KITTY/ The Future of Mobile Touch-Typing

1. THE KITTY PROJECT Keyboard-Independent Touch-Typing KITTY A revolutionary finger-mounted keyboard for wearable computers, pocket PC’s and PDA’s alike. KITTY is the ultra-portablesolution you’ve been waiting for. Wherever you are, whatever you do, use your touch-typing skills with confidence and accuracy. CONTACT: KITTYTECH.COM KITTY/ The Future of Mobile Touch-Typing

2. THE KITTY PROJECT Keyboard-Independent Touch-Typing Introductory Note In this spirit, the following introduction is to be considered confidental and to be kept secret among the parties involved. We hope the following presentation will serve to facilitate/establish a collaboration/business relationship with respect to the development of the KITTY data-entry system. The information provided within the subsequent slides is not generally known by competitors. KITTY/ The Future of Mobile Touch-Typing

3. THE KITTY PROJECT Keyboard-Independent Touch-Typing Keyboard-Independent Touch-Typing (KITTY) Method and Device*) by Carsten Mehring Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering University of California, Irvine Objective: To provide an ultra-portable “silent” data-input device for wearable computing systems promising wide consumer acceptance due to zero learning curve for those well-versed in touch-typing. *) KITTY Technology is protected by US and International Patent Rights KITTY/ The Future of Mobile Touch-Typing

4. THE KITTY PROJECT Keyboard-Independent Touch-Typing Outline Review and outlook on wearable computing systems Existing mobile data-entry systems and disadvantages Existing mobile data-entry systems based on touch-typing KITTY Features and Advantages KITTY Design Concepts KITTY Key-Mapping based on touch-typing KITTY Applications KITTY in Academic Research KITTY in the Media Opportunities with KITTY KITTY/ The Future of Mobile Touch-Typing

5. THE KITTY PROJECT Keyboard-Independent Touch-Typing Components of a Wearable Computing Device Heads-Up Display Data-Entry Device Computing Unit (incl. Power Supply) MIT Media Lab, Wearable Computing PomaTM by Xybernaut, Listprice: $ 1,499 KITTY/ The Future of Mobile Touch-Typing

6. THE KITTY PROJECT Keyboard-Independent Touch-Typing The Future of Wearable Computing Today “Tomorrow” Gartner IT Consulting:”One of the Four Biggest Biz-Tech Trends of The Coming Decade” By 2007, more than 60 percent of the U.S. population age 15 to 50 will carry or wear a wireless computing and communications device at least six hours a day. "Widespread adoption of wireless, wearable computing will provide constantly connected employees and consumers with access to communities, information, and other services as they go about their business in the real world”, said Fenn. "The prevalence of 'wearables' will lead to commerce and service opportunities as significant as those resulting from the wired Web.“ And by 2009, 70 percent of the U.S. population will have these devices implanted and carry them around always (and use inductive rechargers built into beds and chairs). Now, that would be a prediction, but the actual Gartner guess is hardly much of a look into the future. I thought we were pretty much already at their predicted numbers. Bell Canada using Xybernauts MA V US Army “Land Worrier” project for network-enabled infantry. D. Coursey ZDNET Anchor Desk

7. THE KITTY PROJECT Keyboard-Independent Touch-Typing The Future of Wearable Computing “By 2007, more than 60 percent of the U.S. population age 15 to 50 will carry or wear a wireless computing and communications device at least six hours a day.” Gartner IT Consulting KITTY/ The Future of Mobile Touch-Typing

8. THE KITTY PROJECT Keyboard-Independent Touch-Typing Existing Portable Data-Entry Systems Systems based on “Touch-Typing”: DISADVANTAGES Not An Ultra-Portable Input Device. Solid Finite Size Material Surface Required.  “No Walking and Typing”. Foldable or Flexible Keyboards. Intrusive, Limitation in Hand and Arm Movement while in Operation. Wrist-Mounted Mini-Keyboards or Half-Keyboards. KITTY/ The Future of Mobile Touch-Typing

9. THE KITTY PROJECT Keyboard-Independent Touch-Typing Existing Portable Data-Entry Systems • Accuracy Systems based on Speech Recognition: • Privacy Conerns • Software Intensive • Problematic for People with • Speech Impairment Systems based on Chording: • Chording Layout To be Memorized (Flat Learning Curve) • Intrusive Limitation in Finger- and/or Hand Movement • Bulky, No Lifting or other • Tasks involving Hand-Usage • while in Operation. • Poor Ergonomic Layout •  Health Concerns Twiddler II by HandKey Corp. KITTY/ The Future of Mobile Touch-Typing

