CN107024998B

CN107024998B - Input method, input device and input device

Info

Publication number: CN107024998B
Application number: CN201610073593.3A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 陈小帅; 张扬
Original assignee: Beijing Sogou Technology Development Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Sogou Technology Development Co Ltd
Priority date: 2016-02-02
Filing date: 2016-02-02
Publication date: 2021-11-02
Anticipated expiration: 2036-02-02
Also published as: CN107024998A

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention provides an input method, an input device and a device for inputting, wherein the method specifically comprises the following steps: after the candidate items are displayed, receiving touch operation generated by a user aiming at the input method area; wherein the input method area includes: a vertical candidate region corresponding to each candidate item, the vertical candidate region extending from the corresponding candidate item to below the corresponding candidate item; and when the touch operation is a first preset operation aiming at the vertical candidate area, the candidate item corresponding to the vertical candidate area is displayed on the screen. The embodiment of the invention can increase the convenience and accuracy of positioning the candidate items, thereby improving the information input efficiency.

Description

Input method, input device and input device

Technical Field

The present invention relates to the field of input methods, and in particular, to an input method, an input device, and a device for input.

Background

The input method refers to a coding method adopted for inputting various information into a computer or other equipment (such as a mobile phone and a tablet computer). For users in languages such as chinese, japanese, korean, etc., it is generally necessary to interact with a computer through an input method program.

The information input process provided by the existing input method program is generally that a user inputs an input string through a touch screen, then the input string is converted into a candidate item of a corresponding language and displayed by the input method program according to a preset standard mapping rule, and then the candidate item selected by the user is displayed on the screen.

However, in the process of candidate screen-up through the touch screen, the following problems are sometimes encountered: due to the limitation of the candidate window where the candidate item is located, when a user accurately positions and clicks the target candidate item on a screen through fingers, the situations of inaccurate positioning, wrong clicking of a key below the candidate window and the like often occur, and the candidate item is changed; in this case, the user needs to delete the character input by mistake and re-screen the candidate item by a click operation, which results in low information input efficiency.

For example, the candidate item corresponding to the input string "tanxin" specifically includes "greedy", and the like, and assuming that a user wants to screen up "greedy" after inputting the character "n", it is necessary to move and position a finger to the "greedy" position of the candidate window, and then trigger a click operation for "greedy" to screen up the candidate window, but the user may sometimes mistakenly click on the "q" or "w" key in the process of triggering the click operation for "greedy", so that the candidate item changes, for example, it becomes: the candidates of "talk about new right" or "talk about news" and the like, which results in inefficient information input.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above problems, embodiments of the present invention are provided to provide an input method, an input apparatus, and an apparatus for inputting that overcome or at least partially solve the above problems, which can increase an operation area required for selecting a candidate item, and thus can increase convenience and accuracy of locating the candidate item, and thus can improve information input efficiency.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention discloses an input method, comprising:

after the candidate items are displayed, receiving touch operation generated by a user aiming at the input method area; wherein the input method area includes: a vertical candidate region corresponding to each candidate item, the vertical candidate region extending from the corresponding candidate item to below the corresponding candidate item;

and when the touch operation is a first preset operation aiming at the vertical candidate area, the candidate item corresponding to the vertical candidate area is displayed on the screen.

Preferably, the width of the vertical candidate region is the sum of a first width, a second width and a third width, wherein the first width, the second width and the third width respectively correspond to the left side of a candidate, the right side of a candidate and a candidate;

the first width is a product of a width interval between the corresponding candidate item and the left-adjacent candidate item and a first proportion; and/or the second width is the product of the width interval between the corresponding candidate item and the right adjacent candidate item and the second proportion.

the method further comprises the following steps:

adjusting the first width and the second width according to the transverse distance between the corresponding position of the first preset operation and a reference line; wherein the reference line is a longitudinal centerline of the vertical candidate region.

