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ABSTRACT 4

1.I
NTRODUCTI
ON 5-
6

2.LI
TERATURESURVEY 7

3.KEYFEATURES 8

4.ARCHETECTURE/MODEL 9-
16

5.METHODOLOGY/PROCESS 17

6.ADVANTAGES&DI
SADVANTAGES 18

7.CONCLUSI
ON 19

REFERENCES 20

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ABSTRACT

comput
ershav
eunder
goner
api
dmi
niat
uri
zat
ionf
rom bei
nga'
spacesav
er'
to'
as
t
inyasy
ourpal
m'.Di
sksandcomponent
sgr
ewsmal
l
eri
nsi
ze,
butonecomponent
st
il
lremai
nedt
hesamef
ordecades-i
t'
sthekey
boar
d.Thenewi
nnov
ati
onVi
rt
ual
Key
boar
dusesadv
ancedt
echnol
ogi
est
opr
ojectaf
ull
-si
zedcomput
ingkey
-boar
d
t
oanysur
face.Thi
sdev
icehasbecomet
hesol
uti
onf
ormobi
l
ecomput
eruser
s
whopr
efert
odot
ouch-
typi
ngt
hancr
ampi
ngov
ert
inykey
s.Ty
pingi
nfor
mat
ioni
nto
mobi
l
edev
icesusual
l
yfeel
saboutasnat
ural
asal
i
nebackerri
dingaBi
gWheel
.
Vi
rt
ual
Key
boar
disawayt
oel
i
minat
efi
ngercr
ampi
ng.Al
lthat
'sneededt
ouset
he
key
boar
disaf
latsur
face.Usi
ngl
asert
echnol
ogy
,abr
ightr
edi
mageofakey
boar
d
i
spr
oject
edf
rom adev
icesuchasahandhel
d.Det
ect
iont
echnol
ogybasedon
opt
ical
recogni
ti
onal
l
owsuser
stot
apt
hei
magesoft
hekey
ssot
hev
irt
ual
key
boar
dbehav
esl
i
kear
eal
one.I
t'
sdesi
gnedt
osuppor
tanyt
y ngspeed.
pi

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1.
INTRODUCTI
ON

Vi
rt
ualKey
boar
disj
ustanot
herexampl
e oft
oday
’s comput
ert
rend of
"
smal
l
erandf
ast
er"
.Comput
ingi
snow notl
i
mit
edt
odeskt
opsandl
apt
ops,i
thas
f
oundi
tswayi
ntomobi
l
edev
icesl
i
kepal
mtopsandev
encel
lphones.Butwhathas
notchangedf
ort
hel
ast50orsooddy
ear
sist
hei
nputdev
ice,t
hegoodol
dQWERTY
key d.
boar Al
ter
nat
ivescamei
nthef
orm ofhandwr
it
ingr
ecogni
ti
on,
speechr
ecogni
ti
on,
abcdi
nput(
forSMSi
ncel
lphones)et
c.Butt
heyal
ll
ackt
heaccur
acyandconv
eni
ence
ofaf
ull
blownkey
boar
d.Speechi
nputhasanaddedi
ssueofpr
ivacy
.

Vi
rt
ualKey
boar
dusessensort
echnol
ogyandar
ti
fi
ciali
ntel
l
igencet
oletuser
s
wor
konanysur
faceasi
fitwer
eakey
boar
d.Vi
rt
ualDev
iceshav
edev
eloped a
f
lashl
i
ght
-si
zegadgett
hatpr
oject
sani
mageofakey
boar
donanysur
faceandl
et’
s
peopl
einputdat
abyt
ypi
ngont
hei
mage.
Thedev
icedet
ect
smov
ementwhenf
inger
s
ar
e pr
essed down.Those mov
ement
s ar
e measur
ed and t
he dev
ice accur
atel
y
det
ermi
nest
hei
ntendedkey
str
okesandt
ransl
atest
hem i
ntot
ext
.

QWERTYKEYBOARD
Qwer
tyi
sthemostcommonkey
boar
dlay
outonEngl
i
sh-
languagecomput
erand
t
ypewr
it
erk
eyboar
ds.I
ttakesi
tsnamef
rom t
hef
ir
stsi
xchar
act
ersseeni
nthef
arl
eft
oft
hek
eyboar
d'st
opf
ir
str
owofl
ett
ers.

