201237680 六、發明說明： C 明所腐夺軒領】 發明領域 本發明的實施方式一般地涉及用於通過使用軟鍵盤輸 入漢字的方法和設備。更具體地，本發明的實施方式涉及 用於提供用於輸入漢字的用戶介面的方法和設備以及用於 提供用於輸入漢字的電腦程式產品。 發明背景 現今各種軟鍵盤包括但不限於QWERTY軟鍵盤、迷你 -qwerty鍵盤以及ITU-T鍵盤已經廣泛用作許多電子設備的 人機介面’這些電子設備包括例如個人電腦（PC)、個人數 位助理(PDA)、移動電話、電子詞典和電子閱讀器。為了輸 入漢字，許多軟鍵盤預安裝有拼音輸入功能。然而，在一 些方面中，此類軟鍵盤對於輸入漢字仍不方便。 例如’ QWERTY軟鍵盤的鍵佈局對於拼音輸入仍不是最 優或定制的。為了更好的理解該問題，對圖1做出參考。圖i 示出-種用戶介®，其可以結合QWERTY軟鍵贼用以用於 拼曰輸入。如圖1中所示，在用戶輸入英文字母“η”和‘‘广作為 拼音字母時，-排中文候選漢字1〇1例如“你尼〇尼泥擬” 被顯示用於用戶選擇’並且第—漢字“你，，已經呈現在輸入 視固中。同時，根據拼音編碼制，可以跟從字母“i”的合 法字母“e，，、“u，，、‘V，4： “ 和η’已經被預測並且從軟鍵盤突出以 用於用戶的可此進-步選擇。QWERTY軟鍵盤上根據拼音 201237680 編碼規則是非法字母的剩餘按鍵都被渲染成暗灰色並且不 能由用戶選擇。儘管用於軟鍵盤的此類用戶介面提供了用 於快速輸入漢字的好的方式，用戶仍不得不時不時跨整個 軟鍵盤來移動他的或她的手指或觸筆，以選擇合適的軟按 鍵。 此外，電容觸摸屏已經廣泛使用在移動電話中。然而， 由於受軟鍵盤的尺寸的限制，用戶很有可能觸摸到不期望 的按鍵。相應地，這將降低效率並且造成差的用戶體驗。 【發明内容】 發明概要 因此，現有技術中存在向軟鍵盤提供改進的用戶介面 的需要，從而軟鍵盤的用戶可以在拼音輸入模式下有效地 輸入漢字而不會顯著地跨整個軟鍵盤來移動手指。. 在本發明的一個實施方式中，提供一種方法。該方法 包括通過在顯示在軟鍵盤上的第一軟按鍵上的感應操作， 向設備輸入漢字的第一拼音字母。該方法還包括獨立於軟 鍵盤顯示多個第二軟按鍵，該第二軟按鍵將用於輸入作為 該漢字的第二拼音字母的“a”、“e”、“g”、“h”、“i”、“η”、“〇”、 “u”、“v”和“r”中的至少一個。 在一個實施方式中，多個第二軟按鍵基本上圍繞著第 一軟按鍵。在另一個實施方式中，所述多個第二軟按鍵包 括八個軟按鍵，其中一個軟按鍵將用於輸入“g”或“h”，並 且其中另一個軟按鍵將用於輸入“v”或“r”。 在另外的實施方式中，以不明顯的方式顯示對於所述 201237680 漢字的第二拼音字母或另外的拼音字母不合法的軟按鍵。 在附加的實施方式中，軟鍵盤初始包括將用於輸入第 一拼音字母的二十三個軟按鍵。在一個實施方式中，二十 三個軟按鍵以三行佈置，包括對於4”、、”、“〜”、“1"”、“1”、 “y”、“p”和“〇”的八個軟按鍵的上行，對於“a”、“s”、“d”、“f，、 “g”、“h”、“j”和“Γ的八個軟按鍵的中行，以及對於“z”、“x”、 “c”、“b”、“n”、“m”和“k”的七個軟按鍵的下行。 在另一個實施方式中，該方法進一步包括：通過在多 個第二軟按鍵之一上的感應操作，向設備輸入針對所述漢 字的第二拼音字母；並且對於所述漢字的任意兩個隨後連 續的拼音字母，通過在顯示在軟鍵盤上的相應軟按鍵上的 感應操作，向設備輸入兩個隨後連續的拼音字母的第一字 母；以及獨立於軟鍵盤，顯示多個第二軟按鍵，該第二軟 按鍵將用於輸入作為該兩個隨後連續的拼音字母的第二字 母的 “a”、“e”、“g”、“h”、“i”、“η”、‘‘〇，，、“u”、‘V’和 “r” 中的至少一個。 在另一個實施方式中，該方法進一步包括通過在多個 第二軟按鍵的一個或多個上的感應操作，向設備輸入漢字 的第二或更多的拼音字母。 在一個實施方式中，對於已經用於向設備輸入漢字的 第二拼音字母或另外的拼音字母的任意軟按鍵，基本上圍 繞已經被使用的軟按鍵顯示多個預測的軟按鍵，用於向設 備輸入該漢字的附加拼音字母。 \> 在一個實施方式中，操作包括用戶的點擊、觸摸、滑 5 201237680 動、按壓或其他動作。在另一個實施方式中，第一軟按鍵 與多個第二軟按鍵分開並且遠離。在另外的實施方式中， 多個第二軟按鍵顯示在軟鍵盤上，但在不同於第一軟按鍵 的另一半軟鍵盤上，替代某些原始的軟按鍵。在一個附加 的實施方式中，多個第二軟按鍵的佈局是餅形、矩形、正 方形、橢圓形或類似形狀之一。 在本發明的另一個實施方式中，提供一種設備。該設 備包括用於通過在顯示在軟鍵盤上的第一軟按鍵上的感應 操作，向設備輸入漢字的第一拼音字母的裝置。該設備還 包括用於獨立於軟鍵盤，顯示多個第二軟按鍵的裝置，該 第二軟按鍵將用於輸入作為該漢字的第二拼音字母的 “a”、“e”、“g”、“h”、“i”、“η”、‘‘〇，，、‘V，、‘V’和“r”中的至 少一個。 在本發明的另外實施方式中，提供一種設備。該設備 包括至少一個處理器和包括電腦程式代碼的至少一個記憶 體。記憶體和電腦程式代碼配置成使得至少一個處理器通 過在顯示在軟鍵盤上的第一軟按鍵上的感應操作，向設備 輸入漢字的第一拼音字母。該記憶體和電腦程式代碼也配 置成使得至少一個處理器獨立於軟鍵盤顯示多個第二軟按 鍵，該第二軟按鍵將用於輸入作為該漢字的第二拼音字母 的 “a”、“e”、“g”、“h”、“i”、“η”、“〇’’、“u”、“v”和 “r” 中的 至少一個。 在本發明的另外實施方式中，提供一種電腦程式產 品。該電腦程式產品包括其上存儲有電腦可讀程式碼部分 201237680 的至少—個電腦可讀存儲介質。電腦可讀程式碼部分包括 用於通過在顯示在軟鍵盤上的第—軟按鍵上的感應操作， 向设備輸人漢字的第—拼音字母的程式碼指令^該電腦可 讀程式碼部分包括用於獨立於軟㈣，顯示多個第二軟按 鍵的程式碼指令，該第二軟按鍵將用於輸人作為該漢字的 第二拼音字母的“a”、“e”、“g”、“h，，、“i”、“n”、“〇，，、“u” “v”和“r”中的至少一個。 根據本發明的某些實施方式，由於減小數目的第二軟 按鍵被顯示用於輸入針對漢字的第二拼音字母，用戶可以 容易地選擇軟按鍵來輸入漢字。進一步，因為第一軟按鍵 基本上僅由第二軟按鍵來圍繞，而這些第二軟按鍵對於漢 字的第二拼音字母或另外的拼音字母是合法的，用戶僅需 要移動手指或觸筆跨很短的距離就可以輸入漢字。 另外’當用戶習慣於或熟悉於多個第二軟按鍵的佈 置’則他們輸入漢字的速度可以顯著地提高。這在一些應 用中是很有用或者方便的，應用例如便攜設備上的聊天、 短消息收發或文本編輯。 當結合附圖閱讀時，將從下面的特定實施方式的描述 理解本發明的實施方式的其他特徵和優勢，這些附圖通過 例子圖示出本發明的實施方式的原理。 圖式簡單說明 在下面參考附圖更為詳細的解釋以例子呈現出本發明 的實施方式及其優勢，附圖其中： 圖1圖示出結合QWERTY軟鍵盤使用以用於拼音輸入 201237680 的用戶介面； 圖2是用於根據本發明的一個實施方式向軟鍵盤提供 用戶介面的方法的簡化流程圖； 圖3-6是圖示出根據本發明的某些實施方式，用於輸入 拼音字母的多個用戶介面的示意圖； 圖7是圖示出適合於結合圖3-6中示出的用戶介面使用 的軟鍵盤佈置的示意圖；以及 圖8是根據本發明的另一實施方式的設備的示意圖，該 設備配置有或實現如圖2-7中所示的方法或用戶介面。 I：實施方式;1 具體實施方式 如下將詳細描述本發明的實施方式。 在本發明的一個實施方式中，通過顯示在觸摸屏上的 軟鍵盤上的第一軟按鍵上的感應操作（例如，由用戶的觸 摸、按壓或滑動），向設備輸入第一拼音字母。接著，獨立 於軟鍵盤，顯示將用於輸入第二拼音字母的多個第二軟按 鍵。在一個實施方式中，多個第二軟按鍵被顯示，從而它 們基本上圍繞著第一軟按鍵。例如，多個第二軟按鍵可以 形成餅形、矩形、正方形、橢圓形或其他的形狀，並且在 第一軟按鍵上感應到操作後彈出。這裏，操作包括用戶執 行的點擊、滑動、觸摸、按壓或其他動作。在另一個實施 方式中，第一軟按鍵和多個第二軟按鍵分開顯示。在另外 的實施方式中，多個第二軟按鍵顯示在與第一軟按鍵相同 的軟鍵盤内，但位於軟鍵盤的另一部分中（例如，一半），替 201237680 代軟鍵盤上的某些原始軟按鍵。 圖1圖不出結合用於拼音輸入的QWERTY軟按鍵使用 的用戶；I面並且已經在前進行了描述。 ° 用於根據本發明的一個實施方式向軟鍵盤提供 用戶"面的方法細的流程圖。方法期開始於步驟$扇並 且前進到步驟咖。在步·2ϋ1，方法通過在顯示在軟 鍵盤^第-軟按鍵上的感應操作，向設備輸人漢字的第 拼θ字母。接著，方法200前進到步驟S202。在步驟S202， 方法200獨立於軟鍵盤顯示多個第三軟按鍵，該第二軟按鍵 將用於輸人作為該漢字的第二拼音字母的‘V，、“e”、“g”、 h、1、η» ' ‘V’、“u”、“v”和“r”中的至少一個。最終， 方法200在步驟S203處結束。 00中，為何僅多個第二軟按鍵用於輸入“a，，、 個的原因是基於發明人的涉及中文拼音編碼規則的發現， 如下討論。根據中文拼音編碼規則，僅二十三個英文字母 (除m”'和“v”mx用作第—拼音字母、然而，僅十 “hong”的每個是上述十個英文字母、，， “n”、“〇”、“u”、“v”和“由 & 中的一個。基於發明人的涉及中 “V”和“r”可以用作漢字的第二拼音字母或附加的拼音字 母。換句話說’僅十個英文字母對於輪人第二拼音字母或 附加的拼音字母是合法的。例如’漢字“中，，的拼音字母是 “zhong”。第-拼音字母是英文字母“ z”而剩餘拼音字母 t1_ ____95 f.L· As： IrC\ θ 1 .. 、‘‘e，，、“α”、“h”、“i” 201237680 文拼音編碼規則的重要發現，方法200僅需要顯示多個第二 軟按鍵，用於輸入作為第二拼音字母或附加的拼音字母的 上述十個英文字母的至少一個。在圖3_6中示出如何通過用 戶介面顯示多個第二軟按鍵。下文，將參考圖3_6的每個討 論本發明的某些實施方式。 圖3-6是圖示出根據本發明的某些實施方式的用於輸 入漢字的多個用戶介面的示意圖。 ,如圖3中所示，用於輸入漢字的用戶介面獨立於軟鍵盤 /成為餅形301。在餅形3〇1的中央處所位於的是第一軟按 ，其已經由用戶作為第一拼音字母點擊。圍繞著第一 按鰱P”的是八個第二軟按鍵，其中之一用於輸入“g”或 ‘‘h，，》、 並且其中另一個用於輸入“V”或“r”。剩餘的第二軟按 刀⑺分配給字母“a”、“e”、“i”、“n”、“〇，，和“u，，。使字母“呂” h共用一個軟按鍵3〇2是因為根據中文拼音編碼規則， 僅跟隨字母“η”並且字母“h”僅跟隨字母“c”、“s”和 “Z，，0 即，它們不跟隨相同的字母並且因此可以彼此區分。 、也，使字母“V”和“r”共用一個軟按鍵303是因為字母“v” 僅跟隨字母T，和“η”並且字母V’僅跟隨字母“e” 此類的共 用—個軟按鍵可以有利地減小餅形上的第二軟按鍵的數目 並且因此每個第二軟按鍵具有相對大的區域，這便於用戶 觸棋或點擊。儘管在圖3中沒有反應出，餅形301的尺寸 可以根據用戶的偏好來預先設置。 。.上述已經在總體上描述了根據本發明的一個實施方式 成為餅形的用戶介面。下面將描述如何通過用戶介面輸 10 201237680 入漢字。假設用戶期望輸入漢字‘‘平，，，其拼音字母是 “pmg”。首先，他或她點擊卩㈣尺^軟鍵盤上指示字母“p，， 的軟按鍵(即’如上指出的第一軟按鍵)。在感應到軟按鍵、,， 已經被點擊’如圖3所示的餅形3〇1將自動地彈出並且等待 用戶的進—步選擇。在本發明的不同實施方式中，可以提 供至少二種方式來繼續輸入剩餘的拼音字母。 在第一方式中，用戶可以點擊、觸摸、滑動或按壓指 示“Γ的軟按鍵以輸入中文拼音字母“i”。這裏，滑動指的是 用戶持續的選擇第二軟按鍵而不將他的或她的手指或觸筆 抬起離開觸摸屏。例如，在點擊了第一軟按鍵“p”後，手护 或觸筆沿觸摸屏的表面直接滑動到指示字母“丨”的第二軟按 鍵。一旦已經輸入拼音字母“丨”，先前彈出的餅形3〇1將自動 地消失。儘管在圖3中未示出，一列候選漢字將呈現在候選 視窗以用於用戶的選擇，類似於如圖7(稍後將討論）中所示 的文本視窗中的多個漢字。