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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2007
John Ikeda, Seattle, WA (US);
Carl J. Ledbetter, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Michael Baseflug, Duvall, WA (US);
Eric Wahl, Kirkland, WA (US);
Jared Randall, Seattle, WA (US);
John Ikeda, Seattle, WA (US);
Carl J. Ledbetter, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Michael Baseflug, Duvall, WA (US);
Eric Wahl, Kirkland, WA (US);
Jared Randall, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A hand-held text input device includes a game controller and a keyboard. The device comfortably accommodates the hands of a user while the thumbs and fingers are associated with actuators of the game controller and keys of the keyboard. The overall configuration of the device and the arrangement of the actuators and keys permit the user to operate all of the functions provided by the device while the forearms are in a neutral posture zone between pronation and supination of the forearm, while the wrists are minimally extended, and while the fingers are comfortably flexed.