Patent ID: 9529523
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method for controlling an input from a user to a computerized system including a touchpad, the method comprising: obtaining data from the touchpad, the data being associated with the location and movement of arbitrarily positioned fingers and/or a hand of the user and not associated with an image of said fingers from an image sensor, when the user operates the computerized system using the touchpad; communicating the data from the touchpad to the computerized system; analyzing the data in accordance with a model of a human hand; determining, using the model, that at least one identified finger of the user is positioned above but not touching a first control region of the touchpad; determining that the at least one identified finger is subsequently touching the first control region in accordance with the data and the model after the at least one identified finger is positioned above but not touching the first control region; and storing a record that the at least one identified finger is subsequently touching the first control region within a first period of time less than or equal to 10 seconds after the at least one identified finger is positioned above but not touching the first control region.