CN100555202C - A kind of character entry apparatus and method - Google Patents
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The invention provides a kind of character entry apparatus, comprise preservation module, the control module that is used to receive with the communication module that sends the external control order, is used to preserve the pairing state interface of different keyboard states, display module and the output module that is used to show soft keyboard.The present invention also provides a kind of characters input method, comprises step: receive the outside control command that transmits; According to the control command that receives, from the soft keyboard state interface of preserving, select; The state interface of selecting is presented on the screen; From state interface, select required button according to the external control order; The result who selects is exported and is presented on the screen.Textual interface simplicity generosity of the present invention, compact conformation is easy to grasp and memory, and is easy to use.
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The present invention relates to input media, particularly a kind of character entry apparatus that uses in the main electronic product that is operating as with telepilot.
Background technology
In equipment such as IPTV set-top box and video conference terminal, generally all directly use a teleswitch and carry out symbol, English and digital input, such input mode, efficient is lower, and is not easy to operate.Use soft keyboard to replace directly using a teleswitch importing, will significantly improve input speed and correctness, also give the good experience of user.The design of existing soft keyboard has a variety of, but much needs touch-screen, and mouse is assisted input, and this just is not suitable for the built-in terminal that uses a teleswitch as the major control input tool, as set-top box etc.; Other soft keyboard design, too complicated in the design of functions such as symbol switching, be difficult to memory and use, or small and exquisite but function is comprehensive inadequately.
Summary of the invention
In order better to be applicable to the electronic product that uses a teleswitch as main input medium, improve input efficiency and user experience, the invention provides a kind of character entry apparatus, comprise the communication module that is used to receive and send the external control order, be used to preserve the preservation module of the pairing state interface of different keyboard states, control module, be used to show the display module and the output module of soft keyboard, wherein, control module and communication module, preserving module is connected with display module, this control module, sends to display module with this state interface and shows behind the state interface of preserving module selection correspondence according to described external control order; Control module is connected with output module, and control module is selected character according to described external control order from the state interface that shows, and sends to output module.
Described character entry apparatus also comprises according to host's control position, dynamically adjusts the state interface position adjusting type modules of state interface display position, is connected with display module.
Described control module further comprises selected cell and state switch unit, wherein selected cell is used for the button on the soft keyboard state interface is selected, and the state switch unit is used for switching between lowercase state interface, capitalization state interface, character state interface;
Adjusting module reads the position coordinates and the current screen actual size information of host's control, calculate the zone of host's control at current screen, result of calculation is fed back to control module, control module is called display module and is shown with current screen zone, host's control place soft keyboard not overlapping according to result of calculation.
Described soft keyboard is made up of numerical key, letter key, symbolic key, directionkeys and function key.
Described lowercase state interface, i.e. the original state of soft keyboard comprises: 0~9 totally 10 numerical keys, a~z is totally 26 lower cases, space bar, eight conventional characters keys and function key.
Described capitalization state interface comprises: 0~9 totally 10 numerical keys, A~Z is totally 26 capitalization keys, space bar, eight conventional characters keys and function key.
Described character state interface comprises: eight conventional characters keys, space bar, other character keys and function key.
Described eight conventional characters keys comprise ", " ". " "! " " @ " "/" " # " "? " " * ".
Described function key comprises: the Caps key that switches soft keyboard letter key capital and small letter; Switching soft keyboard numeral, letter key are the shift key of symbolic key; The Space key in input space; Close the Esc key of soft keyboard; Delete forward a character ← key; The "enter" key" that enters a new line during Multiline Edit.
The present invention also provides a kind of characters input method, may further comprise the steps:
Telepilot sends control command to communication module, and communication module is given control module with this command transfer, and control module calculates the position at current focus place; Control module is carried out focus and is moved according to the remote controller key value that communication module transmits, and realizes the selection to button, perhaps selects corresponding soft keyboard state interface from preserving module, carries out the state hand-off process; Control module is called display module, and the result that the control module focus is moved or the soft keyboard state interface of switching show; Telepilot sends control command to control module once more according to the information that display module shows, to obtain required display interface;
Position coordinates and current screen actual size information according to the host's control that reads, calculate the zone of host's control at current screen, result of calculation is fed back to control module, control module is called display module and is shown with current screen zone, host's control place soft keyboard not overlapping according to result of calculation;
When need be to the current software interface incoming symbol of obtaining telepilot input or data, control module at first sends to output module with the soft keyboard key value of selecting, output module with letter or number information output to screen really on the allocation or the control that sends to current software interface handle; Telepilot comes selection key according to character that demonstrates on the screen or numerical information, continues to send other control commands to communication module, thereby realizes the editing and processing to input information.