例如，具有相同的拼音字母的 漢子‘皮”、‘‘批，’、“劈’’和“屈，’將被呈現。因為對於漢字“平，， 的拼音字母“ping”還未被完全輸入，用戶可以在原始軟鍵盤 上點擊指示拼音字母“η”(即，第一軟按鍵）的軟按鍵，與餅 形301相同但處於例如圍繞字母“η”的不同位置處的另一個 餅形彈出。同樣地，用戶可以通過點擊 '觸摸、滑動、按 壓或其他動作來選擇指示拼音字母“g”(即，第二軟按鍵）的 軟按鍵。一旦輸入了拼音字母“g”，就已經完成了對漢字 平”的拼音字母的輸入。類似地，可以存在一列候選的奠 字以用於用戶的最終選擇。例如，漢字“憑”、“瓶，，、“二 、 201237680 “平”和“屏”將被呈現以用於進一步選擇。用戶可以選擇漢 字“平”以成功地完成此次輸入。 從第一方式可以看出漢字的第二拼音字母可以通過在 多個第二軟按鍵之一上的感應操作來向設備輸入。對於漢 字的任意兩個隨後連續拼音字母（例如，該例子中的“η”和 “g”），通過顯示在軟鍵盤上的相應軟按鍵上的感應操作，可 以向設備輸入兩個隨後連續拼音字母的第一字母。並且， 獨立於軟鍵盤，顯示多個第二軟按鍵，其將被用於輸入作 為兩個隨後連續拼音字母的第二字母的“a”、“e”、“g”、“h”、 “i”、“η”、“ο”、“u”、“v”和 “r” 中的至少一個。 在第二方式中，在用戶點擊了餅形上的第二軟按鍵 後，即，輸入拼音字母“i”後，餅形301並不消失，這不同於 第一方式。接著，用戶可以經由餅形301連續地輸入指示拼 音字母“η”和“g”的兩個第二軟按鍵。在輸入的過程中，伴 隨著拼音字母的每次輸入，可以相應地更新候選漢字的列 表。附加地，在輸入的過程中，如果用戶想放棄餅形，他 或她可以觸摸文本編輯器中的空白區域或軟鍵盤上的其他 軟按鍵。接著，餅形301可以消失並且用戶可以簡單地使用 軟鍵盤來輸入拼音字母。 可以從第二方式看出漢字的第二或更多拼音字母可以 通過多個第二軟按鍵中的一個或多個上的感應操作來向設 備輸入。 在協力廠商式中，在用戶通過餅形輸入拼音字母“i” 後，餅形將消失並且新的餅形將基本上圍繞著先前的第二 12 201237680 軟按鍵“i”彈出。接 按壓#他戶可以通過點擊、觸摸、滑動、 字 作從該新的餅形選擇第二軟按鍵來輸入拼音 鍵“ n，，彈的餅形將基本上圍繞著先前的第二軟按 、'因為新的餅形且輸入最後的拼音字母 按鍵，新餅形上㈣ 圍繞著緊跟的先前第二軟 "一 、弟一軟按鍵的數目可以減小並且因此每 :“字母被輸人時，餅形的尺寸或每個第二軟按鍵 的區域可以料。優觀，伴«拼音字每次輸入， 也可以在㈣上顯示—些其他制的軟按鍵。 w彳&協力廠商式看出對於已經用於向設備輸入漢字 的第二拼音字母或附加的拼音字母的任意軟按鍵，顯示多 個預測的軟按鍵，基本上圍繞著已經被使用的軟按鍵，以 =向4備輪人漢字的附加拼音字母。因為基於剩餘的拼 音子母的數目，在輸人的過程期娜的尺寸可以動態地 改變’用戶對於輸人拼音字母可能產生樂趣。 上文已經示意性描述結合如圖3中所示的用戶介面使 用的三種方式。然而，本發_實施方式並秘於此。本 領域技術人員在不偏離本發明的精神和範圍下做出任意合 適的改變或修改。例如，儘管在圖3中未示出，在拼音字母 的後縯輸入中，根據拼音編碼規則不能跟隨先前第二軟按 鍵的非法字母可以被渲染成暗灰色以避免不正確的輸入。 換句話說，將以不明顯的方式來顯示對於漢字的第二拼音 字母或附加的拼音字母來說非法的軟按鍵。 另外，如圖3所示的餅形上的多個第二軟按鍵的佈置僅 13 201237680 僅是示例性的；對於有效的輸入可能存在其他合適的佈 置。除了餅形，其他合適的幾何圖形也可以用於表示多個 第二軟按鍵的佈局，例如，如圖4中所示的矩形401。 靈活地使用上述三種方式的另一優勢在於具有相同的 拼音字母的漢字或短語可以被輕鬆地區分和輸入。例如， 當輸入漢字“先”和漢字短語“西安”時，其具有相同的拼音 字母“xian”（或“Xi An”），漢字短語“西安”可以使用第一種方 式來輸入而漢字“先”可以使用第二或第三種方式來輸入。 進一步，關於其中用於輸入第一拼音字母的軟按鍵(例 如，“p”和“q”）已經到達或將超出軟鍵盤的邊緣的情形（分別 如圖3和圖4所示），餅形、矩形、正方形、橢圓形或其他形 狀的區域可能超出觸摸屏的邊緣。在該情形下，對於第二 拼音字母或附加的拼音字母非法的一些軟按鍵可以佈置在 餅形、矩形、正方形、橢圓形或其他形狀上的接近於觸摸 屏邊緣的一側，例如圖3中的用於輸入拼音字母“n”、“vr” 和“gh”的第二軟按鍵。此類的佈置將確保對於第二拼音字 母或附加的拼音字母合法的第二軟按鍵呈現在用於用戶選 擇的螢幕内。圖7示意性地示出一種軟鍵盤的佈置，其也可 以解決上述的情形，其細節將在梢後討論。 如上所討論，圖4圖示出用於根據本發明的一個實施方 式輸入拼音字母的另一個用戶介面401。除了與圖3中所示 的用戶介面301不同的形狀以外，就使用和操作而言，用戶 介面301和401二者是相同或類似的。因此，.為了簡化描述 的目的，圖4中所示的關於用戶介面的討論在此被省略。 14 201237680 圖5示意性示出用於根據本發明的另一實施方式輸入 拼音字母的用戶介面。如圖5中所示，圖5的上部501示出簡 化的QWERTY軟鍵盤。圖5的中部502示出當在左側處的第 一軟按鍵“S”被點擊或按壓時，如交叉符號“X”所示的，多 個第二軟按鍵顯示在軟鍵盤501的右部503。同樣地，圖5的 低部504示出當在右側處的第一軟按鍵“J”被點擊時，多個 第一軟按鍵顯不在軟鍵盤501的左部505處。即，多個第一 軟知:鍵顯示在軟鍵盤上，但在不同於第一軟按鍵的一半軟 鍵盤上，替代某些原始的軟按鍵。此類的用戶介面可以有 利地應用於支援多點觸摸的可搞式設備。 圖6示意性示出用於根據本發明的一個實施方式輸入 拼音字母的附加用戶介面。不同於如圖5中所示的用戶介 面，用於輸人拼音字母的第二軟按鍵與第—軟按鍵分開並 且形成額外的鍵盤。特別地，圖6的上部6〇1、中部6〇3和底 P 05具體地示出一個主軟鍵盤，其中的兩個是qwERTY軟 鍵盤而其中的一個是ITU'T軟鍵盤。圖6的上部術、中部604 和低部606是包括多個第二軟按鍵的三個額外鍵盤。當用戶 點擊顯不在主軟難上顯示的第—軟按鍵時，額外的鍵盤 將彈出以用於進-步的拼音輪人並且當輸人完成時消失。 應該注意到前兩個戶介面適合於具有大觸摸屏的支援多 觸lx備’而第—個用戶介面適合於支援單點觸摸的設 備。 圖7疋不出適σ於結合圖3_6所示的用戶介面使用的軟 鍵盤的佈置的7F思I 4軟鍵盤的佈置旨在解決這樣的可 15 201237680 能問題’即例如通過如圖3和4中所示的餅妒矩升多 形、橢圓形或其他形狀顯示的第二軟按鍵將超出觸摸屏的 邊緣的問題。為了避免此類的情形，必須減小將佈置在軟 鍵盤上的軟按鍵的數目。在一個實施方式中，僅_十一個 軟按鍵用於輸入第一拼音字母。如圖7Φ % _ T所不，這二十三個 軟按鍵以三行佈置’包括對於‘V，、“q，，、、v，、 “p”和“o”的八個軟按鍵的上行701，對於“a，，、、” “ ” “， “g”、“h”、“j”和“丨”的八個軟按鍵的中行7〇2，二及^於“ zf，j “X”、“c”、“b”、“η”、“m”和“k”的七個敕按鍵的下行7〇3。 通過初始以該方式來佈置軟㈣，所有㈣二軟按鍵可以 顯示在觸摸屏内’甚至當第-軟按鍵接近於软鍵盤的邊緣。 圖8是本發明的另-個實施方式中的設備的示意圓，該 設備配置有或實現如圖2-7中所示的方法或用戶介面。圖8 中所示的設備8G僅僅是其巾實現本發明的實财式的電子 設備的-個例子。在某些實施方式中，如圖8中所示的設備 80可以是個人數位助理(PDA)、移動電言舌、電子詞典或電子 閱讀器、接收印表機等。如圖8中所示，設備8〇包括至少一 個處理器800、軟鍵盤8〇1(例如，實現在觸摸屏的區域中）、 編解碼器電路8〇2、麥克風8〇3、耳機_、無線介面電路 8〇5、天_6 '存儲電腦程式代碼的至少_個記憶體辦、 紅外線_8、顯示獅9(例如，包括上述_摸屏）、智慧 卡81〇和卡閱讀器81卜各個和元件都是本領域中的公 知類型並且它們中的-些不在此討論以便不必要地混清本 發明的實施方式。 16 201237680 如圖8中所不，s己憶體8〇7以及存儲在其中的電腦程式 代碼配置錢得處理通過在㈣錄鍵盤謝上的第 軟知鍵上的感應操作’向設備8G輸人漢字的第—拼音字 母，以及獨立於軟鍵盤顯示多個第二軟按鍵，該第二軟按 鍵將用於輸人作H貞字的第二拼音字母的“a”、、“g”、 h 1 、n、“〇’’、“u”、“v”和‘V’中的至少一個。 已、.星參考方法和设備（即系統）的框圖和流程圖示描述 了本發明的示例性實施方式。將理解到框®的每個框和流 程圖示，以及框圖中的框和流程圖示的組合分別可以由包 括電腦程式指令的各觀備來實現。這些電雜式指令可 以載入到通用電腦、專用電腦或其他的可編程資料處理裝 乂產生種機器，使得運行在電腦上或其他可編程資 料處理設備上的指令創建驗實現在流程圖塊或多個塊中 指定的功能。 上述的電腦程式指令可以例如是副程式和/或函數。在 本發明的一個實施方式中的電腦程式產品包括至少一個電 腦可讀存儲介質，在其上存儲前述的電腦程式指令。電腦 可讀存儲介質例如可以是光碟或電子存儲裝置例如R A Μ (隨機接入記憶體）或ROM(唯讀記憶體）。 本發明的這些實施方式所涉及的、具有上述的描述和 相關附圖所提到的教導的益處的本領域技術人員將知道這 裏所描述的本發明的許多修改和其他實施方式。因此，將 理解到本發明的實施方式不限於這裏所公開的特定實施方 式並且其他的實施方式旨在包括在所附申請專利範圍内。 17 201237680 儘管這裏使用了特定的術語，它們僅在一般和描述的意義 上使用並且不用於限制的目的。 L圖式簡單說明3 圖1圖示出結合QWERTY軟鍵盤使用以用於拼音輸入 的用戶介面； 圖2是用於根據本發明的一個實施方式向軟鍵盤提供 用戶介面的方法的簡化流程圖； 圖3-6是圖示出根據本發明的某些實施方式，用於輸入 拼音字母的多個用戶介面的示意圖； 圖7是圖示出適合於結合圖3-6中示出的用戶介面使用 的軟鍵盤佈置的示意圖；以及 圖8是根據本發明的另一實施方式的設備的示意圖，該 設備配置有或實現如圖2-7中所示的方法或用戶介面。 【主要元件符號說明】 101.. .中文候選漢字 5200.. .方法 S2(H、S202、S203··.步驟 301.. .餅形 302、303...軟按鍵 401.. .矩形 501.. .圖5的上部 502.. .圖5的中部 503.. .第二軟按鍵顯示在軟鍵盤501的右部 504.. .圖5的低部 18 201237680 505.. .第二軟按鍵顯示在軟鍵盤501的左部 601、602...圖6的上部 603、604...圖6的中部 605.. .圖6的底部 606.. .圖6的低部 701.. .八個軟按鍵的上行 702.. .八個軟按鍵的中行 703.. .七個軟按鍵的下行 80.. .圖8中所示的設備 800.. .處理器 801.. .軟鍵盤801 802.. .編解碼器電路 803.. .麥克風 804.. .耳機 805.. .無線介面電路 806.. .天線 807.. .記憶體 808.. .紅外線埠 809.. .顯示器 810.. .智慧卡 811.. .卡閱讀器 19201237680 VI. Description of the Invention: C. The invention is generally directed to a method and apparatus for inputting Chinese characters by using a soft keyboard. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention relate to a method and apparatus for providing a user interface for inputting Chinese characters and for providing a computer program product for inputting Chinese characters. