KR20090125008A - Data input device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A data input device is provided to input data through contact movement or pressure of a finger on a spot of a sensing area. CONSTITUTION: A sensing input unit(10) senses a movement direction and a pressing angle of a finger on a plurality of indication positions and a reference position. The reference position is generated by contact of the finger to a sensing area. The plurality of indication positions is arranged around the reference position radially. The sensing input unit generates an input signal corresponding to the movement direction and the pressing angle. A controller decides the movement direction and the pressing angle of the finger from the input signal. The controller extracts the movement direction and the pressing angle from a memory unit and inputs them.

Description

Data input device {DATA INPUT DEVICE}

The present invention relates to a data input device, which detects a touch of a finger to an arbitrary point of a detection area and inputs data according to a touch movement and pressure based on the detected contact area, thereby increasing the user's understanding of input. The present invention relates to a data input device that is easy to master and improves input accuracy.

In general, the importance of data input devices is also increasing due to the expansion of the importance of information according to the development of information devices. In addition, due to the development of semiconductor technology and information processing technology used in information devices, information devices are gradually miniaturized and popularized, and accordingly, many efforts have been made to provide a data input device for quickly and accurately inputting the information.

In order to input data at a high speed, a so-called "one other one phoneme" input, in which one phoneme (data) is input in one input operation, needs to be made, and the input object of the "one other one phoneme" is Korean. In this case, input keys such as buttons for inputting 24 or more phonemes should be arranged. Therefore, if the input target is a foreign language such as English or Japanese, or if the input must be mixed, it is obvious that a larger number of input keys should be arranged.

An example of such a data input device is a keyboard, which includes a plurality of input keys for selecting arbitrary data, and the input data is arranged on each input key. Also, in general, two or more pieces of data are arranged in one input key by mixing English and Korean.

Since the keyboard is generally provided with 100 or more input keys, a minimum space for the space where the input keys are formed is limited, so that the size of the device is limited in the case of a portable notebook. There is a problem that miniaturization of information equipment is difficult.

In addition, since the keyboard has a plurality of input keys in close proximity, when a quick input is performed, another input key may be input or a neighboring input key may be input together, thereby causing a wrong input.

The touch screen method, which is an input method used in another data input device, such as a PDA, has a slow input speed, and when the touch screen is formed with an area for replacing a plurality of input keys, such as a keyboard, the user wants to input even when compared to the keyboard. In addition, the input portion of the adjacent portion is also input together with a portion that is incorrectly inputted more often. Such "interference" problem has a problem that causes a great inconvenience for a user who wants a quick input.

In addition, in the keypad method used in the mobile phone, since the mobile phone is small, only 12 buttons are inputted with letters, numbers, symbols, etc. of 24 or more Korean characters, so that a plurality of characters are arranged in one button. In order to input a single phoneme, repeated input is inevitable, and when various types of data input modes have to be changed, the input becomes slow and malfunctions increase, thereby increasing the inconvenience of the user.

In order to solve this problem, the inventor of the present invention has developed the invention described in Korean Patent Application No. 10-2005-0107715 (hereinafter referred to as 'prior art'). This prior art has an input device as shown in FIG.

In order to input data to the input device according to the related art, the data on the input device 1 is pressed or moved in the direction to input corresponding data.

In order to input two or more pieces of data sequentially, for example, as illustrated in FIG. 2A, the input unit 3 is moved toward the 3 o'clock direction to input one data, and then the unit returns to its original position. Again, the input unit 3 must be moved toward 12 o'clock to input another data.

However, in the input device according to the related art, when a user tries to input a plurality of data quickly, there is a problem in that the input operation of the data after the second time is not performed correctly. That is, when the input operation for the second data such as ③ in FIG. 2 (a) is performed quickly by performing ① and ② in FIG. 2 (a), it is possible that the input unit 3 is precisely moved in the 12 o'clock direction. In fact, it may actually be bent toward the midpoint of the 12 o'clock and 1 o'clock directions or, in severe cases, the 1 o'clock direction as indicated by arrows in FIG. Therefore, there is a problem in that the intended data is not inputted during continuous data input.

In particular, in the input device according to the prior art, it is necessary to perform accurate movement or pressurization for data input. Therefore, when the user inputs without viewing the input device 1, a virtually accurate radial direction of the input part 3 is adjusted. There was a problem of confusion with the direction of movement.

In addition, in the input device according to the prior art, since the input unit 3 is of an input key type, it is difficult to continuously input other data in the state of performing ① in Fig. 2A. That is, since the input unit 3 is surrounded by the elastic body 5 in the input device 1 and the range in which the input unit 3 is movable is limited, the input unit 3 is limited to continuously performing other inputs while the input operation is performed. There was no.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a data input device that can input data to any point of the detection area through the movement or pressing of the finger. .

Another object of the present invention is to provide a data input device capable of freely inputting data continuously without releasing a finger's contact with a sensing area.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a data input device in which a touch movement or pressure of a finger in a sensing region is recognized as a contact movement or pressure at a corresponding position when a finger moves or presses a finger within a range of an allowable angle with respect to the indicated position. It is.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a data input device capable of detecting tilt in addition to contact movement and pressure.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a data input device capable of inputting a large amount of data even in a narrow area and being applied to various information devices to achieve light weight and miniaturization of the information device.

The present invention for achieving the above object relates to a data input device, comprising: a data input device having a predetermined sensing area in a terminal for an electronic device, the contact being generated by a finger contact with the sensing area; When released, the sensor detects a moving direction and a pressing angle of a finger with respect to a plurality of reference positions disposed radially around the reference position and the generated reference position to generate an input signal corresponding to the moving direction and the pressing angle. An input unit; And a controller configured to determine a moving direction and a pressing angle of the finger from the input signal and extract and input data allocated to the moving direction and the pressing angle from the memory unit.

In this case, when the finger moves toward any one of the indication positions without pressing the detection area from the input signal from the detection input unit, the controller determines that the touch movement input is to the indication position, and the detection is performed. When the pressure in the vertical direction with respect to any one of the indication positions is detected in the input signal from the input unit, it is determined as the vertical pressure input to the indication position, and for one of the indication positions in the input signal from the sensing input unit. When the pressure in the oblique direction is detected, it is determined as the inclination input to the indicating position, and the pressure in the direction parallel to the sensing area is sensed as the finger moves to any one indicating position from the input signal from the sensing input unit. If so, it is determined by the horizontal pressure input for the indicated position.

On the other hand, when the controller detects a change in the direction of movement or the pressing angle of the finger in the input signal from the sensing input unit, the controller determines that the input according to the previous movement direction and the pressing angle is terminated and a new input is performed.

