CN101178625A - English input method of numeric keypad - Google Patents
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The invention relates to an English character input method for a number small keyboard. The invention is characterized in that the English character is taken as a code element of the English words; an upper guide key is taken as the code element of English word codes which are connected by blank keystroke and - keystroke; the upper guide key is taken as the code element of the codes of shortening words or possessive words which are connected by the left-falling mark; the number keys of 1, *, 0 and # positioned on the number small keyboard of mobile phone or other mobile device are taken as a word selection key; a lower guide key is taken as a candidate page turning key; a left guide key is taken a caps lock; a right key is taken as an autotrophic word key; and the enter key is taken as a number input key and an autotrophic word input key. The invention takes the four character keys of 1, *, 0 and # as the word selection keys, thereby effectively enhancing the input efficiency of the English character of the little keyboard device.
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The present invention relates to a kind of English input method, particularly relate to a kind of English input method of numeric keypad.
Background technology
Keypad devices such as mobile phone are come into people life day by day, a kind of simply, English input scheme becomes pressing for of on keypad devices efficient typing english information efficiently.Existing keypad input scheme is divided into two classes: the one, import the letter of forming English word one by one; The 2nd, the coding of the English word of being totally lost is earlier selected word again from candidate list.
For example, when input digit, need switch to digital inputting method, switch back current input method after the input digit again; Existing keypad input scheme is when selecting word candidate, needs are grown by numerical key or are pressed a certain function key earlier, input method enters the words selection mode, select word to finish input by the corresponding digital key again, perhaps need repeatedly to press navigation key and select word, finish input by definite key again, can not realize directly selecting word, and do not consider to use other buttons to select the possibility of words, make the word options button conflict mutually with the word enter key.
The word that at present existing keypad input scheme input connects with space or hyphen "-", with apostrophe " ' " when the brief word that connects or possessive case word, with space, hyphen "-", apostrophe " ' " import as symbol.For example import English brief word: I am " I ' m ", if with " I ", " ' ", " m " import respectively, then need just can finish input by three options buttons.
Existing keypad input scheme, candidate list all-key word preferentially show, but the word frequency of all-key word often is lower than the word that the coding preorder comprises input coding.For example input digit is encoded " 23 ", and the English word that the word coding equals " 23 " has " be ", " ad ", but word " ad " is a unofficial vocabulary, and it is presented at first page of candidate window, has obviously wasted the candidate window position.
Existing English input scheme all can not directly be selected word candidate.Be subjected to the restriction of numeric keypad bond number, when input digit, when the word converted magnitude is write and the word that connects with space or hyphen "-" of input, with apostrophe " ' " when the brief word that connects or possessive case word, the English input scheme of existing numeric keypad all can not be realized importing quickly and easily.
Summary of the invention
In order to address the above problem, the object of the present invention is to provide a kind ofly under English input state, need not to get final product input digit, symbol and upper and lower case letter and word and can realize the English input method of the numeric keypad of convenient, fast input by switching.
The objective of the invention is to be achieved through the following technical solutions:
A kind of English input method of numeric keypad comprises:
(1) use English alphabet as code symbols to English word, navigation key is as the code symbols of the English word coding that connects with space or hyphen "-" in the use, the apostrophe " ' that navigation key is encoded as connection brief word or possessive case word uses in " code symbols;
English alphabet is mapped on eight numerical keys 2～9 of mobile phone or other mobile device numeric keypads, will go up navigation key be mapped as the word connecting key ↑;
With the numerical key 1 of numeric keypad, * key, numerical key 0, # key as the word options button, following navigation key is as candidate's page turning key, left side navigation key is as the capital and small letter shift key, and right navigation key determines that as the self-word creation key key is as digital input key and self-word creation enter key;
In original state, length is pressed numerical key, enters digital input state;
In original state, press * key or # key and eject the symbol input window, enter the symbol input state;
In original state, short any of pressing in eight numerical keys 2～9 enters the word input state;
At the word input state,, between small letter state, initial caps state, capitalization state, switch by left navigation key;
At the word input state,, enter the self-word creation state by right navigation key;
(2) use the concrete grammar of numeric keypad input English words to be:
(a) input digit:
In original state, length enters digital input state by the numerical key of the first digit correspondence of the numeric string of desire input, and short other digital pairing numerical keys by desire input digit string are imported follow-up numeral, by determining key input digit string;
(b) incoming symbol:
