CN108958504B

CN108958504B - Candidate word screen-on method and device and candidate word screen-on device

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Publication number: CN108958504B
Application number: CN201710385032.1A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 马尔胡甫·曼苏尔; 张扬
Original assignee: Beijing Sogou Technology Development Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Sogou Technology Development Co Ltd
Priority date: 2017-05-26
Filing date: 2017-05-26
Publication date: 2022-07-19
Anticipated expiration: 2037-05-26
Also published as: CN108958504A

Abstract

The application provides a candidate word screen-on method and device and a candidate word screen-on device, wherein the candidate word screen-on method is applied to a terminal provided with a touch input device, a touch area of the touch input device is divided into a plurality of touch sub-areas according to a preset mode, and the touch sub-areas and a plurality of candidate words to be screened have corresponding relations; the method comprises the following steps: acquiring a candidate word set corresponding to the user behavior; displaying the candidate word set according to the priority of each candidate word in the candidate word set; and responding to the touch operation of any touch sub-area, and displaying the candidate words corresponding to the touch sub-area on a screen. By adopting the embodiment of the application, the input speed of the user can be improved, and the input experience of the user is improved.

Description

Candidate word screen-on method and device and candidate word screen-on device

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of input methods, and in particular, to a method and an apparatus for displaying candidate words on a screen.

Background

With the rapid development of internet technology, users have more and more opportunities to communicate with internet devices, and therefore, there are more and more input requirements for input methods. However, when the current input method is used, if a user inputs a string of character strings, a plurality of candidate words are generally given, for a preferred candidate word, a space bar can be directly used for screen display, and for a non-preferred candidate word, a numeric key or mouse click mode and the like can be usually used for screen display.

Disclosure of Invention

However, in the research process, the inventor finds that when a user directly clicks a non-preferred candidate word by using a numeric key or a mouse to perform a screen-up operation, the user needs to leave an input area of an english character string, such as an english keyboard, to search for the numeric key or move the mouse to perform a click operation on a certain candidate word, which inevitably greatly reduces the speed of the user when inputting the character string, is inconvenient for the user, and is not good enough in use experience.

Based on this, the application provides a screen-on scheme of the candidate words, for a terminal provided with a touch input device, a touch area is pre-divided into touch sub-areas corresponding to the non-preferred candidate words, and a user can screen on the candidate words by directly touching the touch area corresponding to the candidate words.

The embodiment of the application also provides a screen display device of the candidate words, a screen display device for the candidate words and a computer readable medium, which are used for ensuring the realization and the application of the method in practice.

The embodiment of the application also provides a candidate word screen-on method, which is applied to a terminal provided with a touch input device, wherein a touch area of the touch input device is divided into a plurality of touch sub-areas according to a preset mode, and the touch sub-areas and a plurality of candidate words to be screen-on have corresponding relations; the method comprises the following steps:

acquiring a candidate word set corresponding to the user behavior;

displaying the candidate word set according to the priority of each candidate word in the candidate word set;

and responding to the touch operation of any touch sub-area, and displaying the candidate words corresponding to the touch sub-area on a screen.

Wherein the set of candidate words comprises: the method comprises the following steps that a first candidate word and a non-first candidate word with the highest priority are selected, and the corresponding relation between the touch subarea and the candidate words is a default corresponding relation, and the method further comprises the following steps:

dividing the touch area into touch sub-areas with the same number and size according to the number of the non-preferred candidate words to be displayed on the screen;

and sequentially setting each non-preferred candidate word to correspond to each touch subarea from left to right and from top to bottom according to the priority of the non-preferred candidate words from high to low, and storing the setting as the default corresponding relation.

Wherein the set of candidate words comprises: the method further comprises the steps that a first candidate word and a non-first candidate word with the highest priority are selected, and the corresponding relation between the touch subarea and the candidate words is a customized corresponding relation, and the method further comprises the following steps:

responding to the first use of an input method application installed on the terminal, and providing a candidate relation display frame for displaying, wherein the candidate relation display frame is used for displaying a plurality of corresponding relations between the touch sub-area and the candidate words;

in response to selecting any one of the correspondences, saving the selected correspondence as a customized correspondence.

Wherein, responding to the touch operation of any touch sub-area, and displaying the candidate word corresponding to the touch sub-area on a screen comprises:

responding to touch operation generated on the touch area, and determining a current sub-area where the touch operation is positioned; and displaying a non-preferred candidate word corresponding to the current sub-area on a screen.

Wherein, responding to the touch operation of any touch sub-area, the method for displaying the candidate word corresponding to the touch sub-area further comprises the following steps:

and responding to the touch operation of a touch sub-area corresponding to the preferred candidate word or the click operation of a blank key, and displaying the preferred candidate word on a screen.

Wherein the set of candidate words comprises: the displaying the candidate word set according to the preset display order of each candidate word in the candidate word set may include:

acquiring a first display window, wherein the first display window comprises a first display area and a second display area; the second display area is the same as the touch area in shape, the second display area is divided into a plurality of display sub-areas according to the preset dividing mode, and the number of the display sub-areas is the same as that of the touch sub-areas;

and displaying the preferred candidate words in the first display area, and correspondingly displaying the non-preferred candidate words in the plurality of display sub-areas.

The displaying the candidate word set according to the preset display order of the candidate words in the candidate word set may include:

and horizontally displaying each candidate word in the candidate word set in a preset second display window according to the sequence of the priority of each candidate word in the candidate word set from high to low.

