CN104850346A - Method and apparatus for inputting characters - Google Patents
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The present invention discloses a method and an apparatus for inputting characters. The method comprises the following steps: obtaining corresponding candidate characters according to characters input by a user; obtaining holding information of a mobile terminal and displaying the candidate characters in a screen area which can be easily touched by a thumb according to the holding information, wherein the holding information shows that the mobile terminal is held by a left hand or the mobile terminal is held by a right hand. By virtue of the character input method, the candidate characters are specifically displayed in the screen area which can be easily touched by the thumb of the user by detecting the holding information of the mobile terminal in the character input process, for example, the candidate characters are displayed in the screen area which can be easily touched by the left thumb if the mobile terminal is held by the left hand; the candidate characters are displayed in the screen area which can be easily touched by the right thumb when the mobile terminal is held by the right hand; the user can more conveniently and quickly select the candidate characters; the misoperation is low in occurrence possibility; the input efficiency is improved; the user experience is improved.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to communication technical field, particularly relate to a kind of character input method and device.
Background technology
Existing mobile terminal is mobile terminal of touch screen mostly.When user utilizes mobile terminal of touch screen to input information, need the dummy keyboard by screen shows to carry out text event detection, in input characters process, side's display one row candidate character is selected for user on the virtual keyboard usually.Because the screen size of mobile terminal is limited, be easy to when user clicks candidate character falsely drop adjacent candidate character and cause maloperation; And, because mobile terminal screen and user's hand size differ, the mobile terminal larger for screen or the less user of palm, when clicking the candidate character near screen offside, as left-handed mobile terminal click candidate character on the right side of screen or the right hand grip the candidate character that mobile terminal clicks on the left of screen time, very difficultly be even difficult to touch, more easily cause maloperation, thus reduce text event detection efficiency, have impact on Consumer's Experience.
Summary of the invention
Fundamental purpose of the present invention is to propose a kind of character input method and device, more convenient when being intended to make user to select candidate character, reduces maloperation, improves text event detection efficiency.
For achieving the above object, the present invention proposes a kind of character input method, comprises step:
According to the character of user's input, obtain corresponding candidate character;
Obtain the gripping information of mobile terminal, described candidate character is shown according to described gripping information the screen area that thumb is easy to touch;
Wherein, described gripping information is that left-handed mobile terminal or the right hand grip mobile terminal.
Preferably, describedly described candidate character is shown according to described gripping information the screen area that thumb is easy to touch and comprises:
When described gripping information is left-handed mobile terminal, described candidate character is shown in the top left region of screen;
When described gripping information is right hand gripping mobile terminal, described candidate character is shown in the right regions of screen.
Preferably, describedly described candidate character is shown according to described gripping information the screen area that thumb is easy to touch and comprises:
When described gripping information is left-handed mobile terminal, described candidate character is shown in left hand thumb and slides on screen formed sector region;
When described gripping information be the right hand grip mobile terminal time, described candidate character is shown in hand thumb and slides on screen formed sector region.
Preferably, described according to described gripping information described candidate character is shown in the step of the screen area that thumb is easy to touch after also comprise:
Prioritization is carried out to described candidate character, is easier to be arranged described candidate character by the principle that thumb touches with the candidate character that priority is higher.
Preferably, described according to described gripping information described candidate character is shown in the step of the screen area that thumb is easy to touch after also comprise:
Prioritization is carried out to described candidate character, amplifies the candidate character that display priority is high.
The present invention proposes a kind of input device simultaneously, comprises candidate character acquisition module, grips data obtaining module and analysis and processing module, wherein:
Described candidate character acquisition module, for the character inputted according to user, obtains corresponding candidate character;
Described gripping data obtaining module, for obtaining the gripping information of mobile terminal, described gripping information is that left-handed mobile terminal or the right hand grip mobile terminal;
Described analysis and processing module, for being shown in the screen area that thumb is easy to touch by described candidate character according to described gripping information.
Preferably, described analysis and processing module is used for:
When described gripping information is left-handed mobile terminal, described candidate character is shown in the top left region of screen;
When described gripping information is right hand gripping mobile terminal, described candidate character is shown in the right regions of screen.
Preferably, described analysis and processing module is used for:
When described gripping information is left-handed mobile terminal, described candidate character is shown in left hand thumb and slides on screen formed sector region;
When described gripping information be the right hand grip mobile terminal time, described candidate character is shown in hand thumb and slides on screen formed sector region.
Preferably, described analysis and processing module also for:
Prioritization is carried out to described candidate character, is easier to be arranged described candidate character by the principle that thumb touches with the candidate character that priority is higher.
Preferably, described analysis and processing module also for:
Prioritization is carried out to described candidate character, amplifies the candidate character that display priority is high.
A kind of character input method proposed by the invention, in character input process, by the detecting of the gripping information to mobile terminal, the thumb targetedly candidate character being shown in user is easy to the screen area touched, as candidate character being shown in during left-handed the screen area that left hand thumb is easy to touch, when the right hand grips, candidate character is shown in the screen area that hand thumb is easy to touch, more convenient when making user select candidate character, and not easily cause maloperation, improve input efficiency, improve Consumer's Experience.