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Various soft keyboards today, including but not limited to QWERTY soft keyboards, mini-qwerty keyboards, and ITU-T keyboards have been widely used as human-machine interfaces for many electronic devices including, for example, personal computers (PCs), personal digital assistants ( PDA), mobile phones, electronic dictionaries and e-readers. In order to input Chinese characters, many soft keyboards are pre-installed with pinyin input. However, in some aspects, such a soft keyboard is still inconvenient for inputting Chinese characters. For example, the key layout of the 'QWERTY soft keyboard' is still not optimal or customized for pinyin input. For a better understanding of this problem, reference is made to Figure 1. Figure i shows a user interface® that can be used in conjunction with a QWERTY softkey thief for spelling input. As shown in FIG. 1, when the user inputs the English letters "η" and "' as a pinyin letter, the Chinese Chinese character 1〇1, such as "You Nie Nie", is displayed for the user to select 'and - The Chinese character "you, has been presented in the input visual solid. At the same time, according to the pinyin coding system, the legal letters "e,," "u,,, 'V, 4: " and η' can be followed by the letter "i" It is predicted and highlighted from the soft keyboard for the user's further selection. The QWERTY soft keyboard is based on Pinyin 201237680. The encoding rules are that the remaining keys of the illegal letters are rendered dark gray and cannot be selected by the user. While such a user interface for a soft keyboard provides a good way to quickly input Chinese characters, the user still has to move his or her finger or stylus across the entire soft keyboard from time to time to select the appropriate soft button. In addition, capacitive touch screens have been widely used in mobile phones. However, due to the size of the soft keyboard, the user is likely to touch an undesired button. Accordingly, this will reduce efficiency and result in a poor user experience. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, there is a need in the prior art to provide an improved user interface to a soft keyboard so that a user of the soft keyboard can effectively input Chinese characters in the Pinyin input mode without significantly moving the fingers across the entire soft keyboard. . In one embodiment of the invention, a method is provided. The method includes inputting a first pinyin letter of a Chinese character to the device by a sensing operation on the first soft button displayed on the soft keyboard. The method further includes displaying a plurality of second soft keys independently of the soft keyboard, the second soft keys being used to input "a", "e", "g", "h" as the second pinyin letters of the Chinese character, At least one of "i", "η", "〇", "u", "v", and "r". In one embodiment, the plurality of second soft keys substantially surround the first soft key. In another embodiment, the plurality of second soft keys includes eight soft keys, one of which will be used to input "g" or "h", and the other soft key will be used to input "v" Or "r". In a further embodiment, the soft keys for the second pinyin letter or the additional pinyin letters of the 201237680 Chinese character are displayed in an inconspicuous manner. In an additional embodiment, the soft keyboard initially includes twenty-three soft keys that will be used to input the first pinyin letter. In one embodiment, twenty-three soft keys are arranged in three rows, including for 4", "," "~", "1"", "1", "y", "p", and "〇" Upstream of eight softkeys, for the middle row of the eight softkeys "a", "s", "d", "f," "g", "h", "j", and "Γ", and for "z Down of the seven soft keys of "," "x", "c", "b", "n", "m", and "k". In another embodiment, the method further comprises: inputting, by the sensing operation on one of the plurality of second soft keys, a second pinyin letter for the Chinese character to the device; and for any two of the Chinese characters subsequently a continuous pinyin alphabet, inputting a first letter of two subsequent consecutive pinyin letters to the device by a sensing operation on a corresponding soft button displayed on the soft keyboard; and displaying a plurality of second soft buttons independently of the soft keyboard The second soft button will be used to input "a", "e", "g", "h", "i", "n", "'" as the second letter of the two subsequent consecutive pinyin letters. At least one of ",", "u", 'V', and "r". In another embodiment, the method further includes inputting a second or more pinyin letters of the Chinese character to the device by a sensing operation on one or more of the plurality of second soft keys. In one embodiment, for any soft key that has been used to input a second pinyin letter or another pinyin letter of a Chinese character to the device, a plurality of predicted soft keys are displayed substantially around the soft keys that have been used for the device. Enter the additional pinyin letters for the Chinese character. \> In one embodiment, the operation includes a user's click, touch, slide, or press. In another embodiment, the first soft button is separate from and away