The screen-loading device for the candidate words is integrated on a terminal provided with a touch input device, a touch area of the touch input device is divided into a plurality of touch sub-areas according to a preset mode, and the touch sub-areas and the candidate words to be screened have corresponding relations; the screen loading device comprises:

The acquisition unit is used for acquiring a candidate word set corresponding to the user behavior;

the display unit is used for displaying the candidate word set according to the priority of each candidate word in the candidate word set;

and the screen-on unit is used for responding to the touch operation of any touch subarea and screen-on the candidate words corresponding to the touch subarea.

Wherein the set of candidate words comprises: the device may further include:

the touch area is divided into touch subareas with the same number and touch areas according to the number of the non-preferred candidate words to be displayed on the screen; and the setting unit is used for sequentially setting each non-preferred candidate word to correspond to each touch subarea from left to right and from top to bottom according to the priority of the non-preferred candidate words from high to low, and storing the setting as the default corresponding relation.

Wherein the set of candidate words comprises: the first candidate word and the non-first candidate word with the highest priority, where a correspondence between the touch sub-area and the candidate words is a customized correspondence, the screen-up device may further include:

A relation display unit, configured to provide, for display, a candidate relation display frame in response to a first use of a text input application installed on the terminal, the candidate relation display frame being used to display a plurality of correspondence relations between the touch sub-area and the candidate words; and a storing unit configured to store the selected correspondence as a customized correspondence in response to selection of any one of the correspondences.

Wherein the screen-up unit may include:

the determining subunit is used for responding to the touch operation generated on the touch area and determining the current sub-area where the touch operation is positioned; and the first screen-on subunit is used for screen-on of the non-preferred candidate word corresponding to the current sub-area.

Wherein, the screen-up unit may further include:

and the second screen-loading subunit is used for responding to the touch operation of the touch subarea corresponding to the first-choice candidate word or the click operation of the blank keys and loading the first-choice candidate word on the screen.

Wherein the set of candidate words comprises: the first candidate word and the non-first candidate word having the highest priority may include:

the display device comprises an acquisition subunit, a display unit and a display unit, wherein the acquisition subunit is used for acquiring a first display window, and the first display window comprises a first display area and a second display area; the second display area is the same as the touch area in shape, the second display area is divided into a plurality of display sub-areas according to the preset dividing mode, and the number of the display sub-areas is the same as that of the touch sub-areas; and the display subunit is used for displaying the preferred candidate words in the first display area and correspondingly displaying the non-preferred candidate words in the plurality of display sub-areas.

Wherein the display unit may be configured to: and transversely displaying each candidate word in the candidate word set in a preset second display window according to the sequence of the priority of each candidate word in the candidate word set from high to low.

The embodiment of the present application further provides an on-screen device for candidate words, which includes a memory and one or more programs, where the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, and the one or more programs include instructions for:

acquiring a candidate word set corresponding to the user behavior;

and responding to the touch operation of any touch sub-area, and displaying the candidate word corresponding to the touch sub-area on a screen.

Embodiments of the present application also provide a computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause an apparatus to perform the aforementioned method for on-screen of a candidate word.

In the embodiment of the application, the touch areas of the touch input devices such as the touch pad and the like are divided according to the preset dividing mode, the divided touch sub-areas can correspond to the non-preferred candidate words, so that a user can touch the touch sub-area corresponding to a certain non-preferred candidate word to screen the non-preferred candidate word, the user does not need to select the non-preferred candidate word by a numeric key or a mouse click, the input speed and the input efficiency of the user are improved, and the experience of the user in using an input method is also improved. Furthermore, when each candidate word is displayed, each candidate word can be displayed in the display sub-area with the same shape as the touch sub-area, so that the position of the touch sub-area corresponding to the candidate word in the touch area is prompted through the display mode of each candidate word, and the input of a user is facilitated.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments are briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings based on these drawings without inventive labor.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an input device 10 of a notebook computer in practical use according to an exemplary embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2a and 2b are exemplary schematic diagrams of a division manner of the touch sub-area of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a flow chart of an exemplary embodiment of a method for on-screen of a candidate word of the present application;

FIGS. 4a and 4b are schematic diagrams of exemplary interfaces of a candidate word display area in the present application;

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of an embodiment of a device for displaying candidate words on a screen;

FIG. 6 is a block diagram of an on-screen device 800 for candidate words shown in the present application according to an example embodiment;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a server in the embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present application, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.

The application is operational with numerous general purpose or special purpose computing device environments or configurations. For example: personal computers, server computers, hand-held or portable devices, tablet-type devices, multi-processor apparatus, distributed computing environments that include any of the above devices or equipment, and the like.

The application may be described in the general context of computer-executable instructions, such as program modules, being executed by a computer. Generally, program modules include routines, programs, objects, components, data structures, etc. that perform particular tasks or implement particular abstract data types. The application may also be practiced in distributed computing environments where tasks are performed by remote processing devices that are linked through a communications network. In a distributed computing environment, program modules may be located in both local and remote computer storage media including memory storage devices.

The embodiments of the present application can be applied to a terminal (e.g., a notebook computer, etc.) provided with a touch input device (e.g., a touch panel, etc.), and the notebook computer is generally divided into a liquid crystal display and an input device (e.g., a keyboard). Referring to fig. 1, which is a schematic diagram of an input device 10 of a notebook computer in practical application of an exemplary embodiment of the present application, the input device 10 may further include a touch panel 101 (taking a touch input device as an example of a touch panel), and a physical keyboard area 102. The touch area on the touch panel 101 may have any regular shape, and is illustrated by a square in fig. 1.