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Fig. 1 is the hardware configuration schematic diagram of the mobile terminal realizing each embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is the wireless communication system schematic diagram of mobile terminal as shown in Figure 1;
Fig. 3 is the process flow diagram of character input method first embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 4 is the schematic diagram of candidate character display screen top left region in the embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 5 is the schematic diagram of candidate character display screen right regions in the embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 6 is the process flow diagram of character input method second embodiment of the present invention;
When Fig. 7 is left-handed mobile terminal in the embodiment of the present invention, candidate character is shown in the schematic diagram of screen sector region;
When Fig. 8 is right hand gripping mobile terminal in the embodiment of the present invention, candidate character is shown in the schematic diagram of screen sector region;
Fig. 9 is the process flow diagram of character input method of the present invention 3rd embodiment;
Figure 10 is the schematic diagram that in the embodiment of the present invention, candidate character is shown in dummy keyboard upper area;
Figure 11 is the process flow diagram of character input method of the present invention 4th embodiment;
Figure 12 is the module diagram of input device one embodiment of the present invention.
The realization of the object of the invention, functional characteristics and advantage will in conjunction with the embodiments, are described further with reference to accompanying drawing.
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Should be appreciated that specific embodiment described herein only in order to explain the present invention, be not intended to limit the present invention.
The mobile terminal realizing each embodiment of the present invention is described referring now to accompanying drawing.In follow-up description, use the suffix of such as " module ", " parts " or " unit " for representing element only in order to be conducive to explanation of the present invention, itself is specific meaning not.Therefore, " module " and " parts " can mixedly use.
Mobile terminal can be implemented in a variety of manners.Such as, the terminal described in the present invention can comprise the such as mobile terminal of mobile phone, smart phone, notebook computer, digit broadcasting receiver, PDA (personal digital assistant), PAD (panel computer), PMP (portable media player), guider etc. and the fixed terminal of such as digital TV, desk-top computer etc.Below, suppose that terminal is mobile terminal.But it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that except the element except being used in particular for mobile object, structure according to the embodiment of the present invention also can be applied to the terminal of fixed type.
Fig. 1 is the hardware configuration signal of the mobile terminal realizing each embodiment of the present invention.
Mobile terminal 100 can comprise wireless communication unit 110, A/V (audio/video) input block 120, user input unit 130, sensing cell 140, output unit 150, storer 160, interface unit 170, controller 180 and power supply unit 190 etc.Fig. 1 shows the mobile terminal with various assembly, it should be understood that, does not require to implement all assemblies illustrated.Can alternatively implement more or less assembly.Will be discussed in more detail below the element of mobile terminal.
Wireless communication unit 110 generally includes one or more assembly, and it allows the wireless communication between mobile terminal 100 and wireless communication system or network.Such as, wireless communication unit can comprise at least one in broadcast reception module 111, mobile communication module 112, wireless Internet module 113, short range communication module 114 and positional information module 115.
Broadcast reception module 111 via broadcast channel from external broadcasting management server receiving broadcast signal and/or broadcast related information.Broadcast channel can comprise satellite channel and/or terrestrial channel.Broadcast management server can be generate and send the server of broadcast singal and/or broadcast related information or the broadcast singal generated before receiving and/or broadcast related information and send it to the server of terminal.Broadcast singal can comprise TV broadcast singal, radio signals, data broadcasting signal etc.And broadcast singal may further include the broadcast singal combined with TV or radio signals.Broadcast related information also can provide via mobile communications network, and in this case, broadcast related information can be received by mobile communication module 112.Broadcast singal can exist in a variety of manners, such as, it can exist with the form of the electronic service guidebooks (ESG) of the electronic program guides of DMB (DMB) (EPG), digital video broadcast-handheld (DVB-H) etc.Broadcast reception module 111 can by using the broadcast of various types of broadcast system Received signal strength.Especially, broadcast reception module 111 can by using such as multimedia broadcasting-ground (DMB-T), DMB-satellite (DMB-S), digital video broadcasting-hand-held (DVB-H), forward link media (MediaFLO
@) Radio Data System, received terrestrial digital broadcasting integrated service (ISDB-T) etc. digit broadcasting system receive digital broadcasting.Broadcast reception module 111 can be constructed to be applicable to providing the various broadcast system of broadcast singal and above-mentioned digit broadcasting system.The broadcast singal received via broadcast reception module 111 and/or broadcast related information can be stored in storer 160 (or storage medium of other type).
Radio signal is sent at least one in base station (such as, access point, Node B etc.), exterior terminal and server and/or receives radio signals from it by mobile communication module 112.Various types of data that such radio signal can comprise voice call signal, video calling signal or send according to text and/or Multimedia Message and/or receive.
Wireless Internet module 113 supports the Wi-Fi (Wireless Internet Access) of mobile terminal.This module can be inner or be externally couple to terminal.Wi-Fi (Wireless Internet Access) technology involved by this module can comprise WLAN (WLAN) (Wi-Fi), Wibro (WiMAX), Wimax (worldwide interoperability for microwave access), HSDPA (high-speed downlink packet access) etc.
Short range communication module 114 is the modules for supporting junction service.Some examples of short-range communication technology comprise bluetooth TM, radio-frequency (RF) identification (RFID), Infrared Data Association (IrDA), ultra broadband (UWB), purple honeybee TM etc.
