Different types of user inputs can be input by a user via a keyboard of an input device. These different types of user inputs include, for example, key strikes, multi-touch interactions, single finger motions, and/or mouse clicks. Touch information regarding the pressure applied to the keys of a pre
Different types of user inputs can be input by a user via a keyboard of an input device. These different types of user inputs include, for example, key strikes, multi-touch interactions, single finger motions, and/or mouse clicks. Touch information regarding the pressure applied to the keys of a pressure sensitive keyboard over time (or the contact area of the user input for other types of keyboards over time) is used to classify the intent of the user input as one of the various types of user inputs.
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1. A method comprising: obtaining force information regarding a particular single touch user input to a common input area of an input device, the force information indicating pressure applied by the particular single touch user input;analyzing the force information to classify an intent of the parti
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A method comprising: obtaining force information regarding a particular single touch user input to a common input area of an input device, the force information indicating pressure applied by the particular single touch user input;analyzing the force information to classify an intent of the particular single touch user input as one of two intents, the two intents comprising a key strike and a mouse click, the analyzing including defining an initial impact time duration beginning when pressure applied as the particular single touch user input rises to a start threshold amount, and ending when the pressure applied as the particular single touch user input drops to a local minimum or a stop threshold amount;classifying the intent of the particular single touch user input as a key strike in response to the particular single touch user input comprising a sharp rise in force followed by a sharp decrease in force, the sharp rise and the sharp decrease in force occurring during the initial impact time duration; andclassifying the intent of the particular single touch user input as a mouse click in response to the force information conforming to characteristics of a mouse click. 2. A method as recited in claim 1, the input device comprising multiple pressure sensors that receive the particular single touch user input, and the obtaining comprising obtaining force information from the multiple pressure sensors. 3. A method as recited in claim 1, the input device comprising an input device that is physically separate from and communicatively removable from a computing device. 4. A method as recited in claim 1, the analyzing comprising analyzing the force information to automatically classify the intent of the user in the absence of another option or button selection by the user to indicate the intent of the user. 5. A method as recited in claim 1, the classifying the intent of the particular single touch user input as a key strike comprising classifying the intent of the particular single touch user input as a key strike only if the initial impact time duration is within a particular time range. 6. A method as recited in claim 1, the analyzing including defining an additional time duration beginning when pressure applied as the particular single touch user input rises to the start threshold amount, and ending when the pressure applied as the particular single touch user input drops to an additional stop threshold amount, and identifying a maximum force applied as the particular single touch user input during the additional time duration, and the classifying the intent of the particular single touch user input as a mouse click comprising classifying the intent of the particular single touch user input as a mouse click only if the maximum force applied as the particular single touch user input during the additional time duration is applied at least a threshold amount of time after the beginning of the additional time duration. 7. A method as recited in claim 1, the pressure applied as the particular single touch user input rising to a local maximum force during the initial impact time duration, and the sharp rise in force followed by the sharp decrease in force comprising the pressure applied as the particular single touch user input rising to the local maximum force within a threshold amount of time of the beginning of the initial impact time duration, and the pressure applied as the particular single touch user input at the ending of the initial impact time duration being less than a particular percentage of the local maximum force. 8. A method implemented in a pressure sensitive keyboard input device, the method comprising: obtaining, at the pressure sensitive keyboard input device, force information regarding a particular single touch user input to the pressure sensitive keyboard input device, the force information identifying pressure applied by the particular single touch user input over time; andautomatically distinguishing, based on the force information, between two possible intents of the particular single touch user input, the two possible intents of the particular single touch user input being a key strike and a mouse click, the automatically distinguishing including: defining an initial impact time duration beginning when pressure applied as the particular single touch user input rises to a start threshold amount, and ending when the pressure applied as the particular single touch user input drops to a local minimum or a stop threshold amount, the pressure applied as the particular single touch user input rising to a local maximum force during the initial impact time duration, andclassifying the intent of the particular single touch user input as a key strike in response to both the pressure applied as the particular single touch user input rising to the local maximum within a threshold amount of time of the beginning of the initial impact time duration, and the pressure applied as the particular single touch user input at the ending of the initial impact time duration being less than a particular percentage of the local maximum force. 