Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Angular sensitized keypad
- Patent Title (中): 角敏感键盘
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Application No.: US12571192Application Date: 2009-09-30
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Publication No.: US08810516B2Publication Date: 2014-08-19
- Inventor: Mark Edward Causey , Jeffrey Norbert Howard , Andrew Thomas Smoak
- Applicant: Mark Edward Causey , Jeffrey Norbert Howard , Andrew Thomas Smoak
- Applicant Address: US GA Atlanta
- Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC
- Current Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Atlanta
- Agency: Hartman & Citrin LLC
- Main IPC: G06F3/02
- IPC: G06F3/02

Abstract:
Devices and methods are disclosed which relate to improving the efficiency of text input by measuring the angle of each key press and rejecting improbable keys pressed at an off-center angle. Examples include a text-entry device which has logic for resisting error while the user enters text on a keyboard of the text-entry device. Each key determines the angle at which the key is pressed. Keyboard logic on the text-entry device assigns a range of acceptable angles to each key. If a key is pressed within the range of acceptable angles, which is typically around the center, then the entry is permitted. If a key is pressed outside the range of acceptable angles, which is typically on the edges, then the entry is denied. Once text is entered, the keyboard logic assigns a prediction value to each key based on a statistical probability that the key will be entered next. The keyboard logic then adjusts the range of acceptable angles based on that statistical probability.
Public/Granted literature
- US08773357B2 Angular sensitized keypad Public/Granted day:2014-07-08
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