VIRTUAL KEYBOARD BASED ACTIVATION AND DISMISSAL
First Claim
1. A virtual keyboard apparatus, comprising:
- a touch-sensitive display surface configured to detect a touch signal including at least a finger touch and a palm touch by a hand of a user; and
a controller configured to generate a virtual keyboard having a layout determined based at least in part on a distance between the detected palm touch and the detected finger touch.
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Abstract
A virtual keyboard apparatus and method for forming the virtual keyboard apparatus are provided. The virtual keyboard apparatus may include a touch-sensitive display surface configured to detect a touch signal including at least a finger touch and a palm touch by a hand of a user, and a controller configured to generate a virtual keyboard having a layout determined based at least in part on a distance between the detected palm touch and the detected finger touch. The method for generating a virtual keyboard may include detecting with a touch-sensitive display surface a touch signal including at least a finger touch and a palm touch formed by a hand of a user, and generating a virtual keyboard having a layout based at least in part on a distance between the detected palm touch and the detected finger touch.
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20 Claims
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1. A virtual keyboard apparatus, comprising:
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a touch-sensitive display surface configured to detect a touch signal including at least a finger touch and a palm touch by a hand of a user; and a controller configured to generate a virtual keyboard having a layout determined based at least in part on a distance between the detected palm touch and the detected finger touch. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for generating a virtual keyboard, comprising:
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detecting with a touch-sensitive display surface a touch signal including at least a finger touch and a palm touch formed by a hand of a user; and generating a virtual keyboard having a layout based at least in part on a distance between the detected palm touch and the detected finger touch. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A virtual keyboard apparatus, comprising:
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a touch-sensitive display surface configured to detect a touch signal; and a controller configured to; determine whether a home row gesture is included in the detected touch signal, based at least in part on whether the touch signal includes a predetermined collection of a palm touch, a first finger touch, and a second finger touch of each of the hands of the user collectively forming the home row gesture; and determine whether the home row gesture is included in the detected touch signal, based further on whether the palm touch, first finger touch, and second finger touch of the predetermined collection have persisted for at least a predetermined amount of time set for forming the home row gesture; and generate a virtual keyboard based on detecting the home row gesture, the virtual keyboard having a layout that includes a left-hand section and a right-hand section for the virtual keyboard, wherein each a layout and position of each of the left-hand section and the right-hand section are based on the palm touch, the first finger touch, and the second finger touch of the corresponding left or right hand.
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