VIRTUAL KEYBOARD WITH ADAPTIVE CHARACTER RECOGNITION ZONES

摘要

A virtual keyboard with dynamically adjusted recognition zones for predicted user-intended characters. When a user interaction with the virtual keyboard is received on the virtual keyboard, a character in a recognition zone encompassing the detected interaction location is selected as the current input character. Characters likely to be the next input character are predicted based on the current input character. The recognition zones of the predicted next input characters are adjusted to be larger than their original sizes.

主权项

1. A computer implemented method of recognizing user input through interaction with a graphical user interface (GUI), the method comprising:
rendering a GUI for display on a display device, wherein the GUI comprises a virtual keyboard comprising a plurality of characters arranged in a layout, wherein each character is associated with a recognition zone, wherein a user interaction detected within a recognition zone causes an associated character to be selected as an input character; receiving a first user interaction with the GUI on a first location within the virtual keyboard; selecting a first character as a first input character, wherein the first character is associated with a first recognition zone encompassing the first location; automatically predicting one or more next characters based on the first input character; and adjusting recognition zones of the one or more next characters based on the predicting.