Described soft keyboard is made up of numerical key, letter key, symbolic key, directionkeys and function key.
Described lowercase state interface, i.e. the original state of soft keyboard comprises: 0~9 totally 10 numerical keys, a~z is totally 26 lower cases, space bar, eight conventional characters keys and function key.
Described capitalization state interface comprises: 0~9 totally 10 numerical keys, A~Z is totally 26 capitalization keys, space bar, eight conventional characters keys and function key.
Described character state interface comprises: eight conventional characters keys, space bar, other character keys and function key.
Described eight conventional characters keys comprise ", " ". " "! " " @ " "/" " # " "? " " * ".
Described function key comprises: the Caps key that switches soft keyboard letter key capital and small letter; Switching soft keyboard numeral, letter key are the shift key of symbolic key; The Space key in input space; Close the Esc key of soft keyboard; Delete forward a character ← key; The "enter" key" that enters a new line during Multiline Edit.
Compared with prior art, the present invention has following beneficial effect:
(1) the present invention has reasonably arranged the distribution of mark function key, soft keyboard interface simplicity generosity, and compact conformation is inherited from traditional keyboard, is easy to grasp and memory;
(2) considered the demand of the electronic product that uses a teleswitch simultaneously, chosen suitable conventional sign key, and display position etc. has been carried out rational design, can adjust display position dynamically, be user-friendly to.
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Fig. 1 is a structured flowchart of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is the structured flowchart of a preferred embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 3 is a workflow diagram of the present invention;
Fig. 4 is the initial small letter state interface synoptic diagram of soft keyboard among the present invention;
Fig. 5 is the capitalization state interface synoptic diagram of soft keyboard of the present invention;
Fig. 6 is the symbol input state interface synoptic diagram of soft keyboard of the present invention.
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Below in conjunction with accompanying drawing content of the present invention is described in further detail.
As shown in Figure 1, Fig. 1 is a structured flowchart of the present invention.The present invention is based on Microwindows graphics engine and Flnx widget library realizes.The present invention includes communication module, control module is preserved module, display module and output module.This soft keyboard is embodied as the client-side program of Microwindows, and the remote controller key value is read by the Microwindows bottom layer driving, and communication module is by getting access to key value with the communication of Nano-X server, and is transferred to control module.Control module is carried out respective handling according to the remote controller key value.Control module further comprises selected cell and state switch unit, and wherein selected cell is used for the button on the soft keyboard state interface is selected, and the state switch unit is used for selecting corresponding state interface to switch in the preservation module.Wherein, preserve module and preserve three kinds of state interfaces, be i.e. lowercase state interface, capitalization state interface, character state interface.Display module is used for showing the state of soft keyboard on screen, and focal variation.Character that output module is chosen the user or control command send in the current host's control that obtains the telepilot input or are plotted on the screen.
When the directionkeys of user's remote controller, telepilot sends control command to communication module, and communication module is given control module with this command transfer then, and control module calculates the position at current focus place.When focus was positioned on the soft keyboard, the demonstration of soft keyboard focus was by calling the interface of Microwindows, drew on soft keyboard picture button that a red rectangle frame realizes, the red rectangle frame in the accompanying drawing is the key chosen of expression just.Control module is carried out focus and is moved according to the remote controller key value that communication module transmits, and realizes the selection to button, perhaps selects corresponding state interface from preserving module, carries out the state hand-off process.Control module is called display module then, and display module uses drafting and the pinup picture function of Microwindows, and the result that the control module focus is moved or the state interface of switching are presented in the respective window of Nano-X.The people of remote controller sends control command to control module once more according to the information that display module shows, to obtain required display interface.
When need be to the current software interface incoming symbol of obtaining telepilot input or data, the soft keyboard key value that control module is at first selected the user sends to output module, output module again the interface by directly calling Microwindows with information such as letter or number output to screen really on the allocation or the control that sends to current software interface handle.The people of remote controller can come selection key according to information such as character that demonstrates on the screen or numerals, continues to send other control commands to communication module, thereby realizes the editing and processing to input information.
As shown in Figure 2, Fig. 2 is the structured flowchart of preferred embodiment of the present invention.Present embodiment is based upon on the basis of Fig. 1, and character entry apparatus further comprises according to host's control position, adjusts the state interface position adjusting type modules of state interface display position.
