Modular retroactive keyboard and a flat modular actuator
US5107262A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 12, 1989 |
| Grant date | Apr 21, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 12, 2009 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S84/07
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A modular retroactive keyboard fitted with keys permitting to send back to the user a perception characteristic of the key. Each key is an element of an independent flat and parallelepipedic module that includes a motor, a position detector and an electric connector. Each module further includes arrangement for fixing it to the adjacent module, and the keys are connected to a central processing unit for giving them the desired response by acting on the motor and for processing the detector signals.
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