ENABLING DATA ENTRY BASED ON DIFFERENTIATED INPUT OBJECTS
First Claim
1. A method of configuring component settings of a virtual input device having an input region comprising:
- providing an input module and performing with the input module remote data acquisition on the input region;
providing a processor and, with the processor, determining from the data acquisition an actuation of the input region by at least one input object and the identity of the input object from a set of input objects;
providing an input assist module and providing with the input assist module input assisting features;
providing a configuration module and, with the configuration module;
determining a change in an operational characteristic of the device; and
changing one or more of the component settings in response to the step of determining of a change; and
providing an output module and outputting with the output module a symbol or function assigned to the input object.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for facilitating virtual input in devices that differentiates input objects are provided. Various methods for automatically configuring component settings and features of such devices are described. Changes in the component settings of the device and the corresponding operational characteristics of the device that triggered said changes may be grouped into profiles and selected by users. The component settings may include useful assisting features such as additional lighting provide by a LED and illuminated visual guides of the virtual input interface projected by a laser or LED. The characteristics of such assisting features may be modified dynamically in response to changes in the state of a reference object.
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42 Claims
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1. A method of configuring component settings of a virtual input device having an input region comprising:
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providing an input module and performing with the input module remote data acquisition on the input region; providing a processor and, with the processor, determining from the data acquisition an actuation of the input region by at least one input object and the identity of the input object from a set of input objects; providing an input assist module and providing with the input assist module input assisting features; providing a configuration module and, with the configuration module; determining a change in an operational characteristic of the device; and changing one or more of the component settings in response to the step of determining of a change; and providing an output module and outputting with the output module a symbol or function assigned to the input object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of providing assisting features in a virtual input device having an input region, comprising:
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providing an input module and performing with the input module remote data acquisition on the input region; providing a processor and, with the processor, determining from the data acquisition an actuation of the input region by an input object; providing an input assist module and providing with the input assist module input assisting features; providing a configuration module and modifying with the configuration module one or more characteristics of the input assisting features in response to a change in the state of a reference; and providing an output module and outputting with the output module a symbol or function in response to the step of determining an input region actuation. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An apparatus for configuring component settings of a virtual input device, comprising:
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a memory unit adapted to store information associating input symbols or functions with an input region of the device, wherein the input symbols or functions are individually assigned to corresponding input objects from a set of input objects; an input module adapted to perform remote data acquisition on the input region; a processor adapted to determine from the data acquisition an actuation of the input region by at least one input object and the identity of the input object from the set of input objects; an input assist module adapted to provide input assisting features; a configuration module adapted to determine a change in an operational characteristic of the device and to change one or more of the component settings in response to the change determined; and an output module adapted to output a symbol or function assigned to the input object. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. An apparatus for providing assisting features in a virtual input device, comprising:
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a memory unit adapted to store information associating input symbols or functions with an input region of the device; an input module adapted to perform remote data acquisition on the input region; a processor adapted to determine from the data acquisition an actuation of the input region by an input object; an input assist module adapted to provide input assisting features; a configuration module adapted to modify one or more characteristics of the input assisting features in response to a change in the state of a reference; and an output module adapted to output a symbol or function in response to the actuation of the input region. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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