USE OF A SENSOR TO ENABLE TOUCH AND TYPE MODES FOR HANDS OF A USER VIA A KEYBOARD
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- a keyboard;
a sensor for detecting a user'"'"'s hands on or above a top surface of the keyboard;
a display device; and
a processor to;
identify a first hand of the user and a second hand of the user by analyzing information provided by the sensor,assign the first hand to a touch mode and the second hand to a typing mode,output a real-time visualization of the user'"'"'s first hand overlaid on a touch user interface on the display device to enable the user to perform touch commands by moving the first hand on or above the top surface of the keyboard, andreceive typed input provided to the keyboard with the user'"'"'s second hand.
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Abstract
Example embodiments relate to a keyboard-based system that enables a user to provide touch input via the keyboard with one hand and typed input via the keyboard with the other hand. In example embodiments, a sensor detects the user'"'"'s hands on the top surface of the keyboard. In response, a computing device identifies a first hand and a second hand by analyzing information provided by the sensor. The computing device then assigns the first hand to a touch mode and the second hand to a typing mode. The user may then provide touch input using a visualization of the first hand overlaid on a user interface, while providing typed input with the second hand via the keyboard.
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a keyboard; a sensor for detecting a user'"'"'s hands on or above a top surface of the keyboard; a display device; and a processor to; identify a first hand of the user and a second hand of the user by analyzing information provided by the sensor, assign the first hand to a touch mode and the second hand to a typing mode, output a real-time visualization of the user'"'"'s first hand overlaid on a touch user interface on the display device to enable the user to perform touch commands by moving the first hand on or above the top surface of the keyboard, and receive typed input provided to the keyboard with the user'"'"'s second hand. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A machine-readable storage medium encoded with instructions executable by a processor of a computing device for enabling touch interaction via a keyboard, the machine-readable storage medium comprising:
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instructions for receiving data from a sensor that detects movement and a position of a user'"'"'s hands on or above a top surface of the keyboard; instructions for identifying a left hand of the user and a right hand of the user by analyzing the data received from the sensor; instructions for assigning a first hand of the user'"'"'s hands to a touch mode and a second hand of the user'"'"'s hands to a typing mode; instructions for displaying a visualization of the user'"'"'s first hand on a display of the computing device overlaid on an existing touch interface to enable touch input via movement of the first hand; and instructions for receiving typed input provided to the keyboard with the user'"'"'s second hand. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for enabling touch and text input using a keyboard in communication with a computing device, the method comprising:
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using a sensor to obtain sensor data regarding a user'"'"'s hands on the keyboard; identifying a first hand of the user and a second hand of the user by analyzing the sensor data; assigning the first hand to a touch mode and the second hand to a typing mode; outputting a visualization of the user'"'"'s first hand on the display device, wherein the visualization of the user'"'"'s first hand is overlaid on a touch interface of an application; and forwarding, to the application, typed input provided to the keyboard with the user'"'"'s second hand. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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