In this embodiment of the present application, the touch area on the touch pad 101 may be divided into a plurality of touch sub-areas according to a preset manner, and the touch sub-areas and a plurality of candidate words to be displayed on the screen have a correspondence relationship. Generally, in the input method, when a user inputs a character string, N candidate words are presented to the user, and the user can select any one of the candidate words to be displayed on a screen. The value of N may be a positive integer. For the N candidate words, the first candidate word can be displayed on a screen by adopting a space key; for other N-1 non-preferred candidate words, in order to quickly screen the candidate words, the touch area can be divided into N-1 touch sub-areas, and the areas of the N-1 touch sub-areas can be the same, i.e. the touch sub-areas are in one-to-one correspondence with the non-preferred candidate words.

Taking 5 candidate words as an example, the space bar may still be used for the first candidate word to be displayed on the screen. If there are 4 non-preferred candidate words, the touch area may be divided into four touch sub-areas with equal areas. Referring to a diagram a or b in fig. 2, the touch area is divided into: exemplary interface diagrams of four touch sub-areas of upper left, upper right, lower left and lower right, the areas of the four touch sub-areas are the same in the diagrams a or b of fig. 2. Of course, the value of N may be not only 5 but also 3, 7, etc.

After the touch area is divided according to a preset mode that the touch sub-areas are equal in size, a corresponding relation can be set between the divided touch sub-areas and the non-preferred candidate words. In the embodiment of the application, the number of the touch sub-regions and the number of the non-preferred candidate words can be set to be the same, and any touch sub-region only needs to correspond to one non-preferred candidate word. Certainly, corresponding touch sub-regions may be set only for a part of the non-preferred candidate words, for example, there are 4 non-preferred candidate words, and there are two touch sub-regions, which correspond to the three-choice candidate words and the four-choice candidate words in the non-preferred candidate words respectively; or the two touch sub-areas may respectively correspond to a four-choice candidate word and a five-choice candidate word in the non-preferred candidate words; alternatively, referring to the reading habit of the user, which is generally a browsing sequence from left to right and from top to bottom, the two touch sub-areas may be respectively corresponding to the first two non-preferred candidate words, i.e. the two-choice candidate word and the four-choice candidate word, and so on. The corresponding relation between any touch sub-area and the non-preferred candidate word can be stored as a default corresponding relation after setting.

Taking the number between the touch sub-areas and the non-preferred candidate words as an example of 4, the non-preferred candidate words may be sequentially set to correspond to the touch sub-areas from left to right and from top to bottom according to the order of priority, and the setting is stored as the default correspondence. For example, assuming that the sequence number of the preferred candidate word is 1, and the sequence numbers of the non-preferred candidate words are 2, 3, 4, and 5, respectively, a two-choice candidate word with the sequence number of 2 may be set to have a correspondence relationship with the touch sub-area located at the upper left of fig. 2a, a three-choice candidate word with the sequence number of 3 may be set to have a correspondence relationship with the touch sub-area located at the upper right of fig. 2a, a four-choice candidate word with the sequence number of 4 may be set to have a correspondence relationship with the touch sub-area located at the lower left of fig. 2a, and a five-choice candidate word with the sequence number of 5 may be set to have a correspondence relationship with the touch sub-area located at the lower right of fig. 2 a. Because the corresponding relation is more in line with the use habits of most users, the actual use requirements of the users can be better met by setting the corresponding relation as the default corresponding relation.

Of course, in practical application, some users have their own specific use habits, and so on, and therefore, in the embodiment of the present application, various corresponding relationships may be provided for the users to select. After a user installs a text input application (e.g., an input method) on the terminal, a candidate relationship display box may be provided to display a plurality of correspondence relationships between the touch sub-region and non-preferred candidate words when the input method is first used. For example, a first corresponding relationship is that non-preferred candidate words with

sequence numbers

2, 3, 4, and 5 are respectively associated with the upper right touch sub-area, the lower left touch sub-area, and the corresponding relationship can be referred to as fig. 2 b; the second correspondence is that the non-preferred candidate words with

sequence numbers

2, 3, 4, and 5 respectively correspond to the touch sub-areas on the lower right, lower left, upper left, and upper right, and so on. Of course, in the case that the number of the non-preferred candidate words is different, the number of the touch sub-regions is also different correspondingly, but the sizes of the touch sub-regions should be consistent.

Then, after the candidate relationship display frame shows various possible corresponding relationships, the user can confirm any one of the ways suitable for the user in the candidate relationship display frame, and after the user selects any one of the corresponding relationships, the corresponding relationship selected by the user is stored as the customized corresponding relationship of the user. In the embodiment of the application, if the user selects the customized correspondence belonging to the user when using the input method application for the first time, the non-preferred candidate words corresponding to the touch sub-areas on the screen of the user can be provided according to the customized correspondence selected by the user. When the user uses the input method application for the first time, if the user does not customize the corresponding relationship of the user, the user can use the default corresponding relationship to determine the non-preferred candidate word corresponding to the touch sub-area. It is to be understood that after the default correspondence or the customized correspondence is determined, the non-preferred candidate word corresponding to the touch sub-area may be determined by using the correspondence all the time, and certainly, the default correspondence may be updated to the customized correspondence when the user needs the non-preferred candidate word, or the customized correspondence may be changed to the default correspondence, and so on.

