Patent · US Active

Virtual keyboard for a non-tactile three dimensional user interface

US8959013B2 · kind B2 · utility

6Cited by

89References

27Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Apple Inc. · US

Inventors

Micha Galor · Nes Ziona, IL
Ofir Or · Ramat Gan, IL
Shai Litvak · Beit Hashmonai, IL
Erez Sali · Dimona, IL

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 25, 2011
Grant date	Feb 17, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 5, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F40/274
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method, including presenting, by a computer system executing a non-tactile three dimensional user interface, a virtual keyboard on a display, the virtual keyboard including multiple virtual keys, and capturing a sequence of depth maps over time of a body part of a human subject. On the display, a cursor is presented at positions indicated by the body part in the captured sequence of depth maps, and one of the multiple virtual keys is selected in response to an interruption of a motion of the presented cursor in proximity to the one of the multiple virtual keys.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.