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Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017

Filed:

Mar. 05, 2013
Applicant:

Postech Academy-industry Foundation, Gyeongsangbuk-do, KR;

Inventors:

Young Hwan Kim, Gyeongsangbuk-do, KR;

Sung In Cho, Seoul, KR;

Dong Gon Yoo, Gyeongsangbuk-do, KR;

Sang Hun Kim, Jeollanam-do, KR;

Assignee:

POSTECH ACADEMY-INDUSTRY FOUNDATION, Pohang-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/023 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/042 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/023 (2013.01); G06F 3/0426 (2013.01); G06F 3/04886 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for recognizing a key input from a virtual keyboard according to one embodiment of the present invention. The method for recognizing a key input from a virtual keyboard according to one embodiment of the present invention is a method for recognizing a key input from a virtual keyboard using at least one camera, e.g. two cameras or one 3D camera, and includes the steps of: tracking a user tool when the actuation of the user tool for a key input on the virtual keyboard is detected using the camera, and continuing the tracking until the vertical coordinate of the position of the user tool is less than or equal to a predetermined vertical threshold value; and determining that a key input has been carried out at the last tracked horizontal position of the user tool.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Kim, Young. (2017). Method and apparatus for recognizing key input from virtual keyboard (U.S. Patent No. 9766714). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9766714

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