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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
May. 29, 2013
Primesense Ltd., Tel Aviv, IL;
Adi Berenson, Tel Aviv, IL;
Micha Galor, Tel Aviv, IL;
Jonathan Pokrass, Bat-Yam, IL;
Ran Shani, Ramat Hasharon, IL;
Daniel Shein, Tel Aviv, IL;
Eran Weissenstern, Jerusalem, IL;
Martin Frey, Munich, DE;
Amir Hoffnung, Tel Aviv, IL;
Nili Metuki, Even-Yehuda, IL;
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A method includes presenting, on a display coupled to a computer, an image of a keyboard comprising multiple keys, and receiving a sequence of three-dimensional (3D) maps including a hand of a user positioned in proximity to the display. An initial portion of the sequence of 3D maps is processed to detect a transverse gesture performed by a hand of a user positioned in proximity to the display, and a cursor is presented on the display at a position indicated by the transverse gesture. While presenting the cursor in proximity to the one of the multiple keys, one of the multiple keys is selected upon detecting a grab gesture followed by a pull gesture followed by a release gesture in a subsequent portion of the sequence of 3D maps.