Universal keyboard
a keyboard and universal technology, applied in the field of universal keyboards, can solve the problems of limited commercially available keyboards, inability to take advantage, obsolete unused keys,
Active Publication Date: 2021-12-30
BERGER JORDAN A +1
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Benefits of technology
The universal keyboard enhances keystroke biometrics by providing comprehensive input data, including pressure and acceleration, and offers adaptable layouts for enhanced user experience and accessibility, supporting biometric authentication and privacy protection.
Problems solved by technology
Many applications allow the user to create time saving “macros”, but most users do not take advantage of them due to the high barrier of learning how to program the macros.
Many gaming applications only utilize about 8 keys, and the unused keys become obsolete during gameplay.
Keyboards commercially available today are limited in that they can only provide timing information, while it has been shown that use of additional sensors, such as pressure and acceleration, significantly improves the performance of a keystroke biometric system.
Prior art virtual keyboards project onto surfaces, and will never likely be a “preferred” keyboard for any user.
Virtual keyboards have a futuristic appearance, and can be used in place of keyboards for short sessions, but for the “normal” or “heavy” computer user, the virtual keyboard lacks many features.
Conventional and virtual keyboards can output keystrokes (“all or none”) and timing data, but cannot measure pressure data, and lack the spatial resolution that allows, for example, estimation of finger size, limiting their use in advanced behavioral biometrics.
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[0042]Embodiments of the present invention relate to a universal keyboard, referred to herein as the “ONE-KEYBOARD”, which is a universal solution to all key input to the computer, and is the first fully-compatible biometric keyboard.
[0043]The keyboard consists of a blank translucent surface, a capacitive array touch screen that transmits touch to the computer, and a projection system that projects the keyboard template or layout that is needed for each application. As described below, there are inter alia four types of projection systems: (1) micro-LED array applied to the under-surface of the keyboard, (2) projection system applied to a bar across the keyboard, (3) projection system that projects onto the surface from underneath the keyboard, and (4) touchscreen system.
[0044]The ONE KEYBOARD comes in a variety of sizes and in a software-only version. A user has a choice of silicone pads that adhere to the surface of the ONE KEYBOARD, in order to find the preferred “touch”. The ONE...
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A keyboard for physically handicapped persons, including a translucent surface, a capacitive layer underneath the translucent surface, enabling detection of touch location and pressure on the translucent surface, a projection system dynamically projecting a plurality of visual layouts of keys of a keyboard on the translucent surface, wherein each visual layout includes ASCII character keys or graphical buttons, and a dynamic keyboard layout generator configured to receive user input in conformance with a currently projected layout of keys from a physically handicapped user, and to generate therefrom a time series of ASCII characters or button selections for input to the computing device, to dynamically adjust pressure sensitivity of the keyboard to avoid spurious user input, and to dynamically adjust key sizes and positions in a current virtual layout of keys, to reduce the amount of hand motion required by the user and the amount of discomfort experienced by the user.
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15 / 860,890 entitled UNIVERSA KEYBOARD, and filed on Jan. 3, 2018 by inventors Jordan A. Berger and John V. Monaco. U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15 / 860,890 is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14 / 809,290 entitled UNIVERSAL KEYBOARD, and filed on Jul. 27, 2015 by inventors Jordan A. Berger and John V. Monaco.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention relates to electronic keyboards.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]The keyboard is one of the most universal peripheral components for desktop and laptop computers, and yet it relies on the QWERTY system that dates back to the 1870's. It is arguably the most ancient part of the desktop and laptop computers in use today. The use of keyboards is ubiquitous with word processing, web browsing, multimedia streaming and gaming.[0004]Many applications remap keys or key sequences to applicat...
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IPC IPC(8): G06F3/044G06F3/0488G06K9/00G06F21/32
CPCG06F3/044G06F3/04883G06F21/32G06K9/0002G06K9/00087G06F3/0202G06F3/0213G06F3/0231G06F3/04886G06V40/1306G06V40/1365A61F4/00
InventorBERGER, JORDAN A.MONACO, JOHN V.
OwnerBERGER JORDAN A