CN1744007A - Miniature keyboard and input method using it - Google Patents
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One pushbutton on the disclosed mini type keypad can possess one or more key values. The key pad includes following parts: multiple input keys, each input key has one or more key values, but only one key value is the current key value; table of key value stores coincidence relation between input pushbutton and key value; key value switching device in use for switching the input key to the current key value. Keeping up original input usage, the invention reduces width and length of keyboard to two rows even one row of input key structure from four rows common used in present by using method of using rolled table of key value and increasing combined keys. Features are: reducing size of keypad greatly and extending usage of keypad. The invention is applicable to handset, PDA, glove keypad on wearable type computer. The disclosed keypad can be setup on mouse, even on steering wheel or control lever etc.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to miniature keyboard, more particularly, relate to a kind of miniature keyboard that can be used for various portable sets that reduces number of keys, dwindles keyboard area.
Background technology
At present the keyboard on computing machine and the mobile phone has been realized standardization substantially, and uses for a long time for people, therefore concerning the keyboard Designing of the innovation of any practicality, all needs to meet to greatest extent the use habit that has keyboard now.A main defective of the QWERTY keyboard of using is that its volume is excessive at present, and the quantity of key is too much, can not be used for the less portable set of volume.
Simultaneously, for the equipment of PDA, mobile phone or the like, input inconvenience is again a ubiquitous problem.If employing QWERTY keyboard, then be subjected to the restriction of space size, often need with key do very little, unusual inconvenience during use is if adopt numerical key to make input speed receive great restriction as the loaded down with trivial details input method of basic enter key (such as mobile phone mode commonly used).
Therefore, just need a kind of key layout that can simplify keyboard, reduce the keyboard of number of keys, to be suitable for the less portable set of volume.
Summary of the invention
Excessive at keyboard volume in the prior art, number of keys is too much, inconvenience is used for the shortcoming of portable set.The input method that the purpose of this invention is to provide a kind of miniature keyboard and use this keyboard.Keyboard of the present invention has compressed the width and the length of keyboard by using rolling key assignments table and the method that increases Macintosh, has reduced the quantity of button, and it can be applicable on miniature input equipment and the hand-held opertaing device.
According to an aspect of the present invention, a kind of miniature keyboard is provided, and a button on the described keyboard can have one or more key assignments, and this keyboard comprises: a plurality of enter keies, described each enter key has one or more key assignments, but can only corresponding one of them key assignments be current key assignments; The key assignments table, described key assignments table is preserved the corresponding relation of described enter key and described key assignments; The key assignments switching device shifter, the current key assignments of switching enter key.
Preferable, this keyboard also comprises display device, is used to show the current key assignments of described key assignments table and each described enter key.Wherein this display device can be the display on the main equipment.
In the described keyboard, described key assignments switching device shifter can be a dynamic formula navigation key, roller, mouse, and roll mark key, block navigation key, change type navigation key, optical navigation key, multi-element inductive formula conversion navigation key, articulated type navigation key and drum-type navigation key one of them.
Described a plurality of enter keies in the keyboard of the present invention, key assignments switching device shifter and viewing area are arranged on same of described keyboard, and pressing described enter key separately or press adjacent enter key simultaneously can input character; Described viewing area shows the current key assignments of described at least enter key, and the shown character in described viewing area can change; Described key assignments switching device shifter changes the shown character in described viewing area in the current key assignments that changes described enter key.According to one embodiment of the present of invention, described enter key is arranged to delegation, and this row has 4,5,8 or 10 keys.In another embodiment, described enter key is arranged to two row, and each row has 4,5,8 or 10 enter keies.