Positional information module 115 is the modules of positional information for checking or obtain mobile terminal.The typical case of positional information module is GPS (GPS).According to current technology, GPS module 115 calculates from the range information of three or more satellite and correct time information and for the Information application triangulation calculated, thus calculates three-dimensional current location information according to longitude, latitude and pin-point accuracy.Current, the method for calculating position and temporal information uses three satellites and by using the error of the position that goes out of an other satellite correction calculation and temporal information.In addition, GPS module 115 can carry out computing velocity information by Continuous plus current location information in real time.
A/V input block 120 is for audio reception or vision signal.A/V input block 120 can comprise camera 121 and microphone 1220, and the view data of camera 121 to the static images obtained by image capture apparatus in Video Capture pattern or image capture mode or video processes.Picture frame after process may be displayed on display module 151.Picture frame after camera 121 processes can be stored in storer 160 (or other storage medium) or via wireless communication unit 110 and send, and can provide two or more cameras 1210 according to the structure of mobile terminal.Such acoustic processing can via microphones sound (voice data) in telephone calling model, logging mode, speech recognition mode etc. operational mode, and can be voice data by microphone 122.Audio frequency (voice) data after process can be converted to the formatted output that can be sent to mobile communication base station via mobile communication module 112 when telephone calling model.Microphone 122 can be implemented various types of noise and eliminate (or suppress) algorithm and receiving and sending to eliminate (or suppression) noise or interference that produce in the process of sound signal.
User input unit 130 can generate key input data to control the various operations of mobile terminal according to the order of user's input.User input unit 130 allows user to input various types of information, and keyboard, the young sheet of pot, touch pad (such as, detecting the touch-sensitive assembly of the change of the resistance, pressure, electric capacity etc. that cause owing to being touched), roller, rocking bar etc. can be comprised.Especially, when touch pad is superimposed upon on display module 151 as a layer, touch-screen can be formed.
Sensing cell 140 detects the current state of mobile terminal 100, (such as, mobile terminal 100 open or close state), the position of mobile terminal 100, user for mobile terminal 100 contact (namely, touch input) presence or absence, the orientation of mobile terminal 100, the acceleration or deceleration of mobile terminal 100 move and direction etc., and generate order or the signal of the operation for controlling mobile terminal 100.Such as, when mobile terminal 100 is embodied as sliding-type mobile phone, sensing cell 140 can sense this sliding-type phone and open or close.In addition, whether whether sensing cell 140 can detect power supply unit 190 provides electric power or interface unit 170 to couple with external device (ED).Sensing cell 140 can comprise proximity transducer 1410 and will be described this in conjunction with touch-screen below.
Interface unit 170 is used as at least one external device (ED) and is connected the interface that can pass through with mobile terminal 100.Such as, external device (ED) can comprise wired or wireless head-band earphone port, external power source (or battery charger) port, wired or wireless FPDP, memory card port, for connecting the port, audio frequency I/O (I/O) port, video i/o port, ear port etc. of the device with identification module.Identification module can be that storage uses the various information of mobile terminal 100 for authentication of users and can comprise subscriber identification module (UIM), client identification module (SIM), Universal Subscriber identification module (USIM) etc.In addition, the device (hereinafter referred to " recognition device ") with identification module can take the form of smart card, and therefore, recognition device can be connected with mobile terminal 100 via port or other coupling arrangement.Interface unit 170 may be used for receive from external device (ED) input (such as, data message, electric power etc.) and the input received be transferred to the one or more element in mobile terminal 100 or may be used for transmitting data between mobile terminal and external device (ED).
In addition, when mobile terminal 100 is connected with external base, interface unit 170 can be used as to allow by it electric power to be provided to the path of mobile terminal 100 from base or can be used as the path that allows to be transferred to mobile terminal by it from the various command signals of base input.The various command signal inputted from base or electric power can be used as and identify whether mobile terminal is arranged on the signal base exactly.Output unit 150 is constructed to provide output signal (such as, sound signal, vision signal, alarm signal, vibration signal etc.) with vision, audio frequency and/or tactile manner.Output unit 150 can comprise display module 151, dio Output Modules 152, alarm modules 153 etc.
Display module 151 may be displayed on the information of process in mobile terminal 100.Such as, when mobile terminal 100 is in telephone calling model, display module 151 can show with call or other communicate (such as, text messaging, multimedia file are downloaded etc.) be correlated with user interface (UI) or graphic user interface (GUI).When mobile terminal 100 is in video calling pattern or image capture mode, display module 151 can the image of display capture and/or the image of reception, UI or GUI that video or image and correlation function are shown etc.
Meanwhile, when display module 151 and touch pad as a layer superposed on one another to form touch-screen time, display module 151 can be used as input media and output unit.Display module 151 can comprise at least one in liquid crystal display (LCD), thin film transistor (TFT) LCD (TFT-LCD), Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) display, flexible display, three-dimensional (3D) display etc.Some in these displays can be constructed to transparence and watch from outside to allow user, and this can be called transparent display, and typical transparent display can be such as TOLED (transparent organic light emitting diode) display etc.According to the specific embodiment wanted, mobile terminal 100 can comprise two or more display modules (or other display device), such as, mobile terminal can comprise outside display module (not shown) and inner display module (not shown).Touch-screen can be used for detecting touch input pressure and touch input position and touch and inputs area.
