Computer keyboard layout, structure and arrangement

Abstract

The present product started in 2012 as an idea of the author to find a way to optimize and increase typing speed for smartphones during SMS or mail writing given that the existing methods are not optimized and they often cause difficulties, limitations or slow down text insertion. The technical problem to solve is "to develop an intelligent keyboard that is fast and intuitive, designed for devices using either a touchscreen keyboard (cell phones, smartphones and tablets as well as ticket emission machines, ATM machines, etc.) or a physical keyboard (many smartphones, old generation cell phones), which are used mostly with a single hand or even with a single finger in case of smaller devices ". The solution to this problem originates from blending together a few main ideas as stated below: 1) Creation of a new, well proportioned layout featuring hexagonal cells (FIG. 1) that is designed to diminish the distance traveled by the finger in order to reach all the keys in order to increase the typing speed; 2) Study of cryptoanalysis, i.e. the use frequency of letters in different languages (FIG. 2-5). Deciding the position of the letters in the above layout in an intelligent way visibly improves the efficiency, the intuitive use and speed of use as well as the use of intuitive and innate meccanisms of our brain such as mental associating and linking. 3) Completely changing the classic QWERTY layout (studied and developed in 1864 for two-handed use on very different devices) by moving the space key in the center of the new ad-hoc created layout (FIG. 1) and adding a bigger number of alphanumeric symbols thanks to the easily interchangeable supplementary layouts having the same structure (FIG. 6-7). The applicative field is on a world scale, the concerned technological ambits are many, ranging from telecommunications to any industrial appliance having a virtual keyboard, from teaching to information exchange.

Description

technical field [0001] New computer keyboard layouts, structures and letter arrangements optimized for touchscreen devices (mobile phones, smartphones, tablets, car navigation systems, etc.) or for electronic devices like ticket machines, cash machines, etc. Background technique [0002] The specific purpose of this brief introduction is to provide a general view of the history, types, and methods employed for past keyboard implementations and the technological evolution of the associated devices. This serves as a preamble leading to the main reasons for creating the product of the present invention. [0003] The first alphanumeric scheme for keyboards dates back to 1864, when Christopher Sholes conceived the QWERTY layout (the most popular keyboard layout in the world today). The patent was sold in 1873 to Remington and Son, a company that produced writing machines, and the patent was commercially used with great success. Sholes have noted in the past that, to prevent wri...

AI Technical Summary

Problems solved by technology

This software and other similar solutions significantly reduce text entry time, but they do not represent a new keyboard layout

Images