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US 2016/0077734 A1Published application
Disambiguation of keyboard input
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsWilliam A. S. Buxton, Richard L. Hughes, Kenneth P. Hinckley, Michel Pahud, Irina Spiridonova
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Abstract
An apparatus includes a keyboard engine that operates a keyboard that accepts shape-writing input and radial entry input. A keyboard input module obtains input data from at least one input sensor of the keyboard. An intention disambiguation engine enables simultaneous use of the shape-writing input and the radial entry input acceptance for a user of the keyboard.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- at least one device processor;
- and
- a keyboard engine that operates a keyboard that accepts shape-writing input and radial entry input, via the at least one of the at least one device processor, the keyboard engine including:
- a keyboard input module that obtains input data from at least one input sensor of the keyboard, and
- an intention disambiguation engine that enables simultaneous use of the shape-writing input and the radial entry input acceptance for a user of the keyboard.
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A method comprising:
- obtaining input data from a keyboard that accepts shape-writing input and radial entry input;
- and
- providing simultaneous use of the shape-writing input and the radial entry input acceptance for a user of the keyboard, via a device processor, by disambiguating the input data to distinguish between the shape-writing input and the radial entry input.
A computer program product comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing executable code that causes at least one computing device to:
- obtain input data from a keyboard that accepts shape-writing input and radial entry input;
- and
- provide simultaneous use of the shape-writing input and the radial entry input acceptance for a user of the keyboard, by disambiguating the input data to distinguish between the shape-writing input and the radial entry input.
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