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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2015
Applicant:
Korea Electronics Technology Institute, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Yang Keun Ahn, Seoul, KR;
Kwang Mo Jung, Goyang-si, KR;
Assignee:
Korea Electronics Technology Institute, Seongnam-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/03 (2006.01); G06F 3/042 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/0304 (2013.01); G06F 3/0426 (2013.01); G06F 3/04886 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided are an apparatus and method for inputting a character The apparatus includes a recognition unit configured to measure lengths from arbitrary points on a user's hands to respective fingertips and recognize a click gesture using the measured lengths, a control unit configured to control character input according to the recognized click gesture, and a display unit configured to display a character pad for the character input and display a character input according to the click gesture recognized on the character pad.