Thewor
kingofat
ypi
cal
QWERTYkey
boar
disasf
oll
ows:

1.
Whenak
eyi
spr
essed,i
tpushesdownonar
ubberdomesi
tt
ingbeneat
hthe
key
.conduct
ivecont
actont
heunder
sideoft
hedomet
ouchesapai
rofconduct
ive
l
i
nesont
heci
rcui
tbel
ow.

2.
Thi
sbr
idgest
hegapbet
weent
hem andal
l
owsel
ect
ri
ccur
rentt
ofl
ow.

3.
Ascanni
ngsi
gnal
isemi
tt
edbyt
hechi
pal
ongt
hepai
rsofl
i
nest
oal
lthekey
s.

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4.
Thecodegener
atedi
ssentt
othecomput
erei
therv
iaakey
boar
dcabl
e(usi
ngonof
f
el
ect
ri
cal
pul
sest
orepr
esentbi
ts)orov
erawi
rel
essconnect
ion.I
tmayber
epeat
ed.

5.
Achi
pinsi
det
hecomput
err
ecei
vest
hesi
gnal
bit
sanddecodest
hem i
ntot
he
appr
opr
iat
ekeypr
ess.Thecomput
ert
hendeci
deswhatt
odoont
hebasi
soft
hek
ey
pr
essed.

Whenk
6. eyi
srel
eased,
abr
eakcodei
ssentt
oindi
cat
ethek
eyi
snol
ongerpr
essed.

Di
ff
icul
ti
es

I
tisnowr
ecogni
zedt
hati
tisi
mpor
tantt
obecor
rect
lyseat
edwhi
l
eusi
ngacomput
er.A
comf
ort
abl
ewor
kingposi
ti
onwi
l
lhel
pwi
thconcent
rat
ion,qual
i
tyofwor
k,andr
educet
he
r
iskofl
ong-
ter
m pr
obl
ems.Thi
sisi
mpor
tantf
oral
lwhousecomput
ers,
andespeci
all
y
sof
ort
hosewi
thdi
sabi
l
iti
es.

Asear
lyas1926,
Klockenber
gdescr
ibedhowt
hekey
boar
dlay
outr
equi
redt
het
ypi
st
t
oassumebodypost
urest
hatwer
eunnat
ural
,uncomf
ort
abl
eandf
ati
gui
ng.Forexampl
e,
st
andar
dkey
boar
ddesi
gnf
orcesoper
ator
stopl
acet
hei
rhandsi
naf
lat
,pal
m down
posi
ti
oncal
l
edf
orear
m pr
onat
ion.

Resear
cher
sal
sonot
edt
hatt
ypi
ngont
heQWERTYkey
boar
dispoor
lydi
str
ibut
ed
bet
weent
hehandsandf
inger
s,causi
ngt
heweakerr
ingandl
i
ttl
efi
nger
stobeov
erwor
k.

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LI
2. TERATURESURVEY
Deepa.
B,Sr
iBhar
athi
.N,Tami
l
arasi
.Rt
heysai
dthat
,thev
irt
ualkey
boar
dcangr
abt
he
ev
ery
one at
tent
ion.Thi
sis bestev
erand can be car
ri
ed anywher
e.As space
consumi
ng,
iti
smostpr
efer
abl
edev
icet
ouse.
[1]

Vi
rt
ualkey
boar
disj
ustanot
herexampl
eoft
oday
'scomput
ert
rendofsmal
l
erand
f
ast
er.Comput
ingi
snotl
i
mit
edt
odeskt
op/
lapt
ops,i
tfoundsanew wayi
ntomobi
l
e
dev
ices et
c.The mai
nfeat
ures ar
e:pl
atf
orm-
independentmul
ti
li
ngualsuppor
tfor
key
boar
dtexti
nput
,bui
l
t-i
nlanguagel
ayout
sandset
ti
ngs,
copy
/past
eet
c.[
2]