10. THE KITTY PROJECT Keyboard-Independent Touch-Typing Existing Hand-Mounted Data-Entry Systems Existing Systems based on “Touch-Typing”: DISADVANTAGES “Air-Typing”, i.e. Typing without Material Plane Of Reference Difficult.  “No Walking and Typing” (VK). Limited Accuracy due to Continuous Signal Processing and Requirement of Keeping Reference Position (VK, Lightglove, Scurry and others). Virtual Keyboard by Sensebord (based on finger-flexure measurement) Scurry by Samsung (based on measure-ment of finger movement ) Continuous Signal Detection and Evaluation Requires Extensive Processing Software (VK, Lightglove, Scurry and others). Lightglove by B. Howard(based on penetration of optical reflectance matrix) KITTY/ The Future of Mobile Touch-Typing

11. THE KITTY PROJECT Keyboard-Independent Touch-Typing Existing Hand-Mounted Data-Entry Systems Existing Systems based on “Touch-Typing”: DISADVANTAGES / CONT. Device Calibration Required Due to Varying Ambient Conditions (Lightglove) or User- Specific Hand Posture and Hand Movement (VK, Scurry and others). Virtual Keyboard by Sensebord (based on finger-flexure measurement) Scurry by Samsung (based on measure-ment of finger movement ) Limitation in Finger- and Hand Movement without Data Entry while in Operation (VK, Lightglove, Scurry and others). Lightglove by B. Howard(based on penetration of optical reflectance matrix) KITTY/ The Future of Mobile Touch-Typing

12. THE KITTY PROJECT Keyboard-Independent Touch-Typing Existing Hand-Mounted Data-Entry Systems Systems based on “Chording”: DISADVANTAGES (Look similar to KITTY) (see Chording Devices) Chording Layout To be Memorized (Flat Learning Curve) Poor Ergonomic Layout  Health Concerns KeyGlove by R. Paul McCarty (Rochester Univ.) Contacting two (or more) Finger and/or Thumb Contacts generates alphanumeric and special characters of a standard keyboard. KITTY/ The Future of Mobile Touch-Typing

13. THE KITTY PROJECT Keyboard-Independent Touch-Typing KITTY Design Concepts (4) ”Slide-on” system using ring-shaped structural elements (incl. application device). (3) Spiraling, printed-electric-circuit wires (2) “Click-on” system using flexible skeletal structure. (1) Glove based system Proto-Type Glove (using two gloves for alphabetic character input only) for “proof-of-concept”. “Click-On” Design (two-handed, with contacts to represent a full 101 keyboard). Advanced Design using Printed Electric Circuit Wires (shown above: Wire-frame Model) KITTY/ The Future of Mobile Touch-Typing

14. THE KITTY PROJECT Keyboard-Independent Touch-Typing “Key-Mapping” Onto The Users Hands The three lettered rows of a keyboard are represented by 3 contacts on the outer segment of the inner thumb of each hand. According to touch-typing each index finger is used to type 6 different letters, accordingly 3 additional contacts are located on the outer side of each thumb. Contacting on of the 8 Finger-Contacts located on the tip of each finger with one of the Thumb-Contacts will generate the same letter as obtained on a keyboard by employing touch-typing with the same finger on the keyboard row which corresponds to the selected Thumb-Contact. “Thumb Typing” using Thumb-Contacts A and D and additional Side-Finger Contacts generates special characters and other commands such as “Shift” etc. KITTY/ The Future of Mobile Touch-Typing

15. THE KITTY PROJECT Keyboard-Independent Touch-Typing “Key-Mapping” Onto The Users Hands Numeric data input is generated by contacting Thumb-Contacts A and D with supplemental Finger-Contacts 9-18 located on-top or close to the fingernails of each finger. KITTY/ The Future of Mobile Touch-Typing

16. THE KITTY PROJECT Keyboard-Independent Touch-Typing Keyboard Independent Touch-Typing (KITTY) System KITTY/ The Future of Mobile Touch-Typing

17. THE KITTY PROJECT Keyboard-Independent Touch-Typing Left-Hand Fingering According to Keyboard Layout q w e r t q w e r t a s d f g a s d f g c v b x c v b Interactive demo at www.kittytech.com KITTY/ The Future of Mobile Touch-Typing

18. THE KITTY PROJECT Keyboard-Independent Touch-Typing Right-Hand Fingering According to Keyboard Layout y u i o p y u i o p h j k l z h j k l z n m n m interactive demo at www.kittytech.com KITTY/ The Future of Mobile Touch-Typing

19. THE KITTY PROJECT Keyboard-Independent Touch-Typing Applications (Right click in Box and Select Play Movie) - - Mobile computing - Robotic-control device (intermediate-level control) - Virtual reality applications (intermediate-level control) - Communication device for speech impaired (KITTY+ Speech- synthesizer) - SMS-messaging phone application (Phone-Watch, SMS-Watch)     - Multi-function control device     - Educational toy or techno gadget KITTY/ The Future of Mobile Touch-Typing

