(keitai-l) Re: input devices: laser qwerty keyboard

From: Giovanni Bertani <giovanni.bertani_at_exsense.com>
Date: 05/05/03
Message-Id: <B58EDCC2-7EE0-11D7-B0BC-003065BA6D3A@exsense.com>
Luned=EC, 5 mag 2003, alle 11:52 Europe/Rome, Nick May ha scritto:

>
> That looks pretty good - but does one actually need the projected =
image
> for the system to work? Is the IR reading reflected laser light, or is=20=

> the
> laser just there to get the fingers where they should be....
>
> If the laser image is just to get the fingers in the right place, it=20=

> could
> be dispensed with for touch typists....


The image is needed to let you type in the right position.

Here is the website:

http://www.virtualdevices.net/

Giovanni

>
> Nick
>
>
> keitai-l@appelsiini.net writes:
>>
>>
>> At the Symbian Exposium 2003 I had the chance to test this new
>> laser keyboard.
>>
>> Maybe somebody of you have already read about this.
>>
>> Is composed by two components. A laser beam on the top of
>> the device projects a fixed  image of a qwerty keyboard
>> on a flat surface and an IR sensor  in the bottom detects
>> your fingers typing on the projected image.
>>
>> This is a prototype but it can be easily integrated in a keitai
>> phone.  Typing is not bad but the limit is that you need
>> a proper surface so I suppose no plane and no train...
>>
>> Have a look:
>>
>> http://martinlittle.com/gallery/2003/latest/large/Foto28.jpg
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Received on Mon May 5 13:04:34 2003