CN102609098A - Mobile terminal, keypad of mobile terminal and use method thereof - Google Patents

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CN102609098A
CN102609098A CN201110026812XA CN201110026812A CN102609098A CN 102609098 A CN102609098 A CN 102609098A CN 201110026812X A CN201110026812X A CN 201110026812XA CN 201110026812 A CN201110026812 A CN 201110026812A CN 102609098 A CN102609098 A CN 102609098A
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The embodiment of the invention provides a mobile terminal, a keypad of the mobile terminal and a use method of the keypad. The keypad comprises a character key, wherein the character key includes a tap position key Di (i is not smaller than 0 and smaller than N); Zi characters are displayed on the tap position key Di; N represents the number of the tap positions; the tap position key Di is used for inputting character information; the Zi characters on the tap position key Di can be displayed on a terminal screen for the user to select by clicking the tap position key Di, to which a specific character belongs; and the user can select the specific character to realize character input. The embodiment also provides a mobile terminal input method, and a mobile terminal including the keypad or the input method. The mobile terminal provided by the invention can rapidly input character information, can adjust the number of keys according to requirement to facilitate information input by the user, and can obviate the input method switching by providing the new input method to realize mixed text editing state including characters, figures and letters, thereby improving the input efficiency.

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The keyboard of a kind of portable terminal, portable terminal and method of application thereof
Technical field
The present invention relates to the input technology at terminal, particularly, the present invention relates to the keyboard and the method for application thereof of a kind of portable terminal, portable terminal.
Background technology
In recent years, along with the develop rapidly of the electronic industry and the communication technology, swift and violent with the new business development that data, speech, video are the basis.The fast development of microelectric technique, computer hardware technique; Handling the work that becomes increasingly complex for terminal device lays the foundation; Realize possibility for the terminal device personalization provides, make the terminal break away from the restriction of network to a certain extent, can possess function from strength to strength.In addition, user itself also has urgent demand to the terminal, hope termination function more powerful, more flexibly, simpler and more direct.The development of infotech makes terminal technology move towards intellectuality, mobile, multifunction.
Mobile phone is a kind of terminal that people were familiar with the most, and mobile phone has become the indispensable article of people's daily life now.In order to make people use mobile phone more easily, the keyboard of terminal device mobile phone is also in development constantly.
The cell phone keyboard that early occurs is generally 12 key boards.Wherein, cell phone keyboard use these eight digital keys of 2-9 and alphabet key are shared as character input keyboard, and letter is arranged in order.The disadvantage of this arrangement mode is to import loaded down with trivial details.For example, inputting English letter " S " then need be by 7 (pqrs) key 4 times.If input Chinese for example, " is praised " with the phonetic input characters,---2 (abc)---6 (mno) that need button 9 (wxyz).Above-mentioned input can produce multiple combination; Like zan, yao, zao, yan, wan, the user must press directionkeys and select the needed Chinese phonetic alphabet once more, perhaps through repeatedly clicking a button; Up to the corresponding character of input, this just greatly reduces the literal input efficiency.And when wanting input digit or English, need switch under digital input state or the English input state toward contact, this has numeral especially inconvenient with English mixing text editing again to existing literal.
, engendered the placement scheme of similar computor-keyboard, i.e. the female key mobile phone of the full word of " QWERTY " keyboard thereafter.Because cell phone type terminal device panel area is less, often maximum area is the display screen at terminal, and the space of therefore leaving keyboard for is limited, even similar computor-keyboard layout also can be carried out accommodation as the case may be.For example, the direction operating key operated by rotary motion of full alphabetical mobile phone keypad having 30 is in the lower left corner or position, the lower right corner, or is arranged on the top of full letter key; Because the direction operating key need carry out frequent operation when being to use mobile phone, therefore, be prone to cause finger muscles nervous; Long-time use can make finger be in fatigue state, and the arrangement of direction operating key is not obvious, and the user will rake about when operation; And hand-held characteristics of product is not considered in the arrangement mode of most keyboards and moulding, causes the inconvenience of use.Simultaneously, this type keyboard also has a unavoidable defective, and promptly keyboard is too little.The area of terminal panel own is just limited, and for the full keyboard layout is provided, inevitable size with the sacrifice button is a cost.The too small meeting of button causes the user to use inconvenience.
In addition, also there is a common shortcoming in above-mentioned two types of keyboards, and promptly specific letter or number can fixedly appear on the specific button.When some button is higher than other buttons far away owing to frequency of utilization, will inevitably cause certain button premature aging to damage, influence the serviceable life at terminal.
Therefore, be necessary to propose corresponding otherwise effective technique scheme, with the problem of the information input that solves terminal device.
Summary of the invention
The object of the invention is intended to solve at least one of above-mentioned technological deficiency, particularly through the gear button design of keyboard, makes user's inputting character information fast; Can adjust number of keys as required and make things convenient for user's input information; Be equipped with new input method when simultaneously, under Chinese character, numeral and alphabetical mixing text editing state, can save the handoff procedure of input content, improved input efficiency.
In order to achieve the above object, embodiments of the invention have proposed a kind of keyboard of portable terminal on the one hand, and said keyboard comprises:
Character keys, said character keys have gear button D i, 0≤i<N, gear button D iOn show Z iIndividual character, wherein, N is the number of gear,
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M is total number of characters that said keyboard shows;
Wherein, said gear button D iBe used for inputting character information, click the affiliated gear button D of specific character i, said gear button D iOn Z iIndividual character is shown in terminal screen and supplies the user to select, and said user selects said specific character to realize the character input.
Embodiments of the invention have proposed a kind of portable terminal on the other hand, and said portable terminal comprises the keyboard of above-mentioned characteristic.
