Patent Application
20060165464
The invention generally relates to a training system and method for users to learn typing, used in computer systems with keyboard input device, where plural sensors are mounted on user's fingers.
Due to widespread information technology and Internet, computer applications have been incorporated and used in every aspect of business and people's daily life. The keyboard input is the main input method to communicate between a user and the computer. Thus it is important to learn typing properly. Through proper training a user will become more effective in using computers and improve efficiency.
Most typing training software packages on the market focus only on the speed and correctness of typing, none of them trains the user in finger positioning (or fingering). Although speed and accurate typing are key elements of efficient typing, nevertheless, incorrect typing positions may cause injuries and even permanent injuries in the user's wrist. Therefore, how to guide the user properly and intuitively during typing excises becomes an important subject.
Most of the software provides a static map and requires the user to remember finger positions before the user actually starts a typing exercise, during the exercise, these software can only monitor the speed and correctness of one's typing but not one's figure position. Once a user gets used to type in improper figure positions, it will result in a prolonged learning time. It creates a bottleneck in increasing speed as well.
The object of the invention is to provide a training system and method for a user to effectively learn typing in a correct fingering manner, besides typing speed and accuracy.
The invention includes a keyboard input device and a finger sensor device, where a keyboard input device connects to a computer system and has a plurality of keys; these keys are divided into multiple regions and each region corresponds to a finger of the user; the sensor device include sensors to be mounted on user's fingers and a signal converter. When the user is typing, two signals will be generated; the first one is from the key being pressed, the second one is generated from the sensor on the finger when the figure presses the key and the pressure to the figure is converted by the converter into a digital signal for comparison purpose. Once the computer system receives both signals, not the system will record the speed and correction of the key, it also makes a judgment on whether a user is using the correct region of his figure to press the key; then the system shows the result to the user by a sound, image, picture or words. This way results in a rapid training purpose.
The objectives of the present invention will become obvious to those of skilled in the art after reading the following detailed description of preferred embodiments.
It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary, and are intended to provide further explanation of the invention as claimed.
Other objects, features, and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following detailed description of the preferred but non-limiting embodiment. The description is made with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:
Reference will now be made in detail to the preferred embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Wherever possible, the same reference numbers are used in the drawings and the description to refer to the same or like portions.
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During practice, when the user's finger strikes a key 211 on the keyboard input device 20, a signal is generated corresponding to the letter key or number key being hit. Moreover, the sensors 32 will sense which finger strikes the key, either by pressure, static electricity or vibration method. For example, assume that the sensor 32 is a pressure-sensor, it will sense the press exerted when hitting a key 211. Or for vibration, it will sense the vibration. As for static electricity, it will depend on existing static changes on the human body to make a decision.
The striking signal generated by the sensor 32 is converted by the converter 31 into a digital comparison signal, and then transferred to a computer system 10. The computer 10 will decide which input region it belongs to, and which finger is being used. Next, the computer determines if the input region matches the finger being used and shows the result to the user, so that the user will learn from his/her mistakes.
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While an illustrative and presently preferred embodiment of the invention has been described in detail herein, it is to be understood that the inventive concepts may be otherwise variously embodied and employed and that the appended claims are intended to be construed to include such variations except insofar as limited by the prior art.
