Patents by Inventor Huanjun Bao

Huanjun Bao has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • DISPLAYING A GRAPHICAL KEYBOARD
    Publication number: 20180239529
    Abstract: In general, this disclosure describes techniques for providing a mechanism for facilitating text entry by a user interacting with a graphical keyboard displayed at a presence-sensitive screen of a computing device. For example, a computing device having a presence-sensitive screen and a housing, the housing further having a plurality of touch sensors, receives touch input at the touch sensors. The computing device determines a usage mode, based on the touch input. The computing device also displays, based on the usage mode, a graphical keyboard at the presence-sensitive screen. If the usage mode is a one-handed usage mode, a unitary graphical keyboard is displayed. If the usage mode is a two-handed usage mode, a split graphical keyboard is displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Fan Yu, Huanjun Bao
  • Displaying a graphic keyboard
    Patent number: 9959038
    Abstract: In general, this disclosure describes techniques for providing a mechanism for facilitating text entry by a user interacting with a graphical keyboard displayed at a presence-sensitive screen of a computing device. For example, a computing device having a presence-sensitive screen and a housing, the housing further having a plurality of touch sensors, receives touch input at the touch sensors. The computing device determines a usage mode, based on the touch input. The computing device also displays, based on the usage mode, a graphical keyboard at the presence-sensitive screen. If the usage mode is a one-handed usage mode, a unitary graphical keyboard is displayed. If the usage mode is a two-handed usage mode, a split graphical keyboard is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Fan Yu, Huanjun Bao
  • DISPLAYING A GRAPHIC KEYBOARD
    Publication number: 20140068492
    Abstract: In general, this disclosure describes techniques for providing a mechanism for facilitating text entry by a user interacting with a graphical keyboard displayed at a presence-sensitive screen of a computing device. For example, a computing device having a presence-sensitive screen and a housing, the housing further having a plurality of touch sensors, receives touch input at the touch sensors. The computing device determines a usage mode, based on the touch input. The computing device also displays, based on the usage mode, a graphical keyboard at the presence-sensitive screen. If the usage mode is a one-handed usage mode, a unitary graphical keyboard is displayed. If the usage mode is a two-handed usage mode, a split graphical keyboard is displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Fan Yu, Huanjun Bao
  • Displaying a graphical keyboard
    Patent number: 8504934
    Abstract: In general, this disclosure describes techniques for providing a mechanism for facilitating text entry by a user interacting with a graphical keyboard displayed at a presence-sensitive screen of a computing device. For example, a computing device having a presence-sensitive screen and a housing, the housing further having a plurality of touch sensors, receives touch input at the touch sensors. The computing device determines a usage mode, based on the touch input. The computing device also displays, based on the usage mode, a graphical keyboard at the presence-sensitive screen. If the usage mode is a one-handed usage mode, a unitary graphical keyboard is displayed. If the usage mode is a two-handed usage mode, a split graphical keyboard is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Fan Yu, Huanjun Bao