Apple Inc.

Henning Tjaden

John B Morrell

Seung Wook Kim

Michele Stoppa

Senem E Emgin

Waleed Abdulla

Sree Harsha Kalli

A physical keyboard can be used to collect user input in a typing mode or in a tracking mode. To use a tracking mode, first movement data is detected for a hand of a user in relation to a physical keyboard at a first location. A determination is made that the first movement data is associated with a tracking movement. In response to determining that the movement type is associated with the tracking movement, a tracking mode is initiated. User input is provided based on the movement data and in accordance with the tracking mode. Contact data and non-contact data is used to determine a user intent, and a user instruction is processed based on the user intent.

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Sunnyvale, CA, United States of America

Henning Tjaden