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United States Patent US007280097B2 (12) (10) Patent N0.: US 7,280,097 B2 Chen et a]. (45) Date of Patent: Oct. 9, 2007 (54) HUMAN INTERFACE INPUT 5,8

U.S. Patent 0a. 9, 2007 Sheet 5 0f 13 US 7,280,097 B2 0 5 2 5 FIG. 5a

U.S. Patent 0a. 9, 2007 Sheet 6 0f 13 US 7,280,097 B2 FIG. 5b

U.S. Patent 0a. 9, 2007 Sheet 7 0f 13 US 7,280,097 B2 50 529, 506 '/ 522 u/ FIG. 5c

U.S. Patent 0a. 9, 2007 Sheet 8 0f 13 US 7,280,097 B2 FIG. 5d

U.S. Patent 0a. 9, 2007 Sheet 9 0f 13 US 7,280,097 B2 FIG. 6

U.S. Patent 0a. 9, 2007 Sheet 11 0f 13 US 7,280,097 B2 760 720 FIG. 7b

U.S. Patent 0a. 9, 2007 Sheet 12 0f 13 US 7,280,097 B2 712 714 FIG. 7c

U.S. Patent 0a. 9, 2007 Sheet 13 0f 13 US 7,280,097 B2 FIG. 7d

US 7,280,097 B2 1 HUMAN INTERFACE INPUT ACCELERATION SYSTEM This application is related to co-pending US. patent application Ser. No. 10/699,555, ?led

US 7,280,097 B2 Page 2 US. PATENT DOCUMENTS W0 W0 04/019315 A1 3/2004 5,859,629 A 1/1999 TognaZZini OTHER PUBLICATIONS 5,900,864 A 5/1999 Macdonald

US 7,280,097 B2 3 desired character. Thus, if a user desires to send a text message, the user may press a functional input element, e.g., a mode key,

US 7,280,097 B2 Page 3 Pavlovych, A., et al., “Less-Tap: A Fast And Easy-To-Learn Text Input Technique For Phones,” Graphics Interface 2003, 97-104, f

US 7,280,097 B2 Page 4 Alphagrip AG-5 User’s Manual, p. 7, found on the internet at http://www.alphagrips.com/AlphagripAG5UsersManual.pdf. T9® Adapti

US 7,280,097 B2 Page 5 TomTom, Protable GPS car navigation sytems, “TomTom Naviga tor 5 - Bluetooth,” retrieved from the internet at http://www.tomtom

U.S. Patent Oct. 9, 2007 Sheet 1 0f 13 US 7,280,097 B2 Input Accelerator Device L00 Interface and Input System M \ 122 I Communication Interface 1 16

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