from the plurality of second soft buttons. In other embodiments, a plurality of second soft keys are displayed on the soft keyboard, but on the other half of the soft keyboard different from the first soft keys, some of the original soft keys are replaced. In an additional embodiment, the layout of the plurality of second soft keys is one of a pie shape, a rectangular shape, a square shape, an elliptical shape, or the like. In another embodiment of the invention, an apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes means for inputting a first phonetic alphabet of a Chinese character to the device by an inductive operation on a first soft button displayed on the soft keyboard. The apparatus also includes means for displaying a plurality of second soft keys independently of the soft keyboard, the second soft keys being used to input "a", "e", "g" as the second pinyin letters of the Chinese character At least one of "h", "i", "η", ''〇,,, 'V,' 'V' and "r". In a further embodiment of the invention, an apparatus is provided. The device includes at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code. The memory and computer program code are configured to cause the at least one processor to input the first pinyin letter of the Chinese character to the device by a sensing operation on the first soft button displayed on the soft keyboard. The memory and computer program code are also configured such that at least one processor displays a plurality of second soft keys independently of the soft keyboard, the second soft keys being used to input "a", "the second pinyin letter of the Chinese character" At least one of e", "g", "h", "i", "η", "〇", "u", "v", and "r". In a further embodiment of the present invention, A computer program product comprising at least one computer readable storage medium having a computer readable code portion 201237680 stored thereon. The computer readable code portion includes a portion for displaying on a soft keyboard The sensing operation on the soft button, the code command of the first pinyin letter of the Chinese character is input to the device. The computer readable code portion includes a code command for displaying the plurality of second soft buttons independently of the soft (four). The second soft button will be used to input "a", "e", "g", "h,," "i", "n", "〇,,," as the second pinyin of the Chinese character. u" At least one of "v" and "r". According to some embodiments of the present invention, since a reduced number of second soft keys are displayed for inputting a second pinyin letter for a Chinese character, the user can easily select a soft key to input a Chinese character. Further, since the first soft key is basically The second soft button is only surrounded by the second soft button, and the second soft button is legal for the second pinyin letter or the other pinyin letter of the Chinese character. The user only needs to move the finger or the stylus to input the Chinese character across a short distance. In addition, 'when the user is accustomed to or familiar with the arrangement of multiple second soft keys', the speed at which they input Chinese characters can be significantly improved. This is useful or convenient in some applications, such as chat on portable devices, short Other features and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention will be understood from the following description of the preferred embodiments. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS In the following, a more detailed explanation will be given by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings, Advantages, in which: Figure 1 illustrates a user interface for use with Pinyin input 201237680 in conjunction with a QWERTY soft keyboard; Figure 2 is a simplified flow diagram of a method for providing a user interface to a soft keyboard in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention; 3-6 are schematic diagrams illustrating multiple user interfaces for inputting pinyin letters, in accordance with some embodiments of the present invention; FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a user interface suitable for use in conjunction with FIGS. 3-6. A schematic diagram of a soft keyboard arrangement used; and FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a device configured or implemented with the method or user interface as shown in Figures 2-7 in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below. In one embodiment of the present invention, an inductive operation on a first soft key displayed on a soft keyboard on a touch screen (for example, by a user's touch, pressing Or slide) to enter the first pinyin letter into the device. Next, independent of the soft keyboard, a plurality of second soft keys that will be used to input the second pinyin letter are displayed. In one embodiment, a plurality of second soft keys are displayed such that they substantially surround the first soft keys. For example, a plurality of second soft keys may be formed into a pie shape, a rectangle, a square, an ellipse or the like, and popped up after sensing the operation on the first soft button. Here, the operations include