KR100961390B1 - Keyboard apparatus for multi-characters and visual display switching method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A keyboard apparatus for multi-characters and a visual display switching method thereof are provided to rapidly and conveniently input multiple language characters by forming an electronic paper panel at an upper surface of the keys on a keyboard and displaying the character values corresponding to a relevant country on the electronic paper. CONSTITUTION: A storage block(106) stores a character value for each of plural languages. If a terminal is connected to an Internet site, a language recognition block recognizes the language of the Internet site. A control block(104) extracts the character value for a key corresponding to the recognized language, and generates a character switch driving signals to change the character display of a character input key corresponding to the each character value. Plural electronic paper panels(112) are formed on the upper surface of the character input key, and displays the recognized language character by responding to the character switch driving signals.

Description

KEYBOARD APPARATUS FOR MULTI-CHARACTERS AND VISUAL DISPLAY SWITCHING METHOD THEREOF}

The present invention relates to a multi-character keyboard, and more particularly, to a multi-character keyboard device suitable for use as an interface means for inputting characters in a terminal such as a desktop computer, a notebook computer, a netbook, a tablet PC, and a time display switching. It is about a method.

As is well known, it is common to employ a separate or integrated keyboard as an interface means for inputting characters in terminals such as personal computers, notebook computers, netbooks, tablet PCs, and the like.

To this end, the keyboard is provided with a plurality of character input keys and a plurality of function keys, and each of the keys is formed in the form of a button to enable a separate operation (press operation). Therefore, users can input their desired characters or symbols by operating the character input keys or function keys on the keyboard.

Meanwhile, Korean characters (consonants, vowels) and English characters (alphabet) are displayed on the upper surface of a plurality of character input keys provided in such a keyboard, for example, a keyboard commonly used in Korea, and function characters are displayed on the upper surface of the function keys. (E.g., Tab, Delete, Insert, etc.) are displayed. Thus, users can enter Korean or English by looking at the characters or function characters displayed on the upper surface of each key.

In addition, in a keyboard that supports multiple characters (multilingual), a program (language selection program) for supporting multiple characters is built in the terminal, and a user's desired national language (for example, a key operation or a mouse operation) is provided. , Chinese, Japanese, French, French, etc.) provides an on-screen keyboard screen in which characters for representing the selected national language are visually displayed on each corresponding key.

For example, when Chinese is selected through the user interface, an on-screen keyboard screen is provided in which characters necessary to express Chinese on the monitor of the terminal are visually displayed on each corresponding key. Accordingly, users can perform input operations for a desired national language while viewing the on-screen keyboard screen provided on the monitor.

However, the above-described conventional method of providing the monitor with an on-screen keyboard screen for multiple characters using a language selection program is not displayed on the upper surface of each key on the actual keyboard but on the monitor. Since it is provided, from the user's point of view, there is a problem that the text input still has a lot of inconvenience (such as slowing down the text input).

Of course, you could print the on-screen keyboard screen near the keyboard and visually view it to enter the corresponding national language, but this still requires text to be typed through the actual keyboard while viewing the printed paper keyboard. The speed of the input was bound to slow down.

According to an aspect of the present invention, a keyboard device, which is connected to a terminal requiring character input and has a plurality of character input keys and a plurality of function keys, stores the character values for each key for a plurality of preset languages. Character switching for retrieving a block and a key character value corresponding to the selected language from the storage block when the language selection key signal is input, and for changing the character time display of each character input key corresponding to the extracted key character value, respectively. A control block for generating driving signals respectively, and a plurality of input keys formed on the top surface of the plurality of character input keys, respectively, for visually displaying characters of the selected language in response to the generated character switching driving signals; Provided is a multi-character keyboard device including a paper panel.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a keyboard device connected to a terminal requiring character input and having a plurality of character input keys and function keys, for storing character-specific character values for a plurality of preset languages. A storage block, a language recognition block for recognizing a national language of the specific internet site when the terminal is connected to a specific internet site, and a text value for each key corresponding to the recognized national language from the storage block; And a control block for generating character switching driving signals for changing the character time display of each character input key corresponding to the character value for each key, respectively, and formed on an upper surface of the plurality of character input keys, respectively. And a plurality of electronic paper panels each visually displaying characters of the recognized national language in response to switching drive signals. It provides a keyboard apparatus of the character.

