Side-by-Side On-Screen Keyboard Portions for Faster Text Entry
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional virtual keyboards on screens require sequential movement of a single cursor to select each letter, making it time-consuming and inefficient for entering long words or phrases.
Innovation Solution
A split virtual keyboard design with two separate cursors and keyboard portions, allowing simultaneous selection of letters using distinct control inputs on a handheld controller, enhancing typing speed and accuracy.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a single cursor is used to select letters sequentially on a virtual keyboard, then the keyboard layout can remain simple and familiar, but typing speed and efficiency deteriorate due to the time-consuming sequential selection process
Solution Approach 1:
The virtual keyboard is divided into two separate keyboard portions, each with its own cursor and control inputs. This segmentation allows simultaneous selection of letters from different parts of the alphabet, effectively doubling the typing capacity and resolving the contradiction between productivity and complexity.
2Loss of time
If one cursor moves through letters sequentially, then the control interface remains simple with single control inputs, but the time required to enter long words or phrases increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The control inputs are segmented into two separate groups, each controlling a different cursor on a different keyboard portion. This allows parallel operation of both cursors simultaneously, reducing the time to enter text while maintaining intuitive control through separate, familiar control schemes for each side.
Solution Approach 2:
The system transitions from a single-dimensional sequential selection process to a two-dimensional parallel selection process. By adding a second keyboard portion and second cursor that operates independently, the system enables simultaneous selection operations that occur in parallel rather than sequentially, dramatically reducing text entry time.
3Productivity
If a single cursor selects letters one at a time, then the keyboard design remains straightforward, but typing accuracy and speed for long words deteriorate due to repeated cursor movement
Solution Approach 1:
The keyboard is segmented into two portions with distinct cursor systems, allowing the user to type long words more efficiently by selecting letters from different keyboard portions simultaneously rather than moving a single cursor sequentially through all letters.
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AI summary
Systems and methods described herein include displaying a keyboard on a display. The virtual keyboard is split into a first keyboard portion including an inner zone including one or more letters and an outer zone including a first group of letters that are positioned to surround the inner zone of the first keyboard portion; and into a second keyboard portion including an inner zone including one or more letters and an outer zone including a second group of letters that are positioned to surround the inner zone of the second keyboard portion. The methods and systems described herein include respectively generate first and second signals pertaining to selection of a letter on the first and second keyboard portion in response to a user interacting with one or more control inputs in a first of second group of control inputs on a handheld controller.