Fast typing system and method
AssigneeDigit Wireless, LLC
InventorDavid H. Levy
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Abstract
A method of interpreting keypad input includes identifying a first letter of a target word from activation of an initial key, identifying a set of possible intermediate letters of the target word in response to non-activating traversal of associated keys of the keypad following activation of the initial key, identifying a last letter of the target word from activation of a final key following the non-activating traversal, and then determining the target word based upon the identified first, intermediate and last letters. The method is particularly useful in key input devices sensitive to non-activating finger position above the keys.
Claims18
A method of interpreting keypad input, the method including
- identifying a first letter of a target word from activation of an initial key;
- identifying a set of possible intermediate letters of the target word in response to non-activating traversal of associated keys of the keypad following activation of the initial key;
- identifying a last letter of the target word from activation of a final key following the non-activating traversal;
- and
- determining the target word based upon the identified first, intermediate and last letters.
An input device comprising
- a keypad defining a set of keys associated with alphanumeric characters;
- and
- a processor adapted to
- identify a first letter of a target word from activation of an initial key;
- identify a set of possible intermediate letters of the target word in response to non-activating traversal of associated keys of the keypad following activation of the initial key;
- identify a last letter of the target word from activation of a final key following the non-activating traversal;
- and to
- determine the target word based upon the identified first, intermediate and last letters.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.