9. A method as recited in claim 8, the pressure sensitive keyboard input device comprising an input device that is physically separate from and communicatively removable from a computing device. 10. A method as recited in claim 8, the automatically distinguishing comprising automatically distinguishing between the two possible intents of the particular single touch user input in the absence of another option or button selection by the user to indicate the intent of the user. 11. A method as recited in claim 8, the classifying the intent of the particular single touch user input as a key strike further comprising classifying the intent of the particular single touch user input as a key strike only if the initial impact time duration is within a particular time range. 12. A method as recited in claim 8, the automatically distinguishing further including: defining an additional time duration beginning when pressure applied as the particular single touch user input rises to the start threshold amount, and ending when the pressure applied as the particular single touch user input drops to an additional stop threshold amount;identifying a maximum force applied as the particular single touch user input during the additional time duration; andclassifying the intent of the particular single touch user input as a mouse click in response to the maximum force applied as the particular single touch user input during the additional time duration being applied at least a threshold amount of time after the beginning of the additional time duration. 13. An apparatus comprising: an input device configured to obtain force information regarding a particular single touch user input to a common input area of the input device, the force information indicating pressure applied by the particular single touch user input; andone or more modules implementing operations including: analyzing the force information to classify an intent of the particular single touch user input as one of two intents, the two intents comprising a key strike and a mouse click, the analyzing including defining an initial impact time duration beginning when pressure applied as the particular single touch user input rises to a start threshold amount, and ending when the pressure applied as the particular single touch user input drops to a local minimum or a stop threshold amount,classifying the intent of the particular single touch user input as a key strike in response to the particular single touch user input comprising a sharp rise in force followed by a sharp decrease in force, the sharp rise and the sharp decrease in force occurring during the initial impact time duration, andclassifying the intent of the particular single touch user input as a mouse click in response to the force information conforming to characteristics of a mouse click. 14. An apparatus as recited in claim 13, the pressure applied as the particular single touch user input rising to a local maximum force during the initial impact time duration, and the sharp rise in force followed by the sharp decrease in force comprising the pressure applied as the particular single touch user input rising to the local maximum force within a threshold amount of time of the beginning of the initial impact time duration, and the pressure applied as the particular single touch user input at the ending of the initial impact time duration being less than a particular percentage of the local maximum force. 15. An apparatus as recited in claim 14, the particular percentage of the local maximum force varying based on whether the local maximum force occurred within an additional threshold amount of time of the beginning of the initial impact time duration. 16. An apparatus as recited in claim 13, the input device comprising multiple pressure sensors that receive the particular single touch user input and that are configured to obtain the force information. 17. An apparatus as recited in claim 13, the input device comprising an input device that is physically separate from and communicatively removable from a computing device. 18. An apparatus as recited in claim 13, the analyzing comprising analyzing the force information to automatically classify the intent of the user in the absence of another option or button selection by the user to indicate the intent of the user. 19. An apparatus as recited in claim 13, the classifying the intent of the particular single touch user input as a key strike comprising classifying the intent of the particular single touch user input as a key strike only if the initial impact time duration is within a particular time range. 20. An apparatus as recited in claim 13, the analyzing including defining an additional time duration beginning when pressure applied as the particular single touch user input rises to the start threshold amount, and ending when the pressure applied as the particular single touch user input drops to an additional stop threshold amount, and identifying a maximum force applied as the particular single touch user input during the additional time duration, and the classifying the intent of the particular single touch user input as a mouse click comprising classifying the intent of the particular single touch user input as a mouse click only if the maximum force applied as the particular single touch user input during the additional time duration is applied at least a threshold amount of time after the beginning of the additional time duration.
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