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JEB applied for a patent for that in 2002? Seriously?

by stewbrew 9y ago

eesmith 9y ago
No. The text is in error. The referenced patent is 20030197627, "MODIFIED KEYS ON A KEYBOARD". The abstract is: > A label having an identifier 41L is applied to the upper left corner of the key top of each character key in a left hand region of a keyboard device. A label having an identifier 41R is applied to the upper right corner of the key top of each character key in a right hand region. The identifier 41L is a mark of a reversed L shape and the identifier 41R is a mark of a mirror image pattern of the identifier 41L. Further, different colors are applied to the identifiers 41L and 41R depending on regions for individual fingers. As a consequence, the identifiers 41L and 41R have a function to visually display information representing which hand is to be used to press a key and information representing which finger is to be used to press the key. The keyboard device enables a user to naturally understand the arrangement of the keys and the use of the fingers. This is clearly different than the bumps under the F/J keys, which was present in, for example, the 1995 IBM butterfly keyboard at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_ThinkPad_Butterfly_keyboard#/media/File:IBM_ThinkPad_701_Butterfly_11.JPG https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_ThinkPad_Butterfly_keyboar... and the IBM Model M2 from 1992 at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_M_keyboard#/media/File:IBM_model_M2_for_Sweden_and_Finland.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_M_keyboard#/media/File:I... .
- eesmith 9y ago
  Interesting. The page is now gone. The submitter 'joneti' has submitted 10 links (of 12 total) and is the only HN users to submit links to this domain, which suggests some connection with the site. Perhaps joneti has inside information about the site and can provide some background information about the 404 error?

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JEB applied for a patent for that in 2002? Seriously?

by stewbrew 9y ago

JEB applied for a patent for that in 2002? Seriously?

eesmith 9y ago
No. The text is in error. The referenced patent is 20030197627, "MODIFIED KEYS ON A KEYBOARD". The abstract is: > A label having an identifier 41L is applied to the upper left corner of the key top of each character key in a left hand region of a keyboard device. A label having an identifier 41R is applied to the upper right corner of the key top of each character key in a right hand region. The identifier 41L is a mark of a reversed L shape and the identifier 41R is a mark of a mirror image pattern of the identifier 41L. Further, different colors are applied to the identifiers 41L and 41R depending on regions for individual fingers. As a consequence, the identifiers 41L and 41R have a function to visually display information representing which hand is to be used to press a key and information representing which finger is to be used to press the key. The keyboard device enables a user to naturally understand the arrangement of the keys and the use of the fingers. This is clearly different than the bumps under the F/J keys, which was present in, for example, the 1995 IBM butterfly keyboard at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_ThinkPad_Butterfly_keyboard#/media/File:IBM_ThinkPad_701_Butterfly_11.JPG https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_ThinkPad_Butterfly_keyboar... and the IBM Model M2 from 1992 at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_M_keyboard#/media/File:IBM_model_M2_for_Sweden_and_Finland.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_M_keyboard#/media/File:I... .
- eesmith 9y ago
  Interesting. The page is now gone. The submitter 'joneti' has submitted 10 links (of 12 total) and is the only HN users to submit links to this domain, which suggests some connection with the site. Perhaps joneti has inside information about the site and can provide some background information about the 404 error?