Patent ID: 8079766
Filing Date: 2011-12-20
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A key input system comprising: a set of eight finger input keys, each finger input key corresponding to a respective finger of a user's hands and including a set of three finger subkeys, each finger subkey corresponding to at least one letter of the alphabet and each of at least a majority of the letters of the alphabet being represented by a distinct one of the finger subkeys, and wherein the finger subkeys of each finger input key are configured so that any combination of the finger subkeys of each of the finger input keys may be simultaneously engaged by the respective finger of the user's hands to generate a signal corresponding to a grouping of the letters of the finger subkeys; and a control system configured to receive an input signal from the finger input keys that corresponds to a combination of simultaneously engaged finger subkeys on each of one or more of the finger input keys and translate the input signal into a word to be displayed in connection with a computing or electronic handheld device by correlating the input signal that corresponds to the combination of simultaneously engaged finger subkeys with a library of words, every letter of the word to be displayed being represented in the combination of simultaneously engaged finger subkeys.