DATA ENTRY SYSTEM

• US 20110291940A1
• Filed: 02/04/2010
• Published: 12/01/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/04/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Keyless Systems Limited
• Original Assignee: Keyless Systems Limited
• Inventors: Ghassabian, Benjamin Firooz
• Application Number:
  US13/146,203
• Publication Number:
  US 20110291940A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/169
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04807 Pen manipulated menu
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0236 using selection techniques to select from displayed items
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0489 using dedicated keyboard keys or combinations thereof

Abstract

A system for data entry is provided. The system includes a touch sensitive pad for inputting user gestures and a processor to assign a virtual keypad to the touch sensitive pad such that user gestures on the pad correspond to keys of the virtual keypad. According to one embodiment gestures on the touch sensitive pad correspond to key presses on a cellular phone type keypad.

Claims

1. A. system for data entry comprising

a touch sensitive pad for inputting user gestures;

and

a processor to assign a virtual keypad to the touch sensitive pad such that user gestures on the pad correspond to keys of the virtual keypad.

2. The system of claim 1, comprising a word predictive application.

3. The system of claim 1, comprising a display to display entered data.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the virtual keypad is a cellular phone type keypad.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the processor assigns a predetermined user gesture to the center key of the cellular phone type keypad.

6. The system according to claim 1, wherein the touch sensitive pad comprises a plurality of zones, each zone corresponding to a different mode.

7. The system according to claim 1, wherein different user gestures are assigned to different modes.