Rat
ikaBal
i
,Har
shi
taTomar
,Gunj
eshSahneyt
heysai
dthatf
eat
uresi
ncl
udedi
nthee
Bal
ltechnol
ogyl
i
kehol
ogr
aphi
cdi
spl
ay,50wat
tspeaker
sand300-
650Gi
gaby
tesof
RAM et
c.I
tconsi
stsofv
irt
ualkey
boar
dandpr
oject
edonanyf
latsur
face.I
tuses
sensort
echnol
ogy
.[3]

Accor
dingt
oApost
oli
tist
hebestshapei
nnat
ureandi
tdr
awsev
ery
bodyat
tent
ion.I
t
i
sthesmal
l
estPCev
ermade.I
tisdef
ini
tel
ysmal
lwheni
tcomes t
othesi
zebutas
t
heysayal
lgoodt
hingscomei
nsmal
lpackages,
thi
sti
nyr
oundPCi
snoexcept
ion.I
t
i
sloadedwi
thal
lfeat
urest
haty
oucanonl
ydr
eam oft
ohav
einar
egul
arPC.I
tcomes
packedwi
thapr
oject
edkey
boar
danddi
spl
ay.
[4]

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3.
KEYFEATURES

 Per
sonal
Digi
tal
Assi
stant
s(PDA'
s).
 Cel
l
ular
Tel
ephones.
 Lapt
ops.
 Tabl
etPCs.
 Spacesav
ingComput
ers.
 Cl
eanRooms.
I
ndust
ri
alEnv
ironment
s.
 TestEqui
pment
.
 Medi
cal
Env
ironment
s.
 Tr
anspor
t(Ai
r,
Rai
l
,Aut
omot
ive)
.
 Al
l
owst
heconv
eni
enceofr
egul
arkey
boar
dty
ping.
 Rechar
geabl
ebat
ter
ylast
sfor120mi
nut
esofcont
inuoust
ypi
ng.
 Ti
nysi
zeonl
y3.
5incheshi
gh.

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4.
ARCHI
TECTURE/MODEL

TheVi
rt
ualKey
boar
dusesl
i
ghtt
opr
ojectaf
ull
-si
zedcomput
erkey
boar
dont
o
al
mostanysur
face,
anddi
sappear
swhennoti
nuse.Thet
ransl
ati
onpr
ocessal
souses
ar
ti
fi
ciali
ntel
l
igence.Oncet
hekey
str
okehasbeendecoded,i
tissentt
othepor
tabl
e
dev
iceei
therbycabl
eorv
iawi
rel
ess.
TheVi
rt
ualKey
boar
dusesl
i
ghtt
opr
ojectaf
ull-
si
zedcomput
erkey
boar
dont
oal
mostanysur
face,anddi
sappear
swhennoti
nuse.
Usedwi
thSmar
tPhonesandPDAs,i
tpr
ovi
desapr
act
icalwayt
odoemai
l
,wor
d
pr
ocessi
ngandspr
eadsheett
asks,al
l
owi
ngt
heusert
oleav
ethel
apt
opcomput
erat
home.
Vir
tual
key
boar
dssol
vet
hepr
obl
em ofsor
ethumbst
hatcanbecausedbyt
ypi
ng
ont
het
inyk
eyboar
dsofv
ari
ousgadget
sli
kePDAsandcel
lphones.Theyar
emeantt
o
meett
he needs ofmobi
l
e comput
eruser
s st
ruggl
i
ng wi
th cumber
some,t
iny
,or
nonexi
stentk
eyboar
ds.I
tmi
ghthel
ptopr
eventRSIi
njur
ies.
TheVi
rt
ualKey
boar
duses
anext
remel
ydur
abl
emat
eri
alwhi
chi
sext
remel
yeasyt
ocl
ean.Appl
i
cat
ionsi
ncl
ude
comput
er/
PDAi
nput
,gami
ngcont
rol
,TVr
emot
econt
rol
,andmusi
cal
appl
i
cat
ions.

Fi
g1.
wor
kingofv
irt
ual
key
boar
d

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St
ep1:
Templ
atecr
eat
ion(
Proj
ect
i e)
onModul

At
empl
ateoft
hedesi
redi
nter
facei
spr
oject
edont
otheadj
acenti
nter
face
sur
face.Thet
empl
atei
spr
oducedbyi
l
lumi
nat
ingaspecial
l
ydesi
gned,
highl
yef
fi
cient
hol
ogr
aphi
copt
icalel
ementwi
th ar
ed di
odel
aser
.Not
e:t
het
empl
ateser
vesonl
yas
ar
efer
encef
ort
heuserand i
snoti
nvol
ved i
nthedet
ect
ionpr
ocess.I
naf
ixed
env
ironment
,thet
empl
atecanj
ustaseasi
l
ybepr
int
edont
hesur
face.

