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Text entry using shapewriting on a touch-sensitive input panel

US9740399B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

Timothy S. Paek · Mercer Island, US
Johnson T. Apacible · Mercer Island, US
Dmytro Rudchenko · Bellevue, US
Bongshin Lee · Issaquah, US
Juan Dai · Sammamish, US
Yutaka Suzue · Issaquah, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 20, 2013
Grant date	Aug 22, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 20, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F3/04883
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Described herein are various technologies pertaining to shapewriting. A touch-sensitive input panel comprises a plurality of keys, where each key in the plurality of keys is representative of a respective plurality of characters. A user can generate a trace over the touch-sensitive input panel, wherein the trace passes over keys desirably selected by the user. A sequence of characters, such as a word, is decoded based upon the trace, and is output to a display or a speaker.

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