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WO1991008559A1 - Auxiliaire d'initiation a l'utilisation d'un clavier - Google Patents

Auxiliaire d'initiation a l'utilisation d'un clavier Download PDF

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WO1991008559A1
WO1991008559A1 PCT/GB1990/001876 GB9001876W WO9108559A1 WO 1991008559 A1 WO1991008559 A1 WO 1991008559A1 GB 9001876 W GB9001876 W GB 9001876W WO 9108559 A1 WO9108559 A1 WO 9108559A1
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Sylvia Louisa Evans
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09B—EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS
    • G09B13/00—Teaching typing
    • G09B13/02—Dummy practice keyboard apparatus
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09B—EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS
    • G09B15/00—Teaching music
    • G09B15/08—Practice keyboards

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  • the present invention relates to training aids for keyboards, and particu ⁇ larly though not exclusively to typewriter keyboards.
  • the present invention provides keyboard training apparatus comprising a keyboard, means for detecting which keys are operated, means (including means carried by the fingers of the trainee) for determining which fingers have been used to strike the keys, and means for indicating when a key has been struck by an incorrect finger.
  • the means for detecting which keys are operated need not distinguish between all possible keys.
  • the means carried by the fingers of the trainee may comprise a pair of gloves.
  • the primary application of this system is to typing. However, it will be realized that it is also applicable to other types of keyboard, such as those used for certain kinds of musical instrument.
  • the keys may of course be unmarked, or be marked in Braille or with other suitable symbols.
  • the apparatus may in one form comprise a word processor and a pair of gloves having separate switching means carried on each finger.
  • the apparatus may comprise a substantially dummy keyboard and an overlay sheet which cooperates with the gloves (bearing conductive pads on alternate finprers) to discriminate between different fingers used for striking, and between different groups of keys.
  • the overlay conduc ⁇ tive areas of the overlay may consist of a pattern of parallel tracks connected in two interleaved groups; no connection to the gloves is then required.
  • FIG. 1 is a simplified partial diagram of a word processor system
  • Fig. 2 is a similar diagram of a serni-dummy keyboard system.
  • the word processor comprises a keyboard 10 with keys 1 1, and a monitor 12 supported on a processor unit 13 to which the keyboard 10 is connected by a cable 14.
  • a pair of gloves 15 (shown palm up) has ten pressure sensitive switches 16 mounted one on the tip of each finger and thumb as shown, and connected by wires mounted on the surface of the gloves to a pair of connectors 17.
  • a pair of cables 18 are coupled to the connectors 17 and to the interface connector 19 of the processor unit 13.
  • the word processor performs the usual processing of the characters typed in on the keyboard 10. In addition, it monitors the signals on the cables 18 to determine which finger has been used for each character. It also includes, for each finger, a table or listing of the group of characters which ought to be typed by that finger. For each character typed, it compares the character actually typed with the listing of characters for the finger which actually typed the character. (For normal typing and alphabetic characters, there is only one finger which ought to be used to type any given letter, but obviously the same character can appear in more than one group of characters.)
  • the signal may be an audible beep; it may conveniently be accompanied by an error message displayed on the screen, stating what the character was and which finger it ought to have been typed by. A different audible signal may be produced when a character has been struck by the correct finger.
  • Fig. 2. 5 is a semi-dummy keyboard.
  • the term "semi- dummy" means that it does not control a word processor or typewriter (whether electric or electronic), but it includes sufficient switching means to detect when a key has been struck (though not necessarily to determine precisely which key has been struck).
  • the keys of the keyboard are divided into two zones 27 and 28 which feed respective lines 33 and 34 so that when a key is struck, the appropriate line is energized.
  • the keyboard 25 has laid over it a flexible cover 26 which has a conduc ⁇ tive surface.
  • a pair of gloves 29 (shown palm up) has four conductive pads 30 formed on four of the fingers as shown.
  • a control unit 31 is connected by lines 32 to 35 to the keyboard 25, the conductive overlay 26, and the conductive pads 30 on the gloves as indicated.
  • the unit 31 includes a small speaker (not shown) or feeds a headphone or earpiece (not shown).
  • the conductive pads 30 on the gloves 29 are so arranged that when the hands are held in the normal typing position, the pads are on alternate ones of the eight fingers (excluding thumbs) used for typing.
  • the zones 27 and 28 of . the keyboard 25 are so arranged that one zone includes all the keys which should be struck by fingers with pads on them, and the other contains all the keys which should be struck by fingers without pads. In other words, fingers with conductive pads should be used exclusively to strike keys in the zone 27, and fingers without conductive pads should be used exclusively to strike keys in the zone 28.
  • the control unit defects when a key has been struck, by the signal on line 33 or 34, and whether one of the fingers with conductive pads has been used to strike a key, by whether a circuit is completed from line 35 -to line 32. Also, if one of the fingers with conductive pads has been used to strike a key, it detects which of the two zones 27 and 28 has been struck. The control unit can therefore detect whether there has been any mis-fingering: if a key in zone 27 has been struck by a finger without a conductive pad, or a key in zone 28 has been struck by a finger with a conductive pad, then the wrong finger has been used or the wrong key struck. (It is assumed that if an error occurs, it will be the striking of a key adjacent to the one desired, or the use of the finger adjacent to the one which should be used.)
  • the overlay 26 may be formed with a pattern of parallel tracks connected in two interleaved groups.
  • the four conductive pads on the fingers of the gloves will then form a connection between the two groups of tracks.
  • the discrimination between the two sets of fingers (with and without conductive pads) can thus be achieved without requiring any connection to the gloves.
  • the conductive areas may be formed by conductive foam, and/or membrane switch technology may be used.
  • the overlay and gloves of the Fig. 2 type can of course be used in con ⁇ junction with a "real" keyboard of a word processor.
  • the word proces ⁇ sor is preferably used to perform the functions of the control unit 31 , with the overlay being coupled to the word processor via a conventional interface.
  • the word processor and keyboard combination is obviously able to detect when a key has been struck.
  • the same system can be used with an electric or electronic typewriter provided that it is possible to obtain from the typewriter suitable signals indicating which keys have been struck. If that is not possible, then the overlay can be elaborated ⁇ e.g. by including pressure-sensitive zones ', or a second overlay provided, for such detection.
  • the overlay technique can also be elaborated by providing separate connec ⁇ tions to each key area in the overlay, and by providing the gloves with separ ⁇ ately energized pads on each finger. This makes the system more like that shown in Fig. 1.
  • the fingers of the gloves may be differently coloured, and the keyboard may be correspondingly coloured, to provide visual assistance in indicating which finger s should be used for which keys.
  • Individual finger covers such as thimbles may be used instead of full gloves; if that is done, then the use of colouring is particularly useful in helping to ensure that each thimble is put on the proper finger.
  • the keys are grouped according to which finger is used for them, and the apparatus does not need to distinguish between the individual keys of a group. With such an arrangement, it is obvious that a visual indication of the key struck cannot be produced. If the numeric keys are included, the grouping of the keys may be elaborated to allow certain keys to be struck by more than one finger.
  • SUBSTITUTE SHEET gloves may have small magnets attached to them, giving alternate polarities (N and S) to alternate fingers, and a dummy keyboard constructed in which each key includes a polarity-detecting magnetic switch.
  • Another possibility is to colour the ends of the fingers of the gloves, and to provide each key with means, such as a set of LEDs and a photodetector, to determine the colour of the finger depressing it. (The colour detecting means would preferably operate only when the key is depressed.)
  • the switches can be provided on the gloves rather than on the keyboard. Other sensing and detecting techniques, such as capacitive, could also be used.