Preferably, the step of adjusting the first width and the second width includes:

when the transverse distance is larger than a first threshold value and the corresponding position of the first preset operation is on the left side of the datum line, increasing the first width by a preset width value and decreasing the second width by the preset width value; or

And when the transverse distance is greater than a first threshold value and the first preset operation corresponding position is on the right side of the datum line, reducing the first width by a preset width value and increasing the second width by the preset width value.

Preferably, the method further comprises:

when the touch operation is a second preset operation aiming at the input method area, the candidate item corresponding to the current candidate focus is displayed on the screen; wherein the pressing force degrees corresponding to the first preset operation and the second preset operation are different.

Preferably, the method further comprises:

when the touch operation is a third preset operation aiming at the input method area, page turning operation of the candidate items is performed; and the third preset operation comprises a first preset clicking operation and a first preset sliding operation.

Preferably, the method further comprises:

when the touch operation is a fourth preset operation aiming at the input method area, moving a candidate focus; and the fourth preset operation comprises a second preset clicking operation and a second preset sliding operation.

Preferably, the method further comprises:

when the touch operation is a fifth preset operation aiming at the input method area, executing related operation according to a key corresponding to the position of the fifth preset operation; wherein the pressing force degrees corresponding to the first preset operation and the fifth preset operation are different.

Preferably, the first preset operation includes: click operation according with the first pressing force degree condition and/or sliding operation according with the second pressing force degree condition; and/or

The second preset operation includes: click operation according with the third pressing force degree condition and/or sliding operation according with the fourth pressing force degree condition; and/or

The first preset clicking operation is a clicking operation meeting a fifth pressing force degree condition, and the first preset sliding operation is a sliding operation meeting a first direction condition; and/or

The second preset clicking operation is a clicking operation meeting a sixth pressing force degree condition, and the second preset sliding operation is a sliding operation meeting a second direction condition.

On the other hand, the invention also discloses an input device, which comprises:

the receiving module is used for receiving touch operation generated by a user aiming at the input method area after the candidate items are displayed; wherein the input method area includes: a vertical candidate region corresponding to each candidate item, the vertical candidate region extending from the corresponding candidate item to below the corresponding candidate item;

and the screen-on module is used for displaying the candidate item corresponding to the vertical candidate area on a screen when the touch operation is a first preset operation aiming at the vertical candidate area.

In yet another aspect, the present invention also discloses an apparatus for inputting, comprising: memory, and one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors the one or more programs including instructions for:

The embodiment of the invention has the following advantages:

the embodiment of the invention can receive the touch operation generated by a user aiming at the input method area, and when the touch operation is the first preset operation aiming at the vertical candidate area, the candidate item corresponding to the vertical candidate area is displayed on the screen; compared with the problems that the range of a candidate window of the existing input method is small, and the operation of a user is limited due to the fact that the screen of the terminal device is too large, the vertical candidate area in the embodiment of the invention is an area extending from a corresponding candidate item to the position below the corresponding candidate item.

In addition, compared with the method that the user moves to the candidate window from the key area in the vertical direction after typing the input string in the existing scheme, by applying the embodiment of the invention, the user only needs to horizontally move the finger to the corresponding vertical candidate area without moving to the candidate window of the existing input method to finish the candidate screen-up operation.

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FIG. 1 is a flow chart of the steps of a first embodiment of an input method of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a vertical candidate region according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a vertical candidate region according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating steps of a second embodiment of an input method;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of the steps of a third embodiment of an input method of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of the fourth step of an input method embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a flow chart of the steps of an input method embodiment five of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a flow chart of steps in an embodiment of an input method of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a vertical candidate region according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a block diagram of an input device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 11 is a block diagram of an apparatus 1100 for input of the present invention; and

fig. 12 is a schematic diagram of a server according to the present invention.

Detailed Description

In order to make the aforementioned objects, features and advantages of the present invention comprehensible, embodiments accompanied with figures are described in further detail below.