The course of work of Fig. 2 is: communication module is transferred to control module with startup command after receiving the startup soft keyboard key value that telepilot sends, and control module is carried out the related data initialization to soft keyboard, calls the state interface position adjusting type modules then.Adjusting module reads the position coordinates of Flnx host's control (input frame, Multiline Edit frame etc.), and after the current screen actual size information, data are simply calculated, can be learnt host's control first zone or second zone, then the result is fed back to control module at screen.Control module is called display module soft keyboard is presented in half screen opposite with control again according to the result, has determined the position of soft keyboard dynamically, can not cause input control and block, thereby need not consider to drag problems such as keyboard, is user-friendly to.
The course of work of other modules is identical with the course of work among Fig. 1, does not repeat them here.
The present invention also provides a kind of characters input method, as shown in Figure 3.
This soft keyboard is embodied as the client-side program of Microwindows.Remote controller key is operated, remote controller key sends control command, key value is read by the Microwindows bottom layer driving, and by the Nano-X server registration operation soft keyboard process of Microwindows server end, wherein telepilot has directionkeys and acknowledgement key up and down then.Behind the soft keyboard process initiation, at first create display window, adopt the pinup picture interface function of Microwindows, the picture at the original state interface of soft keyboard is presented in the window of Microwindows by Nano-X.Then, the operator is according to the position at focus place on the screen, the directionkeys on the remote controller, and soft keyboard moves according to the key-value pair focus that transmits.When focus moves on the soft keyboard interface,, on soft keyboard picture button, draw the rectangle frame of a redness, the key that expression is chosen by calling the drafting function interface of Microwindows.In elected be function key the time, press the acknowledgement key of telepilot after, soft keyboard is selected required state interface according to the control command that telepilot sends from the state interface of preserving, carry out the state hand-off process, and with the interface display selected on screen; Then, the operator selects required character keys according to the state interface that shows on the current screen, and selection course is as noted before, elected in after the required character keys, press the acknowledgement key of telepilot, this character keys just is presented on the screen by the interface of soft keyboard and Microwindows.
Hiding of soft keyboard can be undertaken by the soft keyboard button on the telepilot, also can withdraw from operation by choosing the Esc button.When Multiline Edit, can also choose "enter" key" to enter a new line.
Further, the display position of soft keyboard can dynamically be adjusted according to the position of host's cursor.Soft keyboard reads the position coordinates of Flnx host's control (input frame, Multiline Edit frame etc.), and after the current screen actual size information, data are simply calculated, can learn host's control first zone or second zone at screen, soft keyboard is presented in half screen opposite then, has determined the position of soft keyboard dynamically with control.
Three kinds of state interfaces of soft keyboard are shown in Fig. 4~6.
As shown in Figure 4, Fig. 4 is the initial small letter view of soft keyboard among the present invention.The lowercase state interface, i.e. the original state of soft keyboard comprises: 0~9 totally 10 numerical keys, a~z is totally 26 lower cases, space bar, eight conventional characters keys and function key.
By analysis and investigation, chosen ", " ". " "! " the most wield symbol is also considered the needs of electronic products such as set-top box simultaneously as the conventional sign key when waiting input, has chosen " @ " "/" symbols such as " # ", three kinds of states of these characters all show always, so that the user selects at any time.Therefore, choose ", " ". " "! " " @ " "/" " # " "? " " * " is as eight conventional characters keys.
Function key comprises: the Caps key that switches soft keyboard letter key capital and small letter; Switching soft keyboard numeral, letter key are the shift key of symbolic key; The Space key in input space; Close the Esc key of soft keyboard; Delete forward a character ← key; The "enter" key" that enters a new line during Multiline Edit.
Hiding of soft keyboard can be undertaken by the soft keyboard button on the telepilot, also can withdraw from operation by choosing the Esc button.The directionkeys of soft keyboard, the cursor on can mobile host's control.When Multiline Edit, can also choose "enter" key" to enter a new line.
As shown in Figure 5, Fig. 5 is the capitalization view of soft keyboard of the present invention.The difference of Fig. 5 and Fig. 4 is that the letter key among Fig. 5 all is the capitalization state of letter.
As shown in Figure 6, Fig. 6 is the symbol input state synoptic diagram of soft keyboard of the present invention.After pressing the shift key, the letter and number key among Fig. 4 and Fig. 5 switches to sign condition shown in Figure 6.
When each state switched, function key and conventional characters key did not change.
The above only is a preferred implementation of the present invention; should be pointed out that for those skilled in the art, under the prerequisite that does not break away from the principle of the invention; can also make some improvements and modifications, these improvements and modifications also should be considered as protection scope of the present invention.
