Classifying the Intent of User Input
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1. A method comprising:
- obtaining touch information regarding a single touch user input to a common input area of an input device; and
analyzing the touch information to classify an intent of the user input as one of two intents, the two intents comprising a key strike and a mouse click.
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Abstract
Different types of user inputs can be input by a user via a keyboard of an input device. These different types of user inputs include, for example, key strikes, multi-touch interactions, single finger motions, and/or mouse clicks. Touch information regarding the pressure applied to the keys of a pressure sensitive keyboard over time (or the contact area of the user input for other types of keyboards over time) is used to classify the intent of the user input as one of the various types of user inputs.
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1. A method comprising:
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obtaining touch information regarding a single touch user input to a common input area of an input device; and analyzing the touch information to classify an intent of the user input as one of two intents, the two intents comprising a key strike and a mouse click. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 9, 10, 11, 12, 21, 23, 24)
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- 13. An apparatus comprising an input device configured to provide an output that indicates touch information regarding a single touch user input that is usable by one or more modules to automatically distinguish between two user intents in providing the user input, the two user intents comprising a key strike and a single finger motion.
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20. A method implemented in a pressure sensitive keyboard input device, the method comprising:
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obtaining, at the pressure sensitive keyboard input device, touch information regarding a single touch user input to the pressure sensitive keyboard input device; and automatically distinguishing, based on the touch information, between two possible intents of the user input, the two possible intents of the user input being a key strike and a mouse click.
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