In original state, the short numerical key 1 of pressing, input half-width space;
In original state, the short numerical key 0, incoming symbol fullstop ". " pressed;
In original state, press * key or # key and eject the symbol input window, enter the symbol input state, according to screen display, use the corresponding digital key to select the symbol of desire input, finish input, or use the page turning of candidate's page turning key to the candidate symbol window, use numerical key to select the symbol of desire input, finish input;
(c) input word:
In original state, short first alphabetical pairing numerical key by desire input word enters the word input state, short other alphabetical pairing numerical keys by desire input word, input subsequent character;
The word that connects with space or hyphen "-" is with apostrophe " ' " brief word or the possessive case word that connect, navigation key is as space, hyphen "-" or apostrophe " ' in the use " code symbols " ↑ ";
Behind a plurality of codings of input word, in word database, choose word coding preorder and comprise or equal 4 the highest words of the word frequency of input coding and be presented at first page of candidate window by the word frequency descending sort; When candidate window comprises for first page simultaneously: comprise the coding of being imported in the word coding preorder and during the word of the coding that equals to be imported, candidate window is arranged the word that the word coding equals institute's input coding earlier for first page, arranges the word that word coding preorder comprises institute's input coding again; Choosing word coding equals other words of input coding and is presented at by the word frequency descending sort on the continued page of candidate window; Use corresponding word options button to select word, finish input, or pass through the page turning of candidate's page turning key, use the word options button to select the word of desire input, finish input to the word candidate window;
(d) capital and small letter conversion:
Under the word input state, by left navigation key, with first alphabetical upper of all words in the candidate list; Once more by left navigation key, with the equal upper of whole letters of all words in the candidate list; Once more by left navigation key, with the whole lowers of the letter of all words in the candidate list;
Use the word options button to select word, finish input, or use the page turning of candidate's page turning key, use the word options button to select the word of desire input, finish input to the word candidate window;
(e) self-word creation:
At the word input state, first coding by in the coded strings of the selected desire input of right navigation key enters the self-word creation state; Candidate window shows this pairing letter of encoding, and uses the word options button to select this letter, or uses the page turning of candidate's page turning key to the word candidate window, uses the word options button to select this pairing letter of encoding; Behind the selected described letter, the next one coding in the automatic selected coded strings of being imported, all codings in the coded strings of being imported are selected to finish, and finish the input of self-word creation input by definite key.
In above-mentioned English input method, the big/mapping relations of small letter English alphabet on eight numerical keys 2～9 of numeric keypad are:
2：a、b、c；3：d、e、f；4：g、h、i；5：j、k、l；6：m、n、o；7：p、q、r、s；8：t、u、v；9：w、x、y、z。
The English input method of numeric keypad of the present invention, with " 1, *, 0, # " four character keys as the word options button, because the numerical coding of word does not comprise " 1, *, 0, # " these 4 characters, thereby the outstanding progress that causes is that word enter key and word options button are compatible fully, can not clash, when selecting word, needn't press earlier like this and determine that key or other buttons enter the word selection mode, just can directly use " 1, *, 0, # " to select word candidate, finish the input of word.Enter the word selection mode owing to saved elder generation by definite key or other buttons, select this step of word with numerical key again, thereby improved the input efficiency of word candidate.
In addition, the present invention enters digital input state by long automatically by numerical key, need not to switch to digital inputting method, so only need long numerical key by the first digit correspondence of desiring the input digit string, just can enter digital input state, import follow-up numeral,, compared with prior art reduced one-touch by determining key input digit string.
English input method of the present invention makes the high frequency word to import by brevity code, and the low frequency word does not take candidate window first page position, has improved the input efficiency of word effectively.
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Fig. 1 is the process flow diagram of the English input method of numeric keypad of the present invention;
Fig. 2～Fig. 4 is the step according to input method input digit of the present invention;
Fig. 5 is an embodiment of incoming symbol of the present invention;
Fig. 6 is another embodiment of incoming symbol of the present invention;
The 3rd embodiment of Fig. 7 and Fig. 8 incoming symbol of the present invention;
Fig. 9 and Figure 10 are embodiment of input English word of the present invention;
Figure 11 is another embodiment of input English word of the present invention;
Figure 12 is the 3rd embodiment of input English word of the present invention;
Figure 13 be of the present invention be an embodiment of initial caps state by the small letter state exchange;
Figure 14 be of the present invention be an embodiment of capitalization state by the initial caps state exchange;
Figure 15 is an embodiment of input capitalized words of the present invention;
Figure 16～Figure 18 is the embodiment of a self-word creation of the present invention.