The control unit may further include an input or an input according to a previous moving direction and pressing angle when the contact of the finger is released from the sensing input unit, the operation of the finger stops, or the direction movement or pressure of the finger lasts for a predetermined time or more. It is determined that an attempt to input is terminated.

At this time, the control unit, the input by the new moving direction and the pressing angle is started in the state in which it is determined that the input by the moving direction and the pressing angle of the finger is not terminated but the contact of the finger from the input signal from the sensing input unit When the end point is a reference position, a plurality of indication positions may be generated, and a new input may be determined based on the generated reference position and the indication position.

In this case, the terminated point is recognized by the controller as a point where the current finger is in contact with the sensing input unit after the previous input is determined to have ended.

In addition, the control unit, when the input direction from the sensing input unit is detected by changing the direction of movement or the pressing angle of the finger, according to the input direction and the changed movement direction or pressing angle of the finger according to the previous movement direction and the pressing angle of the finger. Each input may be determined as a separate input.

In addition, the control unit, when the pressure in the vertical direction with respect to any one of the indication position in the input signal from the sensing input unit is determined, the direction-vertical pressure input to the indication position, and determines the reference position or reference position When the pressure in the vertical direction with respect to the plurality of indicated positions is detected, it may be determined as the center-vertical pressure input to the reference position.

Meanwhile, the data input device according to the present invention may further include a display window on which a data display unit indicating data corresponding to an input for each indication position is displayed.

In this case, at least one sensing area may be provided around the display window, and the data display part may be displayed on the display window corresponding to each sensing area.

In the data display unit, when an input to each indication position is performed, data corresponding to the input may be displayed or blinked in a different color.

In addition, the data display unit may be provided to move in the display window in correspondence with the movement direction of the finger on the sensing area.

On the other hand, the sensing area is provided in the display window, when the finger touches the sensing area, the control unit may display the data display unit around the contact area.

In this case, when the contact of the finger with respect to the sensing area is released, the controller deletes the data display unit displayed on the display window.

On the other hand, the control unit, if the direction movement is detected in the angular range between the reference position and the center line of each of two adjacent indication positions from the reference position, the sensing input unit determines that the direction movement to the specific indication position.

In addition, the control unit, when the pressing angle is detected by the sensing input unit, it is determined that the input is performed to the indication position closest to the center position of the area where the pressing is performed.

In addition, the data input device according to the present invention further comprises a plurality of inclination detection unit for detecting the inclination in the detection area, the control unit, the data assigned to each inclination detection unit based on the input to the inclination detection unit You can also process input.

On the other hand, in the sensing area, a plurality of pressing portions capable of detecting vertical pressure are provided radially near the edges of the sensing region, and the control unit, when the input to the pressing unit is detected, is perpendicular to the pressing unit It can also be determined by the pressure input.

Definition of Terms

The main terms used herein are defined as follows.

1) direction of movement

In the present invention, when the finger touches the sensing area, a reference position and a plurality of instruction positions are generated. At this time, the direction in which the finger moves from the reference position to which the finger is in contact with any one of the plurality of instruction positions in a state where the finger is in contact with the sensing region is referred to as a "moving direction".

2) Press angle

In the present invention, the "pressing angle" means an angle at which a finger presses the sensing area in the sensing area.

3) Contact movement input

"Touch movement input" refers to an input in which a finger moves a touch in the sensing area but the finger is not pressed against the sensing area. At this time, a slight pressurization may be made, but the pressurization should be such that it is not recognized as pressing the sensing region.

4) Vertical pressure input

"Vertical pressure input" means an input performed by pressing a sensing area in a vertical direction. In this case, the vertical direction does not mean only an exact 90 ° direction, but also includes a direction close to a vertical direction of about 70 ° or more.

5) Italic input

"Tilt input" means an input made by pressing a finger in an oblique direction to a sensing area. This inclination input may be grasped by a sensing unit capable of sensing the pressing in the inclined direction or by combining the pressing in the horizontal direction and the pressing in the vertical direction.

6) Horizontal pressure input

The "evaluation pressure input" means an input performed by pressing a finger in a horizontal direction while moving a finger in a sensing area. That is, the horizontal pressure input refers to a case where the direction is moved while pressing horizontally.

Accordingly, the data input device of the present invention can continuously input data at any point of the sensing area by using the direction of movement of the finger or the pressing angle, thereby increasing the user's understanding of the input and thus facilitating mastery. The input accuracy is improved.

In addition, according to the present invention, even if the direction movement or pressure of the finger in the sensing region does not exactly point to the instruction position, it can be recognized as the contact movement or pressurization of the instruction position, and thus the user's mis-input is greatly reduced during the direction movement or pressurization. The advantage is that accurate data entry is possible.

In addition, according to the present invention, since one or more of the contact movement input, the horizontal pressure input, the vertical pressure input and the tilt input can be implemented by the direction movement and the pressing angle, the number of inputtable data can be easily increased. Therefore, there are effects that can realize various functions through direction movement and pressurization.

In addition, the data input device of the present invention can provide convenience of data input due to a simple configuration and use method, and can be applied to various information devices, thereby making it possible to reduce the weight and size of the information device.

Hereinafter, a data input device of the present invention having the above configuration will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The data input device of the present invention has a predetermined sensing area (R) in the terminal for an electronic device, and is generated by contact of the finger with the sensing area (R) in a data input device using a motion detection of a finger. When the contact is released, the moving direction and the pressing angle of the finger are sensed by detecting the moving direction and the pressing angle of the finger with respect to the reference position S which disappears and the plurality of indicating positions D disposed radially about the generated reference position S. A sensing input unit 10 generating an input signal corresponding to an angle; And a controller (not shown) for determining a moving direction and a pressing angle of the finger from the input signal and extracting and inputting data allocated to the moving direction and the pressing angle from a memory unit (not shown). All.

The data input device as described above may be implemented on a touch screen, but the electronic device terminal is not limited to the touch screen if it detects a touch or a pressure of a finger or a tool to process the input, and a touch pad or a tactile sensor may also be used. Available. In addition, when the contact or pressurization of the finger or the tool occurs, it is preferable that the controller can determine the angle at which the pressurization is made by grasping the moving direction and the degree of pressurization according to the contact.

3 is an application example of a data input device according to the present invention, which can be implemented on a touch pad provided at both ends of a PDA.

