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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2010
Filed:
May. 28, 2008
Michael Yurochko, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Keith Soo Suan Ho, Singapore, SG;
Michael Yurochko, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Keith Soo Suan Ho, Singapore, SG;
PALM, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A small form-factor keyboard or keypad for key structures is provided in which individual key structures have a contact surface on which there is a center reference and a peak. The center reference and the peak or offset, so that an offset distance between the center reference and the peak is greater than or equal to zero. The offset distance for at least two or more key structures in the plurality of key structures may different. The difference in the offset distance may be based on a position of the individual key structures relative to a first reference line.