Described a plurality of enter keies in the keyboard of the present invention, key assignments switching device shifter and viewing area can also be arranged on the not coplanar of described keyboard, for example described enter key is arranged in the back side of described keyboard, form the backhand keyboard, wherein said enter key is divided into some row, each shows several enter keies, described enter key is distributed in the both sides at the described keyboard back side, and pressing described enter key separately or press neighbouring enter key simultaneously can input character.In one embodiment, the described enter key that is distributed in the keyboard back side is divided into 2 row, is distributed in the both sides at the described keyboard back side respectively, and each row comprises 4 to 6 keys.In another embodiment, enter key is divided into 4 row, is distributed in the both sides at the described keyboard back side respectively, every side 2 row, and each row comprises 4 to 6 keys.
Can be used as PDA keyboard, cell phone keyboard, stock information pager keyboard, flat keyboard, glove keyboard, mouse-keyboard, plate type computer, game machine, learning machine, bearing circle keyboard according to keyboard of the present invention, and the backhand that is arranged on their back side hold keyboard.
According to a further aspect in the invention, provide a kind of input method of using aforesaid keyboard, comprising:
Set up a key assignments table, described key assignments table is a bivariate table, represents that the enter key of described keyboard or its make up pairing key assignments; The key assignments of enter key is represented to press separately this enter key and can be imported, and the key assignments of Macintosh is represented to press simultaneously its pairing two enter keies and just can be imported;
On described viewing area, show at least all enter keies with and the combination current key assignments;
Use described key assignments switching device shifter can switch the current key assignments of described enter key and combination thereof, described switching is carried out according to the content of described key assignments table, and after the switching, described viewing area shows the key assignments of after switching enter key and combination thereof at least.
After adopting technical scheme of the present invention, use by navigation key and Macintosh make the quantity that is used for compressing button, the quantity of button is greatly reduced, saved the size of keyboard, it can be used on the less portable set of volume.By, the present invention adopts character flexibly---and the form of key position corresponding tables improves the speed and the efficient of input, according to different requirements, can adjust character---key position corresponding tables remedies the slow defective of numeric keypad input speed commonly used to guarantee higher input speed with this.
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Feature of the present invention and advantage will become more obvious by the following description to embodiment in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.Wherein:
Fig. 1 is the structural drawing according to first embodiment of keyboard of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is the key assignments table that can be used for first embodiment;
Fig. 3 is the structural drawing according to second embodiment of keyboard of the present invention;
Fig. 4 is the structural drawing according to the 3rd embodiment of keyboard of the present invention;
Fig. 5 to Fig. 8 is respectively the key assignments table that can be used for the 3rd embodiment;
Fig. 9 is the structural drawing according to the 4th embodiment of keyboard of the present invention;
Figure 10 is the structural drawing according to the 5th embodiment of keyboard of the present invention;
Figure 11 to Figure 13 is respectively the key assignments table that can be used for the 5th embodiment;
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Further specify technical scheme of the present invention below in conjunction with embodiment.
The design philosophy of keyboard of the present invention comes from the fingering subregion regulation of QWERTY keyboard: the keyboard use-pattern of standard is---8 fingers (from left to right not comprising thumb in ten fingers) remain at ordinary times always A, S, D, F, J, K, L; On 8 reference keys; During input, 4 of the corresponding reference key oblique upper of the only responsible input of each finger are strong, just can import all characters as long as swing is pointed in the time of input.Therefore, consider only on keyboard, only to keep some reference keys, allow key assignments table scroll-up/down as required, can finish identical incoming task equally.Like this, only need reference key to add the key assignments table scroll-up/down of controlling by the key assignments switching device shifter, just can realize the function of whole QWERTY keyboard.
Introduce some embodiment of the design philosophy according to the present invention below.
First embodiment
At first with reference to figure 1, it is the first embodiment of the present invention, keyboard among this embodiment comprises enter key, acknowledgement key, return key (wherein acknowledgement key and return key are not to be necessary to other embodiment), key assignments switching device shifter and the viewing area that shows the current key assignments of enter key, wherein
Enter key is 4, and pressing enter key separately or press adjacent enter key simultaneously can input character;
The viewing area shows the current key assignments of enter key at least and combination thereof, and the shown character in viewing area can change;
Key assignments switching device shifter among this embodiment is a navigation key, changes the shown character in viewing area in the current key assignments that changes enter key.
