Keyboard device and method of identifying a key operation

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PATENT NO 8564460
APP PUB NO 20090237277A1
SERIAL NO

12401977

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A keyboard device includes multiple key switches, a scan memory that temporarily stores a result obtained by scanning keyboard as scan data, a confirmed data memory that stores a confirmed key input, a first determination mechanism that determines whether the scan data stored in the scan memory indicates that multiple keys on a single scan line are on, a readout mechanism that reads out a data of a scan line immediately preceding the scan line that is currently scanned from the data memory, a second determination mechanism that compares the data stored in the scan memory with the readout data from the readout mechanism and determines whether a single detection line includes two keys that are on, and a key confirmation mechanism that determines a current sneak when the second mechanism detects that the single scan line includes two key switches that are on and confirms the key input.

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RICOH ELECTRONIC DEVICES CO LTD13-1 HIMEMURO-CHO IKEDA-CITY OSAKA 563-8501

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Takahashi, Keisuke Yokohama, JP 80 498

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