The present invention is a method for switching the visual display of characters in a keyboard device having a plurality of character input keys and function keys connected to a terminal requiring character input according to another aspect of another aspect, wherein the terminal specifies Recognizing a national language of the specific internet site when connected to an internet site, checking whether the recognized national language matches a reference language preset in the terminal; Fetching a key-specific text value corresponding to the recognized national language from among the key-valued text values for a plurality of languages stored in the storage block when the preset reference language does not match, and each corresponding to the extracted key-specific text value, respectively. Generating character switching driving signals for changing the character time display of the character input key, respectively; A visual display of the multi-character keyboard apparatus including a step of switching a character visual display of each display panel respectively formed on the upper surfaces of the plurality of character input keys to the characters of the recognized national language based on the child switching driving signals; Provide a switching method.

According to the present invention, an electronic paper panel is formed on the upper surface of each key in the keyboard, and a national language other than the preset reference language is selected through the user interface, or the terminal is in a language other than the preset reference language. When accessing an Internet site, the key value corresponding to the corresponding national language stored in the memory is retrieved, and each electronic paper panel displays a time display (character switching display), thereby greatly improving user convenience for multilingual input. It can increase the speed and effect of speed increase on multilingual input.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Unlike the above-described conventional method of providing an on-screen keyboard screen for multiple characters to a monitor using a language selection program, the technical aspect of the present invention forms an electronic paper panel on the upper surface of each key in the keyboard, and the user interface. When a language other than the preset reference language is selected or when the terminal accesses the Internet site of a specific country in a language other than the preset reference language, the character value for each key corresponding to the corresponding national language stored in the memory is fetched. By visually displaying (character switching display) on each corresponding electronic paper panel, the present invention can effectively solve the problems in the conventional manner through such technical means.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Example 1

1 is a block diagram of a multi-character keyboard apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention, wherein the operation signal generation block 102, the control block 104, the storage block 106, the interface block 108, and a panel are shown. Drive block 110, electronic paper panel group 112, and the like, and electronic paper panel group 112 is composed of a plurality of electronic paper panels 112/1-112 / n.

Referring to Figure 1, the operation signal generation block 102 is a terminal (for example, desktop computer, laptop, netbook, tablet PC, etc.), the user of each button in the keyboard (multiple character input keys and multiple function keys, etc.) When an operation is performed, corresponding operation signals (eg, a text input signal, a language selection key signal, a function key selection key signal, etc.) are generated, and the operation signals generated therein are transmitted to the control block 104.

Next, the control block 104 includes, for example, a microprocessor for executing various operation control of the terminal, and for example, the operation signal generation block 102 based on a user interface (eg, keyboard operation, mouse operation, etc.). When a language selection key signal is provided from the storage block 106, a character-specific key value corresponding to the selected language (eg, Japanese) is retrieved from the storage block 106 and transmitted to the panel driving block 110.

To this end, the storage block 106 stores key-by-key character values for a plurality of preset languages (eg, Chinese, Japanese, French, French, etc.), and these key-by-key character values are stored in an external medium through the interface block 108. Can be added or updated by key-by-key character values provided from.

That is, the interface block 108 includes, for example, a USB port and the like, and key character values (key character values to be added or updated) provided from an external medium (eg, USB memory, external hard disk, portable terminal, etc.). Is received and transmitted to the control block 104, and in response, the control block 104 additionally stores or updates the received character value of each key in the storage block 106.

In addition, the panel driving block 110 may convert the character switching driving signals (or the character time display) of each character input key (or function key) corresponding to the character value of each key provided from the control block 104. Function character switching driving signals) are generated and transmitted to the corresponding electronic paper panels 112/1-112 / n in the electronic paper panel group 112, respectively. The text time display is switched to the text time display of the selected language. That is, as an example, as shown in FIG. 3, Japanese characters are visually displayed on each of the electronic paper panels formed on the upper surface of each character input key (or function key).

In addition, each of the electronic paper panels 112/1 to 112 / n is display panels formed on the upper surface of each character input key (or function key) included in the keyboard, which is illustrated in FIG. 2A as an example. As shown in FIG. 2B, the front surface of the button 204 may be formed on the keyboard substrate 202, or may be formed only on the top surface of the button 204. Can be. 2A and 2B, reference numerals 206a and 206b denote electronic paper panels, respectively. In this case, when the electronic paper panel is formed in a form surrounding the front of the button, the waterproof effect on the button may be expected.

Meanwhile, in the present exemplary embodiment, character values for each language stored in the storage block are added or updated through an interface with an external medium, but the present invention is not necessarily limited thereto. As shown in FIG. 4 to be described later, it can be added or updated by a download method using a network such as the Internet.

[Example 2]

4 is a block diagram of a multi-character keyboard device according to a second embodiment of the present invention, wherein the operation signal generation block 402, the control block 404, the storage block 406, and the network connection module block 408. , A language recognition block 409, a panel driving block 410, and an electronic paper panel group 412. The electronic paper panel group 412 is divided into a plurality of electronic paper panels 412/1-412 / n. Is done.

