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Key Presses. Key presses are often used to interact with a website (e.g., tab order, enter, escape, etc.). Press a key and see what you inputted. Key Presses. Key presses are often used to interact with a website (e.g., tab order, enter, escape, etc.).

Multimodal interface for input of text

The disclosure describes an overall system / method for text-input using a multimodal interface with a combination of speech recognition and text prediction. Specifically, an “always listening” mode for entering words is combined with a push-to-speak mode for entering symbols and phrases. In addition, these two modes are further combined with keypad based text prediction. Finally, the overall user-interface of the proposed system is designed such that it enhances existing standard text-input methods; thereby minimizing the behavior change for mobile users.
Owner:RAO ASHWIN P +2

Keyboard System with Automatic Correction

There is disclosed an enhanced text entry system which uses word-level analysis to automatically correct inaccuracies in user keystroke entries on reduced keyboards such as those implemented on a touch-sensitive panel or display screen, or on mechanical keyboard systems. A method and system are defined which determine one or more alternate textual interpretations of each sequence of inputs detected within a designated auto-correcting keyboard region. The actual contact locations for the keystrokes may occur outside the boundaries of the specific keyboard key regions associated with the actual characters of the word interpretations proposed or offered for selection, where the distance from each contact location to each corresponding intended character may in general increase with the expected frequency of the intended word in the language or in a particular context. Likewise, in a mechanical keyboard system, the keys actuated may differ from the keys actually associated with the letters of the word interpretations. Each such sequence corresponds to a complete word, and the user can easily select the intended word from among the generated interpretations. Additionally, when the system cannot identify a sufficient number of likely word interpretation candidates of the same length as the input sequence, candidates are identified whose initial letters correspond to a likely interpretation of the input sequence. The approach utilizes the information contained in the entire sequence of keystrokes corresponding to a word in order to determine the user's likely intention for each character of the sequence. The system also accommodates punctuation characters such as hyphens or apostrophes that are commonly embedded in words such as hyphenated compounds and contractions in English, and characters with special diacritics such as are commonly found in various European languages, e.g., diacritic accent. Special functions may be applied depending on where the user touches the intended string in a displayed word selection list. Once the user selects the desired string, it is automatically “accepted” for output and the next input detected starts a new input sequence corresponding to the entry of a next word.
Owner:TEGIC COMM +1

Portable telephone in a security network

A security network for use in a building with an opening to be monitored for possible intrusion. The network includes an intrusion sensor monitoring the opening; an RFID transponder associated with the sensor; an RFID reader in wireless communication with the transponder; and a portable telephone handset having first keys activating conventional telephone capability and second keys activating interaction with the other security network components. The handset wirelessly communicates with the reader. The reader may take the form of a security cradle for the handset. Alternatively, the reader may take the form of a telephone console. The console has keys enabling a user to dial remote telephone numbers; circuitry adapted to receive wireless communications from the transponder; circuitry in wireless communication with the handset; circuitry in communication with an external network; and a processor executing program code enabling the handset to communicate with the external network via the telephone console.
Owner:ADT US HLDG INC

Method and related apparatus for emergency calling in a touch screen mobile phone from a touch screen and keypad lock active state

A method and related apparatus for emergency calling in a touch screen mobile phone having a touch screen lock in an active state responds to a long press on the touch screen surface or a designated key and enables the mobile phone dialer to dial the emergency call number to establish an emergency call. A sequence of operational steps may be provided by instruction message which in response thereto deactivates the touch screen lock while establishing the emergency call.
Owner:NOKIA CORP

Predictive Keyboard With Suppressed Keys

A method of predicting keys have a probability to be entered next and suppressing keys those are not predicted as likely to be entered next on soft keyboards. The method displays a soft keyboard where only the predicted keys are displayed on the soft keyboard where the leftover space from suppressed keys are apportioned among predicted keys. So predicted keys may be larger in size on the soft keyboard. This makes the predicted keys more easily typed by users as compared to the other keys.
Owner:AKKOK AHMET