Embodiments of the invention have proposed a kind of input method of portable terminal on the other hand, may further comprise the steps:
Need to confirm the specific character information of input, said specific character information is shown on the character keys, and said character keys has gear button D i, 0≤i<N, gear button D iOn show Z iIndividual character, wherein, N is the number of gear, M is total number of characters that said keyboard shows;
According to said specific character information, click the affiliated gear button D of specific character i, said gear button D iOn Z iIndividual character is shown in terminal screen;
The character information input realized in the said specific character of selecting terminal screen to show.
Embodiments of the invention have also proposed a kind of portable terminal on the other hand, and the data inputting method of said portable terminal is the input method that comprises above-mentioned characteristic.
Above-mentioned keyboard disclosed by the invention, input method or terminal have following one or more advantage:
Can be efficiently inputting character information fast; Can adjust number of keys as required and make things convenient for user's input information, by increasing the comfort level that the button area improves user's input information, user's experience sense is better; Existing literal is had again under the mixing text editing state of numeral, need not to switch the input content can directly import, and saves the handoff procedure of input method, improves input efficiency.
Aspect that the present invention adds and advantage part in the following description provide, and part will become obviously from the following description, or recognize through practice of the present invention.
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Above-mentioned and/or additional aspect of the present invention and advantage are from obviously with easily understanding becoming the description of embodiment below in conjunction with accompanying drawing, wherein:
Fig. 1 is the synoptic diagram of embodiment of the invention keyboard examples;
Fig. 2 is the synoptic diagram that 1 grade of gear button of the embodiment of the invention shows;
The synoptic diagram that 3 grades of gear buttons of Fig. 3 embodiment of the invention show;
Fig. 4 is the synoptic diagram of the back-shaped keyboard A of the embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 5 is the synoptic diagram of the back-shaped keyboard B of the embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 6 is the synoptic diagram that 0 grade of gear button of the back-shaped keyboard of the embodiment of the invention shows;
Fig. 7 is the synoptic diagram that 2 grades of gear buttons of the back-shaped keyboard of the embodiment of the invention show;
Fig. 8-Figure 13 imports the synoptic diagram of the character of example screen display for the present invention;
Figure 14 is an embodiment of the invention software design structural representation;
Figure 15 is the area synoptic diagram of conventional mobile phone keyboard;
Figure 16 is the area synoptic diagram of back-shaped keyboard A;
Figure 17 is the area synoptic diagram of back-shaped keyboard B.
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Describe embodiments of the invention below in detail, the example of said embodiment is shown in the drawings, and wherein identical from start to finish or similar label is represented identical or similar elements or the element with identical or similar functions.Be exemplary through the embodiment that is described with reference to the drawings below, only be used to explain the present invention, and can not be interpreted as limitation of the present invention.
In order to realize the present invention's purpose, the embodiment of the invention discloses a kind of keyboard of portable terminal, said keyboard comprises:
Character keys, said character keys have gear button D i, 0≤i<N, gear button D iOn show Z iIndividual character, wherein, N is the number of gear,
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M is total number of characters that said keyboard shows; Wherein, said gear button D iBe used for inputting character information, click the affiliated gear button D of specific character i, said gear button D iOn Z iIndividual character is shown in terminal screen and supplies the user to select, and said user selects said specific character to realize the character input.
Corresponding 3 to 4 characters of each key of general 12 key board mobile phones, the defective of operation is partly introduced in background technology.Therefore, in order to realize the object of the invention, the present invention has at first proposed the notion of gear.The corresponding one group of character information of each gear button; , at these characters this gear on again be assigned to other key on the corresponding corresponding character of each button, thereby the input of realization character thereafter.
As shown in Figure 1, be the keyboard embodiment of purport design according to the present invention.Emphasis of the present invention is mainly reflected in the latter half of Fig. 1, and the key position of the first half is generally the major key position of terminal keyboard, repeats no more at this.In the embodiment in figure 1, keyboard system has 10 gears, and promptly 0 to 9 grade, the character set of each gear button representative is as shown in Figure 1.
For the ease of explanation, with the gear under the numeral on the gear button; When the user clicks numeral place gear button, promptly accomplish putting into gear to character set on this gear.For example, 1 grade of corresponding 1ABC of gear button.
When 1 grade of gear button is clicked, carried out engage a gear, will show on the terminal screen and similar character set as shown in Figure 2.When 3 grades of gear buttons are clicked, carried out engage a gear, will show on the terminal screen and similar character set as shown in Figure 3.
Obviously, at the mentioned gear button of the present invention, comprise following any one button or its combination:
Physical button, just terminal concrete button commonly used, the specifically terminal keyboard of physical button formation the present invention proposition; Perhaps,
Virtual key, promptly the gear button is the screen focus at terminal, triggers focal controls when button is pressed, virtual key forms the terminal keyboard that the present invention proposes.
When formed the terminal keyboard that the present invention proposes by concrete physical button, embodiment as shown in Figure 2 when needing input A or a, only need click respective keys according to the character distribution schematic diagram of screen and get final product.Obviously, importing C or c if desired, then is to click 7 grades of gear buttons, distributes synoptic diagram to click respective keys according to screen character again and imports.
When form the terminal keyboard that the present invention proposes by virtual key; The dummy keyboard that screen display is consistent with Fig. 1 the latter half; After the user clicks character place gear button; The screen virtual key can become Fig. 2 or the similar dummy keyboard of Fig. 3, only need click the character of relevant position once more, can accomplish input.
