Patent · US Expired

Keyboard (I)

US6215420A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 17, 1999
Grant dateApr 10, 2001
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Expiry dateDec 17, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01H2239/058
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Keyboards with a construction which isolates the interior of the device from water and other deleterious substances in the ambient surroundings. The keyboard also has the capability of transmitting to a second device, upon activation of a key, a coded, preferably infrared (IR) signal uniquely corresponding to the key which is activated.

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