Outwardly decreasing height keys for a handheld electronic device keyboard
    11.
    发明授权
    Outwardly decreasing height keys for a handheld electronic device keyboard 有权
    手持电子设备键盘的高度键向外减小

    公开(公告)号:US09256295B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-02-09

    申请号:US11738981

    申请日:2007-04-23

    摘要: A handheld wireless communication device includes features that make it easier to differentiate among various keys and to correctly select a desired key. It also includes features that make the device more comfortable to use. In particular, corner keys have decreasing height profiles to make above-adjacent keys easier to reach and distinguish. Additionally, lowermost, outermost portions of the corner keys may be somewhat truncated. Flanking keys in a navigation row slant toward and are flush with peripheral edges of a navigation tool assembly and have outer edges that are higher than inner edges of adjacent outer keys. The outer edges of the flanking keys may be hump-shaped or crowned. The longitudinally central portion of the device is narrower than the ends of the device, and the corners of the device are contoured to enhance comfort in a user's hand. Soft-touch materials are employed in hand-contacting portions of the device.

    摘要翻译: 手持式无线通信设备包括使得更容易区分各种键并且正确地选择期望的键的特征。 它还包括使设备更舒适使用的功能。 特别地,角键具有降低的高度轮廓,以使得相邻的键更容易达到和区分。 此外,拐角键的最下面的最外部分可以被稍微截断。 导航行中的侧键朝向并与导航工具组件的周边边缘齐平并且具有高于相邻外键的内边缘的外边缘。 侧翼键的外边缘可以是驼峰形或凸起的。 装置的纵向中心部分比装置的端部更窄,并且装置的角部具有轮廓以增强使用者手中的舒适度。 软接触材料用于手接触装置的部分。

    Ramped-key keyboard for a handheld mobile communication device
    13.
    发明授权
    Ramped-key keyboard for a handheld mobile communication device 有权
    用于手持移动通信设备的斜键键盘

    公开(公告)号:US08449208B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-05-28

    申请号:US13431219

    申请日:2012-03-27

    IPC分类号: G06F3/02 H01H13/14

    摘要: Wireless handheld mobile communication device and keyboard therefore having a keyfield including a plurality of depressible keys arranged in rows that are distributed about a vertical centerline (Vc) of the keyboard. Each depressible key has a top engagement surface with an upper inboard portion that is raised relative a lower outboard portion thereof. The top engagement surface of each depressible key is ramped from the lower outboard portion toward the upper inboard portion. Each top engagement surface is generally crest shaped, with the apex of the crest running generally diagonally across the respective key with a remaining surface falling away from the crest toward the upper outboard portion and the lower inboard portion of the key. The top engagement surface of each of the depressible keys terminates at an upper edge thereof in an elevated ridge down from which the balance of the respective top engagement surface slopes.

    摘要翻译: 因此,无线手持式移动通信设备和键盘具有包括以围绕键盘的垂直中心线(Vc)分布的行布置的多个可按压键的键区。 每个可按键具有顶部接合表面,其具有上部内侧部分,其相对于其下部外侧部分升高。 每个可按键的顶部接合表面从下部外侧部分向内部上部倾斜。 每个顶部接合表面通常是顶部形状的,其中顶点的顶点大致对角地穿过相应的键,其余的表面从顶部朝着键的上部外侧部分和下部内侧部分落下。 每个可按键的顶部接合表面在其上边缘处终止于升高的脊下,相应的顶部接合表面的平衡从该脊向下倾斜。

    OUTWARDLY DECREASING HEIGHT KEYS FOR A HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE KEYBOARD
    17.
    发明申请
    OUTWARDLY DECREASING HEIGHT KEYS FOR A HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE KEYBOARD 有权
    用于手持式电子设备键盘的大幅降低高度

    公开(公告)号:US20080074394A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-03-27

    申请号:US11738981

    申请日:2007-04-23

    IPC分类号: G06F3/02

    摘要: A handheld wireless communication device includes features that make it easier to differentiate among various keys and to correctly select a desired key. It also includes features that make the device more comfortable to use. In particular, corner keys have decreasing height profiles to make above-adjacent keys easier to reach and distinguish. Additionally, lowermost, outermost portions of the corner keys may be somewhat truncated. Flanking keys in a navigation row slant toward and are flush with peripheral edges of a navigation tool assembly and have outer edges that are higher than inner edges of adjacent outer keys. The outer edges of the flanking keys may be hump-shaped or crowned. The longitudinally central portion of the device is narrower than the ends of the device, and the corners of the device are contoured to enhance comfort in a user's hand. Soft-touch materials are employed in hand-contacting portions of the device.

    摘要翻译: 手持式无线通信设备包括使得更容易区分各种键并且正确地选择期望的键的特征。 它还包括使设备更舒适使用的功能。 特别地,角键具有降低的高度轮廓,以使得相邻的键更容易达到和区分。 此外,拐角键的最下面的最外部分可以被稍微截断。 导航行中的侧键朝向并与导航工具组件的周边边缘齐平并且具有高于相邻外键的内边缘的外边缘。 侧翼键的外边缘可以是驼峰形或凸起的。 装置的纵向中心部分比装置的端部更窄,并且装置的角部具有轮廓以增强使用者手中的舒适度。 软接触材料用于手接触装置的部分。