Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Harper LaFave

Stephen Edward Hodges

Shahram Izadi

James William Scott

Nicolas Villar

David Alexander Butler

David G Molyneaux

Mike Hazas

User interface control using a keyboard is described. In an embodiment, a user interface displayed on a display device is controlled using a computer connected to a keyboard. The keyboard has a plurality of alphanumeric keys that can be used for text entry. The computer receives data comprising a sequence of key-presses from the keyboard, and generates for each key-press a physical location on the keyboard. The relative physical locations of the key-presses are compared to calculate a movement path over the keyboard. The movement path describes the path of a user's digit over the keyboard. The movement path is mapped to a sequence of coordinates in the user interface, and the movement of an object displayed in the user interface is controlled in accordance with the sequence of coordinates.

User interface control using a keyboard

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