WO2011113187A1

WO2011113187A1 - Keyboard with touch controllable space key

Info

Publication number: WO2011113187A1
Application number: PCT/CN2010/001651
Authority: WO
Inventors: 叶冬青; 尹娜
Original assignee: Ye Dongqing; Yin Na
Priority date: 2010-03-15
Filing date: 2010-10-21
Publication date: 2011-09-22

Abstract

A keyboard with a touch controllable space key (101) is provided. A key body of the space key (101) on the keyboard is made of touching identifiable material with structural technique. The keyboard can identify the position of the space key (101) which is stroked by fingers of a user, the number of the fingers which simultaneously stroke the space key (101), and the slide of the finger on the surface of the space key (101); the stroked position, the number of the fingers simultaneously stroking, and the slide action are transformed to a code which can be identified by a computer or other electronic products, and transmitted to the computer or other electronic products.

Description

Keyboard with touchable space bar

The present invention relates to an input technology for an electronic product, and in particular to a keyboard. Background technique

The keyboard is an input device for widely used computers and other electronic products. On the keyboard that is commonly used, the space bar is located below the character key, occupying about 5 character keys; in the usual user's usage habit, use the left or right hand's thumb to hit the space bar.

The inventors have found that, based on the existing keyboard design, it is not the most efficient way to tap a space key with two fingers of the left or right thumb compared to other fingers being responsible for tapping multiple character keys.

However, various improvements to the keyboard have been attempted to improve the efficiency or convenience of the keyboard by adjusting the keyboard layout or increasing the number of buttons; however, it is difficult for the user to adapt in a short period of time due to the change of the original appearance of the keyboard. being widely used. Summary of the invention

The object of the present invention is to provide a keyboard with a touchable space bar; to improve the efficiency and convenience of use of the keyboard.

The technical solution of the present invention is implemented as follows:

The key body of the space bar in the keyboard is made by recognizing the touching material and the structural process, and the position of the user's finger tapping the space bar can be recognized by pressure or electric field or temperature or light sensing, and the space bar is recognized at the same time. The number of fingers, or the user's finger sliding on the surface of the space bar.

The microprocessor in the keyboard can convert the position of the user's finger tapping, the number of fingers tapped or the sliding motion into a code system recognizable by a computer or other electronic product, and transmitted to a computer or other electronic product.

The user can define a number of tapping areas by using the space bar by software; and turn on or off all or part of the touch function of the touchable space bar through software setting.

Preferably, the surface of the space key body is made of a plastic material so that the user feels the same as the other character keys when tapping. Compared with the original ordinary keyboard, the present invention can better utilize the space bar for multiple application manipulations without changing the appearance of the keyboard and the user's usage habits, without the user's finger leaving the central area of the main keyboard. , improve the efficiency and convenience of the keyboard. DRAWINGS

Figure 1 shows the keyboard with the touchable space bar (the main keypad section), and the part indicated by 101 is the touchable space bar.

Figure 2 shows the touchable space bar, and 201~206 are the six tapping areas defined by the indicated part of the user through the space bar. detailed description

With the support of different applications, the present invention can provide users with a variety of convenient keyboard use experiences. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described:

In the commonly used computer Chinese pinyin input method, after inputting pinyin, the software will provide multiple homophones for selection; for the original ordinary keyboard, hitting the space bar means selecting the first alternative word, if you need to select For the second or subsequent alternative words, the user needs to hit the upper row of numbers to select the desired word; if there are more alternative words, the user also needs to click the ' or '- These tapping of the numeric keys and the selection of the page turning methods require the user's finger to move away from the central area of the main keyboard, which does not conform to the user's usual fingering, and reduces the efficiency.

Using the keyboard with touchable space bar provided by the present invention, the user can define a plurality of tapping areas, for example, six by the space bar, as shown in FIG. 2, as indicated by 201 to 206. 6 tapping areas. In the process of using the Chinese Pinyin input method, for a case where there are multiple alternative words, the user can use the thumb to select by different areas of the space bar; preferably, the left thumb is responsible for knocking Hit the 201~203 area, and the right thumb is responsible for tapping the 204~206 area. If there are more than 6 alternative words, the user can use the thumb to slide on the surface of the space bar to turn the page to the next 6 alternative words. If the user taps the space bar with both hands and thumbs, the list of special symbols can be adjusted, and then the different positions of the space bar can be tapped to input special symbols. By applying the keyboard with the touchable space bar provided by the invention, the user's finger does not need to leave the central area of the main keyboard, and the thumb is used to control the space bar, thereby improving the efficiency.

Claims

WO 2011/113187 Claim PCT/CN2010/001651

1. A keyboard with a touchable space bar, characterized in that: the space bar on the keyboard is made of materials and structural processes that are identifiable to touch.

2. A keyboard according to claim 1, wherein: the space bar on the keyboard identifies the location of the user's finger tapping the space bar.

3. The keyboard according to claim 1, wherein: the space bar on the keyboard identifies the number of fingers of the user simultaneously tapping the space bar.

4. The keyboard according to claim 1, wherein: the space bar on the keyboard senses the sliding of the user's finger on the surface of the space bar.

5. The keyboard according to claim 1, wherein: the microprocessor in the keyboard converts the position of the user's finger tapping, the number of tapping the finger at the same time, and the sliding motion into a computer or other electronic product. The identified code system is transmitted to a computer or other electronic product.