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10 Inventions on Keyboard key layout: A TRIZ based analysis
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by Umakant Mishra
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The standard QWERTY keyboard was developed in the late 1800’s for the typewriters. As people were acquainted with that the same layout was retained for the computer keyboards. Many people feel that the QWERTY layout is not very efficient layout and there have been many inventions on different layouts of character keys.
In order to improve the key arrangement, two major issues should be addressed. (i) The improved key arrangement should offer significantly improved productivity. (ii) The training time for learning the improved key arrangement should be minimized.
This article analyzes 10 inventions from US patent database each of which have proposed a new layout giving us some specific advantage. The inventions try to achieve one or more of the following advantages, viz., to reduce finger movements during typing, to achieve speed in data entry, to reduce errors in typing, making keyboard easy to learn, making easy for children to find keys, reduce stress in hands and finger and suitability for special purpose computers.
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10 Inventions on improving keyboard efficiency: A TRIZ based analysis
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by Umakant Mishra
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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.
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10 Inventions on Keyboard attachments: A TRIZ based analysis
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by Umakant Mishra
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Although the primary objective of the keyboard to input data into the computer, the advanced keyboards keep various other things in mind, such as, how to use the same keyboard for various other purposes, or how to use the same keyboard efficiently by using various other attachments to the keyboard. This objective led to various inventions on keyboard attachments, some of which are illustrated below in this article.
This article illustrates 10 inventions on various keyboard attachments from US patent database. Each different attachment improves the usability of the keyboard in some way or other. Some attachments illustrated are template holders, paper holders, pointing device attachments, mouse pad attachments, wrist rest attachments, storage device attachments, and multimedia attachments.
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About TRIZsite Journal! |
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The TRIZsite Journal publishes articles, case studies, personal
experience, class notes, training materials and other useful
papers on TRIZ and related topics.
This section is found to be very much appreciated by the readers.
We are getting suggestions to increase the number of articles. We are
expecting more articles to come from various authors soon. Our objective
is to include more and more articles in this section.
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topics and issues. As the site is dedicated to TRIZ, we would prefer your
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traditional TRIZ, modified TRIZ, appliction of TRIZ, evolving
Techniques, your experience and case studies on TRIZ etc. However,
You can also write on similar related topics like, innovation,
creativity, intellectual property, other problem solving techniques,
comparision of TRIZ with other branches of study,
and so on as you can think.
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their papers to trizsite.com. We do not differentiate between a
senior person in a reputed company and just a novice thinker while
accepting papers.
It would be very interesting and valuable for the readers if you could
share your practical experience on applying TRIZ, the particular methods you
follow, the way you teach it and the way you understand their value.
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Selected articles will be published in the site. Please allow some gap
of a month or two if there are too many articles in the queue.
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Editor's Message
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We are thankful to all TRIZ lovers whose inspiration and well wishes
have made this effort possible. We extend out Thanks to all the
authors who have contributed their articles to trizsite.com and
thankful to those who have quoted trizsite.com in their websites
and publications.
With best wishes to all our readers and writers.
Umakant Mishra
Editor
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