Referring to fig. 3, a flowchart of an embodiment of a method for displaying a candidate word in the present application is shown, where the embodiment may include the following steps:

step 301: and acquiring a candidate word set corresponding to the user behavior.

In this embodiment, the user behavior may be a behavior that the user installs an input method application on the terminal and triggers for the input method application. For example, if the user invokes the input method on the terminal, a preset candidate word set can be provided for the user; or, a user inputs a series of character strings through input equipment such as a keyboard and the like to obtain a candidate word set corresponding to the character strings; alternatively, the user enters the content, obtains other associated words related to the content as a candidate word set, and so on.

For example, if a character string input by a user is "haishi", 3 candidate words "still, maritime affairs, and sea lions" corresponding to the character string may be obtained, or 5 candidate words "still, maritime affairs, sea lions, haih hours, and seaman" may also be obtained. The priorities of the candidate words in the candidate word set are different, where, for example, the character string "haishi" is still used, and "or" is the highest priority, so that the candidate word that appears first in the candidate word set is also called a preferred candidate word, and the sequence number of the preferred candidate word may be set to 1; the other candidate words are non-preferred candidate words, and are set with sequence numbers according to different priorities, for example, the sequence number of "maritime affairs" is 2, the sequence number of "sea lion" is 3, the sequence number of "hai shi" is 4, and the sequence number of "hai shi" is 5.

Of course, it may be understood that the priority of each candidate word may have multiple confirmation modes, and in the case that a user inputs a string of character strings for the first time, the obtained candidate words may have a preset priority for the application of the input method, and in the case that the user does not input a string of character strings for the first time, the priority of the candidate word that the user has last displayed on the screen of the character string may be set to be the highest, that is, the candidate word that has last displayed on the screen is used as the preferred candidate word of this time. Of course, the determination manner of setting the priority according to actual requirements by those skilled in the art is not limited in the embodiment of the present application.

Step 302: and displaying the candidate word set according to the priority of each candidate word in the candidate word set.

After the candidate word set is obtained, the candidate word set includes a preferred candidate word with the highest priority and other non-preferred candidate words, and thus, when each candidate word in the candidate word set is displayed, multiple display modes can be provided.

In the first exemplary display manner, the step 302 may specifically include steps a1 to a 2:

step A1: and acquiring a first display window, wherein the first display window comprises a first display area and a second display area, the second display area is the same as the touch area in shape, the second display area is divided into a plurality of display sub-areas according to the preset mode, and the number of the display sub-areas is the same as that of the touch sub-areas.

In this display mode, the candidate words may be displayed in the first display window in accordance with the shape of the touch area on the terminal. The first display window is used for displaying each candidate word in the candidate word set. The first display window is divided into two areas specifically, the two areas comprise a first display area and a second display area, the first display area is used for displaying the first-choice candidate words, and the second display area is used for displaying the non-first-choice candidate words.

Wherein the shape of the second display area may be the same or proportional to the shape of the touch area, e.g. two rectangles with the same ratio of length to width, or two squares of different sizes, etc. And the second display area is also divided into a plurality of display sub-areas in the same way as the preset way of each touch sub-area, and the number of the display sub-areas is the same as that of the touch sub-areas. It is to be understood that the shapes of the display sub-regions may be regular or irregular as long as the display sub-regions correspond to the touch sub-regions, respectively, and the sizes or dimensions of the display sub-regions may be set by those skilled in the art. In this embodiment, the display sub-area is also divided according to the division manner of the touch sub-area, and the corresponding non-preferred candidate words are displayed, so that the touch sub-area to which each non-preferred candidate word corresponds is visually displayed to the user, so that the user can quickly touch the corresponding touch sub-area to display the corresponding non-preferred candidate word on the screen. For example, referring to fig. 4a, the first display area 403 displays the first candidate word with sequence number 1, and the display areas of the other four non-first candidate words with

sequence numbers

2, 3, 4, and 5 are the second display areas. In fig. 4a, the second display area is also divided into four display sub-areas, wherein the sizes of the four display sub-areas are also the same, and each non-preferred candidate word is correspondingly displayed on each display sub-area. Of course, the contents of fig. 4a are exemplary and should not be construed as limiting the present application.

Step A2: and displaying the preferred candidate words in the first display area, and correspondingly displaying the non-preferred candidate words in the plurality of display sub-areas.

Then, the preferred candidate word may be displayed in the first display area, and each non-preferred candidate word that is displayed on the screen by using the touch sub-area may be displayed in the display sub-area divided by the second display area. Specifically, for example, when a user sees a non-preferred candidate word, the user can determine which touch sub-region the user should touch to display the non-preferred candidate word, so that the non-preferred candidate words can be displayed in the display sub-regions according to the sequence corresponding to the touch sub-regions.

It can be seen that in this embodiment, a non-preferred candidate word is displayed in which display sub-area, in relation to which touch sub-area at which position the respective non-preferred candidate word corresponds. For example, if the correspondence between the non-preferred candidate word and the touch sub-area is a default correspondence, when the four display sub-areas respectively display the four non-preferred candidate words, the correspondence may be as follows: the non-preferred candidate word with sequence number 2 is displayed in the upper left display sub-area, the non-preferred candidate word with sequence number 3 is displayed in the upper right display sub-area, the non-preferred candidate word with sequence number 4 is displayed in the lower right display sub-area, and the non-preferred candidate word with sequence number 5 is displayed in the lower left display sub-area. Assuming that the user wants to select two candidate words with the screen sequence number 2, the two candidate words are displayed in the upper left display sub-area, and the user can touch the upper left touch sub-area to select the two candidate words.

