UniTap - Keypad Layouts

UniTap is basically a technology that allows for making very compact keypads still having comfortable ergonomic characteristics. Being very flexible, it can be utilized in keypads with different layout and geometry, which might be very important for specific applications.

In addition to conventional layouts used for cell phones and QWERTY keyboards (see UniTap photos), UniTap technology can be utilized in calculators, control pads, etc. Some examples of such layouts are shown below. Red dots on the images represent small pin-keys.

This is a phone control pad. We used rotated 4 pins layout. Some of the functions use 3 pins. This pad has 11 pins for 10 functions. Size is about 22.0x7.5 mm.

This is basic numeric keypad using 2 pins per symbol. Its size is just 15x15 mm.

This is a keypad suitable for miniature calculators. Here only 2 pins per function are used. This keypad has 14 pins for 19 functions. Size is about 45.0x7.5 mm.

This is full QWERTY alphanumeric keyboard based on square layout. It has 30 pins for 49 functions. Size is about 42x34 mm.

And this is QWERTY keypad using triangular zones and 3 pins per function. Its dimensions are 48x28 mm.

This is another QWERTY keypad based on triangular layout. Its width is about 42 mm.

This is another QWERTY keyboard using hexagonal zones and 3 pins per function. Its width is about 5 cm.

This keypad exploits FITALY layout, which is optimized for one finger tapping. Its UniTap implementation has width of about 3 cm. (Fitaly layout is copyrighted and patented by Textware Solutions. Reproduced under permission of Textware Solution.)

This is Japanese Kana keyboard having width about 5 cm.