As embodiments of the invention, click the affiliated gear button D of specific character iSurpass the schedule time during threshold T, screen display be D iLast corresponding capitalization, otherwise be lowercase.Therefore, under this embodiment, the terminal is clicked or short the click through long in concrete use, only can show the upper case or lower case letter on the terminal screen, and Fig. 2, situation shown in Figure 3 can not occur.
Therefore, only need usually to click twice, can import required character.Comparatively speaking, the required character of traditional 12 keyboards input needs more number of clicks.This is because the conventional mobile phone keyboard can't be confirmed the final goal character, therefore produces a lot of combinations, and the user must go to select the target of oneself.
Obviously, the gear button that is divided into 10 grades is one embodiment of the present of invention, the present invention includes but is not limited to 10 grades gear key board.For example, can increase or reduce gear as required.Usually, gear is few more, helps increasing the button area more, thereby can make things convenient for user's input information; For example, under the prerequisite that the keyboard useful area is fixed, be lower than 12 grades button, have bigger button area than 12 traditional key boards, input efficiency is higher than 12 traditional key boards simultaneously.
As embodiments of the invention, in order further to optimize the performance of keyboard, one or more conditions below characters displayed can satisfy on the gear button:
Each gear button D iLast characters displayed number is: Wherein, [] is the rounding operation symbol.With this understanding, the number of characters that distributes on the gear button is balanced as far as possible, helps improving the service efficiency of input efficiency and balanced each button of keyboard.
Be up to a numerical character on each gear button.With this understanding, when the terminal is used to call when needing input digit, can import required telephone number as early as possible.
Character that frequency of utilization is high and the low character of frequency of utilization are shown on the gear button.
Usually, when the user uses keyboard, need the frequency height difference of the character of input.For example, be example with the numeral, the frequency of utilization of numeral 6,8 is higher than numeral 4 usually; With the letter is example, and according to statistics, the English alphabet frequency of utilization is as follows: A:8.19%, B:1.47%, C:3.83%, D:3.91%; E:12.25%, F:2.26%, G:1.71%, H:4.57%, I:7.10%, J:0.14%; K:0.41%, L:3.77%, M:3.34%, N:7.06%, O:7.26%, P:2.89%; Q:0.09%, R:6.85%, S:6.36%, T:9.41%, U:2.58%; V:1.09%, W:1.59%, X:0.21%, Y:1.58%, Z:0.08%.
If certain button is used by frequent concentrating, certain screen position that perhaps virtual key on the terminal screen is corresponding is used by frequent concentrating, and causes its premature aging to damage easily.Therefore, can be according to the frequency of utilization data of priori, character that frequency of utilization is high and the low character of frequency of utilization are shown on the gear button.For example, the letter e frequency of utilization is the highest, can itself and numeral 4 be positioned over same gear button.Its final purpose is that the frequency that makes each gear button be used is tending towards equal.
In order to improve the efficient of input information,, show on the keyboard that total character for example comprises: numeric character 0-9,26 English alphabets, *, # and assemble of symbol as embodiments of the invention.At this moment, M is 39.
As embodiments of the invention, when keyboard has 10 gear buttons, show 3 characters on one of them gear button, other 9 gears all show 4 characters, and each gear button all only shows a numerical character.
Like Fig. 4, shown in Figure 5, as embodiments of the invention, 10 gear buttons form the keyboard synoptic diagram of first group of back-shaped button and second group of back-shaped button.
Particularly, said gear button D iFollowing with corresponding character combination:
First group of back-shaped button comprises:
1 grade of D 1: 1, S, Z, 2 grades of D 2: 2, A, B, C, 3 grades of D 3: 3, E, F, D, 4 grades of D 4: 4, H, I, G, 5 grades of D 5: 5, J, L, N;
Second group of back-shaped button comprises:
6 grades of D 6: 6, O, M, K, 7 grades of D 7: 7, R, P, Q, 8 grades of D 8: 8, U, V, T, 9 grades of D 9: 9, W, X, Y, 0 grade of D 0: 0, *, #,
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These characters are consistent with the arrangement mode that these characters show on back-shaped key in the distribution locations on the back-shaped key.Which key the user presses, and just imports which character, the input of Rapid Realization character.
Based on above-mentioned keyboard, the embodiment of the invention also discloses one type of portable terminal, particularly, the employed keyboard of this type of portable terminal is the above-mentioned disclosed keyboard of the present invention.
Furthermore, this type of portable terminal includes but not limited to mobile phone, personal digital assistant PDA or palm PC.
Above-mentioned keyboard disclosed by the invention or terminal have following one or more advantage:
Through the gear button design of keyboard, inputting character information fast; Can adjust number of keys as required and make things convenient for user's input information, thereby can effectively improve the keyboard area utilization rate, for example make things convenient for user's input information through increasing the button area; The click frequency of balanced each button avoids certain button or position premature aging to damage, and improves the serviceable life of equipment.
Correspondingly, the embodiment of the invention also discloses a kind of input method of portable terminal, may further comprise the steps: need to confirm the specific character information of input, said specific character information is shown on the character keys, and said character keys has gear button D i, 0≤i<N, gear button D iOn show Z iIndividual character, wherein, N is the number of gear,
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M is total number of characters that said keyboard shows; According to said specific character information, click the affiliated gear button D of specific character i, said gear button D iOn Z iIndividual character is shown in terminal screen; The character information input realized in the said specific character of selecting terminal screen to show.
Below in conjunction with concrete embodiment, each step expansion is introduced in detail to said method.
S110: specific character information that need to confirm input.
In step S110, at first need to confirm the specific character information of input.Usually specific character information is shown on the character keys, and character keys has gear button D in the present invention i, 0≤i<N, gear button D iOn show Z iIndividual character, wherein, N is the number of gear, M is total number of characters that keyboard shows.
