2 ) is disposed on one side of the letter key area ( 1 ), and a plurality of selectable inputs are provided on each of the punctuation key keys. Punctuation; in the letter keypad

The other side of (1) is provided with a numeric keypad (3), and the ten numeric keys are arranged in a numerical order in order of end-to-end arrangement into a recyclable loop; at the bottom of the main keyboard (I), close to the hand One line adds the left and right selection keys and the left and right flip keys that are not available on the standard American keyboard; the main keyboard ( I ) also has a "back" key with a selection menu function.

2. The Chinese harmonic keyboard according to claim 1, wherein one side of said main keyboard (I) is further provided with a digital processing sub-keyboard (Π); said digital processing sub-keyboard (II) is set There are ten, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 0 numeric keys arranged end to end in numerical order; a number of commonly used symbol keys and arithmetic symbols are disposed on both sides of the above numeric keys. Key, the commonly used 'symbol key includes %, Y, *, #, $, and the arithmetic symbol key includes +, one, two, X, ÷; under the above numerical keys, a control key, a conversion key, a clear key are set. And send key.

3. The Chinese harmonic keyboard according to claim 1, wherein one side of the main keyboard (I) is further provided with a function key sub-keyboard (III); and the function key sub-keyboard (III) There are a plurality of special function keys, the special function keys include F7, F8, F9, F10, F11, F12; the special function keys are provided with a pause button, a lock button and a print button; the special function button The screen is provided with an exit button, a start button and a menu button; the function button sub-keyboard (III) is provided with a plurality of input method switching keys, and the input method switching button includes a Chinese harmonic input method button - English input method key - English, other input method keys - and, for each input method switching key corresponding to an indicator light, when it is determined that an input method key is the current input method, the corresponding indicator light Light up.

The Chinese harmonic keyboard according to claim 1 or 2 or 3, wherein the key sequence of the first row of the letter keypad of the main keyboard (I) is W, X from left to right. , Y, Z, T, U, V; The order of the keys in the second row is B, C, D, S, A, H, I from left to right; the order of the keys in the third row is from left to right. J, K, L, E, M, N, 0; The order of the keys in the fourth row is P, Q, R, F, Go from left to right.

The Chinese harmonic keyboard according to claim 4, wherein a determining key is disposed below the letter key of the first row (near hand row) of the letter keypad (1), and the determining key is The length is about 3~6 common key lengths; there are several special function keys arranged above the letter key area (1), and the special function keys are Fl, F2, F3, F4 from left to right. , F5, F6.

The Chinese harmonic keyboard according to claim 4, wherein each of the first to fourth rows of the four-line letter key is sequentially moved to the right by about half of the keys, and the whole The arrangement of the letter keys forms an array of parallelograms inclined to the upper right; and the "back" key having the function of selecting a menu is set to the left of the first key from the left of the fourth line of letter keys.

7. The Chinese harmonic keyboard according to claim 4, wherein the punctuation key area (2) of the main keyboard (I) is disposed on the right side of the letter key area (1); the main keyboard ( The numeric keypad (3) of I) is set to the left of the letter keypad (1); the right side of the punctuation keypad (2) is provided with a backspace key, a second energy key, a control key, and a conversion key. The left side of the numeric keypad (3) is provided with a control button, a conversion button, a play-for-going button, and a two-energy button.

8. The Chinese harmonic keyboard according to claim 4, wherein a lower key and a top left corner of the main keyboard (I) are respectively provided with a send key; and a left side of the numeric keypad (3) is provided with Tab, wake and sleep buttons.

9. The Chinese harmonic keyboard according to claim 4, wherein the selection menu of the "back" key is provided with an option for converting the relevant key into a note key, and the above is arranged in four rows. The letter keys of the letter keypad (1) and the individual keys of a column of punctuation keys adjacent thereto can be converted into corresponding note keys.

The Chinese harmonic keyboard according to claim 4, wherein the lower left corner, the upper right corner and the lower right corner of each punctuation key of the punctuation key area (2) are respectively marked with three punctuation marks. One of them can be input by clicking this button, and the other two are respectively added by the control key and the second key to add the key combination input; the identifiers of the lower left corners of the respective punctuation keys are respectively, . . : ... ! / ? @〜等; the top right corner of each punctuation key The identifiers are ', ◊ '""""', \ II \\, etc.; the identifiers in the lower right corner of each punctuation key are {} 谰 [] II [], 〇一-, etc.