An Arrangement and a Method for Providing Text Input in Virtual Reality
OwnerFredrik Dahlgren, Andreas Kristensson +1inventors
InventorsFredrik Dahlgren, Andreas Kristensson, Alexander Hunt
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Abstract
A method for a virtual object presenting arrangement (100) comprising an image presenting device (110) arranged to display a virtual environment (205), the method comprising: detecting a location of a hand (210); providing a virtual keyboard (230) at the location of the hand (210), the virtual keyboard (230) being nonlinearly mapped to the hand (210); detecting a relative movement of the hand (210); selecting a virtual key (231) based on the relative movement: and inputting a text character associated with the selected key in the virtual environment (205).
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1-37. (canceled)
An apparatus comprising a display configured to display a virtual environment and controller circuitry configured to:
- detect a location of a hand;
- provide a virtual keyboard at the location of the hand, the virtual keyboard being nonlinearly mapped to the hand;
- detect a relative movement of at least a portion of the hand;
- select a virtual key based on the relative movement;
- and
- input a text character associated with the selected key in the virtual environment.
A method for providing text input in an apparatus comprising an image presenting device arranged to display a virtual environment, the method comprising:
- detecting a location of a hand;
- providing a virtual keyboard at the location of the hand, the virtual keyboard being nonlinearly mapped to the hand;
- detecting a relative movement of at least a portion of the hand;
- selecting a virtual key based on the relative movement;
- and
- inputting a text character associated with the selected key in the virtual environment.
An apparatus comprising a display configured to display a virtual environment and circuitry for providing text input in said virtual environment, the apparatus comprising:
- circuitry for detecting a location of a hand;
- circuitry for providing a virtual keyboard at the location of the hand, the virtual keyboard being nonlinearly mapped to the hand;
- circuitry for detecting a relative movement of at least a portion of the hand;
- circuitry for selecting a virtual key based on the relative movement;
- and
- circuitry for inputting a text character associated with the selected key in the virtual environment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.