First, the multi-character keyboard device of the present embodiment differs from the above-described Embodiment 1 in which the visual display of the electronic paper panel is switched to a language selected according to a user interface, and the terminal is preset reference language (eg, Korean). Recognizes when accessing certain Internet sites (e.g. Japanese Internet sites serving Japanese) that use languages other than Japanese, and converts the character time display of the electronic paper panel to characters of the corresponding national language (automatic switching) There is a difference in that.

That is, the functions of the operation signal generation block 402, the storage block 406, the panel driving block 410, and the electronic paper panels 412/1-412 / n in the electronic paper panel group 412 are illustrated in FIG. 1. It is substantially the same as the functions of the corresponding respective components shown in FIG. Therefore, detailed description of these components is omitted here in order to avoid unnecessary overlapping materials for the sake of brevity of the specification.

Referring to FIG. 4, when the control block 404 commands a network connection to a specific Internet site according to the user interface, the network connection module block 408 may drive an Internet access program (eg, Internet Explorer, Netscape, etc.). The language recognition block 409 provides information data (for example, main screen data, etc.) for connecting to a specific Internet site and obtaining information related to a national language of the specific Internet site.

Next, the language recognition block 409 analyzes the information data received from the network connection module block 408 to recognize the national language used by the specific internet site, and thus recognizes the national language used by the specific internet site. National language) to the control block 404.

The control block 404 checks whether the recognized national language transmitted from the language recognition block 409 is a national language other than a preset reference language (eg, Korean, etc.), and checks the recognized national language. Is a different national language, the key character value corresponding to the recognized national language is retrieved from the storage block 406 and transferred to the panel driving block 410. As a result, in the electronic paper panels 412/1 to 412 / n formed on the upper surface of the character input key (or function key) according to the driving control in the panel drive block 410, the characters of the recognized national language are displayed. The time is displayed.

Here, the key value for each language stored in the storage block 406 is added or updated through an interface with an external medium, or in a download manner using a network such as the Internet, as in the first embodiment described above. It can be added or updated.

In addition, the control block 404 monitors whether or not the terminal is disconnected from the specific Internet site, and if it is determined that the connection to the specific Internet site is released, the control block 404 generates a corresponding character return driving signal. The electronic paper panel 412/1-412 / n formed on the upper surface of the character input key (or function key) according to the driving control of the panel driving block 410. The time display is switched (returned) from the recognized national language character to the character of the preset reference language.

Next, a series of processes for switching the visual display of the keyboard device using the multi-character keyboard device of Embodiment 2 having the above-described configuration will be described.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of switching the visual display of characters in an electronic paper panel formed on an upper surface of each button in a keyboard according to a second embodiment of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 5, when the terminal is executing the operation mode (step 502), the control block 404 determines whether the terminal accesses a specific Internet site through the network connection module block 408 according to the user interface. Check (step 504).

As a result of the check in the step 504, if the terminal is connected to a specific Internet site, the network connection module block 408 may obtain information data (eg, main) that can obtain information related to the national language of the specific Internet site. Screen data, etc.) is extracted and transferred to the language recognition block 409.

In response, the language recognition block 409 analyzes the information data received from the network connection module block 408 to recognize the national language used by the specific internet site, and the recognized national language (used by the specific internet site). National language) is passed to control block 404 (step 506).

Next, the control block 404 compares whether the recognized national language delivered from the language recognition block 409 matches with a preset reference language (eg, Korean, etc.) (steps 508 and 510). If the result matches each other, the character time display of the preset reference language is maintained as it is (step 512).

As a result of the check in the step 510, if it is determined that the recognized national language and the preset reference language do not match, in the control block 404, the character value for each key corresponding to the recognized national language is stored from the storage block 406. It is withdrawn and transferred to the panel drive block 410 (step 514).

Next, in the panel driving block 410, the character switching driving signals for changing the character time display of each character input key (or function key) corresponding to the character value for each key provided from the control block 404 ( Or function string switching driving signals), respectively, and transmitting to the corresponding electronic paper panels 412/1 to 412 / n in the electronic paper panel group 412, respectively, as a result. The character time display in the electronic paper panel is switched to the character time display of the selected language (step 518).

Therefore, the user can freely input the language used by the Internet site he is currently visiting while watching the characters visually displayed on the electronic paper panel formed on the upper surface of the character input key provided in the multi-character keyboard. I can receive it.

On the other hand, when the characters of the national language used in the Internet site that is currently connected to each electronic paper panel is visually displayed, the control block 404 monitors whether or not the terminal releases the connection to a specific Internet site. If it is determined that the connection to the specific internet site is released, a character return driving signal corresponding to the specific internet site is generated and transmitted to the panel driving block 410 (steps 520 and 522).