Mentioned gear button in step S110 comprises following any one button or its combination:
Physical button, just terminal button commonly used, the specifically terminal keyboard of physical button formation the present invention proposition; Perhaps,
Virtual key, promptly the gear button is the screen focus at terminal, triggers focal controls when button is pressed, virtual key forms the terminal keyboard that the present invention proposes.
In order to improve the efficient of input information,, show on the keyboard that total character for example comprises: numeric character 0-9,26 English alphabets, *, # and assemble of symbol as embodiments of the invention.At this moment, M is 39.Therefore, when needing characters such as input digit, English alphabet, can directly on keyboard, find; Import Chinese character if desired, the Chinese phonetic alphabet that this Chinese character is corresponding or corresponding stroke character key are the specific character that needs input.Usually the stroke button shows for combining numerical key 1-5, is respectively horizontal, vertical, left-falling stroke, point, cross break (not illustrating in the accompanying drawing keyboard), and is suitable equally to input method of the present invention.
As embodiments of the invention, in order further to optimize the performance of input method, one or more conditions below characters displayed can satisfy on the keyboard gear button:
Each gear button D iLast characters displayed number is:
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Wherein, [] is the rounding operation symbol.With this understanding, the number of characters that distributes on the gear button is balanced as far as possible, helps improving the service efficiency of input efficiency and balanced each button of keyboard.
Be up to a numerical character on each gear button.With this understanding, when the terminal is used to call when needing input digit, can import required telephone number as early as possible.
Character that frequency of utilization is high and the low character of frequency of utilization are shown on the gear button.
Usually, when the user uses keyboard, need the frequency height difference of the character of input.For example, be example with the numeral, the frequency of utilization of numeral 6,8 is higher than numeral 4 usually; With the letter is example, and according to statistics, the English alphabet frequency of utilization is as follows: A:8.19%, B:1.47%, C:3.83%, D:3.91%; E:12.25%, F:2.26%, G:1.71%, H:4.57%, I:7.10%, J:0.14%; K:0.41%, L:3.77%, M:3.34%, N:7.06%, O:7.26%, P:2.89%; Q:0.09%, R:6.85%, S:6.36%, T:9.41%, U:2.58%; V:1.09%, W:1.59%, X:0.21%, Y:1.58%, Z:0.08%.
If certain button is used by frequent concentrating, certain screen position that perhaps virtual key on the terminal screen is corresponding is used by frequent concentrating, and causes its premature aging to damage easily.Therefore, can be according to the frequency of utilization data of priori, character that frequency of utilization is high and the low character of frequency of utilization are shown on the gear button.For example, the letter e frequency of utilization is the highest, can itself and numeral 4 be positioned over same gear button.Its final purpose is that the frequency that makes each gear button be used is tending towards equal.
S120: click the affiliated gear button of specific character.
After confirming to need the specific character information of input, click the affiliated gear button of specific character, characters all on the gear button is shown on the terminal screen.
With keyboard as shown in Figure 1 is that example is explained any input character.Gear under the numeral on the gear button; When the user clicks numeral place gear button, promptly accomplish putting into gear to character set on this gear.For example, 1 grade of corresponding 1ABC of gear button.
When 1 grade of gear button is clicked, carried out engage a gear, will show on the terminal screen and similar character set as shown in Figure 2.When 3 grades of gear buttons are clicked, carried out engage a gear, will show on the terminal screen and similar character set as shown in Figure 3.
S130: the specific character of selecting terminal screen to show, realize the character information input.
When the terminal keyboard that forms the present invention's proposition by concrete physical button, embodiment as shown in Figure 2,
When needing input A or a, only need click respective keys and get final product according to the character distribution schematic diagram of screen.Obviously, importing C or c if desired, then is to click 7 grades of gear buttons, distributes synoptic diagram to click respective keys according to screen character again and imports.
When form the terminal keyboard that the present invention proposes by virtual key; The dummy keyboard that screen display is consistent with Fig. 1 the latter half; After the user clicks character place gear button; The screen virtual key can become Fig. 2 or the similar dummy keyboard of Fig. 3, only need click the character of relevant position once more, can accomplish input.
As embodiments of the invention, the input method that the present invention proposes comprises two kinds of mode of operations: edit pattern and non-edit pattern.
Particularly, after the edit box of portable terminal was activated, input method was in edit pattern, otherwise was in non-edit pattern.
For example, when being in non-edit pattern, the specific character information of input is numeric character 0-9, * or #.Usually, under this pattern, mobile phone can be imported telephone number fast, and common click once can be imported required character when calling.
When being in edit pattern,, click the affiliated gear button D of specific character for the first time according to said specific character information i, click the said specific character of selecting terminal screen to show for the second time, except that punctuation mark, other all characters are accomplished the character input through twice click.
Furthermore, when being in edit pattern, the input method acquiescence is in input in Chinese;
Import Chinese character if desired, the Chinese phonetic alphabet that this Chinese character is corresponding or corresponding stroke character key are the specific character that needs input.Usually the stroke button shows for combining numerical key 1-5, is respectively horizontal, vertical, left-falling stroke, point, cross break (not illustrating in the accompanying drawing keyboard), and is suitable equally to input method of the present invention.
When needing the input Chinese character, can form corresponding Chinese character, then below said input alphabet, show the Chinese character tabulation, select Chinese character, accomplish the Chinese character input through clicking directionkeys if input alphabet can be formed the stroke character of the corresponding Chinese phonetic alphabet or input;
When needing inputting English letter, directionkeys outputs to the English of being imported on the screen through clicking upwards, accomplishes English input.
