US 12,326,982 B2
Keyboard device, control method, and non-transitory recording medium
Keisuke Kai, Kahoku (JP)
Assigned to PFU LIMITED, Kahoku (JP)
Filed by PFU LIMITED, Kahoku (JP)
Filed on Jun. 11, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/740,202.
Claims priority of application No. 2023-097938 (JP), filed on Jun. 14, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0419259 A1, Dec. 19, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 3/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/0354 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 3/0219 (2013.01) [G06F 3/03547 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A keyboard device, comprising:
a key switch corresponding to a character;
a plurality of touchpads;
a memory to store mapping information in which a code to be output to an information processing apparatus is set for each combination of operations on the plurality of touchpads;
a communication interface to communicate with the information processing apparatus; and
circuitry,
wherein, when a combination of operations on the plurality of touchpads is received, the circuitry identifies a code corresponding to the combination of the operations on the plurality of touchpads based on the mapping information and outputs the identified code to the information processing apparatus via the communication interface.