When dio Output Modules 152 can be under the isotypes such as call signal receiving mode, call mode, logging mode, speech recognition mode, broadcast reception mode at mobile terminal, voice data convert audio signals that is that wireless communication unit 110 is received or that store in storer 160 and exporting as sound.And dio Output Modules 152 can provide the audio frequency relevant to the specific function that mobile terminal 100 performs to export (such as, call signal receives sound, message sink sound etc.).Dio Output Modules 152 can comprise loudspeaker, hummer etc.
Alarm modules 153 can provide and export that event informed to mobile terminal 100.Typical event can comprise calling reception, message sink, key signals input, touch input etc.Except audio or video exports, alarm modules 153 can provide in a different manner and export with the generation of notification event.Such as, alarm modules 153 can provide output with the form of vibration, when receive calling, message or some other enter communication (incomingcommunication) time, alarm modules 153 can provide sense of touch to export (that is, vibrating) to notify to user.By providing such sense of touch to export, even if when the mobile phone of user is in the pocket of user, user also can identify the generation of various event.Alarm modules 153 also can provide the output of the generation of notification event via display module 151 or dio Output Modules 152.
Storer 160 software program that can store process and the control operation performed by controller 180 etc., or temporarily can store oneself through exporting the data (such as, telephone directory, message, still image, video etc.) that maybe will export.And, storer 160 can store about when touch be applied to touch-screen time the vibration of various modes that exports and the data of sound signal.
Storer 160 can comprise the storage medium of at least one type, described storage medium comprises flash memory, hard disk, multimedia card, card-type storer (such as, SD or DX storer etc.), random access storage device (RAM), static random-access memory (SRAM), ROM (read-only memory) (ROM), Electrically Erasable Read Only Memory (EEPROM), programmable read only memory (PROM), magnetic storage, disk, CD etc.And mobile terminal 100 can be connected the memory function of execute store 160 network storage device with by network cooperates.
Controller 180 controls the overall operation of mobile terminal usually.Such as, controller 180 performs the control relevant to voice call, data communication, video calling etc. and process.In addition, controller 180 can comprise the multi-media module 1810 for reproducing (or playback) multi-medium data, and multi-media module 1810 can be configured in controller 180, or can be configured to be separated with controller 180.Controller 180 can pattern recognition process, is identified as character or image so that input is drawn in the handwriting input performed on the touchscreen or picture.
Power supply unit 190 receives external power or internal power and provides each element of operation and the suitable electric power needed for assembly under the control of controller 180.
Various embodiment described herein can to use such as computer software, the computer-readable medium of hardware or its any combination implements.For hardware implementation, embodiment described herein can by using application-specific IC (ASIC), digital signal processor (DSP), digital signal processing device (DSPD), programmable logic device (PLD), field programmable gate array (FPGA), processor, controller, microcontroller, microprocessor, being designed at least one performed in the electronic unit of function described herein and implementing, in some cases, such embodiment can be implemented in controller 180.For implement software, the embodiment of such as process or function can be implemented with allowing the independent software module performing at least one function or operation.Software code can be implemented by the software application (or program) write with any suitable programming language, and software code can be stored in storer 160 and to be performed by controller 180.
So far, oneself is through the mobile terminal according to its functional description.Below, for the sake of brevity, by the slide type mobile terminal that describes in various types of mobile terminals of such as folded form, board-type, oscillating-type, slide type mobile terminal etc. exemplarily.Therefore, the present invention can be applied to the mobile terminal of any type, and is not limited to slide type mobile terminal.
Mobile terminal 100 as shown in Figure 1 can be constructed to utilize and send the such as wired and wireless communication system of data via frame or grouping and satellite-based communication system operates.
Describe wherein according to the communication system that mobile terminal of the present invention can operate referring now to Fig. 2.
Such communication system can use different air interfaces and/or Physical layer.Such as, the air interface used by communication system comprises such as frequency division multiple access (FDMA), time division multiple access (TDMA) (TDMA), CDMA (CDMA) and universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS) (especially, Long Term Evolution (LTE)), global system for mobile communications (GSM) etc.As non-limiting example, description below relates to cdma communication system, but such instruction is equally applicable to the system of other type.
With reference to figure 2, cdma wireless communication system can comprise multiple mobile terminal 100, multiple base station (BS) 270, base station controller (BSC) 275 and mobile switching centre (MSC) 280.MSC280 is constructed to form interface with Public Switched Telephony Network (PSTN) 290.MSC280 is also constructed to form interface with the BSC275 that can be couple to base station 270 via back haul link.Back haul link can construct according to any one in some interfaces that oneself knows, described interface comprises such as E1/T1, ATM, IP, PPP, frame relay, HDSL, ADSL or xDSL.Will be appreciated that system as shown in Figure 2 can comprise multiple BSC2750.
Each BS270 can serve one or more subregion (or region), by multidirectional antenna or point to specific direction each subregion of antenna cover radially away from BS270.Or each subregion can by two or more antenna covers for diversity reception.Each BS270 can be constructed to support multiple parallel compensate, and each parallel compensate has specific frequency spectrum (such as, 1.25MHz, 5MHz etc.).
