CN101741943A

CN101741943A - Keyboard of mobile terminal

Info

Publication number: CN101741943A
Application number: CN200810172496A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王峰
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2008-11-12
Filing date: 2008-11-12
Publication date: 2010-06-16

Abstract

The invention discloses a keyboard of a mobile terminal and an operation mode thereof. The keyboard comprises two new keys of a primary key and a primary key mode key, and a returning key, a calling/answering key and a hang-up key which are commonly used. The primary key can be stirred or pressed, can act for about 9 contacts, is coordinated by the primary key mode key to double or triple the generated instructions, the instruction of each action is not directly marked on the panel but displayed on the display screen in the form of a virtual keyboard by a preset software, thus not only lessening the number of key buttons and area of the whole keyboard in multiplication, enabling the arrangement of the keyboard to be more flexible, but also effectively utilizing the display screen which is hidden in no need of inputting, such as playing videos. The keyboard is suitable for multifunctional mobilephone with a big display screen, all the functions such as inputting characters, playing media and camera and the like can be operated by a single hand, and the handfeel is more stable and comfortable by holding with a single hand.

Description

A kind of keyboard of portable terminal

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of keyboard and mode of operation thereof of portable terminal.

Background technology

When mobile phone has just begun to use, display screen is less, keyboard still can occupy the main position of panel, be accompanied by the fast development of technology, cell-phone function is increasing, and it has been transformed into a kind of portable terminal, and it is many that therefore button becomes, it is big that therefore display screen also becomes rapidly, occupied the main positions of panel, and keyboard is compressed extremely downwards, thereby highlighted many drawbacks, comprise: a, the thumb utmost point is curved down artificially during operation, b, one hand holds on the lower side stable inadequately, takes action or not easy to operate when rocking c, single button area dwindles, finger is sought key position difficulty, can only bare-handedly operate.Collapsible, the sliding cover type keyboard is bigger, but because shell has increased by two interfaces and link, volume also increases rapidly, the display screen proportional increase of but failing.It is rapidly convenient that handwritten, full key board disc type is imported, but palpus two manual manipulations, use is inconvenient when walking.Touch-screen type position of its dummy keyboard and existing keyboard when one-handed performance is suitable, can't avoid a, b, the described drawback of c equally.

Summary of the invention

The objective of the invention is to overcome above-mentioned deficiency a kind of keyboard is provided, this keyboard quantity relatively seldom, area occupied also dwindles thereupon, can be according to human engineering principle flexible topology, both effectively avoided a, b, the described drawback of c, and can allow display screen take whole front panel as far as possible again.

The technical solution used in the present invention is in order to achieve the above object: comprise major key, major key mode key, return button, calling button and on-hook button.Wherein the key button of major key both can be stirred to some directions around it, can push again simultaneously, and the corresponding contact of each action triggers, its each action does not all have the character mark.The major key mode key has various modes such as cursor mode, type mode, command mode, the character that each contact of major key produces under each pattern/instruction is different, and concrete character/instruction is definite and be presented on the display screen of portable terminal with the form of dummy keyboard by presetting software; The major key mode key is controlled the demonstration of dummy keyboard equally and is hidden.

Advantage of the present invention is:

Because the present invention has adopted the stirring of a plurality of contacts/major key of push type, make an one key just can replace existing a plurality of buttons and the area occupied thereof that comprises numerical key and navigation key, the various modes of major key mode key both can make the instruction number of major key generation double simultaneously, the dummy keyboard of may command major key show or hide as required on display screen again, such benefit has: the keyboard of a. mobile phone dwindles at double, keyboard layout is more flexible, b. display screen can do more, and more made full use of, c. the user can singlehanded more stably hold and operate simultaneously all functions, and each finger gesture is more natural, the key button location is more accurate, quicker, easily realize touch system.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is panel layout figure of the present invention

A. front view b. end view c. cutaway view

Fig. 2 is operation interface figure of the present invention

A. entree free hand drawing b. short message editing surface chart c. audio and video player surface chart

Fig. 3 is dummy keyboard figure under copy editor's pattern of the present invention

A. phonetic transcriptions of Chinese characters input keyboard figure b. Chinese character stroke input keyboard figure

C. English input keyboard figure d. digital input keyboard figure

Fig. 4 is gripping gesture figure of the present invention

Gesture figure during horizontal the holding of gesture figure b. during a. perpendicular holding

Embodiment

Below in conjunction with accompanying drawing embodiments of the invention are described in further detail.