Adopt the input method of this kind keyboard as follows:
Set up a key mapping table, the key mapping table that is used for this embodiment should have multirow, each row has 7 row, comprise that 4 chief series and 3 are from row, the chief series corresponding characters is directly pressed corresponding enter key and can be imported,, between two chief series, press two pairing enter keies of chief series simultaneously and can import from row;
On the viewing area, show the line character in the above-mentioned key mapping table at least, the wherein independent inputs of respectively corresponding 4 enter keies of 4 chief series, 3 combinatorial inputs from the enter key that is listed as the adjacent chief series correspondence in corresponding its left and right sides;
The use navigation key can switch to another row in the key mapping table, and after the switching, the viewing area shows a line character after switching at least, and also corresponding this line character after switching of described enter key this moment.
With reference to embodiment shown in Figure 1, this keyboard can be applicable to just be called equipment 100 herein on PDA, stock information pager, mobile phone or the like the portable set.The viewing area of keyboard, enter key, navigation key are vertical arrangement among the embodiment shown in Figure 1, and described 4 enter keies laterally form a line.This equipment 100 has a display screen 102, the below of this display screen is the zone 104 that is used to show the current key assignments of enter key in the keyboard of the present invention, this zone 104 should show the alphabet that the current key-value pair of enter key is answered at least, comprises the pairing character of current key assignments of possible Macintosh.Certainly, if the area of viewing area allows, the more character in the display key bit table is better.In this embodiment, viewing area 104 has shown the characters of 3 row, and indicates current pairing character row with two arrows 106, and promptly " A, E, B, F, C, G, D " OK.At this moment, the A in this row, B, C, D are called chief series, and chief series directly corresponding 4 enter key F1, F2, F3, F4 promptly key in F1 separately and just import A, key in F2 separately and just import B.When showing, the character of chief series is represented with solid box.E in this row, F, G are called from row, and it is by the adjacent pairing enter key combinatorial input of two chief series, such as, the E in this row is F1 and F2 combinatorial input, F is F2 and F3 combinatorial input.The with dashed lines frame table shows when showing from being listed in.Need explanation the time, represent chief series respectively and only be a kind of difference mode that adopts this enforcement profit that with solid box and frame of broken lines it should not be understood that to be used for limiting the present invention, in actual applications, can adopt other difference means yet from being listed as.Also comprise acknowledgement key " OK " and return key (as described above, these two keys are not necessary) in the keyboard shown in Figure 1, also comprise navigation key 108 in addition, navigation key 108 can carry out selection up and down, to adjust selected character row.When pressing navigation key 108, the character that viewing area 104 shows or in this embodiment arrow 106 current character guilds pointed change, to adjust described enter key corresponding characters.Such as, when needing input " GOOD " this word, at first press the row that navigation key 108 is selected character " G " place, press F3, F4 input then simultaneously from row character " G ", the row selecting " O " place carries out similar operation, finish until input, with acknowledgement key " OK " as finishing.
As preferable embodiment, can select a district is reference region, behind character of input, when reference region is returned in the proparea automatically, so that the input character late.
In the input method of using this keyboard, need set up a key mapping table table, the key mapping table that is used for first embodiment has multirow, each row has 7 row, comprise that 4 chief series and 3 are from row, the chief series corresponding characters is directly pressed corresponding enter key and can be imported, and, presses two pairing enter keies of chief series simultaneously and can import between two chief series from row.Shown in the viewing area 104 for example shown in Figure 1 is exactly the part of the key position of being adopted.Certainly, also can adopt other forms of corresponding tables.Such as shown in Figure 2 be exactly an embodiment of key mapping table, 1,3,5,7 row wherein are chief series, 2,4,6 row are from row, table has 4 row, is enough to hold 26 letters.Certainly, can also be that this table is supported more character by increasing line number, so just can comprise numerical character or function key further.
Also need to prove, be familiar with the user of key position partition table for some, key mapping table may not need to show, can identify by the subregion of a display key position when the proparea, thereby saves display space.