Subregion can be called as CDMA Channel with intersecting of parallel compensate.BS270 also can be called as base station transceiver subsystem (BTS) or other equivalent terms.Under these circumstances, term " base station " may be used for broadly representing single BSC275 and at least one BS270.Base station also can be called as " cellular station ".Or each subregion of particular B S270 can be called as multiple cellular station.
As shown in Figure 2, broadcast singal is sent to the mobile terminal 100 at operate within systems by broadcsting transmitter (BT) 295.Broadcast reception module 111 as shown in Figure 1 is arranged on mobile terminal 100 and sentences the broadcast singal receiving and sent by BT295.In fig. 2, several GPS (GPS) satellite 300 is shown.Satellite 300 helps at least one in the multiple mobile terminal 100 in location.
In fig. 2, depict multiple satellite 300, but understand, the satellite of any number can be utilized to obtain useful locating information.GPS module 115 as shown in Figure 1 is constructed to coordinate to obtain the locating information wanted with satellite 300 usually.Substitute GPS tracking technique or outside GPS tracking technique, can use can other technology of position of tracking mobile terminal.In addition, at least one gps satellite 300 optionally or extraly can process satellite dmb transmission.
As a typical operation of wireless communication system, BS270 receives the reverse link signal from various mobile terminal 100.Mobile terminal 100 participates in call usually, information receiving and transmitting communicates with other type.Each reverse link signal that certain base station 270 receives is processed by particular B S270.The data obtained are forwarded to relevant BSC275.BSC provides call Resourse Distribute and comprises the mobile management function of coordination of the soft switching process between BS270.The data received also are routed to MSC280 by BSC275, and it is provided for the extra route service forming interface with PSTN290.Similarly, PSTN290 and MSC280 forms interface, and MSC and BSC275 forms interface, and BSC275 correspondingly control BS270 so that forward link signals is sent to mobile terminal 100.
Based on above-mentioned mobile terminal hardware configuration and communication system, each embodiment of character input method of the present invention is proposed.Mainly comprising of character input method of the present invention: according to the character of user's input, obtain corresponding candidate character; Obtain the gripping information of mobile terminal, candidate character is shown according to gripping information the screen area that thumb is easy to touch.Wherein, gripping information is that left-handed mobile terminal or the right hand grip mobile terminal, thumb is easy to the screen area touched, can be right regions (when the right hand grips) or the top left region (during left-handed) of screen, or the whole left field (during left-handed) of screen or whole right side area (when the right hand grips), or keep right region while gripping (right hand) or middle part, the middle part of screen keeps left region (during left-handed), or the sector region that the sector region that left hand thumb slides formed on screen (during left-handed) or hand thumb are slided formed on screen (when the right hand grips), etc..Be described in detail below by way of specific embodiment.
As shown in Figure 3, propose character input method first embodiment of the present invention, said method comprising the steps of:
Step S11: according to the character of user's input, obtains corresponding candidate character.
The character of user's input, comprises the key information such as letter, numeral, symbol, stroke, expression that user is inputted by dummy keyboard, and the Word message once selected from candidate character before user.
Candidate character, comprises Chinese character by words, English word or other Languages words, and the information such as letter, numeral, symbol, expression.
The character that mobile terminal inputs according to user, the information inputted user in conjunction with the factor such as lteral data storehouse (comprising local data base or/and cloud database), the history input habit of user, current semantic environment stored is predicted, is associated and probability analysis, and Auto-matching goes out candidate character.
Such as, when user inputs the initial consonant of each word of certain phrase successively, mobile terminal just obtains some phrase alternatively word corresponding to this input initial consonant; Or, as Chinese patent 201010589779.7, when detecting user and carrying out information input, transfer the related term bar corresponding with this input information as candidate character, according to the selection of user to candidate character, transfer conjunctive word bar corresponding to the candidate character of this selection as new candidate character; Or, according to the character information in current interface as Chinese patent 201410332524.0, analyze the semantic environment residing for input method, semantic environment residing for input method, determine the priority of at least two dictionaries that this input method comprises, when detect by input method, input operation is performed to current interface time, according to the character of user's input, preferentially obtain from the highest dictionary of priority the association glossary corresponding with the character that user inputs alternatively word recommend user.
Character according to user's input obtains corresponding candidate character, is the technical scheme of comparative maturity in prior art, does not repeat them here.
Step S12: the gripping information obtaining mobile terminal.
The gripping information of mobile terminal, namely current gripping mobile terminal is left hand or the right hand, as left-handed mobile terminal or the right hand grip mobile terminal.
Mobile terminal can obtain the gripping information of mobile terminal as prior art by sensor, described sensor is as gravity sensor, 3-axis acceleration sensor, gyroscope etc.
Mobile terminal also can obtain gripping information by finger to the touch information of screen edge.Such as: when the screen right regions of mobile terminal is by thumb contact, then judge that user's right hand grips mobile terminal; When the limit, screen upper left of mobile terminal has by thumb contact, then judge user's left-handed mobile terminal.
Step S13: when gripping information is left-handed mobile terminal, candidate character is shown in the top left region of screen.