St
ep2:Ref
erencepl
anei
l
lumi
nat
ion(
Micr
o-i
l
lumi
nat
ionModul
eTM)

An i
nfr
a-r
ed pl
aneofl
i
ghti
sgener
ated j
ustabov
e,and par
all
elt
o,t
he
i
nter
facesur
face.Thi
sli
ghti
sinv
isi
blet
otheuserandhov
ersaf
ewmi
l
li
met
ers
abov
ethesur
face.Whent
heusert
ouchesak
eyposi
ti
onont
hei
nter
face
sur
facel
i
ghti
sref
lect
edf
rom t
hispl
anei
nthev
ici
nit
yoft
hekeyanddi
rect
edt
owar
ds
t
hesensormodul
e.

St
ep3:
Mapr
efl
ect
ioncoor
dinat
es(
SensorModul
e)

Ref
lect
ed l
i
ghtf
rom useri
nter
act
ions wi
tht
he i
nter
face sur
face i
s passed
t
hroughani
nfr
a-r
edf
il
terandi
magedont
oaCMOSi
magesensori
nthesensormodul
e.

Cust
om har
dwar
eembedded i
nthesensorchi
p(t
heVi
rt
ualI
nter
facePr
ocessi
ng
Cor
eTM)t
henmakesar
eal
-t
imedet
ermi
nat
ionoft
hel
ocat
ionoft
her
efl
ect
edl
i
ght
.The
pr
ocessi
ngcor
ecant
rackmul
ti
pler
efl
ect
ionev
ent
ssi
mul
taneousl
yandcant
hus
suppor
tbot
hmul
ti
plekey
str
okesandov
erl
appi
ngcur
sorcont
rol
input
s.

MODULESOFVI
RTUALKEYBOARD

1.
Thesensormodul
e

2.
IR-
li
ghtsour
ceand

3.
Thepat
ter
npr
oject
or

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1.
SENSORMODULE

Fi
g2.Sensormodul
e

TheSensorModul
eser
vesast
heey
esoft
heKey
boar
dPer
cept
iont
echnol
ogy
.The
SensorModul
eoper
atesbyl
ocat
ingt
heuser
'sf
inger
sin3-
Dspaceandt
racki
ngt
he
i
ntendedkey
str
okes,
ormousemov
ement
s.Mouset
racki
ngandkey
str
okei
nfor
mat
ioni
s
pr
ocessedandcant
henbeout
putt
othehostdev
icev
iaaUSBorot
heri
nter
face.

El
ect
roni
cPer
cept
ionTechnol
ogy

El
ect
roni
cper
cept
iont
echnol
ogyenabl
esor
dinar
yel
ect
roni
cdev
icest
o“see”t
he
wor
ldar
oundt
hem sot
heycanper
cei
veandi
nter
actwi
thi
t.Now ev
ery
dayel
ect
roni
c
dev
icesi
nav
ari
etyofmar
ket
scanper
cei
veuser
s’act
ions,
gai
ningf
unct
ional
i
tyandease
ofuse.
Thet
inyel
ect
roni
cper
cept
ionchi
psandembeddedsof
twar
ewor
kbydev
elopi
nga
3D“
dist
ancemap”t
onear
byobj
ect
sinr
eal
-ti
me.Thi
sinf
ormat
ioni
sfact
oredt
hroughan
on-
chi
ppr
ocessorr
unni
ngi
magi
ngsof
twar
ethat t
ransl
atest
hei
magei
ntodef
ined
ev
ent
sbef
oresendi
ngi
tof
f-
chi
pforappl
i
cat
ion-
speci
fi
cpr
ocessi
ng.I
t’
sanact
iont
hati
s
cont
inual
l
yrepeat
ed,
gener
ati
ngov
er30f
ramesof3Di
nfor
mat
ionpersecond.

