Character and text unit input correction system
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorYuan Kong
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Abstract
An input device is disclosed that includes a sensor for editing characters and text units. The sensor has an elongate configuration and is laterally-oriented with respect to sides of the input device. The input device also includes a plurality of keys for entering individual characters or multiple characters that form the text units. By contacting the sensor, an incorrectly-entered text unit may be selected and replaced with an intended text unit. In order to select the incorrectly-entered text unit, the sensor may be contacted in a position that corresponds with a position of the text unit with respect to a display screen.
Claims11
An input device comprising:
- an alphanumeric region having a plurality of depressible keys for entering characters associated with text units that are displayed on a display screen;
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- an elongated, laterally-oriented, and touch-sensitive sensor positioned adjacent the alphanumeric region, the sensor having a plurality of zones distributed along a length of the sensor, each zone corresponding with a position at which the text units are rendered on a line of the display screen, and the sensor having a configuration wherein contacting one of the zones transmits a signal for selecting one of the text units positioned at a corresponding location on the line of the display screen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.