As shown in Figure 4, the lower area of screen is dummy keyboard 10, the region of dummy keyboard more than 10 is the spare area of screen, when gripping information is left-handed mobile terminal, then the top left region 20 of screen is easy to as left hand thumb the screen area that touches, candidate character is shown in the top left region 20 of screen.Thus, the spare area of screen is used show candidate word.
Step S14: when gripping information is right hand gripping mobile terminal, candidate character is shown in the right regions of screen.
As shown in Figure 5, the lower area of screen is dummy keyboard 10, when gripping information be the right hand grip mobile terminal time, then the right regions 20 of screen is easy to as left hand thumb the screen area that touches, candidate character is shown in the top left region 20 of screen.
Thus user can use left hand thumb to select corresponding candidate character in the top left region of screen easily, or hand thumb is used to select corresponding candidate character in the right regions of screen, fast very convenient, and not easily cause maloperation.
As shown in Figure 6, propose character input method second embodiment of the present invention, said method comprising the steps of:
Step S21: according to the character of user's input, obtains corresponding candidate character.
Step S22: the gripping information obtaining mobile terminal.
Step S23: when gripping information is left-handed mobile terminal, is shown in left hand thumb and slides on screen formed sector region by candidate character.
As shown in Figure 7, the lower area of screen is dummy keyboard 10, when gripping information is left-handed mobile terminal, the sector region 20 then sliding formed on screen using left hand thumb is easy to as left hand thumb the screen area that touches, candidate character is shown in the sector region 20 that left hand thumb slides formed on screen.
Step S24: when gripping information be the right hand grip mobile terminal time, candidate character is shown in hand thumb and slides on screen formed sector region.
As shown in Figure 8, the lower area of screen is dummy keyboard 10, when gripping information is right hand gripping mobile terminal, the sector region 20 then sliding formed on screen using hand thumb is easy to as hand thumb the screen area that touches, candidate character is shown in the sector region 20 that hand thumb is slided formed on screen.
Aforementioned sector region 20, can extend within dummy keyboard from the top down, or terminates in dummy keyboard top, is only distributed in the vacant position of screen.
Thus, user can use the sector region 20 of left hand thumb shown in Fig. 7 to select corresponding candidate character easily, or use the sector region 20 of hand thumb shown in Fig. 8 to select corresponding candidate character, fast very convenient, and not easily cause maloperation, improve input efficiency and input experience.
As shown in Figure 9, propose character input method of the present invention 3rd embodiment, said method comprising the steps of:
Step S31: according to the character of user's input, obtains corresponding candidate character.
Step S32: the gripping information obtaining mobile terminal.
Step S33: candidate character is shown in the screen area that thumb is easy to touch according to gripping information.
Thumb is easy to the screen area touched, can be right regions (when the right hand grips) or the top left region (during left-handed) of screen, or the whole left field (during left-handed) of screen or whole right side area (when the right hand grips), or keep right region while gripping (right hand) or middle part, the middle part of screen keeps left region (during left-handed), or the sector region (when the right hand grips) that the sector region that left hand thumb slides formed on screen (during left-handed) or hand thumb are slided formed on screen.Can also as prior art, a row region in the middle part of screen.
Step S34: carry out prioritization to candidate character, is easier to the principle arrangement candidate character touched by thumb with the candidate character that priority is higher.
Mobile terminal can carry out prioritization with the probability of use of word each within the scope of the use habit of user and certain hour to candidate character, gives higher priority for the candidate character be very likely easily selected by a user.Then, candidate character higher for priority is arranged in the region than being easier to be touched by thumb, the candidate character that priority is lower is arranged in the region that relative difficult is touched by thumb, is arranged in by candidate character the highest for override level the most easily by region that thumb touches.
For example: as shown in Figure 4, Figure 5, candidate character the highest for priority is arranged in a region, and along with candidate character priority reduce arrangement region from a region more away from.As shown in Figure 7,8, the reduction along with candidate character priority is arranged candidate character from top to bottom or from top to bottom, or candidate character the highest for priority is arranged in b region, and the region reducing arrangement along with the priority of candidate character from b region more away from.As shown in Figure 10, along with the reduction of candidate character priority, from left to right (during left-handed) or from right to left (when the right hand grips) candidate character of arranging in region 20, or candidate character the highest for priority is arranged in the middle part in region 20, and is arranged the middle part in territory, abscission zone 20 is far away along with the priority of candidate character reduces.
Thus, by candidate character the highest for priority, be arranged in the most easily by the region that thumb touches, further increase the convenience of operation.
As shown in figure 11, propose character input method of the present invention 4th embodiment, said method comprising the steps of:
Step S41: according to the character of user's input, obtains corresponding candidate character.
Step S42: the gripping information obtaining mobile terminal.
Step S43: candidate character is shown in the screen area that thumb is easy to touch according to gripping information.
Step S44: carry out prioritization to candidate character, amplifies the candidate character that display priority is high.
In the present embodiment, can carry out amplification display, N >=1 by the top n candidate character higher to priority, preferably, 2-3 is individual, reaches the effect highlighted first, is more prone to, not easily maloperation when second making user select.Or, also along with the increase of candidate character priority, candidate character can be increased gradually.
Thus, by amplifying the higher candidate character of display priority, more convenient when making user's select target candidate character.
