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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2005
Georgios Panotopoulos, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Dale W. Schroeder, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Georgios Panotopoulos, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Dale W. Schroeder, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Avago Technologies ECBU IP Pte Ltd, Singapore, SG;
Abstract
An emulated hard key that emulates a key of a user-selected keyboard is generated on a reconfigurable keyboard. In one exemplary embodiment, the reconfigurable keyboard has an array of microchambers. Each microchamber is operable to change from a first height to a second height. A keyboard emulator controller controls the array of microchambers to set a first group of microchambers to the second height. When set to the second height, the first group of microchambers collectively emulates a first key of the user-selected keyboard.