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Abstract

L'invention se rapporte à un appareil permettant d'initier un opérateur à l'utilisation d'un clavier (11) d'un système de traitement de texte (10-14). L'utilisateur porte une paire de gants (15) comportant aux extrémités des doigts des organes électriques (16) couplés au système (13) par l'intermédiaire de son interface (19). Le système détecte: (a) quelle touche a été enfoncée sur le clavier, et (b) quel doigt a été utilisé pour enfoncer la touche. A partir de ces informations, le système détermine si la touche a été enfoncée par le bon doigt et émet des signaux lorsqu'un faux doigt a été utilisé. Un clavier semi-factice peut être utilisé et il n'est pas nécessaire que l'organe détectant quelles touches ont été actionnées fasse la distinction entre toutes les touches possibles. Les organes électriques (16) peuvent être des interrupteurs ou des contacts fonctionnant en conjonction avec des caches électriques placés sur le clavier. Ce principe peut également s'appliquer à certains instruments de musique avec clavier de touches.
PCT/GB1990/001876 1989-12-02 1990-12-03 Auxiliaire d'initiation a l'utilisation d'un clavier Ceased WO1991008559A1 (fr)

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US5571020A (en) * 1991-10-03 1996-11-05 Troudet; Farideh Education device for assisting in the learning of keyboarding
DE19651941A1 (de) * 1996-10-24 1998-04-30 Braguinski Vladimir Dr Paed Vorrichtung zum Lehren der Betätigung von Tastaturen
US6089872A (en) * 1998-08-28 2000-07-18 Mayhue; Glenda F. Device for teaching typing
KR20020080041A (ko) * 2001-04-10 2002-10-23 박찬홍 컴퓨터 키보드 타자 연습 장치
KR20030032570A (ko) * 2001-10-18 2003-04-26 김덕중 전자장갑을 이용한 타자 연습 시스템
DE20306074U1 (de) 2003-04-15 2003-09-18 Entzian, Till, 60594 Frankfurt Tastatur zum Erlernen des 10-Finger/Tastenschreibens
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US3229800A (en) * 1963-05-02 1966-01-18 Krag Niels Teaching attachment for typewriters
DE2018670A1 (de) * 1970-04-18 1971-10-28 Pasing W Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Ermittlung der fehlerhaften Bedienung von Vorrichtungen mit Tastenfeldern
US4055905A (en) * 1976-06-21 1977-11-01 Upaya, Inc. Teaching typewriter

Cited By (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5486112A (en) * 1991-10-03 1996-01-23 Troudet; Farideh Autonomous wearable computing device and method of artistic expression using same
US5571020A (en) * 1991-10-03 1996-11-05 Troudet; Farideh Education device for assisting in the learning of keyboarding
DE19651941A1 (de) * 1996-10-24 1998-04-30 Braguinski Vladimir Dr Paed Vorrichtung zum Lehren der Betätigung von Tastaturen
US6089872A (en) * 1998-08-28 2000-07-18 Mayhue; Glenda F. Device for teaching typing
KR20020080041A (ko) * 2001-04-10 2002-10-23 박찬홍 컴퓨터 키보드 타자 연습 장치
KR20030032570A (ko) * 2001-10-18 2003-04-26 김덕중 전자장갑을 이용한 타자 연습 시스템
DE20306074U1 (de) 2003-04-15 2003-09-18 Entzian, Till, 60594 Frankfurt Tastatur zum Erlernen des 10-Finger/Tastenschreibens
ES2391864A1 (es) * 2012-06-25 2012-11-30 José Manuel GÓMEZ GÓMEZ Sistema para aprendizaje de mecanografía

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