In certain embodiments, the third and fourth embodiment can also be combined, both be easier to the principle arrangement candidate character touched by thumb with the candidate character that priority is higher, amplify again the high candidate character of display priority.
The present invention further provides a kind of input device, be applied to aforementioned mobile terminal.Now based on above-mentioned mobile terminal hardware configuration and communication system, input device one embodiment of the present invention is proposed.As Figure 12, described input device comprises candidate character acquisition module, grips data obtaining module and analysis and processing module, wherein:
Candidate character acquisition module: for the character inputted according to user, obtains corresponding candidate character, and the candidate character of acquisition is sent to analysis and processing module.
The character of user's input, comprises the key information such as letter, numeral, symbol, stroke, expression that user is inputted by dummy keyboard, and the Word message once selected from candidate character before user.
Candidate character, comprises Chinese character by words, English word or other Languages words, and the information such as letter, numeral, symbol, expression.
The character that candidate character acquisition module inputs according to user, the information inputted user in conjunction with the factor such as lteral data storehouse (comprising local data base or/and cloud database), the history input habit of user, current semantic environment stored is predicted, is associated and probability analysis, and Auto-matching goes out candidate character.
Character according to user's input obtains corresponding candidate character, is the technical scheme of comparative maturity in prior art, does not repeat them here.
Grip data obtaining module: for obtaining the gripping information of mobile terminal, and the gripping information of acquisition is sent to analysis and processing module.
The gripping information of mobile terminal, namely current gripping mobile terminal is left hand or the right hand, as left-handed mobile terminal or the right hand grip mobile terminal.
Grip data obtaining module can obtain mobile terminal as prior art gripping information by sensor, described sensor is as gravity sensor, 3-axis acceleration sensor, gyroscope etc.
Grip data obtaining module and also can obtain gripping information by finger to the touch information of screen edge.Such as: when the screen right regions of mobile terminal is by thumb contact, then judge that user's right hand grips mobile terminal; When the limit, screen upper left of mobile terminal has by thumb contact, then judge user's left-handed mobile terminal.
Analysis and processing module: for according to gripping information candidate character being shown in the screen area that thumb is easy to touch.
Thumb is easy to the screen area touched, can be right regions (when the right hand grips) or the top left region (during left-handed) of screen, or the whole left field (during left-handed) of screen or whole right side area (when the right hand grips), or keep right region while gripping (right hand) or middle part, the middle part of screen keeps left region (during left-handed), or the sector region (when the right hand grips) that the sector region that left hand thumb slides formed on screen (during left-handed) or hand thumb are slided formed on screen.Can also as prior art, be the region (as shown in Figure 10) above dummy keyboard.
For example, as shown in Figure 4, when gripping information is left-handed mobile terminal, the top left region 20 of screen is then easy to as left hand thumb the screen area that touches by analysis and processing module, candidate character is shown in the top left region 20 of screen.As shown in Figure 5, when gripping information be the right hand grip mobile terminal time, the right regions 20 of screen is then easy to as left hand thumb the screen area that touches by analysis and processing module, therefore as shown in Figure 5, candidate character is shown in the right regions 20 of screen.
Or, as shown in Figure 7, when gripping information is left-handed mobile terminal, left hand thumb is then slided sector region 20 formed as left hand thumb and is easy to the screen area that touches by analysis and processing module on screen, candidate character is shown in the sector region 20 that left hand thumb slides formed on screen.As shown in Figure 8, when gripping information is right hand gripping mobile terminal, hand thumb is then slided sector region 20 formed as hand thumb and is easy to the screen area that touches by analysis and processing module on screen, candidate character is shown in the sector region 20 that hand thumb is slided formed on screen.Described sector region 20, can extend within dummy keyboard from the top down, or terminates in dummy keyboard top, is only distributed in the vacant position of screen.
Further, analysis and processing module also carries out prioritization to candidate character, is easier to the principle arrangement candidate character touched by thumb with the candidate character that priority is higher.
Concrete, analysis and processing module can carry out prioritization with the probability of use of word each within the scope of the use habit of user and certain hour to candidate character, gives higher priority for the candidate character be very likely easily selected by a user.Then, candidate character higher for priority is arranged in the region than being easier to be touched by thumb, the candidate character that priority is lower is arranged in the region that relative difficult is touched by thumb, is arranged in by candidate character the highest for override level the most easily by region that thumb touches.
For example: as shown in Figure 4, Figure 5, candidate character the highest for priority is arranged in a region by analysis and processing module, and along with candidate character priority reduce arrangement region from a region more away from.As shown in Figure 7, Figure 8, analysis and processing module to be arranged candidate character from top to bottom or from top to bottom along with the reduction of candidate character priority, or candidate character the highest for priority is arranged in b region, and along with candidate character priority reduce arrangement region from b region more away from.As shown in Figure 10, analysis and processing module is along with the reduction of candidate character priority, from left to right (during left-handed) or from right to left (when the right hand grips) candidate character of arranging in region 20, or candidate character the highest for priority is arranged in the middle part in region 20, and is arranged in position far away, the middle part in territory, abscission zone 20 along with the priority of candidate character reduces.
Further, analysis and processing module can also amplify the high candidate character of display priority.