El
ect
roni
cper
cept
iont
echnol
ogyhasaf
undament
aladv
ant
ageov
ercl
assi
cali
mage
pr
ocessi
ngt
hatst
ruggl
est
oconst
ructt
hree-
dimensi
onalr
epr
esent
ati
onsusi
ngcompl
ex
mat
hemat
icsandi
magesf
rom mul
ti
plecamer
as orpoi
ntsofv
iew.
Thi
ssi
ngl
echi
p
“
cont
ourmappi
ng”appr
oachr
esul
tsi
nahi
ghr
educt
ionofcompl
exi
ty,
maki
ngi
tpossi
ble
t
o embed t
he appl
i
cat
ion i
ndependentpr
ocessi
ng sof
twar
e di
rect
lyi
ntot
he chi
ps
t
hemsel
ves–sot
heymaybeusedi
nthemostmodest
ly-
pri
ced,andev
enpocket
-si
zed

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el
ect
roni
cdev
ices.

2.
IR-
LIGHTSOURCE

Fi
g3.I
RLi
ghtsour
ce
TheI
nfr
aredLi
ghtSour
ceemi
tsabeam ofi
nfr
aredl
i
ght
.Thi
sli
ghtbeam i
sdesi
gned
t
oov
erl
apt
hear
eaonwhi
cht
hekey
boar
dpat
ter
npr
oject
ororpr
int
edi
mager
esi
des.Thi
s
i
sdonesoast
oil
l
umi
nat
etheuser
’sf
inger
sbyt
hei
nfr
a-r
edl
i
ghtbeam.
Thi
shel
psi
n
r
ecogni
zi
ngt
hehandmov
ement
sandt
hepr
essi
ngofkey
s.Thel
i
ghtbeam f
aci
l
itat
esi
n
scanni
ngt
hei
mage.Accor
dingl
ythei
nfor
mat
ioni
spassedont
othesensormodul
ewhi
ch
decodest
hei
nfor
mat
ion.
Ani
nvi
sibl
einf
ra-
redbeam i
spr
oject
edabov
ethev
irt
ual
key
boar
d.Fi
ngermakes
key
str
okeonv
irt
ual
key
boar
d.Thi
sbr
eaksi
nfr
aredbeam andi
nfr
aredl
i
ghti
sref
lect
ed
backt
opr
oject
or.Ref
lect
edi
nfr
aredbeam passest
hroughi
nfr
aredf
il
tert
ocamer
a.
Thecamer
aphot
ogr
aphsangl
eofi
ncomi
ngi
nfr
aredl
i
ght
.TheSensorchi
pint
he
sensormodul
edet
ermi
neswher
ethei
nfr
aredbeam wasbr
oken.Det
ect
edco-
ordi
nat
es
det
ermi
neact
ionsorchar
act
erst
obegener
ated.
3.
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Fi
g4.Pat
ter
npr
oject
or
ThePat
ter
nPr
oject
ororopt
ional
pri
ntedi
magepr
esent
sthei
mageoft
hekey
boar
d
ormousezoneoft
hesy
stem.Thi
simagecanbepr
oject
edonanyf
latsur
face.
The
pr
oject
edi
magei
sthatofast
andar
dQWERTYkey
boar
d,wi
thal
lthekey
sandcont
rol
f
unct
ionsasi
nthekey
boar
d.
ThePr
oject
orf
eat
uresawi
de-
angl
elenssot
hatal
argepat
ter
ncanbepr
oject
ed
f
rom r
elat
ivel
ylowel
evat
ions.Apr
int
edi
mage,
wit
hrepl
aceabl
etempl
atesal
l
owssy
stem
f
lex
ibi
l
ity
,per
mit
ti
ngmostanyki
ndofkey
boar
dconf
igur
ati
onf
orgr
eat
erf
unct
ional
i
ty.
In
somet
ypesofv
irt
ual
key
boar
ds,
asecondi
nfr
a-r
edbeam i
snotnecessar
y.Her
ethe
pr
oject
ori
tsel
ftakest
hei
nput
s,pr
ovi
dingdualf
unct
ional
i
ty.Asensororcamer
aint
he
pr
oject
orpi
cksupt
hef
ingermov
ement
s,andpassest
hei
nfor
mat
ionont
othesensor
modul
es.
DI
FFERENTTYPESOFVI
RTUALKEYBOARD
Ther
ear
edi
ff
erentt
ypesofv
irt
ual
key
boar
ds,
manuf
act
uredbyv
ari
ouscompani
eswhi
ch
pr
ovi
dedi
ff
erentl
evel
soff
unct
ional
i
ties.Thedi
ff
erentt
ypesofv
irt
ual
key
boar
dsar
e:
1.
Dev
eloperVKB

