Patent EP-2407857-A3 (EP)
Inventor: ADAMSKI MICHAL
IPC: G09B21/00
Filed: 2009-11-20
Abstract: The invention comprises the new method of data inputting into digital devices and the keyboard adjusted to this method. 
     The method of data inputting into digital devices is innovative by using of up to five sign electrical switches situated within the reach of fingers of each operator's hand / 1  , 2 / pressed either separately or with register electrical switch(es) and by using of up to four register electrical switches / 3 /, changing the role of sign electrical switches when pressed together with sign electrical switches, situated within the reach of thumbs of each operator's hand, activated in the number of up to four at once by one thumb and, by simultaneous use of both thumbs, in the number of up to eight at once. 
     The keyboard for data inputting into digital devices is divided into two separate pieces / 4 ,  5 /. Each piece of the keyboard consists of thigh plate / 7 / connected by ball joint to basal plate / 6 /, on which a palm plate / 8 /, sign panel /9/, register panel / 10 / and pointing device / 16 / are assembled. Within the reach of fingers of each operator's hand there are up to five sign keys / 11 ,  12 ,  13 ,  14 ,  15 / mounted on a sign panel / 9 / and up to four register keys / 17 ,  18 ,  19 ,  20 / mounted on a register panel / 10 / placed angularly to sign panel / 9 /. Position and angles of keyboard parts are in some models adjustable. The keyboard comprises pointing device / 16 / built in permanently or in a detachable way, localized within the reach of operator's fingers. Keyboard enables to activate up to 256 registers, which contain up to 2560 signs. 
     Proposed method and adjusted to it keyboard (with several versions, models, modifications and variations) improve ergonomics, functionality, elasticity and comfort of keyboard usage in different operator's body positions, as well as during motion. Possibility of registers content visualization on screen of digital device and self-dependent edition of registers by use of dedicated software enables sightless touchtyping and allows creating user's own keyboard layouts adjusted to profession, preferences and activity. It also enables operation by disabled persons. 
     The above mentioned features of the solution are not a compromise with habits of users of standard keyboard. The solution remains with agreement with sign or register-sign method of data inputting typical for standard keyboard, proposing additionally, as one of possibilities, adaptation of keyboard layout, which is based on Qwerty standard. Other keyboard layouts (mobile, vowel-consonant, mnemotechnic, multilingual, East Asian, phonetic, syllabic or for disabled people) are also possible to quick introduction. Composing user's own layout is easy and learning of new layout - quick, thanks to dedicated software, showing signs of activated register on screen, passing fluently to layout edition mode, establishing register keys hierarchical dependence and changing of keyboard settings. User can transfer his keyboard layout using any digital carrier; layout can also be sent by net or wireless connection, giving user the ability of installing his own, unique layout on different digital devices.