That is, the user may touch the touch sub-region at the same position (left upper, right lower or left lower) according to the position (left upper, right lower or left lower) of the display sub-region, so as to screen the non-preferred candidate word corresponding to the touch sub-region at the position.

In a second exemplary display manner, step 302 may specifically include: and horizontally displaying each candidate word in the candidate word set in a preset second display window according to the sequence of the priority of each candidate word in the candidate word set from high to low.

In this display mode, as shown in fig. 4b, in a character string display area 401, each character string input by the user is displayed, and in a candidate word display area 402, 5 candidate words in the candidate word set are displayed. Wherein, the sequence numbers respectively represent the priority levels of the candidate words. Of course, the number and content of the candidate words in fig. 4b are exemplary illustrations, and should not be construed as limitations of the present application.

Step 303: and responding to the touch operation on any touch sub-area, and displaying the candidate words corresponding to the touch sub-area on a screen.

In this step, after each candidate word in the candidate word set is displayed, the user may touch the touch pad at the corresponding position, that is, the corresponding candidate word may be displayed on the screen.

In one embodiment, the step 303 may specifically include steps B1 to B2:

step B1: and responding to a touch operation generated on the touch area by a user, and determining a current sub-area in which the touch operation is positioned.

After each candidate word in the candidate word set is displayed, if the candidate word set displayed for the first time includes a single word or a vocabulary and the like which the user wishes to input, the user can select a touch area corresponding to the desired candidate word according to a default corresponding relationship or a customized corresponding relationship selected by the user, so as to trigger the screen-on of the candidate word. If the first displayed candidate word set does not include the single word or vocabulary and the like which the user wishes to input, the user can turn the page to display each candidate word in the next candidate word set until the user can select the single word or vocabulary which the user wishes to input. Still taking 5 candidate words as an example, after the page is turned, 5 candidate words are still displayed, the first candidate word with the sequence number 1 is the first-choice candidate word, the second candidate word with the sequence number 2 is the second-choice candidate word, and so on, and the fifth candidate word with the sequence number 5 is the fifth-choice candidate word. The non-preferred candidate words except for the preferred candidate word respectively correspond to the touch sub-areas at the upper left, the upper right, the lower right and the lower left in turn according to the sequence numbers from small to large. By analogy, when the user continues to turn pages, the 5 candidate words seen by the user each time correspond to the four touch sub-regions respectively in a similar manner.

If the user generates an effective touch operation on the touch area, for example, a click operation, a slide operation, etc., it may be determined which touch sub-area is divided in advance according to the coordinate value of the touch operation. For example, for the division manner in fig. 2, it is determined whether the touch operation belongs to the upper left, upper right, lower right, or lower left touch sub-region.

Step B2: and displaying a non-preferred candidate word corresponding to the current sub-area on a screen.

And then, the non-preferred candidate word which is only corresponding to the touch sub-area to which the touch operation belongs is displayed on the screen. For example, if the division manner and the corresponding relationship in fig. 2a are the touch sub-areas on the left, the non-preferred candidate word with the sequence number 2 is displayed on the screen; if the user touches the touch sub-area on the upper left with respect to the division manner and the corresponding relationship in fig. 2b, the non-preferred candidate word with the sequence number 5 is displayed on the screen. The foregoing is illustrative only and is not to be construed as limiting the present application.

In steps B1 to B2, it is mainly described that each non-preferred candidate word corresponds to a touch sub-area, but in practical applications, a preferred candidate word may also correspond to a touch sub-area. Taking 5 candidate words as an example, the touch sub-area may be divided into 5 touch sub-areas, and the 5 candidate words are respectively corresponding to the divided touch sub-areas, and the preferred candidate word is also corresponding to the touch sub-area. Of course, the space key may also be associated with the preferred candidate word, and the non-preferred candidate word may be associated with the touch sub-area. The technical personnel in the field can divide the preset mode of each touch subarea according to the autonomous setting, and only need to finally correspond each candidate word with the touch subareas one by one.

Then in another embodiment, step 303 may also include step C1:

step C1: and responding to the touch operation of a touch sub-area corresponding to the preferred candidate word or the clicking operation of a space key, and displaying the preferred candidate word on a screen.

Then, if the preferred candidate word is the candidate word to be displayed on the screen, the user may trigger the touch sub-area corresponding to the preferred candidate word to display the preferred word on the screen. In practical applications, the touch sub-area corresponding to the preferred candidate word may be set at the position of the center of the touch area, for example, when the touch area is a square, the touch sub-area corresponding to the preferred candidate word is a circle with the center of the square as the center of the circle, and the radius of the circle may be set by a person skilled in the art in advance; for the remaining area of the touch area except for the circle, the remaining area may be equally divided according to the number of the non-preferred candidate words and respectively correspond to each non-preferred candidate word. Certainly, this is only a setting manner of the correspondence, and a person skilled in the art may also divide the touch sub-area corresponding to each candidate word in an upper-lower equal division manner or a left-right equal division manner.

And when only the non-preferred candidate word corresponds to the touch sub-area and the preferred candidate word is still on the screen by using the space bar, the user can click the space bar to screen the preferred candidate word corresponding to the space bar.

