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A practical pressure sensitive computer keyboard

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Paul H. Dietz,

Benjamin Eidelson,

Jonathan Westhues,

Steven BathicheAuthors Info & Claims

UIST '09: Proceedings of the 22nd annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology

Pages 55 - 58

https://doi.org/10.1145/1622176.1622187

Published: 04 October 2009 Publication History

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A pressure sensitive computer keyboard is presented that independently senses the force level on every depressed key. The design leverages existing membrane technologies and is suitable for low-cost, high-volume manufacturing. A number of representative applications are discussed.

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UIST '09: Proceedings of the 22nd annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology

October 2009

278 pages

ISBN:9781605587455

DOI:10.1145/1622176

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