Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Key screens formed from flexible substrate
- Patent Title (中): 键屏由柔性基板形成
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Application No.: US12535976Application Date: 2009-08-05
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Publication No.: US08289280B2Publication Date: 2012-10-16
- Inventor: Adrian Travis
- Applicant: Adrian Travis
- Applicant Address: US WA Redmond
- Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
- Current Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Redmond
- Agency: Alleman Hall McCoy Russell & Tuttle LLP
- Main IPC: G06F3/02
- IPC: G06F3/02

Abstract:
Various embodiments related to an adaptive keyboard cut from a single flexible substrate are provided. One disclosed embodiment of an adaptive input device comprises a flexible substrate, and a plurality of key screens defined in the flexible substrate via cuts in the flexible substrate. The key screens are cut such that each key screen remains electrically connected to the flexible substrate, and each key screen comprises an image producing element configured to display an image on the key screen. The adaptive input device further comprises a keyboard comprising a plurality of keys disposed over the flexible substrate, where each key screen is turned upwardly from the flexible substrate to cover a corresponding key on the keyboard.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110032189A1 KEY SCREENS FORMED FROM FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE Public/Granted day:2011-02-10
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