clicks, slides, touches, presses, or other actions performed by the user. In another embodiment, the first soft button and the plurality of second soft buttons are displayed separately. In a further embodiment, the plurality of second soft keys are displayed in the same soft keyboard as the first soft key, but in another part of the soft keyboard (eg, half), for some original on the 201237680 generation soft keyboard Soft keys. Figure 1 illustrates the user in conjunction with the QWERTY softkey used for Pinyin input; I face and has been described previously. ° A flow chart for providing a method for the user" face to a soft keyboard in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. The method period starts with step $fan and proceeds to step coffee. In step 2ϋ1, the method inputs the first θ letter of the Chinese character to the device by the sensing operation displayed on the soft keyboard ^-soft button. Next, the method 200 proceeds to step S202. In step S202, the method 200 displays a plurality of third soft keys independently of the soft keyboard, and the second soft keys are used to input 'V,, 'e', 'g', h as the second pinyin letters of the Chinese character. , at least one of η» ' 'V', "u", "v", and "r". Finally, method 200 ends at step S203. In 00, why is the reason why only a plurality of second soft keys are used to input "a,,, and are based on the discovery of the inventor's Chinese Pinyin coding rules, as discussed below. According to the Chinese Pinyin coding rules, only twenty-three English The letters (except m"' and "v"mx are used as the first-pinyin letters, however, only ten of the "hong" are the above-mentioned ten English letters,, "n", "〇", "u", " v" and "one by &". Based on the inventor's involvement, "V" and "r" can be used as the second phonetic alphabet or additional pinyin letters for Chinese characters. In other words, only ten English letters for the round The second pinyin letter or the additional pinyin letter is legal. For example, in 'Chinese character', the pinyin letter is "zhong". The first pinyin letter is the English letter "z" and the remaining pinyin letter t1_ ____95 fL· As: IrC \ θ 1 .. , ''e,,, 'α', 'h', 'i' 201237680 An important finding of the Pinyin encoding rules, the method 200 only needs to display multiple second soft keys for input as a second Pinyin letters or additional pinyin letters above ten At least one of the English letters. How to display a plurality of second soft keys through the user interface is shown in Figure 3-6. Hereinafter, some embodiments of the present invention will be discussed with reference to each of Figures 3-6. Figures 3-6 are diagrams A schematic diagram of a plurality of user interfaces for inputting Chinese characters according to some embodiments of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3, the user interface for inputting Chinese characters is independent of the soft keyboard/become into the pie shape 301. The central location of 3〇1 is located in the first soft press, which has been clicked by the user as the first pinyin letter. Around the first button P” are eight second soft buttons, one of which is used to input “g” "or ''h,," and one of them is used to input "V" or "r". The remaining second soft knife (7) is assigned to the letters "a", "e", "i", "n" , "〇,, and "u,,. Let the letter "L" h share a soft button 3〇2 because, according to the Chinese Pinyin encoding rule, only the letter "η" is followed and the letter "h" only follows the letter "c", "s" and "Z,, 0 ie they do not follow the same letter and can therefore Distinguish from each other. Also, let the letters "V" and "r" share a soft button 303 because the letter "v" only follows the letter T, and "η" and the letter V' only follows the letter "e". The soft keys can advantageously reduce the number of second soft keys on the pie shape and thus each second soft key has a relatively large area, which facilitates the user to touch or click. Although not reflected in Figure 3, the cake The size of the shape 301 can be preset according to the user's preference. The above has generally described a user interface that becomes a pie shape according to an embodiment of the present invention. How to input a Chinese character through the user interface is described below. The user expects to input the Chinese character ''flat,' and its pinyin letter is 'pmg'. First, he or she clicks on the 四(4) 尺^ soft keyboard to indicate the soft key of the letter “p,, (ie, the first soft button indicated above). After sensing the soft button, it has been clicked as shown in Figure 3. The illustrated pie shape 3〇1 will automatically pop up and wait for the user's further selection. In various embodiments of the invention, at least two ways may be provided to continue to input the remaining pinyin letters. In the first mode, the user You can click, touch, slide or press the soft key to indicate the Chinese pinyin letter "i". Here, sliding refers to the user continuously selecting the second soft button without lifting his or her finger or stylus off the touch screen. For example, after clicking the first soft button "p", the hand guard or stylus slides directly along the surface of the