As the extension of first embodiment, the keyboard layout of delegation's 5 keys, 8 keys and 10 keys also should be within invention scope of the present invention.Wherein, the described delegation of the first above-mentioned embodiment 4 keys mainly are to be used for one-handed keyboard, and delegation's 8 keys, 10 keys can be used for the both hands keyboard, for the keyboard of delegation's 8 keys, be exactly in fact will be original in key mapping table the key assignments of two neighbouring row be re-arranged in the new delegation.For the keyboard of 1 row, 10 keys,, not necessarily need Macintosh because the key position is more.
The keyboard that the content of first embodiment and extension thereof is protected is mainly used in the external connection keyboard of portable set, mini computor-keyboard, PDA keyboard, stock information pager keyboard, mouse-keyboard and cell phone keyboard.
Though the front illustrated the key assignments switching device shifter and can be a dynamic formula navigation key, roller, mouse, and roll mark key, block navigation key, change type navigation key, optical navigation key, multi-element inductive formula conversion navigation key, articulated type navigation key and drum-type navigation key one of them.But with regard to the application of first embodiment, more satisfactory key assignments switching device shifter is roller, rolls and mark key and optical navigation key.Rolling the mark key is exactly can produce the roller of input as common enter key after vertically pressing, and it has enter key and roller navigation dual-use function.So-called optical navigation key is arranged on the keyboard, principle of work be similar to optical mouse device, utilize the variation of induction light to come moving of perception finger, determine the moving direction of key assignments table thus, thereby realize navigation.So-called multi-element inductive formula conversion navigation key is made of the sensor of a plurality of energy perception finger positions, each inductor and corresponding relation is all arranged when the proparea, thereby navigation is realized in the proparea of working as of changing the key assignments table according to the initial position of surveying the preceding finger of input, and it is particularly suitable for two line keyboards.
Second embodiment
Fig. 3 is second embodiment of keyboard of the present invention, and the difference of this embodiment and first embodiment is that viewing area, enter key, navigation key are transversely arranged, and 4 enter keies vertically form a line.Shown character in the viewing area among this embodiment also is vertical arrangement, and therefore the using method of keyboard shown in Figure 2 just no longer has been repeated in this description here with shown in Figure 1 identical.
As the extension of second embodiment, the keyboard layout of row 5 keys or two row, 4 keys, 5 keys also should be within invention scope of the present invention.
The keyboard that the content of second embodiment and extension thereof is protected is mainly used in PDA keyboard and cell phone keyboard.
Roller, roll mark, optical navigation key and multi-element inductive formula conversion navigation key relatively is suitable for such keyboard.
The 3rd embodiment
Shown in Figure 4 is according to the third embodiment of the present invention, the keyboard of this embodiment comprises enter key, acknowledgement key, return key (wherein acknowledgement key and return key are not to be necessary to other embodiment), navigation key and the viewing area that shows the input character of current input button correspondence, wherein
Enter key is 8, and pressing enter key separately or press adjacent enter key simultaneously can input character, and 8 enter keies are divided into 2 groups;
The viewing area shows the current key assignments of each group enter key at least, and the shown character in viewing area can change;
The key assignments switching device shifter changes the shown character in viewing area when changing the pairing character of each group enter key.
The input method of the keyboard of a kind of use the 3rd embodiment comprises:
Set up a key mapping table, the key mapping table that is used for the 3rd embodiment has multirow, and each row comprises 8 chief series and several from row, and the chief series corresponding characters is directly pressed corresponding enter key and can be imported,, between two chief series, press two pairing enter keies of chief series simultaneously and can import from row;
A line character of display key bit table at least on the viewing area, the wherein independent inputs of 8 respectively corresponding 8 enter keies of chief series, several are from the combinatorial input of the enter key that is listed as the adjacent chief series correspondence in corresponding its left and right sides; Line character in the wherein shown key mapping table both may be displayed on same delegation on the viewing area, also can divide two row to show;
Use key assignments switching device shifter can switch to another row in the key mapping table, and after the switching, the viewing area shows a line character after switching at least, and this line character can show also and can show with two row with delegation.The key assignments switching device shifter is a navigation key among this embodiment.
