Shared input key method and apparatus
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- a body;
a keyboard upon said body; and
a detection mechanism to determine which of a user'"'"'s terminating hand members, used to operate said keyboard, is being utilized to activate a key on said keyboard at an instance in time, said detection mechanism being equipped to monitor movement of at least a portion of at least one of a user'"'"'s two hands.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for facilitating input of data to an electronic device using overlaid inputs is disclosed. A determination is made as to which of a plurality of terminating hand members is being used to activate a key. A first character value is assigned to an activation of the key, based at least upon the determination.
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22 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a body;
a keyboard upon said body; and
a detection mechanism to determine which of a user'"'"'s terminating hand members, used to operate said keyboard, is being utilized to activate a key on said keyboard at an instance in time, said detection mechanism being equipped to monitor movement of at least a portion of at least one of a user'"'"'s two hands. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An apparatus comprising:
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a body;
a keyboard upon said body; and
a camera to monitor movement of a user'"'"'s terminating hand members with respect to said keyboard, said monitoring of movement to provide an indicia of which of said user'"'"'s terminating hand members is being used to activate a key of said keyboard. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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14. An apparatus comprising:
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a body;
a keyboard upon said body; and
at least one pressure sensor to monitor movement of a user'"'"'s terminating hand members with respect to said keyboard, said monitoring of movement to provide an indicia of which of said user'"'"'s terminating hand members is being used to activate a key of said keyboard. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. An apparatus comprising:
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a body;
a keyboard upon said body; and
a motion sensor to monitor movement of said body, said monitoring of movement to provide an indicia of which of said user'"'"'s terminating hand members is being used to activate a key of said keyboard. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. In an electronic device comprising a keyboard and having a plurality of input keys, at least one key having associated with it two character values, a method comprising:
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determining which of a plurality of terminating hand members is being used to activate a key; and
assigning a first character value to an activation of said key, based at least in part upon said determination. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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