Author: Umakant Mishra
Abstract:
The soft keyboards are onscreen representation of physical
keyboard having alphanumeric characters and other controls. The user operates
the soft keyboard with the mouse, a stylus or other pointing device. The soft
keys don’t have any mechanical component.
The soft keyboards are used in many public places for
informational purpose, educational systems and financial transactional systems.
A soft keyboard is convenient in some cases where a hard keyboard is difficult
to manage. The soft keyboard is a substitute of a physical keyboard and is
displayed on the screen. It displays the same type of alphanumeric and control
keys like the keys on the actual keyboard.
There are many inventions on a soft keyboard which makes the
soft keyboard more efficient and effective. This article illustrates some
inventions on soft keyboards from US patent database.
Keywords: TRIZ, Computer Keyboard, Computer Hardware,
Hardware Inventions, Patents, Inventive Problem Solving, Keyboard design, Soft
keyboards, phone keyboards, tablet keyboards, touch screen keyboards
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