Huge Universal Language Keyboard

Team 9Dhruv LambaLuke JohnstonEthan BylerAndy Robison

Possible Patent Infringements• Display keyboard (Optimus Maximus)

US Patent : 5,818,361; Filed Nov 7, 1996 Issued: Oct 6, 1998

• Virtual keyboard adaptation for multilingual input ; US patent : 2008/0077393 A1Filed Nov 7, 1996 Issued: Oct 6, 1998

• Universal Multifunctional Key for Input/Output Devices ; US Patent : 20070285393A1Filed Aug 1, 2007 Issued : Dec. 13,2007

Display keyboard (Optimus Maximus)

• Claims similar to the HULK (DOE Infringement)

• …. a plurality of display keys situated on the keyboard, each display key having a display situated thereon for depicting alphanumeric characters of various languages, symbols, special characters...

• …. a plurality of function keys including a standard CTRL key, SHIFT key, CAPS LOCK key, ENTER key, and ALT key situated on the keyboard with conventional indicia situated thereon…

• …a computer with associated software connected to the keyboard for depicting, via the display keys, characters and indicia relevant to the function of the key during a current software application…

Workaround

• No workaround needed• Essentially the same function but not

performed essentially the same way (OLEDs)

Virtual keyboard adaptation for multilingual input

• Claims similar to the HULK (Literal Infringement)• A method of adapting a virtual keyboard for multilingual input,

the method comprising:identifying an input language; anddisplaying a virtual keyboard corresponding to the input language upon identification of the input language.

• The method of claim 1, wherein the identifying step comprises:manual selection of an input language; andactivation of at least one linguistic transformation module corresponding to the input language upon selection of the input language.

Workaround• Input 110, which may be speech, text, or any other linguistic data, is

passed through one or more language identification (LID) modules (120-1 . . . 120-N). Each of these modules may either identify whether the input is in at least one language or determine a probability that the input is in at least one language. These LID modules may also be capable of performing further analysis such as, for example, decoding words within a language (e.g., automatic speech recognition). Each LID module may output a score (130-1 . . . 130-N), which may be binary in nature, thus indicating either that the LID module has identified a language or that it has not. The score may also be, for example, a percentage representing a probability calculated by a LID module that the input is in a given language. These LID modules may use any of the algorithms known to one skilled in the art, such as, for example, acoustic, phonetic and/or discriminative approaches.

Universal Multifunctional Key for Input/Output Devices

• A multifunctional keyboard comprising a plurality of multifunctional keys having selectable key functions, at least some of the keys each including:

a touch surface; an LED matrix adjacent to said touch surface and being operative to display selectable visual indications corresponding to said selectable key functions.

Workaround

• No workaround needed• At least some of their keys include a touch

surface and an LED matrix• None of our keys include either.