As illustrated, touch pads are provided as sensing areas R at both ends of the PDA, and display windows 20 indicating outputs according to inputs on the sensing area R are provided at the middle of the PDA. In this case, the display window 20 may be configured as a touch screen to select or move an icon displayed on the display window 20 to perform a command. In addition, as shown in FIG. 3, the display window 20 includes data representing data that can be input according to the moving direction and the pressing angle in the sensing area R when data is input on the sensing area R. FIG. The display unit 21 is displayed.

The data display unit 21 is arranged in one, two, or three rows in a radial manner, and each column is divided into a plurality of cells along the circumferential direction. In each column, inputtable data is described. If the contact can perform the dynamic input and the vertical pressure input through the moving direction and the pressing angle with respect to the sensing area R, as shown in this embodiment, the data display section 21 is arranged in two columns, The data inputtable by the contact movement input to the instruction position D is displayed, and the data inputtable by the vertical pressure input to the instruction position D can be displayed in the second column.

In addition, one or two data display units 21 may be provided in one sensing region R. One data display unit 21 may be provided for each of the two sensing regions R as in the present exemplary embodiment.

4 illustrates a data display unit 21 having two columns as described above and provided for each sensing region R, respectively. In the data display unit 21, the Hangul alphabet, the English alphabet, the Japanese hiragana or katakana can be arranged. In this embodiment, the English alphabet is arranged. The data display unit 21 may include a function key in addition to the alphabet, and may be configured to simultaneously perform various functions.

In addition, when the moving direction and the pressing angle are detected on the sensing area R, the corresponding column in the data display unit 21 may be displayed in a different color or blink to indicate that data corresponding to the corresponding column is selected (see FIG. 28). ).

On the other hand, in the sensing area R, when a contact is made to input data, the reference position S is determined through the contact area according to the contact. The reference position S is not displayed on the sensing area R. That is, the determination and processing of the reference position S are made in the control section, and the contact of the finger to the extent that the reference position S is determined means switching to the data input mode. Therefore, the reference position S displayed in the following drawings is only displayed for convenience of understanding.

When the reference position S is determined as described above, the instruction position D is virtually generated to be radially spaced around the reference position S. FIG. At this time, the instruction position (D) is arranged in the direction corresponding to the position of each cell of the data display unit (21). For example, if the data display portion 21 is divided into eight columns in the circumferential direction, the instruction position D is also arranged in the eight directions. Accordingly, the user indicates that although the instruction position D is not displayed on the sensing area R, the instruction position corresponding to the column in which the data to be input among the data described in the data display unit 21 is displayed based on the data display unit 21. In (D), the direction data can be input by moving or pressing.

And when the user inputs data while looking at the data display unit 21, the direction or pressurization in the correct direction with respect to the specific indication position (D), as well as within the allowable angle range for the indication position (D) When the direction movement is performed or the center position of the area where the pressing is performed is closest to the instruction position D, it can be regarded as the direction movement or pressurization with respect to the instruction position D. FIG.

In other words, the direction movement may be regarded as the specific pointing position D if the angle is made from the reference position S at an angle between each center line with respect to the two pointing positions D adjacent to the specific pointing position D. .

For example, if the direction is moved to 'b' in the column at 1 o'clock in the first column, a range of 22.5 ° to 67.5 ° toward the indication position D at the 1 o'clock position is assumed to be 0 ° in the 12 o'clock direction (45 °). Range), 'b' corresponding to the indicated position D in the 1 o'clock direction can be selected.

In addition, with respect to the pressurization, the center position of the area where the pressurization is performed can be recognized as the pressurization with respect to the closest indicated position D.

Therefore, even if the direction movement or the pressurization in the correct direction with respect to each instruction position (D) is not performed, the contact movement is made within the allowable angle range for the instruction position (D) or the area center position where the pressurization is performed is indicated. If it is closest to the position D, it can be recognized as a direction movement or a pressurization with respect to the indicated position D, so that data input is more accurate and convenient.

In addition, when the finger is released from the sensing area R, the reference position S disappears. When a finger touches the sensing area R for inputting subsequent data, the reference position S is generated again at the touched point.

On the other hand, if the contact is not released in the state where the finger is moved or pressed against the instruction position D, the reference position S is generated again based on the contact area of the finger in contact with the instruction position D. FIG. In other words, the first reference position S is moved by the direction movement or pressurization with respect to the indicated position D.

At this time, the instruction position (D) is generated again around the reference position (S). Accordingly, two or more pieces of data may be continuously inputted, or new data corresponding to two consecutive input operations may be input unless the contact of the finger is released.

As described above, when two or more pieces of data are to be continuously input, the method of distinguishing the first input from the subsequent input may be basically determined whether the moving direction and the pressing angle are changed. Or when the touch of the finger is released from the sensing input unit, the movement of the finger stops, or the direction of movement or pressure of the finger lasts for a predetermined time or more, the input according to the previous moving direction and the pressing angle or the attempt for the input May be determined to be terminated, and may be distinguished from an input according to a later direction movement and a pressing angle.

In addition, in the data input device according to the present invention, data can be input by tilting. In this case, the tilt means an input made by pressing a finger in a diagonal direction in contact with the sensing region R. FIG. The tilt detection unit 17 (see FIG. 13) may be provided to detect the tilt, and when the pressure in the horizontal and vertical directions is input, the tilt signal may be interpreted and interpreted as tilt.

The data input device described above will be described with reference to specific drawings. In the following example of the input, a description will be given based on the arrangement on the left side of the data display unit 21 shown in FIG. 4.

<Contact movement input>

5 is a diagram illustrating data input by a touch movement input on a sensing area.

As shown in the drawing, when a finger touches an arbitrary position of the sensing area R, the sensing input unit 10 detects a contact area of a finger. In addition, the controller selects a center point from the contact area detected by the sensing input unit 10 and determines the point as the reference position S, and the plurality of indicating positions D at radially spaced points of the reference position S. Allocate

As such, when the finger is moved in the direction of the specific indication position D without pressing the sensing area while the contact of the finger is maintained, data of the data display unit 21 corresponding to the position is input. For example, as shown in Fig. 5, when the contact is moved in the 1 o'clock direction, 'b' which is the data described in the 1 o'clock direction in the first column of the data display unit 21 is input.

In this case, the data to be input by the contact movement is determined regardless of the distance of the contact movement or the starting point of the contact movement. That is, since 1, 2, and 3 shown in FIG. 6 all face the second direction, the same data is input regardless of the position or the moving distance of the starting point of the contact movement. In more detail, the contact movement illustrated in FIG. 7B is relatively long compared to the contact movement illustrated in FIG. 7A. However, in Figs. 7A and 7B, since the moving direction is toward 1 o'clock, the data 'b' is input in the same manner.

