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Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017

Filed:

Jul. 19, 2013
Applicant:

Wenlong Yang, Shanghai, CN;

Inventor:

Wenlong Yang, Shanghai, CN;

Assignee:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04886 (2013.01); G06F 3/0216 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01);
Abstract

Apparatuses, systems, media, and/or methods may involve a keyboard and/or a selection of an element thereof. The keyboard may include a keyboard configuration, which may have one or more elements such as a character, a key, and/or functionality for the key. The key may include no characters, one or more characters, and/or one or more sets of characters. The architecture of the keyboard configuration may be based on one or more categories, such as a hand category and/or a finger category. In addition, a touch area may be recognized, which may be formed between a user digit and the key of the keyboard configuration. The category associated with the touch area may be determined, wherein the character, the key, and/or the functionality for the key may be selected based on the category.


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