20. THE KITTY PROJECT Keyboard-Independent Touch-Typing Glove-Based Wired Prototype presented at ISWC 2002 in Seattle, USA Wearable KITTY prototype using flexible membrane keyboard. (Only contacts for alphanumeric data input are featured.) KITTY/ The Future of Mobile Touch-Typing

21. THE KITTY PROJECT Keyboard-Independent Touch-Typing Interested Academic Parties ARS Electronica FutureLab, Austria (R&D Wearable Computers, Horst Hoertner, Senior Executive Developer) UC Irvine, USA (R&D Virtual Reality, Prof. Falko Kuester) University of Bremen, Germany (R&D Wearable Computers, WearLab) Cornell University (Development of Wearable Computing System) University of Rostock, Germany (Dept. of Computer Science, Prof. Clemens H. Cap) Cal-IT2 California Institute of Telecommunications (R&D Mobile Technology) KITTY/ The Future of Mobile Touch-Typing

22. THE KITTY PROJECT Keyboard-Independent Touch-Typing KITTY at ISWC 2002, Seattle, USA KITTY presentation during the Wearable Computer Fashion Show Courtnee with KITTY and Xybernaut Poma HMD KITTY/ The Future of Mobile Touch-Typing

23. THE KITTY PROJECT Keyboard-Independent Touch-Typing Selected Press Releases (printed) Business & Technology" (Vol.2, Issue 3, P.12) MIT Technology Review" magazine (July/August 2002 Issue, P.16) Nikkei Marketing Journal" (July 27 2002, P.1) C't Magazin (August 12, 2002) Die Computer Zeitung TeleCran Magazin (use mouse-click to display) Kiplinger (Business Forecasts) Newsletter Bild der Wissenschaft Kijk Magazin Technical Magazine of the ASEE (Swiss Assoc. of Electrotechn. Engineers) Prism, Magazine of the ASEE (American Society of Eng. Education) KITTY/ The Future of Mobile Touch-Typing

24. THE KITTY PROJECT Keyboard-Independent Touch-Typing Press Releases (printed) / Continued PM (Peter Mosleitner) Technology Magazine Hi!Tech Magazine (Siemens Austria) Gizmo (Australian Gadget Magazine) NetScope (Parisien Tech Magazine, Cover) (use mouse-click to display) C’t Magazine, 2nd article (upcoming) Illustrierte Wissenschaft / Danish Science Monthly (upcoming) KITTY/ The Future of Mobile Touch-Typing

25. THE KITTY PROJECT Keyboard-Independent Touch-Typing KITTY on the Air (Right click in box and select Play) CNN, Headline News (USA) KITTY/ The Future of Mobile Touch-Typing

26. THE KITTY PROJECT Keyboard-Independent Touch-Typing KITTY on the Air (Right Click in Box and Select Play) n-TV, Tiscali NetNews (Germany) KITTY/ The Future of Mobile Touch-Typing

27. THE KITTY PROJECT Keyboard-Independent Touch-Typing KITTY on the Air (Right Click in Box and Select Play) Pro7, “Welt der Wunder” (Germany) KITTY/ The Future of Mobile Touch-Typing

28. THE KITTY PROJECT Keyboard-Independent Touch-Typing KITTY on the Air TechTV, “The Screensavers” (USA), June 2003 (Right click on pictures and select Play) Not shown: • Pro7, “Galileo” (Germany) • TechTV, “TechLive” (USA) KITTY/ The Future of Mobile Touch-Typing

29. THE KITTY PROJECT Keyboard-Independent Touch-Typing KITTY on the Web • KITTY’s presence on the Web has resulted in countless interactions with end-users. • KITTY is referenced on numerous popular websites for Advanced Wearable and Mobile Computing technology. KITTY/ The Future of Mobile Touch-Typing

30. THE KITTY PROJECT Keyboard-Independent Touch-Typing Award Winning Concept KITTY has been awarded the very reputable Arthur-Fisher Erfinderpreis for Innovation 2003 in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The Virtual-Reality Group in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of California Irvine will finish the development of the first wireless and compact KITTY prototype by the end of this summer. A review of KITTY is planed to appear in the very popular German Computer/Computing Magzine Ct’. Other appearances of KITTY include a Swedish Technology magazine. KITTY/ The Future of Mobile Touch-Typing

31. THE KITTY PROJECT Keyboard-Independent Touch-Typing Opportunities (1) Patent Assignment Patent for Sale. High growth rates in the mobile computing sector, including but not limited to the development of wearable full-blown computing systems warrant the success of the KITTY system. KITTY is the only data-entry system to date which meets all the requirements the users of mobile computing/communication systems demand. (2) Licensing KITTY is currently in negotiations with licensees for the development, manufacturing and worldwide distribution rights. Nothing has been signed to date and new bids are still being considered. KITTY SCURRY KITTY/ The Future of Mobile Touch-Typing