In addition, the contact movement shown in (c) of FIG. 7 is different from the contact movement shown in (a) and (b) of FIG. 7. However, in the contact movements shown in (c) of FIG. 7 and (a) and (b) of FIG. 7, since the moving direction is toward the 1 o'clock direction, data 'b' is input in the same manner.

Therefore, even if the touch movement input is performed at any point on the sensing area R, the same data can be input. Therefore, if the approximate direction of the indication position D corresponding to the data to be input is recognized, the sensing area ( Data to be input at any position on R) can be easily input.

On the other hand, if the contact of the finger is not released from the sensing area R while the contact movement input is performed, the reference position S and the instruction position D are virtually generated again at the point where the finger is moved. Therefore, data can be input by contact movement again at the point of contact movement.

That is, as shown in FIG. 8A, when the finger touches the sensing area R, the reference position S and the instruction position D are generated based on the contact area. In this case, as shown in (b) of FIG. 8, when the contact movement is performed in the 3 o'clock direction, the data 'c' is input.

If the contact of the finger is not released here, the reference position S and the instruction position D are generated again at the point of contact movement as shown in FIG. In this case, when the contact movement of the finger is performed in the 1 o'clock direction as illustrated in FIG. 8C, since the movement direction is changed, it is determined that new data is input, and the corresponding data 'b' is input.

Therefore, if the finger is not released, a plurality of data can be input by continuous contact movement.

In this case, when two or more touch movement inputs are continuously performed, new data different from each touch movement may be input.

<Vertical Pressure Input>

9 is a diagram illustrating data input by vertical pressure on a sensing area.

As shown in FIG. 9A, when the finger contacts the sensing area R, the reference position S and the instruction position D are generated based on the contact area of the finger. In this case, as shown in FIG. 9B, when vertical pressure is applied in the 3 o'clock direction while the finger contacts the sensing region R, data corresponding to the 3 o'clock pressure is input. In other words, 'k' described in the two o'clock three o'clock direction is inputted in the data display unit 21.

At this time, if the contact movement is performed in the state of first contact with the finger, the reference position S and the instruction position D are generated again in the contact movement state, and thus, even when the direction is moved as shown in FIG. Vertical pressure input can be performed in the same way.

Therefore, when the mouse pointer can be moved by the direction movement of the finger, the left and right buttons of the mouse can be pressed by the vertical pressure input to the instruction position D while the mouse pointer is moved by the contact movement input. Such a function allows dragging, file dragging, and the like, and allows various commands to be executed simultaneously while moving a game character.

On the other hand, the vertical pressure input, as shown in Figure 11, may be made through the pressing unit 11 disposed at a plurality of radial points of the sensing region (R). Therefore, the data allocated to the pressurizing unit 11 may be input by pressing the pressurizing unit 11 while moving the direction on the sensing region R inside the pressurizing unit 11.

The vertical pressure input as described above may be classified into a center-vertical pressure input and a direction-vertical pressure input according to whether the reference position is vertically pressurized or the indicated position is vertically pressurized. In more detail, the center-vertical pressure input is performed when pressing only the reference position S as shown in FIG. 12A or pressing the reference position around the reference position as shown in FIG. 12B as a whole. The direction-vertical pressure input is performed when pressing against any one of the indicated positions D as shown in Fig. 12C.

In this case, the center-vertical pressure input may be used for mode conversion, and when data is additionally displayed in the center of the data display unit, it may be used when inputting the data.

<Tilt input>

13 is a diagram illustrating data input by tilt input on a sensing area.

In the sensing region R as illustrated, a return unit 15 made of an elastic body is provided on a sensing unit 13 such as a touch pad, and a plurality of tilt detection units 17 are disposed in the return unit 15. It is provided. Therefore, when the finger is in contact with the detection area R in a diagonal direction to a specific indication position D, the tilt detection unit 17 detects the motion of the finger so that data according to the tilt input is input. do.

At this time, the data input by the tilt input is not displayed on the data display unit 21 shown in FIG. 4, but when the tilt input is possible together with the contact movement input and the vertical pressure input, as shown in FIG. 22, The data display unit 21 may be provided in three columns, in which data inputtable by the tilt input may be arranged.

In addition, in the graphic work mode of the three-dimensional object, it is possible to perform the function of moving the object by the contact movement input, and to rotate the object in the pressing direction by the vertical pressure input, the tilt input By the object can also be tilted.

Instead of detecting the tilt input by the tilt detection unit 17, the tilt input may be performed by combining the horizontal and vertical pressures detected on the sensing area R. FIG. For example, when the pressure 20 in the horizontal direction and the pressure 30 in the vertical direction are sensed at the same time, it may be regarded as a tilt input.

<Pressure rating input>

14 is a diagram illustrating data input by horizontal pressure input on a sensing area.

As shown in the drawing, the horizontal pressure input may be performed by pressing the finger in a direction parallel to the sensing area while moving the finger to any one of the indicating positions while the finger is in contact with a certain position of the sensing area R. As shown in FIG. . That is, the horizontal pressure input refers to an input for pressing toward the instruction position while moving toward any one instruction position.

A horizontal pressure sensing unit (not shown) for sensing a horizontal movement of the sensing unit 13 is provided around the sensing unit 13 disposed in the sensing area so as to detect the horizontal pressing input. When the horizontal pressure input is performed on (13), the return unit 15 may be further provided to be restored to its original state after elastic deformation.

The data displayed on the data display unit may also be input by the horizontal pressure input. For example, if data arranged in two columns of the data display unit shown in FIG. 4 is data that can be input by the horizontal pressure input, data 'k' can be input through the horizontal pressure input in the 3 o'clock direction.

<Continuous input by two or more inputs>

When two data are to be input to the data input device according to the present invention, two data can be continuously input by one contact movement by performing contact movement continuously.

In more detail, when data 'a' and 'c' are to be input, data 'a' and data 'c' may be individually input through contact movements with respect to each other. That is, as shown in (a) of FIG. 15, when the contact is moved in the 12 o'clock direction (1) in contact with the sensing region R (2), data 'a' is input. Then, after removing the finger from the sensing area (R), contact (①) again to the sensing area (R) to move the contact in the 3 o'clock direction (2) as shown in Fig. 15 (②) can enter the data 'c'. .

However, instead of performing these two contact movements, as shown in FIG. 15 (c), the contact movement is performed in the 12 o'clock direction from the first contact state (①) (2), and again in the state of maintaining contact. When contact movement is performed in the visual direction (3), the same data as the result of sequentially performing FIGS. 15A and 15B are input.

It is also possible to input three or more pieces of data in sequence for three or more contact movements.