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In the present invention, use English alphabet as code symbols to English word, navigation key is as the code symbols of the English word coding that connects with space or hyphen "-" in the use, the apostrophe " ' that navigation key is encoded as connection brief word or possessive case word uses in " code symbols;
English alphabet is mapped on eight numerical keys 2～9 of mobile phone or other mobile device numeric keypads, will go up navigation key be mapped as the word connecting key ↑;
With the numerical key 1 of numeric keypad, * key, numerical key 0, # key as the word options button, following navigation key is as candidate's page turning key, left side navigation key is as the capital and small letter shift key, and right navigation key determines that as the self-word creation key key is as digital input key and self-word creation enter key;
Be example with the mobile phone below, the English input method to numeric keypad of the present invention is elaborated in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
At first the method to input digit in the English input method of the present invention describes.
With input digit " 23 " is example.Length is pressed numerical key 2 under original state, as shown in Figure 2, digital input state that enters and input digit 2, weak point is pressed numerical key 3 then, and input digit 3 as shown in Figure 3, finish the input of numeral " 23 " by definite key " OK " key again, as shown in Figure 4.
Method to incoming symbol in the English input method of the present invention describes below.
Under original state, weak point is pressed numerical key 1, can import half-width space, as shown in Figure 5.
Under original state, the short numerical key 0 of pressing can incoming symbol fullstop ". ", as shown in Figure 6.
As shown in Figure 7 and Figure 8, under original state, press * key or # key and eject the symbol input window, enter the symbol input state, according to screen display, use numerical key 5 selection exclamations "! ", finish input.Perhaps use candidate's page turning key, promptly descend navigation key, page turning uses numerical key to select other symbol to the candidate symbol window, finishes input.
Step to input English word in the method for the present invention describes below.
Comprise that with input the English word in the database of following data structure is an example:
Word word coding word frequency
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be 23 22831
and 263 22811
a 2 22810
as 27 22691
after 23837 22021
before 233673 21971
because?2322873 21841
become 232663 21641
……
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I’m 4↑6 20000
……
For example import English word " after ", short in the pairing numerical key 2 of alphabetical a under original state, enter the word input state.English word numerical coding preorder comprises or 24 the highest words of word frequency of equaling to encode are: " be ", " and ", " a ", " as ", though the word frequency of " be " and " and " all is higher than " a ", but the word " a " that first page of prioritization word number of this method candidate window word code equates with input coding, as shown in Figure 9.Short in the pairing numerical key 3 of alphabetical f, the English word that the word coding equals " 23 " has " be ", " ad ", the word that word coding preorder comprises " 23 " has " after ", " before ", " because ", " become " etc., choose 4 the highest words of word frequency, press the word frequency descending sort first page of candidate window, as shown in figure 10.Press the * key and select English word " after ", finish input.
For example input English " ad " after the numerical coding " 23 " of input " ad ", does not have English " ad " in first page of the candidate window, as shown in figure 10.By candidate's page turning key, promptly descend navigation key, page turning as shown in figure 11, is pressed corresponding word options button to candidate window, and promptly numerical key 1 is selected English " ad ", finishes input.
For example input English " I ' m ", the numerical coding 4 of first input alphabet I, again by last navigation key input phrase connecting key ↑, the numerical coding 6 of input alphabet m more as shown in figure 12, press numerical key 1 and is selected English " I ' m ", finishes input.
To in the method for the present invention, the capital and small letter conversion method of letters/words describes below.
At the word input state, by left navigation key, with first alphabetical upper of all words in the candidate list; Once more by left navigation key, with the equal upper of whole letters of all words in the candidate list; By left navigation key, lowercase all changed back in the letter of all words in the candidate list once more.
For example import capitalized words " AD ", after the numerical coding " 23 " of input " AD ", candidate window does not have word " AD " for first page, as shown in figure 10.Switch to the initial caps state by left navigation key, as shown in figure 13.Switch to the capitalization state by left navigation key, as shown in figure 14.By candidate's page turning key, page turning as shown in figure 15, is pressed numerical key 1 and is selected capitalized words " AD " to candidate window, finishes input.
To in the method for the present invention, the method for self-word creation describes below.