With reference to embodiment shown in Figure 4, this keyboard can be applicable to just be called equipment 400 herein on PDA, stock information pager, mobile phone or the like the portable set.The viewing area of keyboard, enter key, navigation key are vertical arrangement among the embodiment shown in Figure 3, and 8 enter keies are divided into 2 groups, and every group of 4 keys are laterally lined up two row.This equipment 400 has a display screen 402, the below of this display screen is the viewing area 404 that is used to show the current key assignments of enter key in the keyboard of the present invention, this zone 404 should show 2 groups of pairing whole current key assignments of enter key at least, comprises the key assignments of possible Macintosh.Certainly, if the area of viewing area allows, show that the more character in the key assignments table is better.In this embodiment, viewing area 404 has shown the character of 3 row, and indicates 2 groups of pairing current key assignments of enter key respectively with 4 arrows 406 and 410, and promptly " A, E, B, F, C, G, D " row and " H, L, I, M, J, N, K " are OK.At this moment, A (H), B (I), C (J), D (K) in this two row are called chief series, chief series directly corresponding enter key F1 (F5), F2 (F6), F3 (F7), F4 (F8) promptly key in F1 separately and just import A, key in F2 separately and just import B, key in F5 separately and just import H.When showing, the character of chief series is represented with solid box.E in this row (L), F (M), G (N) are called from row, and it is by the adjacent pairing enter key combinatorial input of two chief series, such as, the E in this row is F1 and F2 combinatorial input, and F is F2 and F3 combinatorial input, and L is the combinatorial input of F5 and F6.The with dashed lines frame table shows when showing from being listed in.Need explanation the time, represent chief series respectively and only be a kind of difference mode that adopts this enforcement profit that with solid box and frame of broken lines it should not be understood that to be used for limiting the present invention, in actual applications, can adopt other difference means yet from being listed as.Also comprise acknowledgement key " OK " and return key in the keyboard shown in Figure 4, also comprise navigation key 408 in addition, navigation key 408 can carry out selection up and down, to adjust selected character row.When pressing navigation key 408, the character that viewing area 404 shows or in this embodiment arrow 406,410 current character guilds pointed change, to adjust described enter key corresponding characters.Such as, when needing input " GOOD " this word, at first press the row that navigation key 408 is selected character " G " place, owing to have two row corresponding characters to use now, as long as therefore show that character " G " is positioned at delegation wherein.Figure 4 shows that this delegation that " G " is placed on F1, F2, F3, F4 correspondence.Press F3, F4 input then simultaneously from row character " G ", select the row at " O " place again, carry out similar operation, finish until input, with acknowledgement key " OK " as end.
As preferable embodiment, can select a district is reference region, behind character of input, when reference region is returned in the proparea automatically, so that the input character late.
In the input method of the keyboard that uses the 3rd embodiment, need set up the key assignments table equally, different with the key assignments table that is used for first and second embodiment is, owing to had 8 enter keies now, 8 direct input characters and 7 possible combinatorial input characters can be arranged, therefore the key assignments table columns that may have is that 9-15 is capable, according to different demands, can adopt to have different key assignments tables from number of columns.Comprising 8 chief series and several from row, is 1 to 7 not wait from the quantity of row.The chief series corresponding characters is directly pressed corresponding enter key and can be imported, and, presses two pairing enter keies of chief series simultaneously and can import between two chief series from row.Shown in the viewing area 404 for example shown in Figure 4 is exactly the part of the key assignments table that adopted.Certainly, also can adopt other forms of key assignments table.Such as shown in Fig. 5 to 8 being exactly a plurality of embodiment that can be used for the 3rd embodiment key assignments table, wherein each table all has 12 row.Shown in Fig. 5 to 8,, can both comprise all base characters, numeral and function key though difference is arranged in the key position of key assignments table.In Fig. 5 to 8, * represents the key assignments of this delegation on the key assignments table (or row) for the Macintosh input.* this row of key assignments table (or row) of representing to circulate is repeated rows (or row), represents the relation that last 1 row (or row) and the 1st row (or row) circulate and link to each other.