Be example with the major key mode key 2 of 3 kinds of patterns is arranged here with the major key 1 that 8 directions are arranged, because the key of 8 directions has now had ripe the application on the simulated flight joystick, its contact is more, and 8 directions can be held goodly by people's thumb and distinguish very much, the advantage of this keyboard of words that the contact is few is not obvious, many words directions are not easily distinguishable, and the misoperation meeting increases; 3 kinds of patterns of major key mode key 2 are respectively type mode, command mode and cursor mode.

As shown in Figure 1, the present invention includes major key 1, major key mode key 2, return button 3, calling button 4 and on-hook button 5, these 5 keys are divided into two groups: major key 1, major key mode key 2, to return button 3 be one group, calling button 4 and on-hook button 5 are another group, all be vertical array, all keys are arranged in the side of terminal display screen, operate, each finger gesture is all very natural when holding, as shown in Figure 4.

Introduce mode of operation below, enter the main menu shown in Fig. 2-a after, directly stir major key 1, promptly enter the function of respective icon, needn't push again definite, if item number more than 8, just optional wherein 1～2 icon gets final product as the page turning icon.Functions such as phone, note, diary can be selected interface shown in Fig. 2-b for use, comprise title bar 6, text fields 7, dummy keyboard 8, SCRATCH PAD 9 and status bar 10, this also is the default mode of above-mentioned functions, it is the type mode of major key mode key 2, after the text input is finished, need push major key mode key 2 and forward command mode to, each character of dummy keyboard 8 promptly is changed to " calling ", " transmission ", " preservation rough draft " etc., and then stir major key 1, can carry out the corresponding command.Audio-visual broadcast, camera, GPS, picture browsing, e-book reading etc. can be selected interface shown in Fig. 2-c for use, the command mode of owner's key mode key 2 on the pattern, add literal/icon with the circle of being with arrow and explain the action of corresponding major key 1 and the instruction that is produced thereof, being familiar with back icon bar 11 can hide, to show picture more greatly.The cursor mode of major key mode key 2 down operation is similar to the cursor of computer, stirs major key 1 moving cursor, pushes major key 1 to click or double-click, and pins-stir-decontrol major key 1 to drag, and pushes to return button 3 and open menu.Each function all has its default mode and the indefinite alternative mode of number.

Introduce the input of various literal below, comprise phonetic transcriptions of Chinese characters, Chinese character stroke, English, numeral etc.The dummy keyboard 8 of phonetic transcriptions of Chinese characters input is shown in Fig. 3-a, and wherein " switching " icon is used for switching various input methods, and the space is then as a punctuation mark input, and all the other are no longer repeated with existing keyboard is similar.With " king " word is example, and the motion flow of major key 1 is during its input: " lower-left, on, the bottom right, upper right, push, on ", SCRATCH PAD 9 is transformed to the Chinese character tabulation shown in Fig. 3-b Far Left then, " pushes " at last again, promptly finishes input; Directly " push " then " stirring " removable cursor between any two words, can re-enter Chinese character after " pushing " once more; Push and return button 3 correction misoperation or deletions.At this is example to scheme just, not strict correspondence.The dummy keyboard 8 of Chinese character stroke input is shown in Fig. 3-b, and the motion flow of input " king " word is: " down, push on the right side for the right side, the right side ".Middle frame shows the order of strokes of input, and Chinese total number is provided with the page turning icon and gets final product if then get 1～2 little lattice more than 9.The dummy keyboard of English alphabet and numeral input no longer describes in detail shown in Fig. 3-c, Fig. 3-d.The interface of telephony feature is identical with the digital dummy keyboard interface shown in Fig. 3-d, and the input telephone number changes command mode over to and can store, call out, open address list etc., or directly pushes calling button 4 and call out.

Claims

1. the keyboard of a portable terminal comprises major key (1), major key mode key (2), returns button (3), answers button (4) and on-hook button (5), it is characterized in that:

A. the key button of major key (1) both can be stirred to some directions around it, can push again simultaneously, and different instructions is represented in the corresponding contact of each action triggers;

B. different instructions is represented in the same action of major key (1) under the different conditions of major key mode key (2);

C. each action of major key (1) does not have character mark, and the concrete instruction of its each action is by presetting that software is determined and being presented on the display screen of portable terminal with the form of dummy keyboard;

D. major key mode key (2) has various modes: cursor mode, type mode, command mode etc., the show state difference of dummy keyboard on display screen under each pattern comprises the demonstration of dummy keyboard, hiding and concrete character/instruction.