Split virtual keyboard on a mobile computing device
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1. A method performed by a mobile computing device, the method comprising:
- presenting, on a touch-sensitive display of the mobile computing device, a split virtual keyboard that is split into a first portion and a second portion, the first portion comprising a first key and a second key, the first key representative of a first plurality of characters and the second key representative of a second plurality of characters, the second portion comprising a third key, a non-keyboard portion separates the first portion of the split virtual keyboard from the second portion of the split virtual keyboard, and wherein the first portion and the second portion are simultaneously presented on the touch-sensitive display;
detecting a stroke between the first key and the second key, the stroke being a continuous transition over the touch-sensitive display between the first key and the second key; and
responsive to detecting the stroke, outputting a word based upon the stroke detected over the first key and the second key.
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Abstract
Described herein is a split virtual keyboard that is displayed on a tablet (slate) computing device. The split virtual keyboard includes a first portion and a second portion, the first portion being separated from the second portion. The first portion includes a plurality of character keys that are representative at least one respective character. The tablet computing device is configured to support text generation by way of a continuous sequence of strokes over the plurality of character keys in the first portion of the split virtual keyboard.
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1. A method performed by a mobile computing device, the method comprising:
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presenting, on a touch-sensitive display of the mobile computing device, a split virtual keyboard that is split into a first portion and a second portion, the first portion comprising a first key and a second key, the first key representative of a first plurality of characters and the second key representative of a second plurality of characters, the second portion comprising a third key, a non-keyboard portion separates the first portion of the split virtual keyboard from the second portion of the split virtual keyboard, and wherein the first portion and the second portion are simultaneously presented on the touch-sensitive display; detecting a stroke between the first key and the second key, the stroke being a continuous transition over the touch-sensitive display between the first key and the second key; and responsive to detecting the stroke, outputting a word based upon the stroke detected over the first key and the second key. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A mobile computing device, comprising:
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a touch-sensitive display; at least one processing apparatus; and memory that comprises instructions that, when executed by the processing apparatus, cause the processing apparatus to perform a plurality of acts comprising; displaying a split virtual keyboard on the touch-sensitive display, the split virtual keyboard comprising a first portion displayed at a first position on the touch-sensitive display to facilitate receipt of input thereover from a digit on a first hand, the split virtual keyboard further comprising a second portion displayed at a second position on the touch-sensitive display to facilitate receipt of input thereover from a digit on a second hand, the first portion concurrently displayed with the second portion, the first portion comprising a plurality of keys, the first portion and the second portion of the split virtual keyboard are separated by a non-keyboard portion; detecting a sequence of strokes over keys in the plurality of keys of the first portion of the split virtual keyboard, wherein a stroke is a continuous transition of the digit on the first hand over the touch-sensitive input panel between respective keys, and wherein the digit on the first hand maintains contact with the touch-sensitive display during the sequence of strokes; and decoding a word based at least in part upon the detected sequence of strokes. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A tablet computing device comprising instructions that, when executed by a processing unit of the tablet computing device, causes the tablet computing device to perform acts comprising:
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displaying a split virtual keyboard on a touch-sensitive display of the tablet computing device, the split virtual keyboard comprising a first portion and a second portion, the first portion displayed at a first location to facilitate receipt of input from a thumb of a first hand of a user gripping the tablet computing device, the second portion displayed at a second location to facilitate receipt of input from a thumb of a second hand of the user gripping the tablet computing device, the first portion comprising a first plurality of keys, each key in the first plurality of keys representing a respective plurality of characters, the second portion comprising a key that represents an “
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key;detecting a sequence of strokes over the first plurality of keys from the thumb of the first hand of the user, a stroke being a continuous transition of the thumb of the first hand over the touch-sensitive display while maintaining contact with the touch-sensitive display; responsive to detecting the sequence of strokes over the first plurality of keys, decoding the sequence of strokes to identify a word; detecting a selection of the key in the second portion of the split virtual keyboard; and responsive to the selection of the key being detected, outputting the word to an application executing on the tablet computing device.
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