In the 3rd embodiment shown in Figure 4, be fit to adopt multi-element inductive formula conversion navigation key to realize navigation feature.So-called multi-element inductive formula conversion navigation key is made of a plurality of sensors that can the perception finger positions, thereby realizes navigation according to what the initial position that detects the finger before the input was changed the key assignments table when the proparea.When for example it is used for the keyboard of 4 line key assignments tables: when major part finger rests on the 1st row enter key top, the keyboard system acquiescence when the proparea be the 3rd, 4 row of key assignments table; When the major part finger all rested on the 2nd row enter key top, the proparea of working as of keyboard system acquiescence was converted to key assignments table the 1,2 row.This intelligent navigation mode can improve the convenience of input greatly.
Certainly, 8 enter keies of the keyboard of the 3rd embodiment also can be arranged to the form of row, so that the operation of both hands.Perhaps, also can be such to embodiment shown in Figure 3, be lateral arrangement with whole keyboard Designing, and enter key wherein is vertically to arrange.The structural representation of this kind keyboard just no longer shows here.
Under design philosophy of the present invention, the key assignments switching device shifter can adopt some dynamic formula navigation key, roller, mouse commonly used, and roll new-type control methods such as mark key, block navigation key, change type navigation key, optical navigation key and multi-element inductive formula conversion navigation key, make the control device that changes when the position of proparea on the key assignments table.Wherein the explanation in the above of optical navigation key and multi-element inductive formula navigation key is many.Rolling the mark key is control, the enter key that has roller and two kinds of functions of button concurrently.Block navigation key is equivalent to directly input when the row of proparea on the key assignments table number, the delegation on key indication key assignments table.The change type navigation key has only two states, and is corresponding to two positions of proparea on the key assignments table, is in the strong position of benchmark when the proparea during default conditions, is converted to another position after pressing, when proparea conversion repeatedly between these two positions.The 4th following embodiment has adopted multi-form key assignments switching device shifter.
As the extension of the 3rd embodiment, keyboard configuration can be become the form of two row, 5 keys or 8 keys, 10 keys.Equally, for the form of two row, 8 keys, as long as adjacent two capable to merge into delegation just passable in the key assignments table with above-mentioned two row, 4 keys.For the form of 5 generals or 10 keys, it is just passable to adopt method described above to change the key assignments table.For the keyboard of 1 row, 10 keys,, not necessarily need Macintosh because the key position is more.
The keyboard that the content of the 4th embodiment and extension thereof is protected is mainly used in the external connection keyboard of portable set, mini computor-keyboard, PDA keyboard and cell phone keyboard.
With first embodiment class mutually, be optical navigation key and multi-element inductive formula navigation key for the more satisfactory key assignments switching device shifter of the 4th embodiment.
The 4th embodiment
The 4th embodiment shown in Figure 9 is a keyboard structure figure who adopts the embodiment of 4 block navigation keys, the scheme of this embodiment generally can be used for the enter key that singlehanded glove keyboard: F1, F3, F5, F7 are arranged on 4 fingertip locations on the gloves, promptly when directly going to click other keys with the hand with this gloves, the key of this finger tip correspondence is pressed automatically.F2, F4, F6 are the Macintoshs that their adjacent key produces when pressing simultaneously.A1, A2, A3, A4 are block navigation key, arrange at grade, the size of navigation key easily by two fingers simultaneously by arriving.In use, use the finger that has the finger tip enter key directly to click navigation key, to realize input.When for example importing this character of A, directly click navigation key A3 simultaneously with right hand forefinger key F1.And during defeated X, right hand forefinger key F1 and middle digital F2 press navigation key A2 simultaneously ... by that analogy.
