Glove virtual keyboard for baseless typing
First Claim
1. A glove virtual keyboard comprising:
- two palm bodies each formed with multiple glove fingers;
a tilt sensor mounted on a phalanx of each respective glove finger of each palm body, each tilt sensor is adapted for detecting a tilt angle of the phalanx relative to the horizontal plane, and the tilt angle is classified as a falling in one of the multiple ranges to determine selecting a specific data item; and
a signal processing unit to receive and to process signals from the palm bodies and to send signals to a computer.
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Abstract
A data glove input device, serving as a virtual keyboard and enabling ten-finger-typing, has two palm bodies with glove fingers. A tilt sensor is mounted on the middle phalanx of each respective glove finger. It is used to detect the falling in one of multiple tilt angle ranges of the phalanx and to select a specific item from items in a particular column. The same tilt sensor for item selecting can also be used to validate a selection by detecting a tilt angle peak pulse. Multiple contact pads and multiple switch buttons are mounted on the lateral sides of glove fingers except the thumbs, and each of them, which is able to be touched by the thumb, is to switch the same signal selected by a tilt angle or a finger to represent another different item. Accordingly, the data glove can be finger tip uncovered and allows baseless virtual typing.
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10 Claims
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1. A glove virtual keyboard comprising:
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two palm bodies each formed with multiple glove fingers;
a tilt sensor mounted on a phalanx of each respective glove finger of each palm body, each tilt sensor is adapted for detecting a tilt angle of the phalanx relative to the horizontal plane, and the tilt angle is classified as a falling in one of the multiple ranges to determine selecting a specific data item; and
a signal processing unit to receive and to process signals from the palm bodies and to send signals to a computer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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