Author: Umakant Mishra
Abstract:
A keyboard is the most important input device for a computer. With the development of technology a basic keyboard does not want to remain confined within the basic functionalities of a keyboard, rather it wants to go beyond. There are several inventions which attempt to improve the efficiency of a conventional keyboard.
Abstract:
A keyboard is the most important input device for a computer. With the development of technology a basic keyboard does not want to remain confined within the basic functionalities of a keyboard, rather it wants to go beyond. There are several inventions which attempt to improve the efficiency of a conventional keyboard.
This article illustrates 10 inventions from US Patent
database all of which have proposed very interesting methods for improving the
efficiency of a computer keyboard. Some interesting inventions include, adding
toolbar buttons on the keyboard, power saving method, keyboard-cooling
mechanism, robust keyboard for public use, keyboard enhancement for children’s
use.
Each of these inventions have been analyzed from TRIZ
perspective, in many cases formulating the Ideal Final Result, contradictions
and highlighting the Inventive Principles used in the solution.
Keywords: TRIZ, Computer
Keyboard, Computer Hardware, Hardware Inventions, Patents, Inventive Problem
Solving, Keyboard design, keyboard layout, keyboard efficiency
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