Virtual keyboard based activation and dismissal
First Claim
1. A virtual keyboard apparatus, comprising:
- a touch-sensitive display surface configured to detect a touch signal including at least a finger touch and a palm touch by a hand of a user; and
a controller configured to determine a distance between the detected palm touch and the detected finger touch and to generate a virtual keyboard to be displayed on the touch-sensitive display surface, the virtual keyboard having a layout selected from a plurality of different layouts, the selected layout determined based at least in part on the distance between the detected palm touch and the detected finger touch.
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Abstract
A virtual keyboard apparatus and method for forming the virtual keyboard apparatus are provided. The virtual keyboard apparatus may include a touch-sensitive display surface configured to detect a touch signal including at least a finger touch and a palm touch by a hand of a user, and a controller configured to generate a virtual keyboard having a layout determined based at least in part on a distance between the detected palm touch and the detected finger touch. The method for generating a virtual keyboard may include detecting with a touch-sensitive display surface a touch signal including at least a finger touch and a palm touch formed by a hand of a user, and generating a virtual keyboard having a layout based at least in part on a distance between the detected palm touch and the detected finger touch.
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19 Claims
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1. A virtual keyboard apparatus, comprising:
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a touch-sensitive display surface configured to detect a touch signal including at least a finger touch and a palm touch by a hand of a user; and a controller configured to determine a distance between the detected palm touch and the detected finger touch and to generate a virtual keyboard to be displayed on the touch-sensitive display surface, the virtual keyboard having a layout selected from a plurality of different layouts, the selected layout determined based at least in part on the distance between the detected palm touch and the detected finger touch. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for generating a virtual keyboard, comprising:
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detecting with a touch-sensitive display surface a touch signal including at least a finger touch and a palm touch formed by a hand of a user; determining a distance between the detected palm touch and the detected finger touch; and generating a virtual keyboard to be positioned over the detected touch signal and displayed on the touch-sensitive display surface, the virtual keyboard having a layout selected from a plurality of different layouts, the selected layout based at least in part on the distance between the detected palm touch and the detected finger touch. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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