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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 1992
Filed:
Dec. 14, 1990
Thomas W Finkle, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Ralph M Swanson, Sebastopol, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
Coded interchangeable key pad assemblies alternately installed on a keyboard so that one of a variety of programmable sets of keyboard functions is enabled for selection by user actuation of the keys. Each key pad assembly has a durable construction and is securely attachable to the remainder of the keyboard. Each key pad assembly is installed on the remainder of the keyboard and interacts with the system with which the keyboard interfaces, preferably a programmable system, to provide a custom key panel for the user so that key functions can be tailored to a desired selection of operations available to the user upon actuation of the keys.