Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Keyboard with keys for moving cursor
- Patent Title (中): 键盘用于移动光标
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Application No.: US11005168Application Date: 2004-12-06
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Publication No.: US07589712B2Publication Date: 2009-09-15
- Inventor: Robert J. Crowley , Donald N. Halgren
- Applicant: Robert J. Crowley , Donald N. Halgren
- Agency: Dorsey & Whitney, LLP
- Main IPC: H03M11/00
- IPC: H03M11/00 ; H03K17/94

Abstract:
Various embodiments of the present invention comprise a signal generator for sending an electrical signal from an expandable, flexible layer of material, the signal generator comprising an upper layer of flexible, resilient material and a lower layer of flexible, resilient material which between them define a cavity for enclosing an expandable material such as a cellular foam or gas, whereupon localized distortion of one of the layers of flexible material, effects a signal generation within the structure, which is transmissible through a proper circuit to an outside electrical device. A circuit may be arranged adjacent a plurality of said keys which senses when several of said keys are depressed in a skewed or sideways manner, so as to effect movement of a cursor or pointer on a monitor in communication with a processing unit and said keyboard.
Public/Granted literature
- US20050083215A1 Keyboard with keys for moving cursor Public/Granted day:2005-04-21
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