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Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2018

Filed:

Jul. 25, 2014
Applicant:

Handscape Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventor:

Tong Luo, Fremont, CA (US);

Assignee:

Handscape Inc., Fremont, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/042 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04886 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2013.01); G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G06F 3/0425 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04104 (2013.01); H04L 29/08072 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for controlling a virtual keyboard on a display screen of a computerized system includes obtaining data from a touchpad. The data is associated with the location and movement of a finger and/or hand of a user when the user operates the computerized system using the touchpad. The method includes communicating the data from the touchpad to the computerized device, the touchpad being located in a location that is different from the location of the display screen. The method further includes analyzing the data in accordance with a model of a human hand, and assigning the data to at least one of a plurality of fingers of the model. The method also includes generating a virtual keyboard on the display screen and repositioning the virtual keyboard according to either a verbal command from the user or a user input from the touchpad.


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