Patent ID: 9575567
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: B41J,G06F

Claim:
1. A keyboard for typing letters, the keyboard comprising: eight keys that include one or more activation positions on each key; predetermined multiple-position keys of the eight keys that include multiple activation positions thereon that are different from the other activation position or positions on the same multiple-position key; and a predetermined group of the keys' activation positions collectively corresponding to all the letters of a predetermined alphabet with the predetermined group of the keys' activation positions arranged in a predetermined standard touch-typing arrangement to allow for touch typing with the eight keys, wherein each activation position in the predetermined group of activation positions on each of the predetermined multiple-position keys corresponds to a different letter of the predetermined alphabet than the other activation position or positions on the same multiple-position key such that when touch typing therewith finger movements are substantially the same as used when touch typing on a standard keyboard having the same predetermined touch-typing arrangement but without requiring that any one of the user's fingers operate more than one of the keys for touch typing of the letters with the eight keys.