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Virtual input device and method for receiving user input using the same

  • US 9,933,854 B2
  • Filed: 01/14/2016
  • Issued: 04/03/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/16/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A virtual input device comprising:

  • a first sensor configured to detect whether each of a plurality of hands is either a right hand or a left hand;

    a processor configured to determine a virtual input layout based on the plurality of hands;

    a projector configured to optically project the determined virtual input layout on a user input plane; and

    a second sensor configured to detect a user input through the projected virtual input layout,wherein, when the plurality of hands comprise either two right hands or two left hands, the processor is further configured to determine to project a plurality of one-hand-support virtual input layouts as a two-hand-support virtual input layout, andwherein, when the plurality of hands comprise both a right hand and a left hand, the processor is further configured to determine to project a keyboard layout as the two-hand-support virtual input layout.

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