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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2017

Filed:

Aug. 28, 2009
Applicants:

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);

Inventors:

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);

Assignee:

Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/033 (2013.01); G10L 15/00 (2013.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); B60K 37/06 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3664 (2013.01); B60K 37/06 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); B60K 2350/1004 (2013.01); B60K 2350/1012 (2013.01); B60K 2350/1024 (2013.01); B60K 2350/1036 (2013.01); B60K 2350/1044 (2013.01); B60K 2350/1048 (2013.01); B60K 2350/2013 (2013.01);
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.


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