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“VIRTUAL / PROJECTION
KEYBOARD”
It uses sensor technology and artificial intelligence to let users work on
any surface as if it were a keyboard.
The software and hardware part recognizes the typed characters and
pass it to the computer
QWERTY
QWERTY -layout for keyboards was designed during mechanical typewriter era, when it was
problem with individual characters to clash and jam together when typing rapidly. In 1870′s
fellow named Christopher Sholes designed a layout which would position the characters such
way that it would minimize the chances of two sticking together, thus making the machine more
reliable.
VIRTUAL KEYBOARD
Either of these designs is valid for touchscreen virtual keyboards (on mobile devices), where
the user scenario usually is about user who is using only one or two fingers for typing with
QWERTY layout, with small individual buttons and hardly no tactile feedback. All this
accumulates to error prone and slow typing as the layout just isn’t designed for such use cases.
Thus, virtual keyboards are much prefferable option than qwerty keyboards.
WORKING OF VIRTUAL KEYBOARD
TECHNICAL TERMS
Projection Module:
A template is created of the desired interface and is projected onto
the adjacent interface surface. This template is produced by
illuminating a specially designed highly efficient holographic optical
element with a red diode laser.
Micro-illumination Module:
An infa-red plane of light is generated just above, and parallel to
the interface surface. This light is invisible to the user and hovers a
few millimeters above the surface.
Sensor Module:
Reflected light from user interactions with the interface surface is
passed through an infra-red filter and imaged onto a CMOS image
sensor in the sensor module.
TYPES OF VIRTUAL KEYBOARDS
Developer VKB
Canesta
Sense board Technologies
KITTY
InFocus
Developer VKB
•The typing does not require a lot of force.So easing the strain
on wrists and digits.
Gaming control.
Thus, virtual keyboards will make typing easier , faster and almost
a pleasure.
REFERENCES
1. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh
2. www.canesta.com
3. www.procams.org
4. www.billbuxton.com/3state.html
5. www.smarttech.com
6. www.3m.com/us/office/meeting/product_catalog/wd.jhtml
THANKS