Centouch Keyboard Design Details and Information

US Patent # D606074

Manufacturing and Design Data


Various Depictions of Design: 
Approximate Overall Dimensions: 23" x 5" | Touchpad Dimensions:  4.5"x4.5" to 5"x5"


 
Design A: Standard / Classic Design Model
  US Patent Pending Keyboard.  Practical, intuitive, and functional.

Centouch Keyboard - www.centouch.com - US Patent Pending
Sample Design Drawing Using a traditional Keyboard Layout w/ Our Patent Pending Center Touchpad
 

  Design B: Classic Ergonomically Curved Keyboard Design Model
  US Patent Pending Keyboard.  Practical, intuitive, and functional.


Sample Design Drawing Using a traditional Keyboard Layout w/ Our Patent Pending Center Touchpad
 


  Design C: Ergonomically Curved with Straight End Keyboard Design Model
  US Patent Pending Keyboard.  Practical, intuitive, and functional.


Sample Design Drawing Using a traditional Keyboard Layout w/ Our Patent Pending Center Touchpad.  Notice how the numeric keys are straightened.
 


  Design D: Standard Keyboard with Scrollers Design Model
  US Patent Pending Keyboard.  With optional scroller buttons.  Practical, intuitive, and functional.


Sample Design Drawing Using a traditional Keyboard Layout w/ Our Patent Pending Center Touchpad.  Optional window scrollers on each side.  Very similar to mouse button scrollers.  Great for scrolling through long pages, websites, and spreadsheets.
 


  Design E: Expanded Keyboard Design Model
  US Patent Pending Keyboard.  With optional scroller buttons, & programmable keys.  Practical, intuitive, and functional.


Sample Design Drawing Using a traditional Keyboard Layout w/ Our Patent Pending Center Touchpad.  Optional programmable keys and scroller buttons on each side.
 


  Design F: Expanded Keyboard Design Model
  US Patent Pending Keyboard.  With optional scroller buttons, programmable keys & calculator.  Practical, intuitive, and functional.
Centouch Patent Pending Keyboard www.centouch.com
Sample Design Drawing Using a traditional Keyboard Layout w/ Our Patent Pending Center Touchpad + Dual Side Scrollers, Programmable buttons and Built in Calculator.


Better Design
We took what's great about the touchpad/trackpad design on your standard laptop and improved it.  We moved it up.  Within the reach of your fingers, and enlarged it.  This makes for easier reach, and better mouse tracking onscreen.  Instead of fumbling down, below, to reach for your touchpad, we place it where it's most comfortable, within easy reach of your fingers, to the "sides".

We did away with the mouse.  Mouse related hand injuries are numerous.  Constant, daily use of the mouse can lead to nerve, joint or other disabilities.  We make use of the touchpad and combine both input devices in a simple to use intuitive interface.  For anyone who uses their computer on a daily basis, I'm sure you would agree.

The center positioning of the touchpad, naturally creates a more ergonomic position for your hands and wrists.  Especially for those with big hands, wrapping your hands/wrists around a standard keyboard can be a challenge.  Why not widen it, and allow a better ergonomic position to naturally take place.  Your hands, wrists, arms and shoulders straighten out.  Your wrist is no longer having to twist to be in position.  It's more natural.

Better Functionality
We've married the keyboard and touchpad to work together.  No separate mouse click buttons are necessary.  In any standard laptop or keyboard with a built in touchpad, there exists separate buttons that represent the left and right mouse clicks.  This forces you to move both hands away from your normal keyboard position.  This extra step can be distracting.  We've improved upon this model by creating our patent pending keyboard mouse clicks.  Centouch is intelligently programmed to recognize when you're using the touchpad and when you're using the keyboard.  Place a finger on the touchpad, and the pre-programmed "S/D/F" and/or "J/K/L" keys automatically transform into equivalent mouse buttons (left/ middle/ right).  No more fumbling.  This leads to greater efficiency, and a more natural working environment.  Take your fingers off the touchpad, and your keys resume their normal functions.

Other additional improvements can be added.  This includes programmable buttons along the side of the touchpad.  These pre-program buttons can be setup to run macros, or any other functions you desire.  You'll also notice mouse scroller buttons on the left and right sides of the touchpad in some of our artist renderings.  These act as mouse scrollers, and they are located right where you need them; next to your forefingers for easy reach when viewing long documents or webpages.  In another example, we've added a calculator.  Future options include the addition of multimedia keys.
 


Manufacturing Requirements:
1. Mold Required for new keyboard design (Design F Model Above).  Standard keyboard, split between the left keys, 
(6/T/G/B) and right keys, (7/Y/H/N) .  Split space keys for left and right hands.  Approximate Dimensions: 23" x 5".  Touchpad Dimensions: 4.5" x 4.5" to 5" x 5". 
Note: These specific dimensions are not required as long as the "ideal" and "theory" behind the keyboard/touchpad concept is maintained.


2. Programming of keyboard to work in conjunction with touchpad, 
Scrollers  and  Programmable Function Keys .

3. Drivers for Intelligent touchpad programming needed to recognize when fingers are on the touchpad, to transform "S/D/F" and/or "J/K/L"  
keys to equivalent mouse buttons (left/ middle/ right) clicks.

4. Drivers to enable other clever touchpad functions, like those found on Macs.
     a. Two finger touch scrolling - called iscroll2 or two finger scrolling.  Which enables you to scroll a window up or down by having 2 fingers placed on the touchpad, and moving down or up.
     b. Two finger tapping of the touchpad that is equal to a right mouse click.  A Single finger tap would represent a left mouse click and a 2finger tap would be equivalent to a right mouse click.

5. Wireless, USB, and Bluetooth capable.





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