Apple Inc.

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Sree Harsha Kalli

Waleed Abdulla

John B Morrell

Seung Wook Kim

Michele Stoppa

Senem E Emgin

Henning Tjaden

Mohamed Selim Ben Himane

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.

System for improving user input recognition on touch surfaces

A method includes tracking, via a positional tracker, the paired peripheral input device in a first tracking mode. The method includes obtaining sensor data from the paired peripheral input device via a communication interface. The method includes determining that the paired peripheral input device satisfies a contact criterion based on the sensor data. The contact criterion is based on a contact between the paired peripheral input device and a physical object. The method includes, in response to determining that the paired peripheral input device satisfies the contact criterion, changing the positional tracker from the first tracking mode to a second tracking mode. Tracking in the second tracking mode is based in part on a depth that indicates a distance between the electronic device and the physical object.

Tracking a paired peripheral input device based on a contact criterion

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Sree Harsha Kalli