Fi
g5.Dev
eloperVK

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I
tsf
ull
-si
zekey
boar
dal
socanbepr
oject
edont
oanysur
faceandusesl
aser
t
echnol
ogyt
otr
ansl
atef
ingermov
ement
sint
olet
ter
s.Wor
kingwi
thSi
emensPr
ocur
ement
Logi
sti
csSer
vicesRechar
geabl
ebat
ter
iessi
mil
art
othosei
ncel
lphonespowert
he
compactuni
t.Thekey
boar
disf
ull
sizeandt
hel
ett
ersar
einast
andar
dfor
mat
.AsaCl
ass
1l
aser
,theout
putpoweri
sbel
owt
hel
evel
atwhi
chey
einj
urycanoccur
.
2.
Canest
a

f
ig6.Canest
a

TheCanast
aKey
boar
d,whi
chi
sal
aserpr
oject
edkey
boar
dwi
thwhi
cht
hesamel
aser
i
sal
sousedt
oscant
hepr
oject
ionf
iel
dandext
ract3Ddat
a.Hence,
theuserseest
he
pr
oject
edkey
boar
d,andt
hedev
ice"
sees"t
heposi
ti
onoft
hef
inger
sov
ert
hepr
oject
ed
key
s.Theyal
sohav
eachi
pset
,El
ect
roni
cPer
cept
ionTechnol
ogy
,whi
cht
heysuppl
yfor
3r
dpar
ti
est
odev
eloppr
oduct
susi
ngt
hepr
oject
ion/
scanni
ngt
echnol
ogy
.Canest
a
appear
stobet
hemostadv
ancedi
nthi
scl
assoft
echnol
ogyandt
heonl
yonewhoi
s
shi
ppi
ngpr
oduct
.Theyhav
eanumberofpat
ent
spendi
ngont
hei
rtechnol .
ogy
3.
Senseboar
dTechnol
ogi
es

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Fi
g7.Senseboar
d

Sensor
smadeofacombi
nat
ionofr
ubberandpl
ast
icar
eat
tachedt
otheuser
's
pal
msi
nsuchawayt
hatt
heydonoti
nter
fer
ewi
thf
ingermot
ions.Thr
ought
heuseof
Bl
uet
oot
htechnol
ogy
,the"
typed"i
nfor
mat
ioni
str
ansf
err
edwi
rel
essl
ytot
hecomput
er,
wher
eawor
dpr
ocessi
ngpr
ogr
am anal
yzesandi
nter
pret
sthesi
gnal
sint
oreadabl
e
t
ext
.Thedev
icei
scur
rent
lyusabl
evi
aexi
sti
ngpor
tsonper
sonaldi
git
alassi
stant
s
(
PDAs)f
rom Pal
m andot
hermanuf
act
urer
s.Senseboar
dof
fi
cial
ssayi
tev
ent
ual
l
ywi
l
l
becompat
ibl
ewi
thmostbr
andsofpocketPCs,
mobi
l
ephonesandl
apt
opcomput
ers.

4.
KITTY

f
ig8.Ki
tt
ykey
boar
d

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KI
TTY,anacr
ony
mforKey
boar
d-I
ndependentTouch-
Typi
ng,i
sa Fi
ngermount
ed
k
eyboar
dthatusest
oucht
ypi
ngasamet
hodofdat
aent
ry.Thedev
icet
arget
sthe
por
tabl
ecomput
ingmar
ketandi
npar
ti
cul
ari
tswear
abl
ecomput
ingsy
stemswhi
char
e
i
nneedofasi
l
enti
nvi
si
bledat
aent
rysy
stem basedont
oucht
ypi
ng.
thenew dev
ice
combi
nest
hei
deaofaf
ingermount
edcodi
ngdev
icewi
tht
headv
ant
agesofasy
stem
t
hatusest
oucht
ypi
ngt
ypi
ng.

