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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2020
Synerdyne Corporation, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Mark S. Knighton, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Peter J. DeLaurentis, Burlingame, CA (US);
Synerdyne Corporation, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Abstract
A system having a keyboard capable of supporting multiple hosts and changing character sets. A first host processor communicates with a display. A keyboard has a plurality of independently moveable physical keys with each letter of an entire alphabet accessible by a single strike actuation of one of the plurality of keys. The keyboard uses twelve or fewer keys provide single strike access to the entire alphabet. A map defining functions of the keys appears on the display responsive to a prompting action of a user's hand without requiring any finger to leave the keys that provide access to the alphabet. The map defines the spatial relationship of each function relative to a home position of a finger.