Keyboard system with automatic correction

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9557916-B2
Application number	US-201314071452-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 4, 2013
Priority date	May 27, 1999
Publication date	Jan 31, 2017
Grant date	Jan 31, 2017

Abstract

Alternative textual interpretations of each sequence of inputs detected within an auto-correcting keyboard region are determined. Actual keystroke contract locations may occur outside the boundaries of specific keyboard key regions associated with the actual characters of word interpretations proposed for selection. The distance from each contact location to each corresponding intended character may increase with the expected frequency of the intended word. An intended word is selected from among generated interpretations and is automatically accepted for output.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A text entry system comprising:
an auto-correcting virtual keyboard region that includes a plurality of characters of an alphabet, wherein one or more of the plurality of characters corresponds to a location with known coordinates in the auto-correcting virtual keyboard region, and wherein a location associated with user interaction is determined when a user interacts within the auto-correcting virtual keyboard region;
a location value calculation component that calculates, for a determined interaction location in an input sequence of interaction locations, a set of weighted location values between the interaction location and the known coordinate locations corresponding to a plurality of neighboring characters within the auto-correcting virtual keyboard region;
a word evaluation component that identifies at least one candidate object using information regarding both preceding and succeeding user interactions in determining an intended character for each user interaction and for said at least one candidate object, evaluates said at least one candidate object by calculating a matching metric based on the calculated location, and ranks the at least one candidate object based on the calculated matching metric values; and
a selection component for identifying at least one candidate object according to said evaluated ranking and for presenting said at least one identified object to the user.

Assignees

• Nuance Communications Inc

Inventors

• Robinson B Alex
• Longé Michael R
• Palmer Brian H
• Hullfish Keith C
• Brams Douglas

Classifications

• G06F3/04897 Primary

  Special input arrangements or commands for improving display capability · CPC title

• G06F40/232

  Orthographic correction, e.g. spell checking or vowelisation · CPC title

• G06F3/04886

  by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus · CPC title

• G06F3/0354

  with detection of two-dimensional [2D] relative movements between the device, or an operating part thereof, and a plane or surface, e.g. 2D mice, trackballs, pens or pucks · CPC title

• G06F3/018

  Input/output arrangements for oriental characters · CPC title