“The Ideal Keyboard” patented in Russia
While putting together my previous post “Russian patent holders to watch Nanoproducts closely“, I browsed the source of that post and came across an interesting bit of news – there was another “Ideal keyboard” patented in Russia (Optimus being the first, if memory serves – [video]).
In the keyboard the following innovations are realized:
1. Rotated blocks of alphabetic keys are arranged under individual preferences of the concrete person.
2. In all columns of a key are located physiologically: without skews.
3. All language allocations of alphabetic keys are adhered to a uniform sound allocation. The main letters of all alphabets which display the same elementary sound of speech, are placed on a key of nominal this sound of speech. That is very convenient at switching from one language allocation on another.
4. The sound allocation of alphabetic keys is constructed by the Rule of an articulation of elementary sounds of speech; actually, under the scientific Law which was formulated by the author of this new keyboard Alexander Makeev.
On zones of an articulation: from below upwards from most internally articulated up to most externally articulated.
On a degree of rapproachement of bodies of speech in a zone of an articulation from left to right: indistinct explosive sounds of speech, indistinct sibiliant sounds of speech, vowel sounds of speech (on the left rotated block of keys); sonorous sonorous sibiliant sounds of speech, sonorous explosive sounds of speech (on the right rotated block of keys).
Superfluous (duplicating) letters of corresponding language alphabets are born in additional columns of keys.
5. Many superfluous keys are removed from the keyboard.
6. Keys for input of numbers and mathematical symbols are located conveniently and logically.
7. New keys and new elements of the keyboard are added.
8. Corresponding functional groups of keys are painted in various colors for convenience of orientation on the keyboard.
All these innovations allow to type the text and figures by ten fingers even without preliminary training, not looking almost on the keyboard.
Look the Patent of Russia for Useful Model « the Keyboard with rotated blocks of keys » RU 63948 U1, given on June, 10, 2007, a priority from December, 26, 2006.
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