公开(公告)号：JP2003216306A

公开(公告)日：2003-07-31

申请号：JP2002017985

申请日：2002-01-28

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： CHU FRANK RUI-FENG ,  KAMIJO NOBORU ,  TANG DENNY DUAN-LEE

IPC: G06F3/02

Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a keyboard inputting device configured so as to be used satisfactorily like human engineering, and designed so that a relatively small area can be occupied. SOLUTION: A keyboard type inputting device is provided with a plurality of key positions provided as character input keys. Each key is made correspond to one key in the selected column of a conventional QWERTY array keyboard. A second set constituted of control keys is provided to select the column of the conventional QWERTY array keyboard expressed by character keys in addition to the other functions such as case shift and an alphanumeric control function. COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO