Patent Document ID: 8711100
Application ID: 13146533

Base Claim:
1. An input apparatus for inputting sign language information to express a meaning content in cooperation of a finger action and a non-finger action, the input apparatus comprising: a plurality of upper body input keys in which divided upper body portions of a talker are assigned to the respective upper body input keys and each of the divided upper body portions is selected and inputted, the upper body input keys being arranged adjacent to each other according to a relative positional relation of the assigned upper body portion; and finger input keys in which shapes of fingers are allotted thereto one by one and each of the shapes of the fingers is selected and inputted, wherein: a sign language expression, which is dynamically changeable, can be inputted by discriminating, by an input discrimination unit, the shape of the finger inputted by the finger input key, and the portion of the upper body inputted by the upper body input key.

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Claim 2:
2. The input apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the input apparatus is a general-purpose keyboard in which the upper body input keys, and the finger input keys are allotted respectively on respective key tops.