Global Patent Index - EP 1214786 A4

EP 1214786 A4 20030514 - A MINIATURE KEYBOARD FOR A PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT AND AN INTEGRATED WEB BROWSING AND DATA INPUT DEVICE

Title (en)

A MINIATURE KEYBOARD FOR A PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT AND AN INTEGRATED WEB BROWSING AND DATA INPUT DEVICE

Title (de)

MINIATURTASTATUR FÜR EINEN PERSÖNLICHEN HILFSRECHNER UND EINEM MIT EINEM EINGABEGERÄT INTEGRIERTEN WEB-BROWSER

Title (fr)

CLAVIER MINIATURE POUR ASSISTANT PERSONNEL NUMERIQUE ET DISPOSITIF INTEGRE DE NAVIGATION SUR LE WEB ET D'INTRODUCTION DE DONNEES

Publication

EP 1214786 A4 20030514 (EN)

Application

EP 00961611 A 20000907

Priority

  • US 0024494 W 20000907
  • US 15264999 P 19990907

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO0118966A1] A miniature keyboard (10) that operates by utilizing a finger to touch a capacitance sensitive touchpad. A touchpad is divided up into predefined zones (12) that are assigned to be the desired characters on a keyboard. The touchpad is relatively small so that it can be coupled to an information appliance and operated in the manner that is customary for the device.

IPC 1-7

H03K 17/94; H03M 11/00; G09G 5/00; G06K 11/06; G08C 21/00; H04B 7/15

IPC 8 full level

G06F 15/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/023 (2006.01); G06F 3/0354 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H03K 17/98 (2006.01); H03M 11/04 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

G06F 3/0219 (2013.01); G06F 3/03547 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/16 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04809 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

  • [X] US 4550221 A 19851029 - MABUSTH SCOTT [US]
  • [X] FR 2632745 A1 19891215 - ALSTHOM CGEE [FR]
  • [A] WO 9602879 A1 19960201 - ELONEX TECHNOLOGIES INC [US]
  • [A] EP 0676781 A1 19951011 - NOKIA MOBILE PHONES LTD [FI]
  • [A] WO 9809270 A1 19980305 - VIA INC [US], et al
  • [A] EP 0556999 A1 19930825 - NCR INT INC [US]
  • [A] "TOUCH SENSITIVE OVERLAY WITH TACTILE FEEDBACK", IBM TECHNICAL DISCLOSURE BULLETIN, IBM CORP. NEW YORK, US, vol. 29, no. 2, July 1986 (1986-07-01), pages 761 - 763, XP002125446, ISSN: 0018-8689
  • [A] LIARD C ET AL: "COMPUTER DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR THE BLIND BASED ON AN AUDIO-TACTILE PROCESS", MEDICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING AND COMPUTING, PETER PEREGRINUS LTD. STEVENAGE, GB, vol. 31, no. 2, 1 March 1993 (1993-03-01), pages 198 - 200, XP000358970, ISSN: 0140-0118
  • [A] POTOSNAK K M: "KEYS AND KEYBOARDS", HANDBOOK OF HUMAN - COMPUTER INTERACTION, AMSTERDAM, ELSEVIER, NL, 1988, pages 475 - 494, XP000482576, ISBN: 0-444-70536-8
  • See references of WO 0118966A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 0118966 A1 20010315; AU 7354000 A 20010410; CA 2385542 A1 20010315; CN 1378718 A 20021106; EP 1214786 A1 20020619; EP 1214786 A4 20030514; JP 2003509755 A 20030311

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 0024494 W 20000907; AU 7354000 A 20000907; CA 2385542 A 20000907; CN 00814084 A 20000907; EP 00961611 A 20000907; JP 2001522670 A 20000907