Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Pressure-sensitive keyboard and associated method of operation
- Patent Title (中): 压敏键盘及相关操作方法
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Application No.: US12783376Application Date: 2010-05-19
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Publication No.: US08384566B2Publication Date: 2013-02-26
- Inventor: Radu Catalin Bocirnea
- Applicant: Radu Catalin Bocirnea
- Assignee: McKesson Financial Holdings
- Current Assignee: McKesson Financial Holdings
- Agency: Alston & Bird LLP
- Main IPC: H03M11/00
- IPC: H03M11/00

Abstract:
An apparatus is provided that includes a processor to at least perform or cause the apparatus to at least perform a number of operations. These operations include receiving pressure-measurement signals from a keyboard including an arrangement of keys, and a plurality of pressure sensors associated with a respective plurality of the keys. In this regard, the pressure sensors are configured to measure a pressure applied to the respective plurality of the keys, and produce the pressure-measurement signals representative of the measured pressure. The operations also include predicting one or more next keystrokes on the keyboard as a function of the pressure-measurement signals, and determining one or more commands or instructions for directing performance of one or more operations of an apparatus or software operating on the apparatus, where the command(s) or instruction(s) are determined as a function of the predicted next keystroke(s).
Public/Granted literature
- US20110285555A1 PRESSURE-SENSITIVE KEYBOARD AND ASSOCIATED METHOD OF OPERATION Public/Granted day:2011-11-24
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