In addition, the glove-type keyboard also is fit to adopt the optical navigation key very much.Electrooptical device is adjusted the proparea of working as of key assignments table automatically by following the tracks of the striped of specially drawing on fingerprint or the gloves, wears the finger of gloves key then and clicks arbitrarily hard thing, just can import the character in the proparea.
As the extension of this embodiment, also can be designed to the glove-type keyboard of both hands, for simplifying input, the both hands glove keyboard can reduce a lot of Macintoshs, improves input speed.
The 5th embodiment
Shown in Figure 10 is the fifth embodiment of the present invention.Among this embodiment, a plurality of enter keies, key assignments switching device shifter and viewing area are arranged on the not coplanar of keyboard.Such as the back side that among the embodiment as shown in figure 10 enter key is arranged in keyboard, form the backhand keyboard.For enter key 1006, it is divided into some row, and each shows 4 enter keies, and these enter keies are distributed in the both sides at the keyboard back side, and pressing enter key separately or press neighbouring enter key simultaneously can input character.
This keyboard can be used as the backhand at the back side of PDA keyboard, cell phone keyboard, stock information pager keyboard, plate type computer, game machine, learning machine, bearing circle and holds keyboard.State when considering to use, when grasping this keyboard, what be positioned at the keyboard behind is forefinger, middle finger, the third finger and little finger of toe, therefore enter key being designed to 4 one row is reasonably, just in time can corresponding 4 fingers.As for the quantity of enter key, both can arrange 8 keys of 2 row, promptly the right-hand man respectively controls row and also can arrange 16 keys of 4 row, and promptly the right-hand man respectively controls two row.Identical among the aforesaid embodiment of all the other using method fundamental sums of keyboard, just no longer be repeated in this description herein.
For the viewing area and the key assignments switching device shifter that show key assignments.General viewing area 1002 can be disposed in the front of keyboard, for skilled personnel, does not have the viewing area also to be fine.And the layout of key assignments switching device shifter 1004 is just more flexible, at first the key assignments switching device shifter can adopt above-mentioned some dynamic formula navigation key, roller and roll any in mark key, change type navigation key, optical navigation key, the conversion of multi-element inductive formula navigation key, articulated type navigation key and the drum-type navigation key, and the position of placement can be random.More satisfactory position is to hold keyboard to show the position that is positioned at positive two the thumb places of keyboard.The 5th embodiment is suitable for being arranged on the backhand assurance keyboard at PDA, mobile phone, stock information pager, plate type computer, game machine, learning machine, the bearing circle back side most.And be particularly suitable for adopting articulated type navigation key and drum-type navigation key.Articulated type navigation key and drum-type navigation key all are the navigation keys with wrist control.The characteristics of articulated type navigation key are that holding between part and the equipment body of one hand or both hands links to each other by a rotating shaft on the equipment, hold the corner of part and main body like this by detection, the controlled information of energy just, thereby realization Navigation Control.The unique difference of drum-type navigation key and articulated type navigation key be it hold the part be exactly a cylinder that can turn an angle.Articulated type navigation key and drum-type navigation key can be arranged on enter key and hold on the part, also can be arranged on the keyboard body of holding part next door, or a half bond are holding on the part, and half is on apparatus body.As long as articulated type navigation key and drum-type navigation key are held navigation key, just can hold equipment, by rotating wrist, just can realize the navigation of key assignments table.
Figure 11 to Figure 13 is the synoptic diagram that can be used for the key assignments table of the 5th embodiment,
Key assignments table shown in Figure 11 is the keyboard that is used for each two row enter key of right-hand man.Key assignments table shown in Figure 12 is the keyboard that is used for each row enter key of right-hand man.And key assignments table shown in Figure 13 is the keyboard that is used for left hand one row enter key, the right hand two row enter keies.Those of ordinary skill in the art should be understood that similar different configuration can also be a variety of again, but these changes should not be understood that to have exceeded outside the thought of the present invention.
