Modular Keyboard Support Stack for Adjustable Tilt Angles
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing input devices, such as keyboards, lack the necessary personalization and flexibility to optimize gaming experiences and performance, particularly in terms of adjustable tilt angles and modular extensions.
Innovation Solution
A combination of input devices with support elements and fasteners that allow for adjustable tilt angles and modular attachments, including magnetic and snap-fit connectors, enabling the attachment of extension units like numeric keypads or multimedia controls, and support elements that can be stacked to set different tilt angles.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If standard keyboards are used for gaming, then basic input functionality is provided, but personalization and flexibility are insufficient to optimize gaming performance
Solution Approach 1:
The keyboard is divided into a base unit and separate modular extension units that can be attached or removed independently. Each extension unit provides specific gaming functions (numeric keypad, media controls, etc.), allowing users to customize their keyboard configuration based on gaming needs without permanently increasing complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The extension units are designed with universal attachment mechanisms that can be configured in multiple positions and orientations on the base keyboard. A single extension unit can serve multiple functions depending on its attachment location and the specific gaming scenario, maximizing versatility without requiring multiple specialized devices.
2Ease of operation
If fixed tilt angle keyboards are used, then structural simplicity is maintained, but ergonomic optimization for different gaming scenarios is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The keyboard incorporates adjustable tilt mechanisms that allow the typing surface to be positioned at multiple angle configurations. Users can dynamically adjust the tilt angle according to different gaming scenarios, ergonomic requirements, or personal preference, transforming a static structure into an adaptable one without excessive complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The tilt adjustment mechanism introduces an additional degree of freedom in the vertical dimension, allowing the keyboard surface to be angled relative to the horizontal plane. This dimensional adjustment provides ergonomic benefits by enabling optimal wrist and hand positioning for different gaming situations.
3Adaptability or versatility
If modular extension units are added to keyboards, then functionality and personalization are enhanced, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The keyboard system is segmented into a base unit and separate extension units, each with dedicated functions. This segmentation allows users to attach only the extension units needed for specific gaming tasks, avoiding the complexity of having all possible functions integrated into a single monolithic device.
Solution Approach 2:
The extension units incorporate self-aligning attachment mechanisms with magnetic and snap-fit connectors that automatically guide proper positioning and secure connection. This self-service feature simplifies the attachment process, reducing the complexity of installation and configuration for users while enabling modular functionality.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
This solution provides a high degree of personalization and flexibility, allowing users to find optimal configurations for gaming by adjusting tilt angles and attaching modular units, enhancing gaming performance and usability.
Implementation Method 1
the fasteners include a permanent magnet
Data Source
AI summary
The invention relates to a combination of an input device for a computing device and a set of support elements, wherein the set of support elements includes at least two support elements, wherein the combination includes fasteners to fasten any number of support elements of the set of support elements to the input device, wherein the support elements are fastenable to the input device at a location on the input device to set a tilt angle of the input device, and wherein the set of support elements is configured such that a single support element can be fastened to the input device and such that a plurality of support elements can be fastened to the input device as a stack of support elements thereby allowing to set different tilt angles of the input device.