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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2015
Korea Electronics Technology Institute, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Yang Keun Ahn, Seoul, KR;
Kwang Mo Jung, Goyang-si, KR;
Korea Electronics Technology Institute, Seongnam-si, KR;
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.