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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2023
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Michele Stoppa, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Waleed Abdulla, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Henning Tjaden, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sree Harsha Kalli, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Senem E. Emgin, Los Altos, CA (US);
John B. Morrell, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Seung Wook Kim, San Jose, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
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.