5.
INFOCUS

I
nFocusi
soneoft
hel
eadi
ngcompani
esi
npr
ovi
dingv
ideoanddat
apr
oject
ors.
Thei
rpr
oject
orsar
econv
ent
ional
,i
nthatt
heydonotusel
asert
echnol
ogy
.Thi
shast
hat
adv
ant
ageofdel
i
ver
inghi
ghqual
i
tycol
ouri
mageswi
thamat
uret
echnol
ogy
.Howev
er,
it
hast
hedi
sadv
ant
ageofl
argersi
ze,l
owercont
rast
,andhi
gherpowerr
equi
rement
s,
compar
edt
olaserpr
oject
ionsy
stems.I
n2000,I
nFocusmer
ged wi
thPr
oxi
ma,whi
ch
hadbeenoneofi
tscompet
it
ors.Ii
ncl
udeI
nFocus/
Proxi
mai
nthi
ssur
veynotonl
y
becauset
heymakepr
oject
ors.I
nthei
rear
lyday
s,Pr
oxi
madev
elopedoneoft
hef
ir
st
commer
cial
l
yav
ail
abl
epr
oject
ion/
visi
onsy
stems.I
twascal
l
edCy
clops,andt
heyst
il
l
hol
dapat
entont
het
echnol
ogy
.Cy
clopsaugment
edt
hepr
oject
orbyaddi
ngav
ideo
camer
athatwasr
egi
ster
edt
ovi
ew t
hepr
oject
ionar
ea.Thev
ideocamer
ahadaband
passf
il
terov
ert
hel
ens,
whi
chpassedonl
ythewav
elengt
hofal
aserpoi
nter
.

Thesy
stem,t
her
efor
e,enabl
edt
heusert
oint
eractwi
tht
hepr
oject
edi
mage,usi
nga
pr
ovi
dedl
aserpoi
nterast
hei
nputdev
ice.Thecamer
adet
ect
edt
hepr
esenceoft
hel
aser
poi
nteront
hesur
face,andcal
cul
atedi
tscoor
dinat
esr
elat
ivet
othecur
rent
lypr
oject
ed
i
mage.Fur
ther
mor
e,t
hel
aserpoi
nterhadt
woi
ntensi
tyl
evel
swhi
chenabl
edt
heusert
o
notonl
ypoi
nt,butt
ohav
etheequi
val
entofamousebut
ton,byt
hev
isi
onsy
stem
i
nter
pret
ingt
het
wol
evel
sasdi
sti
ngui
shi
ngbut
tonupanddownev
ent
s.

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5.
METHODOLOGY

f
ig9.v
irt
ual
key
boar
d
TheVi
rt
ual
Key
boar
dusesl
i
ghtt
opr
ojectaf
ull
-si
zedcomput
erkey
boar
dont
oal
mostany
sur
face,
anddi
sappear
swhennoti
nuse.Usedwi
thSmar
tPhonesandPDAs,
itpr
ovi
desa
pr
act
ical
wayt
odoemai
l
,wor
dpr
ocessi
ngandspr
eadsheett
asks,
all
owi
ngt
heusert
o
l
eav
ethel
apt
opcomput
erathome.I
tisal
soasuper
iordeskt
opcomput
erkey
boar
d
f
eat
uri
ngdr
amat
ical
l
yeasi
ert
olear
ntouch-
typi
ngandl
eav
ingonehandf
reef
ormouseor
phone.Combi
nat
ionkeypr
esses(
"chor
ds"
)off
ivemai
nandt
woext
racont
rol
key
sal
l
ow
user
stot
ypeat25-
60wor
dspermi
nut
e,wi
thpossi
blygr
eat
erspeedsachi
evedt
hrough
t
heuseofabbr
evi
ati
onexpansi
onsof
twar
e.Mostuser
s,howev
er,
wil
lfi
ndmemor
izi
ngt
he
chor
dseasyandf
un,
wit
hthei
ncl
udedt
ypi
ngt
utor
ial
.
Thescannercankeepupwi
tht
he
f
ast
estt
ypi
st,
scanni
ngt
hepr
oject
edar
eaov
er50t
imesasecond.Thekey
boar
ddoesn'
t
demandal
otoff
orce,
easi
ngst
rai
nonwr
ist
sanddi
git
s.
Vi
rt
ual
key
boar
dssol
vet
hepr
obl
em ofsor
ethumbst
hatcanbecausedbyt
ypi
ngon
t
het
inykey
boar
dsofv
ari
ousgadget
sli
kePDAsandcel
lphones.Theyar
emeantt
omeet
t
heneedsofmobi
l
ecomput
eruser
sst
ruggl
i
ngwi
thcumber
some,
tiny
,ornonexi
stent
key
boar
ds.I
tmi
ghthel
ptopr
eventRSIi
njur
ies.
Itwi
l
lwor
kwi
thal
lty
pesofBl
uet
oot
h
enabl
eddev
icessuchasPDAs andsmar
tphones,
aswel
laswear
abl
ecomput
ers.
Appl
i
cat
ionsi
ncl
udecomput
er/
PDAi
nput
,gami
ngcont
rol
,TVr
emot
econt
rol
,andmusi
cal
Dev
ices.

