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Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017

Filed:

Aug. 03, 2015
Applicant:

Korea Electronics Technology Institute, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Inventors:

Yang Keun Ahn, Seoul, KR;

Kwang Mo Jung, Goyang-si, KR;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/0489 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/04895 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided are an apparatus and method for inputting a character based on a hand gesture. The apparatus includes a gesture recognition unit configured to recognize hand gestures of a user corresponding to horizontal directions, vertical directions, and diagonal directions, a control unit configured to control character input according to the directions of the recognized hand gestures, and a display unit configured to display a character pad for the character input and display characters input according to the directions of the hand gestures recognized on the character pad.


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