For example import self-word creation " af ", at the word input state, behind the input digit coding " 23 ", candidate window does not have word " AD " for first page, as shown in figure 10.First coding " 2 " by in the selected input coding string " 23 " of right navigation key enters the self-word creation state, the pairing letter of candidate window code displaying " 2 ", as shown in figure 16.After pressing numerical key 1 selection letter " a ", the next one coding " 3 " in the selected automatically coded strings of being imported " 23 ", as shown in figure 17.Press numerical key 0 and select letter " f ", as shown in figure 18.By determining key input self-word creation " af ".
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1. the English input method of a numeric keypad is characterized in that comprising:
(1) use English alphabet as code symbols to English word, navigation key is as the code symbols of the English word coding that connects with space or hyphen "-" in the use, the apostrophe " ' that navigation key is encoded as connection brief word or possessive case word uses in " code symbols;
English alphabet is mapped on eight numerical keys 2～9 of mobile phone or other mobile device numeric keypads, will go up navigation key be mapped as the word connecting key ↑;
With the numerical key 1 of numeric keypad, * key, numerical key 0, # key as the word options button, following navigation key is as candidate's page turning key, left side navigation key is as the capital and small letter shift key, and right navigation key determines that as the self-word creation key key is as digital input key and self-word creation enter key;
In original state, length is pressed numerical key, enters digital input state;
In original state, press * key or # key and eject the symbol input window, enter the symbol input state;
In original state, short any of pressing in eight numerical keys 2～9 enters the word input state;
At the word input state,, between small letter state, initial caps state, capitalization state, switch by left navigation key;
At the word input state,, enter the self-word creation state by right navigation key;
(2) use the concrete grammar of numeric keypad input English words to be:
(a) input digit:
In original state, length enters digital input state by the numerical key of the first digit correspondence of the numeric string of desire input, and short other digital pairing numerical keys by desire input digit string are imported follow-up numeral, by determining key input digit string;
(b) incoming symbol:
In original state, the short numerical key 1 of pressing, input half-width space;
In original state, the short numerical key 0, incoming symbol fullstop ". " pressed;
In original state, press * key or # key and eject the symbol input window, enter the symbol input state, according to screen display, use the corresponding digital key to select the symbol of desire input, finish input, or use the page turning of candidate's page turning key to the candidate symbol window, use numerical key to select the symbol of desire input, finish input;
(c) input word:
In original state, short first alphabetical pairing numerical key by desire input word enters the word input state, short other alphabetical pairing numerical keys by desire input word, input subsequent character;
The word that connects with space or hyphen "-" is with apostrophe " ' " brief word or the possessive case word that connect, navigation key is as space, hyphen "-" or apostrophe " ' in the use " code symbols " ↑ ";
Behind a plurality of codings of input word, in word database, choose word coding preorder and comprise or equal 4 the highest words of the word frequency of input coding and be presented at first page of candidate window by the word frequency descending sort; When candidate window comprises for first page simultaneously: comprise the coding of being imported in the word coding preorder and during the word of the coding that equals to be imported, candidate window is arranged the word that the word coding equals institute's input coding earlier for first page, arranges the word that word coding preorder comprises institute's input coding again; Choosing word coding equals other words of input coding and is presented at by the word frequency descending sort on the continued page of candidate window; Use corresponding word options button to select word, finish input, or pass through the page turning of candidate's page turning key, use the word options button to select the word of desire input, finish input to the word candidate window;
(d) capital and small letter conversion:
Under the word input state, by left navigation key, with first alphabetical upper of all words in the candidate list; Once more by left navigation key, with the equal upper of whole letters of all words in the candidate list; Once more by left navigation key, with the whole lowers of the letter of all words in the candidate list;
Use the word options button to select word, finish input, or use the page turning of candidate's page turning key, use the word options button to select the word of desire input, finish input to the word candidate window;
(e) self-word creation:
At the word input state, first coding by in the coded strings of the selected desire input of right navigation key enters the self-word creation state; Candidate window shows this pairing letter of encoding, and uses the word options button to select this letter, or uses the page turning of candidate's page turning key to the word candidate window, uses the word options button to select this pairing letter of encoding; Behind the selected described letter, the next one coding in the automatic selected coded strings of being imported, all codings in the coded strings of being imported are selected to finish, and finish the input of self-word creation input by definite key.
2. English input method according to claim 1 is characterized in that: the big/mapping relations of small letter English alphabet on eight numerical keys 2～9 of numeric keypad are:
2：a、b、c；3：d、e、f；4：g、h、i；5：j、k、l；6：m、n、o；7：p、q、r、s；8：t、u、v；9：w、x、y、z。
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