touch screen to the second soft button indicating the letter "丨". Once the pinyin letter “丨” has been entered, the previously popped pie shape 3〇1 will automatically disappear. Although not shown in Fig. 3, a list of candidate Chinese characters will be presented in the candidate window for user selection, similar to a plurality of Chinese characters in the text window as shown in Fig. 7 (discussed later). For example, a man with the same pinyin letters 'skin', ''batch,', '劈'' and "bend," will be presented. Because for the Chinese character "flat," the pinyin letter "ping" has not been fully entered. The user can click on the soft keyboard of the original soft keyboard to indicate the pinyin letter "n" (ie, the first soft button), which is the same as the pie shape 301 but is in another pie shape, for example, at a different position around the letter "n". . Similarly, the user can select a soft button that indicates the pinyin letter "g" (i.e., the second soft button) by clicking 'touch, slide, press, or other action. Once the pinyin letter "g" is entered, the input of the pinyin letters for the Chinese character flat has been completed. Similarly, there may be a list of candidate words for the final selection of the user. For example, the Chinese characters "by", "bottle" , 2, 201237680 “Ping” and “Screen” will be presented for further selection. The user can select the Chinese character “Ping” to successfully complete the input. From the first way, we can see the second pinyin of Chinese characters. The letters can be input to the device by a sensing operation on one of the plurality of second soft keys. For any two subsequent consecutive pinyin letters of the Chinese character (for example, "n" and "g" in this example), by displaying in soft The sensing operation on the corresponding soft key on the keyboard can input the first letter of two consecutive consecutive pinyin letters to the device. And, independent of the soft keyboard, display multiple second soft keys, which will be used for input as two Subsequent to the second letter of the consecutive pinyin letters in "a", "e", "g", "h", "i", "η", "ο", "u", "v", and "r" At least one In the second mode, after the user clicks the second soft button on the pie shape, that is, after inputting the pinyin letter "i", the pie shape 301 does not disappear, which is different from the first mode. Then, the user can The pie shape 301 continuously inputs two second soft keys indicating the pinyin letters "n" and "g". In the process of inputting, along with each input of the pinyin letters, the list of candidate Chinese characters can be updated accordingly. In the process of inputting, if the user wants to give up the pie shape, he or she can touch a blank area in the text editor or other soft keys on the soft keyboard. Then, the pie shape 301 can disappear and the user can simply use the soft keyboard. To input the pinyin letters. It can be seen from the second way that the second or more pinyin letters of the Chinese character can be input to the device through a sensing operation on one or more of the plurality of second soft keys. After the user enters the pinyin letter "i" through the pie shape, the pie shape will disappear and the new pie shape will basically pop up around the previous second 12 201237680 soft button "i". #他户 You can enter the pinyin key "n by clicking, touching, sliding, and wording to select the second soft button from the new pie shape. The shape of the bullet will basically surround the previous second soft press, 'because a new pie shape and enter the last pinyin letter button, the new pie shape (4) around the immediately following second soft " one, the number of soft buttons can be reduced and therefore each: "When the letter is entered, The size of the pie shape or the area of each second soft button can be expected. Excellent, with the input of «Pinyin every time, can also be displayed on (4) - some other soft keys. w彳& For any soft key that has been used to input the second pinyin letter or the additional pinyin letter of the Chinese character to the device, display multiple predicted soft keys, basically surrounding the soft keys that have been used, to = 4 to prepare the Chinese characters Additional pinyin letters. Because based on the number of remaining spellings, the size of Na can be dynamically changed during the process of inputting. 'Users may have fun with losing Pinyin letters. The three ways of using the user interface as shown in Figure 3 have been schematically described above. However, the present invention is still secretive. Any suitable changes or modifications can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. For example, although not shown in Fig. 3, in the trailing input of the pinyin letters, illegal letters that cannot follow the previous second soft button according to the pinyin encoding rules can be rendered dark gray to avoid incorrect input. In other words, the soft keys that are illegal for the second pinyin letter or the additional pinyin letters of the Chinese character will be displayed in an inconspicuous manner. In addition, the arrangement of the plurality of second soft keys on the pie