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6.
ADVANTAGES&DI
SADVANTAGES
ADVANTAGES
 I
tcanbepr
oject
edonanysur
face.
 I
tcanbeusef
uli
npl
acesl
i
keoper
ati
ont
heat
reswher
elownoi
sei
sessent
ial
.
 Thet
ypi
ngdoesnotr
equi
real
otoff
orce.
 TheVi
rt
ual
Key
boar
disnotr
est
ri
ctedt
otheQWERTY.
Nodr
iversof
twar
enecessar
y,
i
tcanbeusedasapl
ugandpl
aydev
ice.
 Hi
ghbat
ter
yli
fe.
 I
tispor
tabl
e.
 Accur
acy
.
 Speedoft
extent
ry.
 Abi
l
ityt
omi
nimi
zer
isks.

DI
SADVANTAGS
I
tisv
erycost
ly.
 Vi
rt
ual
key
boar
dishar
dtouse,
itr
equi
resl
i
ttl
epr
act
ice.
 Onl
ypeopl
ewhoar
egoodatt
ypi
ngcanuseav
irt
ual
key
boar
d
ef
fi
cient
ly.
I
tisv
erycost
lyr
angi
ngf
rom 150t
o200dol
l
ars.
 Ther
oom i
nwhi
cht
hepr
oject
edkey
boar
disusedshoul
dnotbev
ery
br
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.

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7.
CONCLUSI
ON
Vi
rt
ual
Key
boar
dusessensort
echnol
ogyandar
ti
fi
cial
int
ell
i
gencet
oletuser
swor
k
onanysur
faceasi
fitwer
eakey
boar
d.Pr
oject
ionkeyboar
dsorv
irt
ual
keyboar
dscl
aim
t
opr
ovi
det
heconv
eni
enceofcompact
nesswi
tht
headv
ant
agesofaf
ull
-bl
ownQWERTY
key
boar
d.Thecompany
'sVi
rt
ual
Key
boar
disdesi
gnedf
orany
onewho'
sbecome
f
rust
rat
edwi
tht
ryi
ngt
oputi
nfor
mat
ioni
ntoahandhel
dbutdoesn'
twantt
ocar
rya
not
ebookcomput
erar
ound.Canest
aappear
stobet
hemostadv
ancedi
nthi
scl
assof
t
echnol
ogy
.Di
ff
erentt
ypesofv
irt
ual
key
boar
dssui
tdi
ff
erentt
ypi
ngst
yles.Thusv
irt
ual
key
boar
dswi
l
lmaket
ypi
ngeasi
er,
fast
er,
andal
mostapl
easur
e.
Thehot
testnewt
echnol
ogi
cal
wav
eoft
hef
utur
eisVi
rt
ual
LaserKey
boar
d.Thi
s
gr
oundbr
eaki
ngt
echnol
ogi
esgr
owi
ngsof
ast
.TheBl
uet
oot
hVKBAccessor
y
hasexper
iencedt
remendoussuccessar
oundt
hegl
obeandhaspr
ovi
dedmobi
l
e
comput
ingdev
iceuser
swi
thav
iabl
eandt
rul
yusabl
esol
uti
onf
ordat
ai .
nput

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