Directionally oriented interfaces and systems and methods for the same
AssigneevSpatial, Inc.
InventorsDavid Levon Swanson, Jared William Schrock
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Abstract
Disclosed embodiments relate, generally, to directionally oriented keyboards for interfacing with a virtual workspace, including applications executing therein, and related systems, methods, and devices. A selectable object of an invoked directionally oriented keyboard may be selected responsive to directional information. Directional information may be provided by a user input device such as a thumbstick device or video capture device. A selectable object and/or information associated with the selectable object may be provided to a business application that is associated with an invoked directionally oriented keyboard.
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A method of using a directionally oriented keyboard at a virtual reality environment, the method comprising:
- receiving directional information while a directionally oriented keyboard is invoked;
- displaying a first visual indicator for a selected segment of the directionally oriented keyboard responsive to the directional information, the selected segment including a first number of selectable objects in a first concentric region and a second number of selectable objects in a second, different concentric region, the selectable objects of the first and second number of selectable objects arranged at locations such that paths are visually defined that extend in a substantially linear manner from a common reference location to respective selectable objects and respective ones of the paths provide respective ones of the selectable objects a direct line of sight to the common reference location;
- identifying a selectable object of the first number of selectable objects of the selected segment responsive to the directional information;
- displaying a second visual indicator for the identified selectable object responsive to identifying the selectable object;
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- providing the selectable object to a business application that is associated with the directionally oriented keyboard.
A method of interacting with a business application in a virtual workroom, the method comprising:
- receiving a request to invoke a virtual keyboard;
- retrieving a map that defines a layout for keys and key locations of the virtual keyboard;
- displaying the virtual keyboard according to the layout;
- receiving directional information;
- identifying a segment including a number of keys of the virtual keyboard responsive to the directional information, the identified segment including a first concentric region including at least one key of the number of keys and a second, different concentric region including at least one other key of the number of keys, the number of keys arranged at locations such that paths are visually defined that extend in a substantially linear manner from a common reference location to respective keys of the number of keys and respective ones of the paths provide respective ones of the keys a direct line of sight to the common reference location;
- displaying a first visual indication for the identified segment;
- identifying a key of the number of keys of the virtual keyboard that is assigned to a direction that corresponds to the directional information;
- displaying a second, different indication at the identified key of the virtual keyboard;
- receiving a confirmation;
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- sending information associated with the identified key to a business application.
A system for providing a virtual workspace, the system comprising:
- an input device including a first directional indicator and a second directional indicator;
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- a virtual reality headset, wherein the virtual reality headset is configured to provide a user with a virtual environment comprising:
- a business application;
- a virtual workspace configured to provide the business application to a user of the virtual workspace;
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- a virtual keyboard application configured to provide a virtual keyboard within the virtual workspace and enable a user to interact with the business application using, at least in part, the first directional indicator and the second directional indicator of the input device, the first directional indicator being associated with a first sub-keyboard of the virtual keyboard and configured to point to selectable objects of a first group of objects of the first sub-keyboard and the second directional indicator being associated with a second sub-keyboard of the virtual keyboard and configured to point to selectable select objects of a second group of objects of the second sub-keyboard, wherein respective selectable objects of the first group of objects different than respective selectable objects of the second group of objects.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.