As described above, in the data input device according to the present invention, a plurality of data can be inputted at a time without releasing contact with the sensing area through continuous input. In this case, the continuous input may be performed in various combinations as well as the case where only one input such as a contact movement input is continuously performed.

That is, even if the same input is performed again while performing the touch movement input, the vertical pressure input, the tilt input, and the horizontal pressure input as described above, the continuous input is possible, but it is also possible to combine the different inputs continuously. Do.

Such continuous input is possible in that the reference position S is not determined in the detection area R based on the point where the finger arbitrarily touches, and the reference position S is not released. This is because the reference position D) is generated based on the current contact point.

Since the data is input by continuously adjusting the direction of movement and the pressing angle in the contact state, there is no need to return to the reference position (S) for continuous data input. In addition, since the direction of movement or pressurization is immediately performed to the instruction position D in the intended direction in the contact state, the accuracy of data input can be improved. That is, the conventional input key method cannot move to the instruction position D continuously in the moved state, but the present invention can be freely inputted by contact movement or pressurization to the instruction position D successively in the input state.

Hereinafter, a case in which two or more inputs of a touch movement input, a horizontal pressure input, a vertical pressure input, and an tilt input in the data input device according to the present invention can be performed will be described in detail.

<Continuous input by contact movement input and horizontal pressure input>

First, a case in which the contact movement input and the horizontal pressure input are continuously performed will be described.

The control unit in this embodiment distinguishes the contact movement input from the horizontal pressure input through the movement direction and the pressing angle with respect to any one of the indicated positions. That is, even if the movement direction is the same, the contact movement input and the horizontal pressure input are determined to be different inputs according to the presence or absence of pressure.

Accordingly, in the data display unit illustrated in FIG. 4, one column may be input by the contact movement input and two columns may be input by the horizontal pressure input.

16 illustrates an example in which a plurality of data is input while the contact movement input and the horizontal pressure input are continuously performed.

As shown in (a) of FIG. 16, when the contact movement input is performed in the 12 o'clock direction (①) in a state where a finger touches a certain position on the sensing area R (②), the data display unit of FIG. 'a' is input, and when the horizontal pressure input is performed again in the 3 o'clock direction (③), 'k' is input from the data display unit. Then, if the contact movement input is performed again in the 1 o'clock direction without releasing the contact of the finger with the sensing area R (④), 'b' is inputted in the data display unit, and again in the 12 o'clock and 9 o'clock directions. When the horizontal pressure input of is performed continuously (⑤, ⑥), 'i' and 'o' are input sequentially.

As another example, as shown in (b) of FIG. 16, when the horizontal pressure input is performed in the 9 o'clock direction (①) in a state where a finger touches an arbitrary point on the sensing area R (②), data is generated. If 'o' is displayed on the display unit, and the touch movement inputs in the 12 o'clock and 3 o'clock directions are continuously performed (③, ④), 'a' and 'c' are sequentially input, and the 6 o'clock direction is input. When pressing the horizontal pressure (⑤) 'm' is input.

As described above, a plurality of data can be inputted at the same time by continuously performing the touch movement input and the horizontal pressure input while the finger is in contact with the sensing area.

<Continuous input by contact movement input and vertical pressure input>

Next, a case where the contact movement input and the vertical pressure input are continuously performed will be described.

The control unit in this embodiment distinguishes the contact movement input from the vertical pressure input through the movement direction and the pressing angle with respect to any one of the indicated positions. That is, the direction movement without pressure for a specific instruction position is identified as the contact movement input, and the vertical pressure without movement for the specific instruction position is identified as the vertical pressure input.

In the data display unit illustrated in FIG. 4 so as to correspond to the two inputs, one column may be input by a contact movement input, and two columns may be input by a vertical pressure input.

17 illustrates an example in which a plurality of data is input while the contact movement input and the vertical pressure input are continuously performed.

That is, as shown in FIG. 17A, in a state of contacting the sensing region R (①), a contact movement input is performed in the 12 o'clock direction (②) to input one data a (FIG. 4). Based on the data display section shown on the left). In the state where the contact is not released, the 3 o'clock direction is pressed (③) and one data k is input again. In addition, in the state in which the contact with respect to the 3 o'clock direction is not released, the contact is moved in the 3 o'clock direction (④) and another data c is input again.

In the manner as described above, a plurality of data can be continuously input without removing a finger from the sensing area R.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 17B, in the state in which the sensing region R is in contact with (1), vertical pressure input is performed in the 3 o'clock direction (②) to input one data k. Then, the contact movement input is performed in the 12 o'clock direction (③) while the contact is not released, and one data (a) is input again. In addition, in the state in which such contact is not released, one position of data o can be input again by pressing the indication position D in the 9 o'clock direction (④).

As another example, as shown in (c) of FIG. 17, one data k is input by pressing in the 3 o'clock direction (②) in a state (1) in contact with the sensing region R (2). Then, the contact movement input is performed in the 12 o'clock direction (③) while the contact is not released, and one data (a) is input again. In addition, it is possible to input one data (c) again by performing a contact movement input (3) successively in the 3 o'clock direction without release of such a contact.

<Continuous input by contact movement input and tilt input>

Next, a case in which contact movement input and tilt input are successively performed to input data is described.

The control unit in this embodiment distinguishes the contact movement input from the tilt input through the movement direction and the pressing angle with respect to any one of the indicated positions. That is, the direction movement without pressure for a specific instruction position is identified as the contact movement input, and the tilt pressure for the specific instruction position is identified as the tilt input.

In the data display unit illustrated in FIG. 4 so as to correspond to these two inputs, one column may be input by the contact movement input, and two columns may be input by the tilt input.

An example in which a plurality of data is input while the contact movement input and the tilt input are continuously performed is illustrated in FIG. 18.

As shown in FIG. 18A, when the touch movement input is performed in the 12 o'clock direction in a state where a finger touches an arbitrary point on the sensing area R (②) (②), 'a' Is input, and when the tilt input is performed again in the 3 o'clock direction (③), 'k' is input.

For another example, as shown in (b) of FIG. 18, when the tilt input in the 12 o'clock direction is performed in a state in which a finger touches an arbitrary point on the sensing area R (①) (②) When the data display unit 'i' is input and the contact movement input is performed in the 3 o'clock and 12 o'clock directions without the finger being released (③, ④), the 'c' and 'a' In this state, when the tilt input to the 9 o'clock direction is performed again (5), 'o' of the data display unit is input.

<Continuous input by evaluating pressure input and tilting input>

Next, a case in which the horizontal pressure input and the tilt input are continuously performed and data is input will be described.