shape as shown in Figure 3 is only 13 201237680 is merely exemplary; there may be other suitable arrangements for valid input. In addition to the pie shape, other suitable geometric shapes can also be used to represent the layout of the plurality of second soft keys, for example, a rectangle 401 as shown in FIG. Another advantage of using the above three methods flexibly is that Chinese characters or phrases with the same pinyin letters can be easily distinguished and input. For example, when the Chinese character "first" and the Chinese character "Xi'an" are input, they have the same pinyin letter "xian" (or "Xi An"), and the Chinese character phrase "Xi'an" can be input using the first method and the Chinese character "First" can be entered using the second or third method. Further, regarding the case where the soft keys for inputting the first pinyin letters (for example, "p" and "q") have reached or will exceed the edge of the soft keyboard (as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, respectively), the pie shape Areas of rectangles, squares, ellipses, or other shapes may extend beyond the edges of the touch screen. In this case, some soft keys for the second pinyin letter or the additional pinyin letters may be arranged on the side of the pie, rectangle, square, ellipse or other shape close to the edge of the touch screen, such as in FIG. A second soft button for inputting the pinyin letters "n", "vr", and "gh". An arrangement of this type will ensure that a second soft button that is legal for the second pinyin or additional pinyin letters is presented within the screen for user selection. Fig. 7 schematically shows an arrangement of a soft keyboard which can also solve the above-described situation, the details of which will be discussed later. As discussed above, Figure 4 illustrates another user interface 401 for inputting pinyin letters in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. The user interfaces 301 and 401 are identical or similar in terms of use and operation, except for the shape different from the user interface 301 shown in FIG. Therefore, for the purpose of simplifying the description, the discussion about the user interface shown in Fig. 4 is omitted here. 14 201237680 Figure 5 is a schematic illustration of a user interface for inputting pinyin letters in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Figure 5, the upper portion 501 of Figure 5 shows a simplified QWERTY soft keyboard. The middle portion 502 of FIG. 5 shows that when the first soft button "S" at the left side is clicked or pressed, as indicated by the cross symbol "X", a plurality of second soft buttons are displayed on the right portion 503 of the soft keyboard 501. . Similarly, the lower portion 504 of Figure 5 shows that when the first soft button "J" at the right side is clicked, the plurality of first soft buttons are not displayed at the left portion 505 of the soft keyboard 501. That is, a plurality of first soft knows: the keys are displayed on the soft keyboard, but on some soft keyboards different from the first soft keys, some of the original soft keys are replaced. This type of user interface can be advantageously applied to multi-touch enabled devices. Figure 6 is a schematic illustration of an additional user interface for inputting pinyin letters in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. Unlike the user interface as shown in Fig. 5, the second soft button for inputting pinyin letters is separated from the first soft button and forms an additional keyboard. In particular, the upper portion 6, the middle portion 6, and the bottom portion P05 of Fig. 6 specifically show a main soft keyboard, two of which are qwERTY soft keyboards and one of which is an ITU'T soft keyboard. The upper, middle 604 and lower 606 of Figure 6 are three additional keyboards including a plurality of second soft keys. When the user clicks on the first soft key that is not displayed on the main soft, the extra keyboard will pop up for the pinyin wheel of the step and disappear when the input is completed. It should be noted that the first two user interfaces are suitable for supporting multi-touch devices with large touch screens and the first user interface is suitable for devices that support single touch. Figure 7 shows that the arrangement of the 7F think I 4 soft keyboard that fits the layout of the soft keyboard used in conjunction with the user interface shown in Figure 3-6 is intended to solve such a problem that can be solved by the following: The second soft button shown in the multi-shape, ellipse or other shape shown in the cake will exceed the edge of the touch screen. In order to avoid such a situation, it is necessary to reduce the number of soft keys to be placed on the soft keyboard. In one embodiment, only _ eleven softkeys are used to input the first pinyin alphabet. As shown in Figure 7Φ % _ T, these twenty-three soft buttons are arranged in three rows 'including the uplink of eight soft buttons for 'V,, 'q,,,, v,, 'p' and 'o' 701, for the "a,,,," "" ", "g", "h", "j", and "丨" eight soft buttons of the middle row 7 〇 2, two and ^ "zf, j "X Down, 7〇3 of the seven keys of “,” “c”, “b”, “η”, “m”, and “k”. By initially arranging soft (four) in this way, all (four) two soft keys can be displayed in Within the touch screen 'even when the first soft button is close to the edge of the soft keyboard. Figure 8 is a schematic circle of a device in another embodiment of the present invention configured or implemented as shown in Figures 2-7 Or the user interface. The device 8G shown in Figure 8 is merely an example of a virtual device in which the towel implements the present invention. In some embodiments, the device 80 as shown in Figure 8 may be an individual. Digital assistant (PDA), mobile phone tongue, electronic dictionary or e-reader, receiving printer, etc. As shown in FIG. 8, device 8A includes at least one processor 800. , the soft keyboard 8〇1 (for example, implemented in the area of the touch screen), the codec circuit 8〇2, the microphone 8〇3, the earphone_, the wireless interface circuit 8〇5, the day_6′ at least the computer program code is stored _ a memory device, an infrared ray 8, a display lion 9 (for example, including the above-mentioned _ touch screen), a smart card 81 〇, and a card reader 81 are various types well known in the art and some of them It is not discussed here in order to unnecessarily confuse the embodiments of the present invention. 16 201237680 As shown in Figure 8, the memory code of the computer program stored in it is processed by the (four) recording keyboard. The sensing operation on the soft key is 'the first pinyin letter of the Chinese character input to the device 8G, and the second soft key is displayed independently of the soft keyboard, and the second soft key is used to input the H word. At least one of "a", "g", h 1 , n, "〇", "u", "v", and 'V' of the second phonetic alphabet. Exemplary embodiments of the present invention are described in the block diagrams and flowchart illustrations of the star reference method and apparatus (i.e., system). It will be understood that each block and flow diagram of the block, and the combinations of blocks and flowcharts in the block diagrams, respectively, can be implemented by various means including computer program instructions. These electrical instructions can be loaded into a general-purpose computer, a dedicated computer, or other programmable data processing device to create a machine that enables the creation of instructions on a computer or other programmable data processing device in a flowchart block or The function specified in multiple blocks. The above computer program instructions may be, for example, subprograms and/or functions. The computer program product in one embodiment of the present invention includes at least one computer readable storage medium on which the aforementioned computer program instructions are stored. The computer readable storage medium can be, for example, a compact disc or an electronic storage device such as R A Μ (Random Access Memory) or ROM (Read Only Memory). Numerous modifications and other embodiments of the inventions described herein will be apparent to those skilled in the <RTIgt; Therefore, it is to be understood that the embodiments of the present invention are not limited to the specific embodiments disclosed herein, and other embodiments are intended to be included within the scope of the appended claims. 17 201237680 Although specific terms are used herein, they are used in a generic and descriptive sense only and not for the purpose of limitation. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 illustrates a user interface for use with a QWERTY soft keyboard for pinyin input; FIG. 2 is a simplified flow diagram of a method for providing a user interface to a soft keyboard in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention; 3-6 are schematic diagrams illustrating multiple user interfaces for inputting pinyin letters, in accordance with some embodiments of the present invention; FIG. 7 is a diagram suitable for use in conjunction with the user interface illustrated in FIGS. 3-6. A schematic diagram of a soft keyboard arrangement; and FIG. 8 is a schematic illustration of a device configured or implemented with the method or user interface as shown in FIGS. 2-7, in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention. [Description of main component symbols] 101.. Chinese candidate Chinese characters 5200.. Method S2 (H, S202, S203·. Step 301.. . Pie 302, 303... Softkey 401.. Rectangle 501. The upper part of 502..5 of the middle part of Fig. 5 503.. The second soft key is displayed on the right part of the soft keyboard 501 504.. The lower part of Fig. 5 201237680 505.. . In the left part 601, 602 of the soft keyboard 501... the upper part 603, 604 of Fig. 6 ... the middle part 605 of Fig. 6, the bottom part 606 of Fig. 6, the lower part of Fig. 6 701.. eight The up button of the soft button 702.. The middle row of the eight soft buttons 703.. The descending of the seven soft buttons 80.. The device 800 shown in Figure 8: Processor 801.. Soft keyboard 801 802. Codec circuit 803.. microphone 804.. headphone 805.. wireless interface circuit 806.. antenna 807.. memory 808.. infrared 埠 809.. display 810.. Card 811.. Card Reader 19