And, under edit pattern, click the affiliated gear button D of specific character iSurpass the schedule time during threshold T, screen display be D iLast corresponding capitalization, otherwise be lowercase.Therefore, under this embodiment, the terminal is clicked or short the click through long in concrete input process, only can show the upper case or lower case letter on the terminal screen, and Fig. 2, situation shown in Figure 3 can not occur.
Therefore, only need usually to click twice, can import required character.Comparatively speaking, the required character of traditional 12 keyboards input needs more number of clicks.This is because there is multiple combination, needs the user to select the content that will import by directionkeys.
Obviously, the gear button that is divided into 10 grades is an embodiment of input method of the present invention, the present invention includes but is not limited to the input method of 10 grades gear key board.For example, can increase or reduce gear as required.Usually, gear is few more, helps increasing the button area more, thereby can make things convenient for user's input information; For example, under the prerequisite that the keyboard useful area is fixed, be lower than 12 grades button, have bigger button area than 12 traditional key boards, input efficiency is higher than the input method of 12 traditional key boards simultaneously.
Specific embodiment as input method of the present invention is used when keyboard has 10 gear buttons, shows 3 characters on one of them gear button, other 9 gears all show 4 characters, and each gear button all only shows a numerical character.Like Fig. 4, shown in Figure 5, as the keyboard examples of using input method of the present invention, 10 gear buttons form the keyboard synoptic diagram of first group of back-shaped button and second group of back-shaped button.
Particularly, said gear button D iFollowing with corresponding character combination:
First group of back-shaped button comprises:
1 grade of D 1: 1, S, Z, 2 grades of D 2: 2, A, B, C, 3 grades of D 3: 3, E, F, D, 4 grades of D 4: 4, H, I, G, 5 grades of D 5: 5, J, L, N;
Second group of back-shaped button comprises: 6 grades of D 6: 6, O, M, K, 7 grades of D 7: 7, R, P, Q, 8 grades of D 8: 8, U, V, T, 9 grades of D 9: 9, W, X, Y, 0 grade of D 0: 0, *, #,
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In order further to set forth the input method that the present invention proposes, various input conditions are specifically introduced below in conjunction with the keyboard examples of Fig. 4, Fig. 5.
Import under the non-edit pattern:
Under non-edit pattern, have only numerical key, * and # key effective usually, as long as the key that directly belongs to by numeral.Corresponding 1 to 9 grade gear button, during click, screen is the output corresponding digital directly.For 0 grade of gear button, at first by the key at 0 place, screen can distribute by the character of character display under 0 grade, and is as shown in Figure 6.Wherein, Fig. 6 the first half is the demonstration of relative Fig. 4 keyboard, and Fig. 6 the latter half is the demonstration of relative Fig. 5 keyboard.To the physical button terminal, the click keys key bits corresponding is accomplished input; To virtual key, directly click the screen corresponding characters and accomplish input.Therefore, once more button can import 0, *, # or start glossary of symbols.
Input under the edit pattern:
A, phonetic input
Put into gear: the input Pinyin letter, must hang up phonetic alphabet place gear earlier.For example, import " b ",, hang 2 grades at " 2ABC " place, promptly press 2 keys according to Fig. 4, Fig. 5.
The input Pinyin letter: after hanging up properly shelves, screen can demonstrate similar character distribution plan as shown in Figure 7, and Fig. 7 the first half is the demonstration of relative Fig. 4 keyboard, and Fig. 7 the latter half is the demonstration of relative Fig. 5 keyboard.According to phonetic alphabet position, press corresponding key thereafter.
Confirm the input Chinese character: the input method system acquiescence is input in Chinese; After the letter input; If can forming the stroke character of the Chinese phonetic alphabet or input, the letter that is transfused to form corresponding Chinese character; Then below these letters, show the Chinese character tabulation, the user presses directionkeys and selects Chinese character, presses the Ok key and confirms input.
B, English alphabet input
Put into gear: inputting English letter, hang up English alphabet place gear earlier.For example, input " a ", 2 grades of hanging " 2ABC " place are promptly pressed 2 keys.
Input alphabet: after hanging up properly shelves, screen display character distribution plan like Fig. 7, according to the English alphabet position, is pressed corresponding key, imports corresponding lowercase.Import capitalization English letter, like " A ", the then long English alphabet place key of pressing can be imported corresponding capitalization English letter.
Directionkeys is confirmed input by making progress: when system default user's the Chinese phonetic alphabet that is input as, if the English alphabetic combination of input can be formed the Chinese phonetic alphabet, then screen can demonstrate the corresponding Chinese character of the Chinese phonetic alphabet automatically; If inputting English letter combination can not constitute the Chinese phonetic alphabet, wf for example, An (having capitalization), then screen can not demonstrate Chinese character.If the user thinks inputting English letter at this moment, then needn't comprehend Chinese character, by the directionkeys that makes progress, confirm to the screen inputting English letter.Like input " Good ", press the upwarding key at directionkeys place again, confirm to screen input " Good ".
C, numeral input
Put into gear: input digit, hang up numeral place gear earlier.For example, import " 2 ", hang 2 grades at " 2ABC " place, promptly press 2 keys.
Input digit: after hanging up properly shelves, the screen display character distributes as shown in Figure 7, according to digital position, presses corresponding key, input digit.
D, symbol input
Engage a gear: incoming symbol, hang 0 grade earlier, promptly by 0 key.
By symbolic key: after hanging up properly 0 grade; Screen display character distribution plan; As shown in Figure 6, by symbolic key
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Incoming symbol: after pressing symbolic key, the screen display character set is pressed directionkeys and is selected, and presses the input of Ok key.