The control unit in this embodiment distinguishes the horizontal pressing input and the tilting input through the moving direction and the pressing angle with respect to any one of the indicating positions. That is, the case where the pressure is applied to the instruction position while the direction is moved with respect to the specific instruction position is grasped by the horizontal pressure input, and the inclination pressure on the specific instruction position is grasped as the tilt input.

In the data display unit illustrated in FIG. 4 so as to correspond to these two inputs, one column may be input by horizontal pressure input, and two columns may be input by tilt input.

An example in which a plurality of data is input while the horizontal pressing input and the tilt input are continuously performed is illustrated in FIG. 19.

As shown in (a) of FIG. 19, when the horizontal pressure input to the 9 o'clock direction is performed in a state in which a finger is touched at a certain point on the sensing area R (②) (②), 'g' 'Is input, and if the tilt input is performed immediately in the 9 o'clock direction without releasing the contact of the finger (③),' o 'is inputted in the data display unit, and if the horizontal pressure input is performed in the 6 o'clock direction (④) ) 'E' of the data display section is input.

As another example, as shown in (b) of FIG. 19, when the horizontal pressure input in the 3 o'clock direction is performed in a state in which a finger touches an arbitrary point on the sensing area R (②) (②) 'C' of the data display unit is input, and when the tilt input is performed in the 12 o'clock direction without the contact of the finger released (③), 'i' of the data display unit is input.

<Continuous input by evaluating pressure input and vertical pressure input>

Next, a case in which the horizontal pressure input and the vertical pressure input are continuously performed and data is input will be described.

The control unit in this embodiment distinguishes between the horizontal pressing input and the vertical pressing input through the moving direction and the pressing angle for any one of the indicated positions. That is, the case where the pressure is directed toward the instruction position while the direction of the specific instruction position is moved is determined by the horizontal pressure input, and the vertical pressure on the specific instruction position is determined by the vertical pressure input.

In the data display unit shown in FIG. 4 so as to correspond to these two inputs, one column may be input by the number evaluation pressure input, and two columns may be provided by the vertical pressure input.

20 illustrates an example in which a plurality of data is input while the horizontal and vertical pressure inputs are continuously performed.

That is, as shown in (a) of FIG. 20, when the horizontal pressure input is performed in the direction of 3 o'clock in the state in which the finger touches an arbitrary point on the sensing area R (②) (②), 'c' is input, and when the vertical pressure input in the 12 o'clock direction is performed without releasing the contact of the finger (③), 'i' is input.

As another example, as shown in (b) of FIG. 20, when the vertical pressure input in the 5 o'clock direction is performed in a state in which a finger is in contact with a certain point on the sensing area (①) (②), the data display unit 'k' is input, and when the horizontal pressure input in the 3 o'clock direction is performed without releasing the contact of the finger (③), 'c' is input.

<Continuous input by tilting input and vertical pressure input>

Next, a case in which the tilting input and the vertical pressing input are continuously performed and data is input will be described.

The control unit in this embodiment distinguishes the tilt input from the vertical press input through the moving direction and the pressing angle with respect to any one of the indicated positions. That is, it grasps the inclination direction pressurization with respect to a specific instruction | indication position as a tilt input, and finds the vertical pressurization with respect to a specific instruction | indication position as a vertical pressure input.

In the data display unit illustrated in FIG. 4 to correspond to the two inputs, one column may be input by the tilt input, and two columns may be input by the vertical pressure input.

An example in which a plurality of data is input while the tilt input and the vertical pressure input are continuously performed is illustrated in FIG. 21.

As shown in FIG. 21, when a tilt input toward the 1 o'clock direction is performed in a state where a finger is in contact with a finger on an arbitrary point on the sensing area R (②) (②), 'b' is inputted. When the vertical pressure input in the 12 o'clock direction is performed without releasing the contact of the finger (③), 'i' of the data display unit is input.

<Continuous input by contact movement input, horizontal pressure input and tilt input>

Next, a case in which the contact movement input, the horizontal pressure input and the tilt input are performed in succession to input data is described.

The control unit in this embodiment distinguishes the contact movement input, the horizontal pressing input and the tilting input through the moving direction and the pressing angle with respect to any one of the indicated positions. That is, it grasps the direction movement without pressurization about a specific instruction | indication position as a contact movement input, grasps the case where it presses toward the instruction | indication position, while making a direction movement to a specific instruction | indication position, as a horizontal pressurization input, and inclines with respect to a specific instruction | indication position. Determine pressurization by tilt input.

In order to correspond to these three inputs, the data display unit of two columns shown in FIG. 4 may be changed to the data display unit of three columns as shown in FIG. 22, and in the data display unit of three columns, one column may be input as a contact movement input. , 2 columns may be input by horizontal pressure input, and 3 columns may be input by tilt input.

23 illustrates an example in which a plurality of data is input while the contact movement input, the horizontal pressure input, and the tilt input are continuously performed.

That is, as shown in (a) of FIG. 23, when the touch movement input of the 3 o'clock direction is performed in a state where a finger is touched (①) at an arbitrary point on the sensing area R (②), FIG. When the data display unit 'c' is input and the horizontal pressure input is performed again in the 12 o'clock direction (③), the 'i' is input in the data display unit in FIG. 22, and then the tilt input is performed in the 9 o'clock direction. (4), 'w' is input to the data display unit of FIG.

As another example, as shown in (b) of FIG. 23, when the tilt input of the 6 o'clock direction is performed in a state in which a finger is touched (①) at an arbitrary point on the sensing area R (②), FIG. When 'u' is input from the data display part 22 and horizontal pressure input is performed again in the 5 o'clock direction (③), 'l' is inputted in the data display part of FIG. 22, followed by the contact movement input in the 1 o'clock direction. (4) 'b' is input from the data display unit of FIG.

<Continuous input by contact movement input, horizontal pressure input and vertical pressure input>

Next, a case in which the contact movement input, the horizontal pressure input and the vertical pressure input are successively performed to input data is described.

The control unit in this embodiment distinguishes the contact movement input, the horizontal pressure input and the vertical pressure input through the moving direction and the pressing angle with respect to any one of the indicated positions. That is, the direction movement without pressure for a specific instruction position is identified as the contact movement input, and the horizontal pressure input is used to identify the case where the pressure is directed toward the instruction position while the direction movement is performed for the specific instruction position, and is perpendicular to the specific instruction position. Determine pressurization by vertical pressure input.

In order to correspond to these three inputs, in the three column data display unit shown in FIG. 22, one column may be input by a contact movement input, two columns may be input by a horizontal pressure input, and three columns may be input by a vertical pressure input. It may be arranged to.

