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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2014
Handscape Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Tong Luo, Fremont, CA (US);
Handscape Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Abstract
A method includes obtaining data from a touchpad, the data being associated with the location and movement of a user's finger and/or hand and not associated with an image of the user's finger from an image sensor, when the user operates the computerized system using the touchpad. The method further includes communicating the data from the touchpad to the computerized device, the touchpad being located in a location that is different from the location of the display screen. The method further includes analyzing the data in accordance with a model of a human hand, and assigning the data to at least one of a multitude of fingers of the model, computing a graphical representation of at least one finger of the user in accordance with the model, and displaying the graphical representation on the display screen.