Patent Document ID: 20140267121
Application ID: 14289260
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
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 a plurality of fingers and/or a hand of the user and not associated with an image of a first finger of the plurality of 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; predicting the location of the first finger in accordance with the analyzed data and the location of at least a second finger of the plurality of fingers different than the first finger and/or the hand, wherein the second finger and/or the hand is touching the touchpad; and determining, using the model, that the first finger is positioned above but not touching a first control region of the touchpad.