Wearable keyboard for electronic devices
OwnerSwapnil Borainventor
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Abstract
A wearable input device can be worn by a user on one or more fingers. The wearable input device includes a ring and a keyboard. The ring includes a frame defining a space to receive a finger of the user. The keyboard is attached to the frame. In some embodiments, the keyboard is removably attached to the frame. The user wears the wearable input device on the one or more fingers and uses the keyboard to communicate with one or more application devices communicatively coupled with the keyboard.
Claims27
A wearable input device, comprising:
- a ring comprising a frame defining a space to receive a finger of a user;
- and
- a keyboard removably attached to the frame and held in place by a locking mechanism, wherein the keyboard comprises a plurality of physical keys comprising alphanumeric keys, control keys, function keys, navigation keys and special purpose keys and, is configured to communicate with one or more application devices communicatively coupled with the keyboard, wherein the special purpose keys are integrated with one or more three-dimensional (3D) gesture sensors configured to capture one or more gestures of the user in a 3D frame and execute one or more operations associated with the one or more gestures.
A method for inputting data into an electronic device, comprising:
- providing a first wearable keyboard comprising a first ring configured to be worn on a left-hand finger of a user, and a first keyboard located on the first ring and held in place by a first locking mechanism;
- providing a second wearable keyboard comprising a second ring configured to be worn on a right-hand finger of the user, and a second keyboard located on the second ring and held in place by a second locking mechanism;
- projecting one or more virtual keyboards onto a display screen of an electronic device when the first and second keyboards are turned ON, wherein the one or more virtual keyboards correspond to the first and second keyboards, and the first and second keyboards are used to input data that is visible on the one or more virtual keyboards;
- and
- controlling the projected one or more virtual keyboards using the first and second keyboards.
A method for operating a wearable physical keyboard, comprising:
- providing the wearable keyboard comprising a ring configured to be worn on a finger, and a keyboard removably attached to the ring and held in place by a locking mechanism, wherein the keyboard comprises a plurality of physical keys comprising alphanumeric keys, control keys, function keys, navigation keys, and special purpose keys, and the special purpose keys are integrated with one or more three-dimensional (3D) gesture sensors configured to capture one or more gestures of the user in a 3D frame and execute one or more operations associated with the one or more gestures;
- communicatively connecting the keyboard with an external device via a wireless or wired communication network;
- detecting an input on the keyboard;
- transmitting the input to the external device using the wireless or wired communication network;
- controlling one or more operations related to what is being displayed on the external device using the transmitted input;
- and
- displaying an output of the one or more controlled operations on the external device that visually depicts one or more effects of the input on the keyboard.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.