Patent ID: 6549191
Filing Date: 2003-04-15
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method for transmitting signals from a computer keyboard to a computer, the keyboard having a housing with an upper surface and a lower surface, the method comprising:generating a first signal by manipulating a first input device proximate to the upper surface of the keyboard housing with a first human digit of a first hand of a user; grasping a first projection extending downwardly from a first portion of the lower surface of the keyboard with a plurality of second digits of the first hand of the user, the first projection being recessed beneath the keyboard; grasping a second projection extending downwardly from a second portion of the lower surface of the keyboard with a plurality of second digits of a second hand of the user, the second projection being recessed beneath the keyboard; generating a second signal by manipulating a second input device housed in at least one of the first and second projections with one of the second digits of the user; and transmitting the first and second signals to the computer.