Therefore, in the embodiment of the application, the touch areas of the touch input devices such as the touch pad and the like are divided according to the preset mode, the divided touch sub-areas can be in one-to-one correspondence with the candidate words or the non-preferred candidate words, so that a user can touch a certain touch sub-area to screen the preferred candidate words or the non-preferred candidate words corresponding to the touch sub-area, the operation that the user needs to click through a number key or a mouse to influence the input speed is avoided, the input speed and the input efficiency of the user are improved, and the experience of the user in using the input method is also improved. Furthermore, when each candidate word is displayed, each candidate word can be displayed in the display sub-area with the same shape as the touch sub-area, so that the user is reminded of which position of the touch sub-area the user should touch in the display mode of each candidate word, and the input of the user is facilitated.

For simplicity of explanation, the foregoing method embodiments are described as a series of acts or combinations, but those skilled in the art will appreciate that the present application is not limited by the order of acts, as some steps may occur in other orders or concurrently with other steps based on the disclosure herein. Further, those skilled in the art will recognize that the embodiments described in this specification are preferred embodiments and that acts or modules referred to are not necessarily required for this application.

Corresponding to the method provided by the embodiment of the screen-on method for candidate words in the present application, referring to fig. 5, the present application further provides an embodiment of a screen-on device for candidate words, in this embodiment, the screen-on device for candidate words is integrated on a terminal provided with a touch input device, a touch area of the touch input device is divided into a plurality of touch sub-areas according to a preset manner, and the touch sub-areas and the plurality of candidate words to be screen-on have corresponding relationships; the screen-loading device may specifically include:

an obtaining unit 501, configured to obtain a candidate word set corresponding to a user behavior.

A display unit 502, configured to display the candidate word set according to the priority of each candidate word in the candidate word set.

Wherein the set of candidate words comprises: the first candidate word and the non-first candidate word with the highest priority may specifically include:

The display unit 502 may specifically be configured to: and horizontally displaying each candidate word in the candidate word set in a preset second display window according to the sequence of the priority of each candidate word in the candidate word set from high to low.

And a screen-up unit 503, configured to respond to a touch operation of any touch sub-area, and screen up a candidate word corresponding to the touch sub-area.

Wherein the set of candidate words comprises: the device may further include:

Wherein the set of candidate words comprises: the first candidate word and the non-first candidate word with the highest priority, the correspondence between the touch sub-area and the candidate words is a customized correspondence, and the screen-up apparatus may further include:

The screen-up unit 503 may specifically include:

The determining subunit is used for responding to the touch operation generated on the touch area and determining the current sub-area where the touch operation is positioned; and the first screen-on subunit is used for screen-on of the non-preferred candidate words corresponding to the current sub-area.

Wherein, the screen-up unit 503 may further include:

Therefore, in the embodiment of the application, the touch areas of the touch input devices such as the touch pad and the like are divided according to the preset dividing mode, the divided touch sub-areas can be in one-to-one correspondence with the non-preferred candidate words, so that a user can touch the touch sub-area corresponding to a certain non-preferred candidate word to screen the non-preferred candidate word, the operation that the user needs to click through a number key or a mouse to influence the input speed is avoided, the input speed and the input efficiency of the user are improved, and the experience of the user in using the input method is also improved. Furthermore, when each candidate word is displayed, each candidate word can be displayed in the display sub-area with the same shape as the touch sub-area, so that the user is reminded of which position of the touch sub-area the user should touch in the display mode of each candidate word, and the input of the user is facilitated.

With regard to the apparatus in the above-described embodiment, the specific manner in which each module performs the operation has been described in detail in the embodiment related to the method, and will not be elaborated here.

Fig. 6 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus 800 for generating candidate words in accordance with an example embodiment. For example, the apparatus 800 may be a mobile phone, a computer, a digital broadcast terminal, a messaging device, a game console, a tablet device, a medical device, an exercise device, a personal digital assistant, and the like.

Referring to fig. 6, the apparatus 800 may include one or more of the following components: processing component 802, memory 804, power component 806, multimedia component 808, audio component 810, input/output (I/O) interface 812, sensor component 814, and communication component 816.

The processing component 802 generally controls overall operation of the device 800, such as operations associated with display, telephone calls, data communications, camera operations, and recording operations. The processing element 802 may include one or more processors 820 to execute instructions to perform all or a portion of the steps of the methods described above. Further, the processing component 802 can include one or more modules that facilitate interaction between the processing component 802 and other components. For example, the processing component 802 can include a multimedia module to facilitate interaction between the multimedia component 808 and the processing component 802.

The memory 804 is configured to store various types of data to support operation at the device 800. Examples of such data include instructions for any application or method operating on device 800, contact data, phonebook data, messages, pictures, videos, and so forth. The memory 804 may be implemented by any type or combination of volatile or non-volatile memory devices such as Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), read-only memory (ROM), magnetic memory, flash memory, magnetic or optical disks.

Power components 806 provide power to the various components of device 800. The power components 806 may include a power management system, one or more power supplies, and other components associated with generating, managing, and distributing power for the device 800.

The multimedia component 808 includes a screen that provides an output interface between the device 800 and a user. In some embodiments, the screen may include a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) and a Touch Panel (TP). If the screen includes a touch panel, the screen may be implemented as a touch screen to receive an input signal from a user. The touch panel includes one or more touch sensors to sense touch, slide, and gestures on the touch panel. The touch sensor may not only sense the boundary of a touch or slide action, but also detect the duration and pressure associated with the touch or slide operation. In some embodiments, the multimedia component 808 includes a front facing camera and/or a rear facing camera. The front-facing camera and/or the rear-facing camera may receive external multimedia data when the device 800 is in an operating mode, such as a shooting mode or a video mode. Each front camera and rear camera may be a fixed optical lens system or have a focal length and optical zoom capability.