24 illustrates an example in which a plurality of data is input while the contact movement input, the horizontal pressure input, and the vertical pressure input are continuously performed.

That is, as shown in (a) of FIG. 24, when the contact movement input is performed in the 11 o'clock direction (1) in a state in which a finger touches an arbitrary point on the sensing area R (2), the data of FIG. If 'h' is input from the display unit and vertical pressure input is performed again in the 3 o'clock direction (③), 's' is input from the data display unit of FIG. 22, and then horizontal pressure input is performed in the 12 o'clock direction ( ④) 'i' is input to the data display unit of FIG. 22.

As another example, as shown in (b) of FIG. 24, when the horizontal pressure input in the 9 o'clock direction is performed in a state where the finger is in contact with a certain point on the sensing area R (①) (②) When 'o' is input from the data display unit of FIG. 22 and contact movement input is performed again in the 12 o'clock direction (③), 'a' is input from the data display unit of FIG. 22, and then the vertical pressure input is performed in the 9 o'clock direction. In operation (4), 'w' is input from the data display unit of FIG.

<Continuous input by contact movement input, vertical pressure input and tilt input>

Next, a case in which the contact movement input, the vertical pressure input and the tilt input are successively performed to input data is described.

The control unit in this embodiment distinguishes the contact movement input, the vertical pressing input and the tilting input through the moving direction and the pressing angle with respect to any one of the indicated positions. That is, the direction movement without pressure for a specific instruction position is identified as the contact movement input, the vertical pressure for the specific instruction position is identified as the vertical pressure input, and the gradient pressure for the specific instruction position is identified as the tilt input.

In order to correspond to these three inputs, in the three column data display unit shown in FIG. 22, one column may be input by a contact movement input, two columns may be input by a vertical pressure input, and three columns may be input by a tilt input. Can be prepared.

An example in which a plurality of data is input while the contact movement input, the vertical pressure input, and the tilt input are continuously performed is illustrated in FIG. 25.

That is, as shown in (a) of FIG. 25, when the contact movement input is performed in the 3 o'clock direction with the finger in contact with a certain point on the sensing area R (①) (②), the data of FIG. If 'c' is input from the display unit and vertical pressure input is performed again in the 12 o'clock direction (③), 'i' is displayed from the data display unit of FIG. 22, and if the tilt input is performed in the 3 o'clock direction (④) In the data display of FIG. 22, 's' is input.

As another example, as shown in (b) of FIG. 25, when a vertical pressure input to the 9 o'clock direction is performed in a state in which a finger is in contact with a certain point on the sensing area R (①) (②) When 'o' is input from the data display unit of FIG. 22 and the device is tilted toward the 12 o'clock direction (③), 'q' is input from the data display unit of FIG. 22, and then the touch movement input is performed at the 3 o'clock direction. In operation (4), 'c' is input from the data display unit of FIG.

<Continuous input by contact movement input, horizontal pressure input, vertical pressure input and tilt input>

Next, a case in which the contact movement input, the horizontal pressure input, the vertical pressure input and the tilt input are successively performed to input data is described.

The control unit in this embodiment distinguishes the contact movement input, the horizontal pressure input, the vertical pressure input and the tilt input through the movement direction and the pressing angle with respect to any one of the indicated positions. That is, it grasps the direction movement without pressurization about a specific instruction | position position as a contact movement input, and grasps the case where it presses toward the instruction | position position while moving to a specific instruction | position position as a horizontal pressure input, and calculates the vertical pressure with respect to a specific instruction | position position The vertical pressure input is used to grasp the slope pressure for a specific point.

To correspond to these four inputs, the three column data display unit shown in FIG. 22 may be changed to four column data display units as shown in FIG. 26, and in the four column data display unit illustrated in FIG. 26, one column is a contact movement input. 2 columns may be input by horizontal pressure input, 3 columns may be input by vertical pressure input, and 4 columns may be input by tilt input.

27 illustrates an example in which a plurality of data is input while the contact movement input, the horizontal pressure input, the vertical pressure input and the tilt input are successively performed.

That is, as shown in (a) of FIG. 27, when the horizontal pressure input in the 3 o'clock direction is performed in a state in which a finger is in contact with a point on the sensing area R (①) (②), FIG. If the 'k' is input from the data display unit and the contact movement input is performed again in the 12 o'clock direction (③), the 'a' is input from the data display unit of FIG. 26, and if the tilt input is performed again in the 9 o'clock direction (④) 26, 'Shift' is input from the data display unit of FIG. 26, and then 'q' is input from the data display unit of FIG.

As another example, as shown in (b) of FIG. 27, the horizontal pressure input to the 12 o'clock position is performed in a state where the finger is in contact with a certain point on the sensing area R (1) and the 6 o'clock direction is performed. When the horizontal pressure input is performed (②, ③), 'i' and 'm' are sequentially input from the data display part of FIG. 26, and if the contact movement input is performed again at 9 o'clock (④), the data of FIG. 'G' is input from the display unit, and then, when the tilt input in the 1 o'clock direction and the vertical pressure input in the 11 o'clock direction (⑤, ⑥) are performed, 'z' and 'x' are sequentially displayed in the data display unit of FIG. Is entered.

As described above, in the data input device according to the present invention, the input may be performed through a combination of various inputs. In particular, among the various input forms, inputs that the user feels convenient may be provided to be performed to increase convenience of input.

<How to display the data display part>

The data display unit according to the present invention may be displayed in various ways. For example, the data display unit may be provided as a fixed type as shown in FIG. 28, a mobile type as shown in FIG. 29, or an integrated type as shown in FIG. 30.

In more detail, as shown in FIG. 28, despite the direction movement or pressing of the finger on the sensing region R, the data display unit 21 may be positioned in a fixed state on the display window 20. At this time, in order to indicate the data selected by the direction movement or pressing of the finger, the data display unit 21 may be provided so that the column on which the corresponding data is displayed is displayed in a different color or blinks.

That is, in FIG. 28, when the finger in contact with the sensing area R on the left side is moved in the 12 o'clock direction as shown in ①, the 12 o'clock column of the first column may blink on the left data display unit 21. In addition, in FIG. 16, when the finger touching the sensing area R on the right side is vertically pressed in the 3 o'clock direction as shown in FIG. 16, the cells at the 3 o'clock position in the second column may blink in the data display part 21 on the right side.