After adopting technical scheme of the present invention, use by navigation key and Macintosh make the quantity that is used for compressing button, the quantity of button is greatly reduced, saved the size of keyboard, it can be used on the less portable set of volume.By, the present invention adopts character flexibly---and the form of key position corresponding tables improves the speed and the efficient of input, according to different requirements, can adjust character---key position corresponding tables remedies the slow defective of numeric keypad input speed commonly used to guarantee higher input speed with this.
The foregoing description provides to being familiar with the person in the art and realizes or use of the present invention; those skilled in the art can be under the situation that does not break away from invention thought of the present invention; the foregoing description is made various modifications or variation; thereby protection scope of the present invention do not limit by the foregoing description, and should be the maximum magnitude that meets the inventive features that claims mention.
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1. a miniature keyboard is characterized in that, a button on the described keyboard can have one or more key assignments, and this keyboard comprises:
A plurality of enter keies, described each enter key has one or more key assignments, but can only corresponding one of them key assignments be current key assignments;
The key assignments table, described key assignments table is preserved the corresponding relation of described enter key and described key assignments;
The key assignments switching device shifter, the current key assignments of switching enter key.
2. keyboard as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, also comprises display device, is used to show the current key assignments of described key assignments table and each described enter key.
3. keyboard as claimed in claim 2, it is characterized in that, described key assignments switching device shifter can be a dynamic formula navigation key, roller, mouse, and roll mark key, block navigation key, change type navigation key, optical navigation key, multi-element inductive formula conversion navigation key, articulated type navigation key and drum-type navigation key one of them.
4. keyboard as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that, described a plurality of enter keies, key assignments switching device shifter and viewing area are arranged on same of described keyboard, wherein,
Described enter key is arranged to several rows, and every row has several keys to press described enter key separately or presses adjacent enter key simultaneously can input character;
Described viewing area shows the current key assignments of described at least enter key, and the shown character in described viewing area can change;
Described key assignments switching device shifter changes the shown character in described viewing area in the current key assignments that changes described enter key.
5. keyboard as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that described enter key is arranged to delegation, and this row has 4,5,8 or 10 keys.
6. keyboard as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that, described enter key is arranged to each row of two row and is had 4,5,8 or 10 enter keies.
7. keyboard as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that, described a plurality of enter keies, key assignments switching device shifter and viewing area are arranged on the not coplanar of described keyboard, and wherein said enter key is arranged in the back side of described keyboard, forms the backhand keyboard, wherein
Described enter key is divided into some row, and each shows several enter keies, and described enter key is distributed in the both sides at the described keyboard back side, and pressing described enter key separately or press neighbouring enter key simultaneously can input character.
8. keyboard as claimed in claim 7 is characterized in that, the described enter key that is distributed in the keyboard back side is divided into 2 row, is distributed in the both sides at the described keyboard back side respectively, and each row comprises 4 to 6 keys;
Perhaps, enter key is divided into 4 row, is distributed in the both sides at the described keyboard back side respectively, every side 2 row, and each row comprises 4 to 6 keys.
9. as the described keyboard of claim 1 to 8, it is characterized in that, described keyboard can be used as PDA keyboard, cell phone keyboard, stock information pager keyboard, flat keyboard, glove keyboard, mouse-keyboard, plate type computer, game machine, learning machine, bearing circle keyboard, and the backhand that is arranged on their back side hold keyboard.
10. input method of using keyboard as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that:
Set up a key assignments table, described key assignments table is a bivariate table, represents that the enter key of described keyboard or its make up pairing key assignments; The key assignments of enter key is represented to press separately this enter key and can be imported, and the key assignments of Macintosh is represented to press simultaneously its pairing two enter keies and just can be imported;
On described viewing area, show at least all enter keies with and the combination current key assignments;
Use described key assignments switching device shifter can switch the current key assignments of described enter key and combination thereof, described switching is carried out according to the content of described key assignments table, and after the switching, described viewing area shows the key assignments of after switching enter key and combination thereof at least.
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