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Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2025

Filed:

May. 31, 2022
Applicant:

Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);

Inventors:

Sharon Moll, Lachen, CH;

Dawei Zhang, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04886 (2022.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/04842 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04886 (2013.01); G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01);
Abstract

A gesture-based text entry user interface for an Augmented Reality (AR) device is provided. The AR system detects a start text entry gesture made by a user of the AR system, generates a virtual keyboard user interface including a virtual keyboard having a plurality of virtual keys, and provides to the user the virtual keyboard user interface. The AR system determines using the one or more cameras, the user's selection of one or more selected virtual keys of the plurality of virtual keys and generates entered text data based on the one or more selected virtual keys. The AR system provides the entered text data to the user using a display of the AR system.


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