As a result, the visual display of each electronic paper panel 412/1-412 / n formed on the upper surface of the character input key (or function key) in accordance with the drive control of the panel drive block 410 is performed according to the recognized national language. The time display is automatically switched (returned) from the character to the character of the preset reference language (step 524).

In the above description has been described by presenting a preferred embodiment of the present invention, but the present invention is not necessarily limited to this, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains within a range without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention It will be readily appreciated that the substitutions, modifications and variations are possible.

1 is a block diagram of a multi-character keyboard device according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

2A and 2B are sectional side views of buttons showing an example in which an electronic paper panel is formed on an upper surface of each button of a keyboard according to the present invention;

3 is an exemplary front view of a keyboard showing a state in which Japanese characters are visually displayed on each electronic paper panel provided in each character input key of the keyboard according to one embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a block diagram of a multi-character keyboard device according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of switching a visual display of characters in an electronic paper panel formed on an upper surface of each button in a keyboard according to a second embodiment of the present disclosure.

Description of the Related Art

102, 402: operation signal generation block 104, 404: control block

106, 406: storage block 108: interface block

110, 410: panel drive block 112, 412: electronic paper panel group

202: keyboard substrate 204: button

206a and 206b: Electronic paper panel 408: Network connection module block

409 language recognition block

Claims (18)

(delete)        (delete) (delete) (delete) (delete) (delete) Connected to a terminal requiring character input, a plurality of character input keys and function keys A keyboard device having A storage block storing character values for each key for a plurality of preset languages; and, Station of the specific internet site when the terminal is connected to the specific internet site A language recognition block for recognizing a language; and, A key-by-key character value corresponding to the recognized national language from the storage block Of each character input key corresponding to the extracted character value of each key Respectively generating character switching drive signals for changing the character time display. Control block; And are formed on the upper surface of the plurality of character input keys, respectively, In response to the character switching driving signals generated from the control block; A plurality of electronic paper panels each visually displaying characters of the recognized national language; and, Respectively formed on an upper surface of the plurality of function keys, Function character switching When a drive signal is provided, the corresponding function character It includes; electronic paper panel for a plurality of function keys for visual display The control block, when the terminal is connected to a specific Internet site, Recall the character value for each key corresponding to the national language used by a specific Internet site Each time is displayed on the electronic paper panel or electronic paper panel for function keys. When the access to a specific internet site is canceled, Switching the character time display to the character time display of the preset reference language Multi-character keyboard device, characterized in that.       (delete) (delete) The method of claim 7, wherein Each of the electronic paper panels for the plurality of function keys constitutes the plurality of function keys. The multi-character keyboard device, characterized in that formed in the form surrounding the front of each button. The method according to any one of claims 7 to 10, The key character values stored in the storage block may be stored through an external interface. Multi-character keyboard device, characterized in that the addition or updateable values. The method according to any one of claims 7 to 10, The character values for each key stored in the storage block are downloaded using a network. A multi-character keyboard device characterized in that the values can be added or updated through the card. The method according to any one of claims 7 to 10, Each of the electronic paper panels for the plurality of input keys may include the plurality of character input keys. A multi-character keyboard device, characterized in that formed in the form surrounding the front of each button to configure. Connected to a terminal requiring character input, a plurality of character input keys and function keys In the keyboard device having a method for switching the visual display of the characters, Station of the specific internet site when the terminal is connected to the specific internet site Process of recognizing language, The recognized national language does not match the reference language preset in the terminal Of the keyed character values for multiple languages stored in the storage block when Extracting a character value for each key corresponding to the recognized national language; Of each character input key respectively corresponding to the extracted character value for each key Each of the character switching drive signals for changing the character time display is generated. And based on the generated character switching driving signals, Converting the text visual display of each display panel formed on the upper surface of the text input key into the recognized national language text, The time display switching method, When the terminal is connected to a specific Internet site, the specific Internet site is Each character value for each key corresponding to the national language to be used is displayed on the display panel. Time-sensitive display, when the connection to a particular Internet site is released The character time display of the national language is changed to the character time display of the preset reference language. Further comprising the step of reverting How to switch the time display of the keyboard device.   (delete) The method of claim 14, The character values for each key may be added or updated through an external interface. Visual display switching method of a multi-character keyboard device characterized in that the. The method of claim 14, The character value for each key is added or updated through a network download. Visual display of a multi-character keyboard device characterized by possible values Switching method. The method of claim 14, The display panel is a multi-character keyboard, characterized in that the electronic paper panel How to switch the time display of the device.

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