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1. character entry apparatus, it is characterized in that, comprise preservation module, control module, the display module and the output module that are used to show soft keyboard that is used to receive with the communication module that sends the external control order, is used to preserve the pairing soft keyboard state interface of different keyboard states, the state interface position adjusting type modules that is used for adjusting the state interface display position according to host's control position dynamic, wherein
Control module is connected with display module with communication module, preservation module, and this control module, sends to display module with this state interface and shows behind the state interface of preserving module selection correspondence according to described external control order;
Control module is connected with output module, and control module is selected character according to described external control order from the state interface that shows, and sends to output module;
Control module further comprises selected cell and state switch unit, and wherein selected cell is used for the button on the soft keyboard state interface is selected, and the state switch unit is used for selecting corresponding state interface to switch in the preservation module;
Adjusting module reads the position coordinates and the current screen actual size information of host's control, calculate the zone of host's control at current screen, result of calculation is fed back to control module, control module is called display module and is shown with current screen zone, host's control place soft keyboard not overlapping according to result of calculation.
2. character entry apparatus as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, the state interface of described soft keyboard comprises lowercase state interface, capitalization state interface, character state interface.
3. character entry apparatus as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that, described soft keyboard is by numerical key, letter key, and symbolic key, directionkeys, function key is formed.
4. character entry apparatus as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that, described lowercase state interface comprises: 0~9 totally 10 numerical keys, a~z is totally 26 lower cases, space bar, eight conventional characters keys and function key.
5. character entry apparatus as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that, described capitalization state interface comprises: 0~9 totally 10 numerical keys, A~Z is totally 26 capitalization keys, space bar, eight conventional characters keys and function key.
6. character entry apparatus as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that, described character state interface comprises: eight conventional characters keys, space bar, other character keys and function key.
7. as claim 4 or 5 or 6 described character entry apparatus, it is characterized in that, described eight conventional characters keys comprise ", " ". " "! " " @ " "/" " # " "? " " * ".
8. as each described character entry apparatus in the claim 3~6, it is characterized in that described function key comprises: the Caps key that switches soft keyboard letter key capital and small letter; Switching soft keyboard numeral, letter key are the shift key of symbolic key; The Space key in input space; Close the Esc key of soft keyboard; Delete forward a character ← key; The "enter" key" that enters a new line during Multiline Edit.
9. a characters input method is characterized in that, may further comprise the steps:
Telepilot sends control command to communication module, and communication module is given control module with this command transfer, and control module calculates the position at current focus place; Control module is carried out focus and is moved according to the remote controller key value that communication module transmits, and realizes the selection to button, perhaps selects corresponding soft keyboard state interface from preserving module, carries out the state hand-off process; Control module is called display module, and the result that the control module focus is moved or the soft keyboard state interface of switching show; Telepilot sends control command to control module once more according to the information that display module shows, to obtain required display interface;
Position coordinates and current screen actual size information according to the host's control that reads, calculate the zone of host's control at current screen, result of calculation is fed back to control module, control module is called display module and is shown with current screen zone, host's control place soft keyboard not overlapping according to result of calculation;
When need be to the current software interface incoming symbol of obtaining telepilot input or data, control module at first sends to output module with the soft keyboard key value of selecting, output module with letter or number information output to screen really on the allocation or the control that sends to current software interface handle; Telepilot comes selection key according to character that demonstrates on the screen or numerical information, continues to send other control commands to communication module, thereby realizes the editing and processing to input information.
10. characters input method as claimed in claim 9 is characterized in that, the state interface of described soft keyboard comprises lowercase state interface, capitalization state interface, character state interface.
11. characters input method as claimed in claim 10 is characterized in that, described soft keyboard is by numerical key, letter key, and symbolic key, directionkeys, function key is formed.
12. characters input method as claimed in claim 10 is characterized in that, described lowercase state interface comprises: 0~9 totally 10 numerical keys, a~z is totally 26 lower cases, space bar, eight conventional characters keys and function key.
13. characters input method as claimed in claim 10 is characterized in that, described capitalization state interface comprises: 0~9 totally 10 numerical keys, A~Z is totally 26 capitalization keys, space bar, eight conventional characters keys and function key.
14. characters input method as claimed in claim 10 is characterized in that, described character state interface comprises: eight conventional characters keys, space bar, other character keys and function key.
15. as claim 12 or 13 or 14 described characters input methods, it is characterized in that, described eight conventional characters keys comprise ", " ". " "! " " @ " "/" " # " "? " " * ".
16., it is characterized in that described function key comprises: the Caps key that switches soft keyboard letter key capital and small letter as each described characters input method in the claim 11~14; Switching soft keyboard numeral, letter key are the shift key of symbolic key; The Space key in input space; Close the Esc key of soft keyboard; Delete forward a character ← key; The "enter" key" that enters a new line during Multiline Edit.
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