Below with the short message editing input text " big by 1 the tunnel, Go! ", be example with Fig. 4, annular keyboard shown in Figure 5, further set forth input method of the present invention.Concrete operations are following:
1) starts the short message editing frame
2) hang 3 grades
By 3 keys;
3) input d
3 grades of characters of screen display distribute, and are as shown in Figure 8;
Press the d key, input d.Screen display:
d
Big to genuine must be right
4) input " greatly "
The tabulation of screen display Chinese character is pressed the left and right directions key and is selected " greatly ", presses the input of OK key;
5) hang 1 grade
By 1 key;
6) input 1
1 grade of character distribution plan of screen display, as shown in Figure 9;
By 1 key, input 1;
7) hang 5 grades
By 5 keys;
8) input " l "
5 grades of character distribution plans of screen display, shown in figure 10;
Press the l key, input l; Screen display:
l
Come in two old power manage
9) hang 8 grades
By 8 keys;
10) input " u "
8 grades of characters of screen display distribute, and are shown in figure 11;
Press the u key, input u; Screen display:
lu
Lu Lulu records Lu Lulu
11) input " road "
The tabulation of screen display Chinese character is pressed directionkeys and is selected Chinese character " road ", presses the input of OK key;
12) hang 0 grade
By 0 key;
13) by symbolic key
0 grade of character of screen display distributes; As shown in Figure 6, by symbolic key
Figure BSA00000426183900141
14) input ", "
The screen display character set is pressed the left and right directions key and is selected ", ", presses the input of OK key;
15) hang 4 grades
By 4 keys;
16) input " G "
4 grades of characters of screen display distribute, and are shown in figure 12;
The long G key of pressing, input G presses OK key input G again; Screen display:
G
Because G is capitalization, so do not show the Chinese character tabulation;
17) hang 6 grades
By 6 keys;
18) input o
6 grades of characters of screen display distribute, and are shown in figure 13;
Press the o key, press OK key input o again.Screen display:
Go
19) input Go
By upwards directionkeys is definite to screen input " Go ".
20) hang 0 grade
By 0 key;
21) by character keys
0 grade of character of screen display distributes; Like Fig. 6, by character keys
Figure BSA00000426183900142
22) input "! "
The screen display character set, press directionkeys select "! ", press the OK key and accomplish input.
Based on above-mentioned input method, the embodiment of the invention also discloses one type of portable terminal, particularly, the employed input method of this type of portable terminal is the above-mentioned disclosed input method of the present invention.
Furthermore, this type of portable terminal includes but not limited to mobile phone, personal digital assistant PDA or palm PC.
Above-mentioned input method disclosed by the invention or terminal have following one or more advantage:
Can be efficiently inputting character information fast; The big input information of button area is comfortable, and the user experience sense is better; Click distributing equilibrium during input information, avoid certain button or position premature aging to damage, improve the serviceable life of equipment; Existing literal is had again under the mixing text editing state of numeral, need not to switch input pattern can directly import, and saves the handoff procedure of input method, improves input efficiency.
Different keyboard structure, its hardware realize slightly having any different.With regard to the back-shaped keyboard in the example; Be exactly up and down in 5 independently compact suffering together of key, though compact in design, accuracy when not influencing user key-press and feel; And improved the utilization rate of keyboard area, so back-shaped key integral body can be done greatlyyer.On internal circuit, back-shaped key is the same with the conventional keyboard mobile phone.
For touch-screen mobile phone, show virtual back-shaped key on the screen, shown in Fig. 4 and Fig. 5.After the user accomplished the operation of putting into gear, the screen virtual key can distribute by new character and change, and becomes like Fig. 6 and shown in Figure 7; The user clicks the respective symbols position and realizes input; Also can put into gear by right soft key cancellation, screen recovers back-shaped key initial key disc status, as shown in Figure 4 and Figure 5.
With regard to software design, structural representation is shown in figure 14.Nethermost is hardware layer, above 3 layers be software layer.
The button drive module drives hardware, and perception user input generates the hardware button incident, and its data structure comprises: marking keys, key-press status, for example press, long by, lift; The hardware button incident that generates is issued the key-press event analysis layer.For key mobile phone, the button driver module drive to as if physical button, the logical and disconnected perception key-press status through key circuit generates corresponding event; For touch-screen mobile phone, the button driver module drive to as if touch-screen, come the perception user to push and pressing position through perception touch screen circuitry change in voltage, through the position, obtain having pushed which virtual key, generate corresponding event.
The key-press event analysis layer receives the incident of sending out on the button Drive Layer, according to present input pattern of system and current state, generates the button incoming event.The structure of incident comprises: event type, and for example put into gear, import, marking keys, key-press status.The incident that generates is sent out to application program.System's input pattern is divided into edit pattern and non-edit pattern; The state of system is divided into neutral state and puts into gear state.For key mobile phone; After the user hung up properly shelves, the incident analysis layer will be showing the distribution plan of corresponding gear character on back-shaped key on the screen, like Fig. 6 and shown in Figure 7 during button; After user input finished or puts into gear by right soft key cancellation, the button analysis layer was wanted the blanking distribution plan; For touch-screen mobile phone, the key-press event analysis layer will become Fig. 6 and shown in Figure 7 with back-shaped key, waits for user's input, and after user's input finished, the button analysis layer will be replied back-shaped key original state, like Fig. 4 and shown in Figure 5.
The application software layer is done corresponding processing after receiving the input key-press event.