Meanwhile, the data display unit 21 may be provided as a movable type as shown in FIG. 29, and may be moved in the display window 20 according to the movement of the finger with respect to the sensing area R. FIG. That is, in FIG. 29, when the finger in contact with the sensing area R on the left side is moved in the 6 o'clock direction as in ①, the data display part 21 on the left side is moved in the 6 o'clock direction on the display window 20. In addition, in FIG. 29, when the finger touching the sensing area R on the right side is moved in the 9 o'clock direction as illustrated in FIG. 29, the data display part 21 on the right side may be moved in the 9 o'clock direction on the display window 20.

In addition, as illustrated in FIG. 30, the data display unit 21 may be displayed integrally with the contact area of the finger around the contact position of the finger. That is, when a touch of more than a predetermined area is detected in the sensing area R, the control unit activates the data input mode to display the data display unit 21 around the contact area of the finger and to disappear the data display unit 21 when the contact of the finger is released. do. In this case, it is preferable that the sensing region R, in which a finger touches, is provided on a touch screen that can be displayed. In this case, since a portion of the data display unit 21 may be covered by a finger, the data display unit 21 may be separately provided in an arbitrary area of the touch screen so as to easily identify data inputtable from the data display unit. It may be.

When the data display unit 21 appears in the vicinity of the position where the finger touches as described above, the user may input data while facing the data display unit 21. In this case, when the direction movement or pressure is applied, the data display unit 21 is preferably displayed by moving around the direction movement or pressure point.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and the scope of application is not limited, and various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention as claimed in the claims.

1 and 2 illustrate a data input device according to the prior art;

3 is a perspective view showing an application example of a data input device according to the present invention;

4 is a view for explaining the configuration of the data display unit shown in FIG. 3;

5 to 8 are views for explaining data input by a touch movement input in the data input apparatus according to the present invention;

9 to 12 are views for explaining data input by the vertical pressure input in the data input device according to the present invention,

13 is a view for explaining data input by tilt input in the data input apparatus according to the present invention;

14 is a view for explaining data input by a horizontal pressure input in the data input apparatus according to the present invention;

15 is a diagram for explaining continuous input in a data input device according to the present invention;

16 to 21 are views for explaining various input combinations in the data input device according to the present invention;

FIG. 22 is a diagram showing the configuration of a data display unit that can be used when three inputs can be performed;

23 to 25 are views for explaining various input combinations in the data input device according to the present invention;

FIG. 26 is a diagram showing the configuration of a data display unit that can be used when four inputs can be performed;

27 is a view for explaining a combination of four inputs in the data input device according to the present invention,

28 to 30 are diagrams for describing various embodiments of the data display unit according to the present invention.

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Claims (18)

A data input device having a predetermined sensing area in an electronic device terminal, The movement is detected by detecting the movement direction and the pressing angle of the finger with respect to the reference position that is generated by the contact of the finger with respect to the sensing area and is extinguished when the contact is released and is arranged radially around the generated reference position. A sensing input unit configured to generate an input signal corresponding to a direction and a pressing angle; And And a controller configured to determine a moving direction and a pressing angle of the finger from the input signal and extract and input data allocated to the moving direction and the pressing angle from the memory unit. The method of claim 1, The control unit, when the finger moves toward any one of the indication position without pressing the detection area in the input signal from the detection input unit, determines that the contact movement input to the indication position, from the detection input unit When the pressure in the vertical direction with respect to any one of the indication positions is detected in the input signal of, it is determined as the vertical pressure input to the indication position, and the inclination direction with respect to any one indication position in the input signal from the sensing input unit is determined. When the pressure is detected, it is determined as the inclination input with respect to the instruction position, and when the finger is moved in a direction parallel to the sensing region while the finger is moved to any one instruction position from the input signal from the sensing input unit. The data characterized in that the judging by the horizontal pressure input to the indication position Output device. The method of claim 1, The controller may determine that the input according to the previous movement direction and the pressing angle is terminated and a new input is performed when the movement direction or the pressing angle of the finger is detected by the input signal from the sensing input unit. Data input device. The method of claim 1, The control unit, when the contact of the finger is released from the sensing input unit, the operation of the finger is stopped, or if the direction movement or pressure of the finger lasts for a predetermined time or more, the input according to the previous moving direction and the pressing angle or the input And determine that the attempt to terminate the attempt. The method according to claim 3 or 4, When the input of the new moving direction and the pressing angle is started while the contact of the finger is not released from the input signal from the sensing input unit, but the input by the moving direction and the pressing angle of the finger is determined to be terminated, And generating a plurality of indicating positions by using the terminated point as a reference position, and determining a new input based on the generated reference position and the indicating position. The method of claim 5, The terminated point is a data input device, characterized in that the controller is recognized as a point where the current finger is in contact with the sensing input unit after the time when it is determined that the previous input is terminated. The method according to claim 3 or 4, The control unit may be configured to input an input according to a previous moving direction and an pressing angle of a finger and an input according to a changed moving direction or pressing angle of a finger when the moving direction or the pressing angle of the finger is changed in the input signal from the sensing input unit. The data input device, characterized in that for determining each as a separate input. The method of claim 1, The controller, when the pressure in the vertical direction with respect to any one of the indication position in the input signal from the sensing input unit is detected, determines that the direction-vertical pressure input to the indication position, the reference position or reference position and a plurality of And if the pressure in the vertical direction with respect to the indicated position is detected, judging by the center-vertical pressure input to the reference position. The method according to claim 1 or 2, And a display window on which a data display portion indicative of data corresponding to an input for each indication position is displayed. The method of claim 9, At least one sensing area is provided around the display window, and the data display unit is displayed on the display window corresponding to each sensing area. The method of claim 10, In the data display unit, when an input to each indication position is performed, data corresponding to the input is displayed or blinked in a different color. The method of claim 10, And the data display unit is moved in the display window in correspondence with a movement direction of a finger on the sensing area. The method of claim 9, The sensing area is provided in the display window, And when a finger touches the sensing area, the control unit displays a data display unit around the contact area. The method of claim 13, The control unit may delete the data display unit displayed on the display window when the contact of the finger with respect to the sensing area is released. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The controller may determine that the direction movement is performed to the specific indication position when the direction movement is sensed in the angular range between the reference position and the center line of each of two adjacent indication positions. Data input device. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The control unit may determine that an input is performed to an indication position closest to a center position of the area where the pressing is performed when the pressing angle is detected by the sensing input unit. The method of claim 1, A plurality of tilt detection unit is further provided in the detection area for detecting the tilt, The control unit inputs data allocated to each tilt detection unit based on the input to the tilt detection unit. The method of claim 1, In the sensing area, a plurality of pressing parts capable of sensing vertical pressure are provided radially near the edge of the sensing area, The control unit, if the input to the pressing unit is detected, the data input device, characterized in that for determining the vertical pressure input to the pressing unit.

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