Systems, methods and devices for efficient communication utilizing a reduced number of selectable inputs

• US 7,898,527 B1
• Filed: 12/03/2007
• Issued: 03/01/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/24/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc. (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Prevalent Devices LLC
• Inventors: Goren, Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen; Kevin M
• Application Number:
  US11/949,428
• Time in Patent Office: 1,184 Days
• Field of Search: 345/158, 345/161, 345/163, 345166-169, 345/173, 341 20- 22, 715/773, 715/863, 434/115, 434/112, 434/156, 434/161, 700/17, 700/83, 700/85
• US Class Current: 345/168
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/014 Hand-worn input/output arrangements, e.g. data gloves
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0233 Character input methods
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0234 using switches operable in different directions

Abstract

Embodiments of the subject invention relate to systems, methods, and devices providing a reduced number of selectable inputs that enable efficient communication. One aspect of what is disclosed are embodiments of a systematic code, which systematic code enables efficient communication. Another aspect of the invention is the implementation of embodiments of a systematic code on interactive devices, thereby enabling efficient communication using such interactive devices.

Claims

1. A method of communicating information using hand sign signals, said method comprising:

first moving a digit of a hand, the first movement identifying a control input chosen from a first set of data input; and

next moving at least one digit of a hand, the next movement identifying a secondary input chosen from a second set of data input larger than the first set of data input, the secondary input being included in a set of secondary inputs defined by the control input, and wherein the control input provided by the first movement followed by the secondary input provided by the next movement is a unique sign for a data input, and wherein the first moving and the next moving are performed by an input component of an interactive device usable in communicating.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the input component comprises one of a glove, a mouse, a joy stick, a watch, and a key pad having a plurality of grasps for a plurality of digits.

3. A hand-mountable glove for communicating information, said hand-mountable glove comprising:

a plurality of glove digits corresponding to a plurality of hand digits, respectively, wherein a first movement of a glove digit of the plurality of glove digits provides a control input, said control input being chosen from a first set of data input, and a next movement of at least one glove digit of the plurality of glove digits identifies a secondary input chosen from a second set of data input larger than the first set of data input, the secondary input being included in a set of secondary inputs defined by the control input, and wherein the control input provided by the first movement followed by the secondary input provided by the next movement is a unique sign for a data input.

4. The hand-mountable glove of claim 3, wherein there are a plurality of control inputs, each control input of the plurality of control inputs corresponding to a separate glove digit of the plurality of glove digits.

5. The hand-mountable glove of claim 4, wherein each control input corresponds to a different vowel of the alphabet, and wherein the secondary input corresponds to a letter of the alphabet, said letter being defined by the control input and the particular glove digit used for the secondary input.

6. The hand-mountable glove of claim 4, wherein each control input corresponds to a different number, and wherein the secondary input corresponds to a number, said number being defined by the control input and the particular glove digit used for the secondary input.

7. The hand-mountable glove of claim 3, wherein the first set of data input comprises one of vowels of an alphabet and a plurality of numbers and the second set of data input comprises one of the alphabet and a set of numbers.

8. The hand-mountable glove of claim 3, further comprising a display on said hand-mountable glove for displaying data.

9. The hand-mountable glove of claim 3, further comprising a storage medium on said hand-mountable glove for storing data.

10. The hand-mountable glove of claim 3, wherein each of said glove digits is capable of partial pending from an extended position towards the palm of a hand to provide for data entry.