Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Microsoft Technology Liecsnsing, LLC

Shawn R LeProwse

Erik Michael Geidl

Reed L Townsend

Ian C LeGrow

Stephen Edward Hodges

Hrvoje Benko

Shahram Izadi

David Alexander Butler

William Ben Kunz

Eric J Horvitz

Andrew David Wilson

Kenneth Paul Hinckley

Meredith June Morris

F David Jones

Ian Sands

V Kevin Russ

Steven Nabil Bathiche

Andrew John Fuller

Gregory H Parks

In accordance with one or more aspects of a dynamic soft keyboard, a user input is received via a soft keyboard having multiple keys. Information describing a current input environment for the soft keyboard is obtained, and a determination is made as to which one or more keys of the multiple keys was intended to be selected by the user input. This determination is made based at least in part on the current input environment.

Dynamic soft keyboard

Aspects relate to detecting gestures that relate to a desired action, wherein the detected gestures are common across users and/or devices within a surface computing environment. Inferred intentions and goals based on context, history, affordances, and objects are employed to interpret gestures. Where there is uncertainty in intention of the gestures for a single device or across multiple devices, independent or coordinated communication of uncertainty or engagement of users through signaling and/or information gathering can occur.

Gestures, interactions, and common ground in a surface computing environment

An image orientation system is provided wherein images (rays of lights) are projected to a user based on the user's field of view or viewing angle. As the rays of light are projected, streams of air can be produced that bend or focus the rays of light toward the user's field of view. The streams of air can be cold air, hot air, or combinations thereof. Further, an image receiver can be utilized to receive the produced image/rays of light directly in line with the user's field of view. The image receiver can be a wearable device, such as a head mounted display.

Surface puck

Systems, methods, and/or techniques ('tools') for hybrid operating systems for battery powered computing systems are described herein. The hybrid operating systems (OS) may include a full-power OS component that enables the computing system to operate in a full-power mode, and a low-power OS component that enables the computing system to operate in a low-power mode. In the full-power mode, the computing system consumes a first amount of electrical power, while in the low-power mode, the computing system consumes less electrical power. The computing system may include a processor that consumes a given power amount of power, and a low-power core processor that consumes less power than the processor.

Hybrid operating systems for battery powered computing systems

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