The audio component 810 is configured to output and/or input audio signals. For example, the audio component 810 includes a Microphone (MIC) configured to receive external audio signals when the apparatus 800 is in an operational mode, such as a call mode, a recording mode, and a voice recognition mode. The received audio signals may further be stored in the memory 804 or transmitted via the communication component 816. In some embodiments, audio component 810 also includes a speaker for outputting audio signals.

The I/O interface 812 provides an interface between the processing component 802 and peripheral interface modules, which may be keyboards, click wheels, buttons, etc. These buttons may include, but are not limited to: a home button, a volume button, a start button, and a lock button.

The sensor assembly 814 includes one or more sensors for providing various aspects of state assessment for the device 800. For example, the sensor assembly 814 may detect the open/closed state of the device 800, the relative positioning of the components, such as a display and keypad of the apparatus 800, the sensor assembly 814 may also detect a change in position of the apparatus 800 or a component of the apparatus 800, the presence or absence of user contact with the apparatus 800, orientation or acceleration/deceleration of the apparatus 800, and a change in temperature of the apparatus 800. Sensor assembly 814 may include a proximity sensor configured to detect the presence of a nearby object without any physical contact. The sensor assembly 814 may also include a light sensor, such as a CMOS or CCD image sensor, for use in imaging applications. In some embodiments, the sensor assembly 814 may also include an acceleration sensor, a gyroscope sensor, a magnetic sensor, a pressure sensor, or a temperature sensor.

The communication component 816 is configured to facilitate communications between the apparatus 800 and other devices in a wired or wireless manner. The device 800 may access a wireless network based on a communication standard, such as WiFi, 2G or 3G, or a combination thereof. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 816 receives a broadcast signal or broadcast associated information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel. In an exemplary embodiment, the communications component 816 further includes a Near Field Communication (NFC) module to facilitate short-range communications. For example, the NFC module may be implemented based on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, infrared data association (IrDA) technology, Ultra Wideband (UWB) technology, Bluetooth (BT) technology, and other technologies.

In an exemplary embodiment, the apparatus 800 may be implemented by one or more Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), Digital Signal Processors (DSPs), Digital Signal Processing Devices (DSPDs), Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs), Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), controllers, micro-controllers, microprocessors, or other electronic components for performing the above-described methods.

In an exemplary embodiment, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions, such as the memory 804 comprising instructions, executable by the processor 820 of the device 800 to perform the above-described method is also provided. For example, the non-transitory computer readable storage medium may be a ROM, a Random Access Memory (RAM), a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage device, and the like.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having instructions therein, which when executed by a processor of a mobile terminal, enable the terminal to perform a method of on-screen a candidate word, the method comprising: acquiring a candidate word set corresponding to the user behavior; displaying the candidate word set according to the priority of each candidate word in the candidate word set; and responding to the touch operation of any touch sub-area, and displaying the candidate words corresponding to the touch sub-area on a screen.

Wherein the set of candidate words comprises: the highest priority preferred candidate word and non-preferred candidate word, the correspondence between the touch sub-region and candidate words being a default correspondence, the apparatus 800 may be further configured to execute the one or more programs by the one or more processors including instructions for:

Wherein the set of candidate words comprises: the highest priority preferred candidate word and non-preferred candidate word, the correspondence between the touch sub-region and candidate words being a custom correspondence, the apparatus 800 may be further configured to execute the one or more programs by the one or more processors including instructions for:

responding to the input method application installed on the terminal for the first time, providing a candidate relation display frame for displaying, wherein the candidate relation display frame is used for displaying a plurality of corresponding relations between the touch sub-area and the candidate words;

The responding to the touch operation of any touch sub-area, and displaying the candidate word corresponding to the touch sub-area on a screen may include:

responding to touch operation generated on the touch area, and determining a current sub-area where the touch operation is located; and displaying a non-preferred candidate word corresponding to the current sub-area on a screen.

Wherein the device 800 may also be configured to execute the one or more programs by the one or more processors including instructions for:

And responding to touch operation of a touch sub-area corresponding to the first-choice candidate word or clicking operation of a blank key, and displaying the first-choice candidate word on a screen.

Displaying the candidate word set according to a preset display order of each candidate word in the candidate word set may include:

and transversely displaying each candidate word in the candidate word set in a preset second display window according to the sequence of the priority of each candidate word in the candidate word set from high to low.

Fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a server in the embodiment of the present invention. The server 1900 may vary widely by configuration or performance and may include one or more Central Processing Units (CPUs) 1922 (e.g., one or more processors) and memory 1932, one or more storage media 1930 (e.g., one or more mass storage devices) storing applications 1942 or data 1944. Memory 1932 and storage medium 1930 can be, among other things, transient or persistent storage. The program stored in the storage medium 1930 may include one or more modules (not shown), each of which may include a series of instructions operating on a server. Still further, a central processor 1922 may be provided in communication with the storage medium 1930 to execute a series of instruction operations in the storage medium 1930 on the server 1900.

The server 1900 may also include one or more power supplies 1926, one or more wired or wireless network interfaces 1950, one or more input-output interfaces 1958, one or more keyboards 1956, and/or one or more operating systems 1941, such as Windows Server, Mac OS XTM, UnixTM, LinuxTM, FreeBSDTM, etc.