Audio signal processing apparatus and audio signal processing method

An audio-feature analyzer automatically detects points of change in audio signals to be processed. A central processing unit (CPU) obtains point-of-change information indicating positions of the points of change in the audio signals, and the point-of-change information is recorded on a data storage device. The CPU identifies point-of-change information in accordance with an instruction input by a user via a key operation unit, and audio data corresponding to the point-of-change information identified is located so that processing such as playback of audio data to be processed can be started therefrom.
Owner:SONY CORP

Insulin pump for use in conjunction with mobile communication terminal capable of measuring blood glucose levels and network system for transmitting control information for insulin pump

An insulin pump for use in conjunction with a mobile communication terminal capable of measuring a blood glucose level, and a network for transmitting control information for the insulin pump are disclosed. The insulin pump includes an external input port, an output port, memory, a key input unit, a control unit, and a motor driver. The external input port receives information on the amounts of insulin to be injected. The output port outputs information on the amounts of insulin injected. The memory stores the information on the amounts of insulin injected. The key input unit inputs the status of a user. The control unit extracts the information on the amounts of insulin to be injected from the memory. The motor drive operates a soft motor to supply insulin.
Owner:KIM YOON NYUN

Communication device having multiple keypads

InactiveUS20050059438A1“connection” between such elements can be somewhat indirectDevices with multiple keyboard unitsDigital data processing detailsKey pressingLoudspeaker
A communication device having a front housing and first and second independent keypad housings having respective keypads functionally connected to the front housing. The front housing has a speaker, a microphone, and a display panel. Each keypad has a key configuration that is different than the other. The front housing, first keypad housing, and second keypad housing are constructed to overlap and stack in a nested configuration in which each of the keypads is concealed by the front housing. The front housing is movable relative to each of the keypad housings from the nested configuration to an extended position in which one of the keypads is exposed and physically accessible by a user.
Owner:GOOGLE TECH HLDG LLC

Method and apparatus for data entry input

An apparatus and method of inputting data for an electronic data entry device are provided. In one embodiment, main keys on a keyboard of a device are used in which the main keys have multiple symbols or functions associated therewith, and one or more assisting keys of the device are used to select between the symbols or functions on the main keys. In a further embodiment, identification of an input object such as the particular fingers of a user that are used to actuate a key region is performed. The symbol associated with the actuated key region and the finger (or other input object) used is determined. Various types of sensors and recognition technology are implemented in order to identify fingers (or other input objects) in various embodiments.
Owner:AITECH LLC

Methods and systems for personal interactive voice response

A personal interactive voice response system with a web-based interface allowing the user to specify treatment of incoming calls based on voice or touchtone responses provided by the calling party. A graphical user interface available over a computer network, such as the Internet, allows the user to personalize greetings that callers hear, as well as customizing treatment of callers based on the caller's response. The user may record an initial greeting or other messages, either over the telephone or over the Internet, so that the messages are played to callers in the user's voice. Additionally, the user may enter text, via a PC or wireless device connected to the Internet, that is played back for the caller, based on the caller's response, via text-to-speech conversion using voice extensible markup language technology. Resulting actions, such as call forwarding, distinctive ringing, or remote notification of the incoming call may also be included.
Owner:AT&T DELAWARE INTPROP INC

Keypad battery pack, mobile terminal available for different keypad battery packs, and method of changing keypad of mobile terminal

A keypad battery pack, a mobile terminal available for different keypad battery packs, and a method for changing a keypad of a mobile terminal by replacing a battery pack with a different battery pack are provided. The mobile terminal has a keypad formed on a battery pack as well as on a front surface of the mobile terminal, thereby expanding a keypad-placement area to a rear surface of the mobile terminal. As a result, keys of the keypad are arranged on both surfaces of the mobile terminal, and thus a key arrangement space has room for an additional key, thereby enabling easy adding of a key. Further, the keypads of the mobile terminal are arranged on the rear surface and the front surface according to functions of the keypads, thereby providing a keypad structure suitable for a mobile terminal having an additional function. Further, the mobile terminal may selectively mount a plurality of battery packs having different types and arrangements of keypads.
Owner:SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD

Portable electronic device adapted to change operation mode

ActiveUS20080259094A1Simpler and convenient user interfaceDigital data processing detailsGeometric image transformationKey pressingEngineering
A portable electronic device adapted to change its operation mode is disclosed. When a rotation of the portable electronic device is detected, the operation mode is changed according to the angle of rotation, and a user interface corresponding to the changed operation mode is output by a display unit. This method intuitively changes the mode based on a rotation of the device without requiring a complicated and unnecessary key input, and provides a more convenient and faster user interface.
Owner:SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD

Thin profile user interface device and method providing localized haptic response

Electromechanical polymer (EMP) actuators are used to create haptic effects on a user interface deface, such as a keyboard. The keys of the keyboard may be embossed in a top layer to provide better key definition and to house the EMP actuator. Specifically, an EMP actuator is housed inside an embossed graphic layer that covers a key of the keyboard. Such a keyboard has a significant user interface value. For example, the embossed key provides the tactile effect of the presence of a key with edges, while allowing for the localized control of haptic vibrations. For such applications, an EMP transducer provides high strains, vibrations or both under control of an electric field. Furthermore, the EMP transducer can generate strong vibrations. When the frequency of the vibrations falls within the acoustic range, the EMP transducer can generate audible sound, thereby functioning as an audio speaker.
Owner:KEMET ELECTRONICS CORP

Capacitive touchpad with physical key function

A capacitive touchpad with physical key function comprises a soft flexible first conductive layer; a second conductive layer; and a soft flexible insulator layer disposed between the first and the second conductive layers. The insulator layer has at least a through hole for the first conductive layer to connect to the second conductive layer while the touchpad is pressed and cause the voltages on the first or the second conductive layers to change and thus to trigger a predetermined key function.
Owner:ELAN MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION

Capacitive mouse

A pointing device some or all of whose elements are made from capacitive sensors. Such elements may include a rotary motion detector which includes a rotating member and a plurality of fixed capacitive detecting members; a rolling ball with patterned conductive surface and a plurality of fixed capacitive detecting members; capacitive touch sensors or capacitive switches to serve as mouse buttons; and a scrolling wheel, knob, or touch surface built from capacitive sensors. The pointing device further includes a capacitance measuring circuit and processor to measure variations of capacitance on the various capacitive elements and to determine the movement of and other activations of the mouse.
Owner:SYNAPTICS INC

Head mounted display system having virtual keyboard and capable of adjusting focus of display screen and device installed the same

A head mounted display system having a virtual keyboard and capable of adjusting a focus of a display screen comprises a signal processing unit; a focus adjustment unit; an image display unit connected to the signal processing unit; the image display unit being installed at a head mounted display device for displaying the adjusted display image which is directly viewed by at least one eye of a user wearing the head mounted display; and a focus input unit connected to the focus adjustment unit; focus input unit being a manually operation device for generating the focus adjustment signal to the signal processing unit; the focus input unit providing a focus value to the focus adjustment unit; and a virtual keyboard input unit including a finger positioning unit, a keyboard display unit, a keying processing unit and a virtual keyboard. The device for realizing the system is further included.
Owner:UNIVERSAL VISION BIOTECHNOLOGY CO LTD

Method and apparatus for inputting function of mobile terminal using user's grip posture while holding mobile terminal

An apparatus for and a method of inputting a function of a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone, in which a grip posture of a user who holds the mobile terminal is recognized and a function corresponding to the recognized grip posture is detected. The method includes: recognizing a grip posture of a user who uses the mobile terminal; detecting a function corresponding to the recognized grip posture; and performing the detected function. Accordingly, by considering user's grip postures formed when performing the functions of a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone, specific functions are respectively matched to a plurality of grip postures, a grip posture of a user who is holding the mobile terminal is recognized, and a function corresponding to the recognized grip posture is automatically performed without any operation such as an additional key input operation. Therefore, a complex input unit or input method is not required even when diverse functions are provided by the mobile terminal, and the user can easily and conveniently use the mobile terminal.
Owner:SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD

