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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2009
Baoshi Yan, Mountain View, CA (US);
Fuliang Weng, Mountain View, CA (US);
Liu Ren, Sunnyvale, IN (US);
You-chi Cheng, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Zhongnan Shen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Baoshi Yan, Mountain View, CA (US);
Fuliang Weng, Mountain View, CA (US);
Liu Ren, Sunnyvale, IN (US);
You-Chi Cheng, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Zhongnan Shen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A method of receiving input from a user includes providing a surface within reach of a hand of the user. A plurality of locations on the surface that are touched by the user are sensed. An alphanumeric character having a shape most similar to the plurality of touched locations on the surface is determined. The user is audibly or visually informed of the alphanumeric character and/or a word in which the alphanumeric character is included. Feedback is received from the user regarding whether the alphanumeric character and/or word is an alphanumeric character and/or word that the user intended to be determined in the determining step.