In sum, the above-mentioned disclosed keyboard of the present invention, input method or comprise the terminal of said keyboard, input method all have following one or more advantage:
(1) the button useful area increases
Conventional mobile phone keyboard digital key and *, # key are independently of one another, need between them at interval, have therefore wasted keyboard area, cause area utilization low, and the area of each key is compelled to be done lessly, and intensive in keyboard region, and big finger presses accuracy rate is low.
For the ease of explanation, be that example compares with the back-shaped key layout of the specific embodiment of the invention.This compact in design has improved area utilization, thereby can increase the area of each key, improves the accuracy rate of big finger presses.
With the T715 of Sony-Ericson is example, the button area of more back-shaped key and the button area of conventional mobile phone.
Figure 15 is the conventional mobile phone keyboard of the T715 of Sony-Ericson, and wide AB is 46mm, and high AD is 29mm, keyboard region area 1334mm 2, last bottom margin AF is 3mm, left and right margins AE is 5mm, and the wide 10mm of single key, high 5mm, the area of single key are 50mm 2, total face is 50 * 12=600mm 2, the area utilization rate is 600/1334=45%.
Figure 16 is first kind of back-shaped key, it in keyboard region with whole keyboard region on consistent among bottom margin and left and right margins and Figure 13, promptly AE is 5mm, AF is 3mm.The wide 16.5mm of outer rectangle of a back-shaped key, height is 23mm, and interior rectangle is wide to be 6.5mm, and height is 13mm, and inside and outside rectangle spacing up and down is 5mm, the spacing of two back-shaped keys is 3mm.The area of key and following key is 16.5 * 5=82.5mm on the single back-shaped key 2, the area of left button and right button is 23 * 5=115mm 2, middle key area is 6.5 * 13=84.5mm 2The area of single key is 50mm among Figure 13 2, this shows that the area of single button increases to some extent.Total button area is 16.5 * 23 * 2=759mm 2, the area utilization rate is 759/1334=57%.The area utilization rate of keyboard region increases to some extent.Be noted that this back-shaped key up and down key and right and left key have at 4 each place, angles overlapping, shown in the rectangle of back-shaped key 4 each place, angles band dotted line in the left side among Figure 14, when the user by to these zones the time, if he upwards or down pushes, he triggers so is upward key or following key; If he left or the right side push, what he triggered so is left button or right button.Because the overlapping region at this place, 4 each angle is all effective to each button of sharing them, so their area all counts in each button area of sharing them, but when calculating the button total area, rectangular area is as the criterion in addition.
Figure 17 is second kind of back-shaped key design, it in keyboard region with whole keyboard region on consistent among bottom margin and left and right margins and Figure 13, promptly AE is 5mm, AF is 3mm.The wide GH of single back-shaped key is 16mm, and high HI is 23mm, and K, L, M and N are respectively each limit mid point of outer rectangle.KO and MQ respectively are 3.5mm, and NR and PL respectively are 4mm, the spacing 4mm of two back-shaped keys.The area of upper left key, upper key, right down key and left down key respectively is 76mm 2, the area of middle key is 64mm 2, each key area is 50mm among Figure 13 2, therefore the area of single button increases to some extent.All button areas are (76 * 4+64) * 2=736mm 2, the area utilization rate is 736/1334=55%.The area utilization rate also has increase.
(2) need not the switching of input method
In new input process, need not the switching of input method.The user does not spend the switching of importing content by a special button, can directly import the content of oneself wanting, and has improved user experience.
(3) frequency of utilization of each key is tending towards evenly, avoids too concentrated
Because to each button of back-shaped key, so the frequency of utilization of button is tending towards evenly, avoid too concentrating using certain button, causes the button premature damage by corresponding character of each button after putting into gear by mean allocation for character.
(4) improve input efficiency
Under non-edit pattern, input efficiency is with identical with other input methods or terminal.
Under edit pattern, need put into gear during the input content, importing common character only need be by twice key; And need not the switching of input method; Because the Chinese phonetic alphabet and the English word of input do not have multiple combination, need not choose the input content by directionkeys, so the button number of clicks will reduce effectively.More when the input content change, scheme advantage disclosed by the invention is especially obvious.For example Chinese, the English input frequently with numeral switched, and the combination that the input content produces on the conventional keyboard mobile phone is more, and existing scheme can cause button to click very big increase; And the such scheme that the present invention proposes, then can be unaffected, the input of efficiently realization information.
One of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that and realize that all or part of step that the foregoing description method is carried is to instruct relevant hardware to accomplish through program; Described program can be stored in a kind of computer-readable recording medium; This program comprises one of step or its combination of method embodiment when carrying out.
In addition, each functional unit in each embodiment of the present invention can be integrated in the processing module, also can be that the independent physics in each unit exists, and also can be integrated in the module two or more unit.Above-mentioned integrated module both can adopt the form of hardware to realize, also can adopt the form of software function module to realize.If said integrated module realizes with the form of software function module and during as independently production marketing or use, also can be stored in the computer read/write memory medium.
The above-mentioned storage medium of mentioning can be a ROM (read-only memory), disk or CD etc.
The above only is an embodiment 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 improvement and retouching, these improvement and retouching also should be regarded as protection scope of the present invention.

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1. the keyboard of a portable terminal is characterized in that, said keyboard comprises:
Character keys, said character keys have gear button D i, 0≤i<N, gear button D iOn show Z iIndividual character, wherein, N is the number of gear,
Figure FSA00000426183800011
M is total number of characters that said keyboard shows;
Wherein, said gear button D iBe used for inputting character information, click the affiliated gear button D of specific character i, said gear button D iOn Z iIndividual character is shown in terminal screen and supplies the user to select, and said user selects said specific character to realize the character input.
2. keyboard as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, said gear button comprises following any one button or its combination:
Physical button;
Virtual key, said gear button is the screen focus at terminal, triggers focal controls when button is pressed.