Method and apparatus for voice control of a television control device

A method and apparatus is disclosed for remotely processing voice commands for controlling a television. A voice command is uttered by a user into a microphone contained in a remote control. The voice command is digitized, modulated, compressed, and wirelessly transmitted to a wireless receiver connected to a set-top box. The voice command is then transmitted to a cable head-end unit for voice and word recognition processing. Once the command function is determined, the function is transmitted back to the set-top box where the set-top box performs the command. The microphone is activated and deactivated by pressing and releasing a push-to-talk (PTT) switch. The PTT activates other functions by being turned, double-clicked and toggled up and down, left and right.
Owner:PROMPTU SYST CORP

Method, device and terminal device for controlling speech recognition function

The invention provides a method, a device and a terminal device for controlling a speech recognition function, can quickly and conveniently start the speech recognition function and is suitable for various touch operation type terminal devices. The method comprises the steps of detecting a touch signal from a touch displayer when the touch displayer is in a locking state; starting the speech recognition function when the touch signal shows that at least one touch point of the touch displayer is touched for at least two times within first preset time and the touch duration time for each time is shorter than or equal to second preset time; or starting the speech recognition function when the touch signal shows that at least one touch point of the touch displayer is touched and the touch duration time is longer than or equal to third preset time or shorter than or equal to fourth preset time. Accordingly, the speech recognition function can be quickly and conveniently started in the locking state through touch operation of the touch displayer of the terminal device, and the method and the device are not suitable for touch operation type terminal devices with no physical keys.
Owner:HUAWEI DEVICE CO LTD

Method for a high-speed writing system and high -speed writing device

The invention concerns a high speed writing system and a high speed writing device with special menu selection for entering text by means of a pen and a touch-screen. This method of entering text is suitable for desktop PCs, laptop PCs, palmtop PCs, mobile phones (for SMS, WAP and e-mail), watches and other electronic devices. Significantly higher writing efficiency than on a QWERTY keyboard is reached with little investment in practicing time.The monitor screen features a key section with all consonants of the alphabet, as well as one vowel key distinguished by its arrangement and function. All elements of the writing process defining the method can be generated by pen movements such as selection of a key or guiding it in one of eight stroke directions, as well as combinations of these pen movementsThe high speed writing devices described here excel by their small and ergonomically arranged entry sections, whereby all keys for text entry can be reached from one single hand position that never needs re-setting.
Owner:SPEEDSCRIPT

Keyboard protective cover

A protective cover or envelope for a keyboard array that prevents entry of contaminants such as water, foodstuffs, chemical compounds, including medical or pharmaceutical compositions in the form of fluids or solids, dust and the like into the interior of the keyboard assembly from the keypad top deck. A membrane of a resilient, substantially transparent, material, such as an elastomeric polyolefin, is used to form a one-piece cover that extends over the keyboard array and preferably at least a portion of the obverse face of the keyboard assembly and acts to drape or enshroud the keyboard assembly on its upper face or deck. Preferably the elastomeric cover is an envelope-like membrane structure of generally uniform thickness and is constructed in a shape that when stretched to receive the keyboard, it covers the top portion of the key array as well as extending at least partially down the side walls of the keyboard and is in proximate contact with the top deck of the keyboard assembly. The “touch” and “feel” of the individual keys is retained with the protective cover in its operative position, including keys of ordinary construction as well as those used with a Braille system of markings on the surfaces of the keys. As a consequence of its elastomeric properties, a single keyboard cover can be used with keyboards having different key patterns, e.g., different models from a single manufacturer or different keyboards from different manufacturers. The attractive economics and broad applicability achievable with the cover of the present invention also permits an individual user to retain a personal keyboard cover for a use with various keyboards.
Owner:COSTELLO PAMELLA A
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