Patent ID: 8384683
Filing Date: 2013-02-26
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of assisting user data entry into a handheld computerized device, said handheld computerized device comprising at least one touchpad, at least one graphics display screen, at least one processor, memory, and software, said method comprising: displaying at least one data entry location on said at least one graphics display screen of said handheld computerized device; obtaining data on the location and movement of the user's fingers and/or hand using said touchpad, said user's fingers and/or hand being positioned in an arbitrary manner with respect to said touchpad when contacting said touchpad; said touchpad being located in a location of said handheld computerized device that is different from the location of said at least one display screen; analyzing said data from said touchpad on the location and movement of said user's fingers and/or hand according to a biomechanical and anatomical model of a human hand, and without using image sensor data of the user's finger and/or hand assigning said data on the location and movement of said user's fingers and/or hand to specific fingers on said biomechanical and anatomical model of said human hand, thereby making predictions as to the location of the user's hand and fingers; using said biomechanical and anatomical model of said human hand, and said predictions of the location of the user's hand and fingers, to compute a graphical representation of at least said user's fingers; displaying said graphical representation of at least said user's fingers on said at least one graphics display screen of said handheld computerized device; wherein distances between said graphical representation of at least said user's fingers on said at least one graphics display screen, and said at least one data entry location, give information to said user to facilitate said user to position said user's fingers and/or hand on said at least one touchpad to enter user data into said at least one data entry location.