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Gesture-based interface with enhanced features

US9459758B2 · kind B2 · utility

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131References

23Claims

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Assignee

Apple Inc. · US

Inventors

Adi Berenson · Nes Ziona, IL
Micha Galor · Nes Ziona, IL
Jonathan Pokrass · Rishon LeZion, IL
Ran Shani · Ramat HaSharon, IL
Daniel Shein · Nes Ziona, IL
Eran Weissenstern · Jerusalem, IL
Martin Frey · Hamburg, DE
Amir Hoffnung · Nes Ziona, IL
Nili Metuki · Even Yehuda, IL

Key dates

Filing date	May 29, 2013
Grant date	Oct 4, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 1, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2203/04806
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method includes presenting, on a display coupled to a computer, an image of a keyboard comprising multiple keys, and receiving a sequence of three-dimensional (3D) maps including a hand of a user positioned in proximity to the display. An initial portion of the sequence of 3D maps is processed to detect a transverse gesture performed by a hand of a user positioned in proximity to the display, and a cursor is presented on the display at a position indicated by the transverse gesture. While presenting the cursor in proximity to the one of the multiple keys, one of the multiple keys is selected upon detecting a grab gesture followed by a pull gesture followed by a release gesture in a subsequent portion of the sequence of 3D maps.

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