3. keyboard as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, said keyboard shows that total character comprises: numeric character 0-9,26 English alphabets, *, # and assemble of symbol.
4. keyboard as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that, one or more conditions below characters displayed satisfies on the said gear button:
Each gear button D iLast characters displayed number is:
Figure FSA00000426183800012
Wherein, [] is the rounding operation symbol;
Be up to a numerical character on each gear button;
Character that frequency of utilization is high and the low character of frequency of utilization are shown on the gear button.
5. keyboard as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that, said keyboard has 10 gear buttons, shows 3 characters on one of them gear button, and other 9 gears all show 4 characters, and each gear button all only shows a numerical character.
6. keyboard as claimed in claim 5 is characterized in that, said 10 gear buttons form first group of back-shaped button and second group of back-shaped button.
7. keyboard as claimed in claim 6 is characterized in that, said gear button D iFollowing with corresponding character combination:
First group of back-shaped button comprises:
1 grade of D 1: 1, S, Z,
2 grades of D 2: 2, A, B, C,
3 grades of D 3: 3, E, F, D,
4 grades of D 4: 4, H, I, G,
5 grades of D 5: 5, J, L, N;
Second group of back-shaped button comprises:
6 grades of D 6: 6, O, M, K,
7 grades of D 7: 7, R, P, Q,
8 grades of D 8: 8, U, V, T,
9 grades of D 9: 9, W, X, Y,
0 grade of D 0: 0, *, #,
Figure FSA00000426183800021
Wherein
Figure FSA00000426183800022
Be assemble of symbol.
8. a portable terminal is characterized in that, said portable terminal comprises like one of any described keyboard of claim 1 to claim 7.
9. portable terminal as claimed in claim 8 is characterized in that said portable terminal comprises mobile phone, personal digital assistant PDA or palm PC.
10. the input method of a portable terminal is characterized in that, may further comprise the steps:
Need to confirm the specific character information of input, said specific character information is shown on the character keys, and said character keys has gear button D i, 0≤i<N, gear button D iOn show Z iIndividual character, wherein, N is the number of gear,
Figure FSA00000426183800023
M is total number of characters that said keyboard shows;
According to said specific character information, click the affiliated gear button D of specific character i, said gear button D iOn Z iIndividual character is shown in terminal screen;
The character information input realized in the said specific character of selecting terminal screen to show.
11. input method as claimed in claim 10 is characterized in that, said gear button comprises following any one button or its combination:
Physical button;
Virtual key, said gear button is the screen focus at terminal, triggers focal controls when button is pressed.
12. input method as claimed in claim 10 is characterized in that, said keyboard shows that total character comprises: numeric character 0-9,26 English alphabets, *, # and assemble of symbol.
13. input method as claimed in claim 12 is characterized in that, one or more conditions below characters displayed satisfies on the said gear button:
Each gear button D iLast characters displayed number is:
Figure FSA00000426183800031
Wherein, [] is the rounding operation symbol;
Be up to a numerical character on each gear button;
Character that frequency of utilization is high and the low character of frequency of utilization are shown on the gear button.
14. input method as claimed in claim 13 is characterized in that, said keyboard has 10 gear buttons, shows 3 characters on one of them gear button, and other 9 gears all show 4 characters, and each gear button all only shows a numerical character.
15. input method as claimed in claim 14 is characterized in that, said input method comprises two kinds of mode of operations: edit pattern and non-edit pattern;
After the edit box of said portable terminal was activated, said input method was in edit pattern, otherwise was in non-edit pattern.
16. input method as claimed in claim 15 is characterized in that,
When being in non-edit pattern, the specific character information of input is numeric character 0-9, * or #;
When being in edit pattern,, click the affiliated gear button D of specific character for the first time according to said specific character information i, click the said specific character of selecting terminal screen to show for the second time.
17. input method as claimed in claim 15 is characterized in that, when being in edit pattern,
Said input method acquiescence is in input in Chinese;
When needing the input Chinese character,, then below said input alphabet, show the Chinese character tabulation, select Chinese character, accomplish the Chinese character input through clicking directionkeys if input alphabet can be formed corresponding Chinese character;
When needing inputting English letter, output on the screen, accomplish English the input through clicking the English that directionkeys upwards will import.
18. input method as claimed in claim 17 is characterized in that, clicks the affiliated gear button D of specific character iSurpass the schedule time during threshold T, screen display be D iLast corresponding capitalization, otherwise be lowercase.
19. input method as claimed in claim 18 is characterized in that, said 10 gear buttons form first group of back-shaped button and second group of back-shaped button.
20. input method as claimed in claim 19 is characterized in that, said gear button D iFollowing with corresponding character combination:
First group of back-shaped button comprises:
1 grade of D 1: 1, S, Z,
2 grades of D 2: 2, A, B, C,
3 grades of D 3: 3, E, F, D,
4 grades of D 4: 4, H, I, G,
5 grades of D 5: 5, J, L, N;
Second group of back-shaped button comprises:
6 grades of D 6: 6, O, M, K,
7 grades of D 7: 7, R, P, Q,
8 grades of D 8: 8, U, V, T,
9 grades of D 9: 9, W, X, Y,
0 grade of D 0: 0, *, #,
Figure FSA00000426183800041
Wherein
Figure FSA00000426183800042
Be assemble of symbol.
21. a portable terminal is characterized in that, the data inputting method of said portable terminal is one of any described input method of claim 10 to claim 20.
22. portable terminal as claimed in claim 21 is characterized in that, said portable terminal comprises mobile phone, personal digital assistant PDA or palm PC.
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