Author: Umakant Mishra
Abstract:
A keyboard is the most common and widely used input device for a
computer. Using the keyboard is often vital to interact with a computer. There
are several aspects of a keyboard such as size, key layout, convenience and
ergonomic features etc., which are continuously under improvement by keyboard
designers and manufacturers.
TRIZ is an efficient methodology in product designing. Using IFR
and Trends we can well predict the directions of the future keyboards and using
Contradictions and Principles we can overcome the current limitations. This
article analyses the critical features of a keyboard, does a functional
analysis, derives the Ideal Final Results, draws the future trends, finds the
contradictions and attempts to solve the contradictions by using Inventive
Principles. The trends and assumptions drawn in this article are based on more
than 100 patents on computer keyboard.
Keywords: TRIZ, Computer Keyboard, Computer Hardware,
Hardware Inventions, Patents, Inventive Problem Solving, Keyboard design,
keyboard layout, keyboard efficiency, keyboard attachments, keyboard
extensions, ergonomic keyboard, laptop keyboards, portable keyboards,
ventilating keyboards, folding keyboards, illuminated keyboards, key layout,
fast keyboards
Mishra, Umakant, Using TRIZ to Design the Future Keyboard
(April 29, 2014). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2430877
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