Concrete, analysis and processing module can carry out amplification display, N >=1 by the top n candidate character higher to priority, and preferably, 2-3 is individual, reaches the effect highlighted first, is more prone to, not easily maloperation when second making user select.Or, also along with the increase of candidate character priority, candidate character can be increased gradually.
Thus, input device of the present invention, in character input process, by the detecting of the gripping information to mobile terminal, the thumb targetedly candidate character being shown in user is easy to the screen area touched, as candidate character being shown in during left-handed the screen area that left hand thumb is easy to touch, when the right hand grips, candidate character is shown in the screen area that hand thumb is easy to touch, more convenient when making user select candidate character, and not easily cause maloperation, improve input efficiency and input experience.
Also further prioritization is carried out to candidate character, arrange candidate character according to prioritization or/and amplify the higher candidate character of display priority, improve the convenience of operation further, improve input efficiency and experience with input.
It should be noted that, in this article, term " comprises ", " comprising " or its any other variant are intended to contain comprising of nonexcludability, thus make to comprise the process of a series of key element, method, article or device and not only comprise those key elements, but also comprise other key elements clearly do not listed, or also comprise by the intrinsic key element of this process, method, article or device.When not more restrictions, the key element limited by statement " comprising ... ", and be not precluded within process, method, article or the device comprising this key element and also there is other identical element.
The invention described above embodiment sequence number, just to describing, does not represent the quality of embodiment.
Through the above description of the embodiments, those skilled in the art can be well understood to the mode that above-described embodiment method can add required general hardware platform by software and realize, hardware can certainly be passed through, but in a lot of situation, the former is better embodiment.Based on such understanding, technical scheme of the present invention can embody with the form of software product the part that prior art contributes in essence in other words, this computer software product is stored in a storage medium (as ROM/RAM, magnetic disc, CD), comprising some instructions in order to make a station terminal equipment (can be mobile phone, computing machine, server, air conditioner, or the network equipment etc.) perform method described in each embodiment of the present invention.
These are only the preferred embodiments of the present invention; not thereby the scope of the claims of the present invention is limited; every utilize instructions of the present invention and accompanying drawing content to do equivalent structure or equivalent flow process conversion; or be directly or indirectly used in other relevant technical fields, be all in like manner included in scope of patent protection of the present invention.
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1. a character input method, is characterized in that, comprises step:
According to the character of user's input, obtain corresponding candidate character;
Obtain the gripping information of mobile terminal, described candidate character is shown according to described gripping information the screen area that thumb is easy to touch;
Wherein, described gripping information is that left-handed mobile terminal or the right hand grip mobile terminal.
2. character input method according to claim 1, is characterized in that, describedly described candidate character is shown according to described gripping information the screen area that thumb is easy to touch and comprises:
When described gripping information is left-handed mobile terminal, described candidate character is shown in the top left region of screen;
When described gripping information is right hand gripping mobile terminal, described candidate character is shown in the right regions of screen.
3. character input method according to claim 1, is characterized in that, describedly described candidate character is shown according to described gripping information the screen area that thumb is easy to touch and comprises:
When described gripping information is left-handed mobile terminal, described candidate character is shown in left hand thumb and slides on screen formed sector region;
When described gripping information be the right hand grip mobile terminal time, described candidate character is shown in hand thumb and slides on screen formed sector region.
4. the character input method according to any one of claim 1-3, is characterized in that, described according to described gripping information described candidate character is shown in the step of the screen area that thumb is easy to touch after also comprise:
Prioritization is carried out to described candidate character, is easier to be arranged described candidate character by the principle that thumb touches with the candidate character that priority is higher.
5. the character input method according to any one of claim 1-3, is characterized in that, described according to described gripping information described candidate character is shown in the step of the screen area that thumb is easy to touch after also comprise:
Prioritization is carried out to described candidate character, amplifies the candidate character that display priority is high.
6. an input device, is characterized in that, comprises candidate character acquisition module, grips data obtaining module and analysis and processing module, wherein:
Described candidate character acquisition module, for the character inputted according to user, obtains corresponding candidate character;
Described gripping data obtaining module, for obtaining the gripping information of mobile terminal, described gripping information is that left-handed mobile terminal or the right hand grip mobile terminal;
Described analysis and processing module, for being shown in the screen area that thumb is easy to touch by described candidate character according to described gripping information.
7. input device according to claim 6, is characterized in that, described analysis and processing module is used for:
When described gripping information is left-handed mobile terminal, described candidate character is shown in the top left region of screen;
When described gripping information is right hand gripping mobile terminal, described candidate character is shown in the right regions of screen.
8. input device according to claim 7, is characterized in that, described analysis and processing module is used for:
When described gripping information is left-handed mobile terminal, described candidate character is shown in left hand thumb and slides on screen formed sector region;
When described gripping information be the right hand grip mobile terminal time, described candidate character is shown in hand thumb and slides on screen formed sector region.
9. the input device according to any one of claim 6-8, is characterized in that, described analysis and processing module also for:
Prioritization is carried out to described candidate character, is easier to be arranged described candidate character by the principle that thumb touches with the candidate character that priority is higher.
10. the input device according to any one of claim 6-8, is characterized in that, described analysis and processing module also for:
Prioritization is carried out to described candidate character, amplifies the candidate character that display priority is high.
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