Other embodiments of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the invention disclosed herein. This invention is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the invention following, in general, the principles of the invention and including such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice within the art to which the invention pertains. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the invention being indicated by the following claims.

It will be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise arrangements that have been described above and shown in the drawings, and that various modifications and changes can be made without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the invention is limited only by the appended claims.

The above description is only for the purpose of illustrating the preferred embodiments of the present invention and should not be taken as limiting the scope of the present invention, which is intended to cover any modifications, equivalents, improvements, etc. within the spirit and scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A screen-loading method of candidate words is characterized in that the method is applied to a terminal provided with a touch input device, a touch area of the touch input device is divided into a plurality of touch sub-areas according to a preset mode, and the touch sub-areas and a plurality of candidate words to be subjected to screen loading have corresponding relations; the method comprises the following steps:

Acquiring a candidate word set corresponding to a user behavior, wherein the user behavior is a behavior that a user installs an input method application on the terminal and triggers aiming at the input method application;

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the set of candidate words comprises: the method comprises the following steps that a first candidate word and a non-first candidate word with the highest priority are selected, and the corresponding relation between the touch subarea and the candidate words is a default corresponding relation, and the method further comprises the following steps:

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the set of candidate words comprises: the method comprises the following steps that a first-choice candidate word and a non-first-choice candidate word with the highest priority are selected, the corresponding relation between the touch subarea and the candidate words is a customized corresponding relation, and the method further comprises the following steps:

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of displaying the candidate word corresponding to any touch sub-area on a screen in response to the touch operation of the touch sub-area comprises:

responding to touch operation generated on the touch area, and determining a current sub-area where the touch operation is positioned;

and displaying a non-preferred candidate word corresponding to the current sub-area on a screen.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the step of displaying the candidate word corresponding to any touch sub-area on a screen in response to the touch operation of the touch sub-area further comprises:

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the set of candidate words comprises: the method for displaying the candidate word set according to the preset display sequence of the candidate words in the candidate word set includes:

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying the set of candidate words in a preset display order of the candidate words in the set of candidate words comprises:

8. A screen-loading device for candidate words is characterized in that the screen-loading device for the candidate words is integrated on a terminal provided with a touch input device, a touch area of the touch input device is divided into a plurality of touch sub-areas according to a preset mode, and the touch sub-areas and the candidate words to be screened have corresponding relations; the screen loading device comprises:

The terminal comprises an acquisition unit, a processing unit and a processing unit, wherein the acquisition unit is used for acquiring a candidate word set corresponding to user behaviors, and the user behaviors are behaviors triggered by a user by installing an input method application on the terminal aiming at the input method application;

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the set of candidate words comprises: the device may further include:

the touch area is divided into touch subareas with the same number and touch areas according to the number of the non-preferred candidate words to be displayed on the screen; and (c) and (d),

and the setting unit is used for sequentially setting each non-preferred candidate word to correspond to each touch subarea from left to right and from top to bottom according to the priority of the non-preferred candidate words from high to low, and storing the setting as the default corresponding relation.

10. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the set of candidate words comprises: the first candidate word and the non-first candidate word with the highest priority, where a correspondence between the touch sub-area and the candidate words is a customized correspondence, the screen-up device may further include:

a relation display unit, configured to provide, for display, a candidate relation display frame in response to a first use of a text input application installed on the terminal, the candidate relation display frame being used to display a plurality of correspondence relations between the touch sub-area and the candidate words; and the combination of (a) and (b),

a saving unit, configured to save, in response to selection of any one of the correspondence relationships, the selected correspondence relationship as a customized correspondence relationship.

11. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the upper screen unit comprises:

the determining subunit is used for responding to the touch operation generated on the touch area and determining the current sub-area where the touch operation is positioned; and the combination of (a) and (b),

and the first screen-up subunit is used for carrying out screen-up on the non-preferred candidate words corresponding to the current sub-area.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the screen-up unit further comprises:

And the second screen-loading subunit is used for responding to the touch operation of the touch sub-area corresponding to the first-selected candidate word or the click operation of the blank key and loading the screen of the first-selected candidate word.

13. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the set of candidate words comprises: the first candidate word and the non-first candidate word having the highest priority may include:

the display device comprises an acquisition subunit, a display unit and a display unit, wherein the acquisition subunit is used for acquiring a first display window, and the first display window comprises a first display area and a second display area; the second display area is the same as the touch area in shape, the second display area is divided into a plurality of display sub-areas according to the preset dividing mode, and the number of the display sub-areas is the same as that of the touch sub-areas; and the number of the first and second groups,

and the display subunit is used for displaying the preferred candidate words in the first display area and correspondingly displaying the non-preferred candidate words in the plurality of display sub-areas.

14. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the display unit is operable to: and transversely displaying each candidate word in the candidate word set in a preset second display window according to the sequence of the priority of each candidate word in the candidate word set from high to low.

15. A screen-on device for a candidate word, comprising a memory, and one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory, and wherein execution of the one or more programs by one or more processors comprises instructions for:

acquiring a candidate word set corresponding to a user behavior, wherein the user behavior is a behavior that a user installs an input method application on a terminal and triggers aiming at the input method application;

16. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions, which, when executed by one or more processors, cause an apparatus to perform a method of on-screen of a candidate word as recited in one or more of claims 1-7.