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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2024
Electronic device for obtaining user input through virtual keyboard and method of operating the same
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Yanggeun Oh, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Byungjun Son, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Sungjoo Ahn, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Sungwook Youn, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Jiyoon Park, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed is an electronic device configured to obtain a second image, by cropping a first image obtained through a camera, detect at least one finger object in the second image, the at least one finger object corresponding to at least one finger, determine at least one key column corresponding to the at least one finger object among a plurality of key columns of a virtual keyboard by matching the plurality of key columns of the virtual keyboard to a plurality of regions of the second image, and identifying at least one region corresponding to at least one position of the at least one finger object among the plurality of regions of the second image, determine at least one key row corresponding to the at least one finger object among a plurality of key rows of the virtual keyboard, identify, based on the determined at least one key column and the determined at least one key row, at least one virtual key corresponding to the at least one finger object among a plurality of virtual keys of the virtual keyboard, and identify an input of the identified at least one virtual key, based on detecting a typing movement of the at least one finger object.