The existing input method program displays the candidate items in the candidate window so that the user can operate the candidate items. Due to the size limitation of the candidate window where the candidate item is located, when a user accurately positions and clicks the target candidate item on the screen through fingers, the situations that the positioning is inaccurate, the key under the candidate window is clicked mistakenly and the like often occur, and therefore the information input efficiency is low.

The embodiment of the invention finds that one reason that the existing input method is often inaccurate in positioning is that the candidate items are limited by a small range of the candidate window when being clicked; therefore, the operable area of the candidate item is expanded into the vertical candidate area, and when the touch operation is the first preset operation aiming at the vertical candidate area, the candidate item corresponding to the vertical candidate area is displayed on the screen; therefore, the limitation of small range of the candidate window can be eliminated, and the character input efficiency can be improved.

Therefore, the embodiment of the invention creatively provides that the touch operation generated by the user for the input method area is received, and when the touch operation is the first preset operation for the vertical candidate area, the candidate item corresponding to the vertical candidate area is displayed on the screen; compared with the problem that the range of a candidate window of the existing input method is small, so that the operation of a user is limited, the vertical candidate area in the embodiment of the invention is an area extending from the corresponding candidate item to the position below the corresponding candidate item, and the size and the range of the candidate window are expanded in the vertical direction by the vertical candidate area, so that the embodiment of the invention increases the operation area required for selecting the candidate item, can increase the convenience and the accuracy of locating the candidate item, and further can improve the information input efficiency.

Method embodiment one

Referring to fig. 1, a flowchart illustrating steps of a first embodiment of an input method according to the present invention is shown, which may specifically include the following steps:

step 101, after presenting the candidate items, receiving touch operation generated by a user aiming at an input method area; the input method area may specifically include: a vertical candidate region corresponding to each candidate item, the vertical candidate region extending from the corresponding candidate item to below the corresponding candidate item;

the embodiment of the invention can be applied to information equipment such as computers, tablet computers and mobile phones which are provided with input method programs, and when a user wants to input information, the input method programs in the information equipment can be triggered by clicking an input box and other triggering operations.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the touch operation generated by the user for the input method area may specifically include: a click operation and/or a slide operation. The click operation and/or the slide operation can be distinguished according to the pressing force degree of the touch operation. Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, the click operation may be distinguished according to the pressing force degree of the click operation, so as to obtain a tap operation, and a tap operation, for example, when the pressing force degree of the click operation of the user is within a range of [0, p1], the click operation may be determined as the tap operation; when the pressing force of the click operation of the user is in the range of [ p1, p2], the click operation can be determined as a light press operation; when the pressing force of the click operation of the user is in the range of [ p2, p3], the click operation can be considered as the re-pressing operation; wherein, the above p1, p2, p3 may represent corresponding pressing force values, and p1< p2< p 3. Similarly, different sliding operations may have the same or different pressing force degrees, or different sliding operations may have different directions, such as left or right, up or down, and so on.

It should be noted that, in order to obtain the pressing force degree of the Touch operation, a Touch screen with a pressure sensing function, for example, a 3D-Touch (Three Dimensions Touch) Touch screen, may be arranged in the information device, or the information device may further be provided with a control for pressure sensing in a common Touch screen, and it is understood that a specific obtaining manner of the pressing force degree of the Touch operation is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the vertical candidate region may specifically be a region extending from the corresponding candidate to a position below the corresponding candidate. Referring to fig. 2, a schematic diagram of a vertical candidate region according to an embodiment of the present invention is shown, in which a strip-shaped region from a candidate "hot pot" to the bottom of an input method region is the vertical candidate region of the above-mentioned candidate "hot pot".

It is to be understood that the above-mentioned determining the vertical candidate region as the strip-shaped region from the candidate to the bottom of the input method region is only an example of the vertical candidate region in the embodiment of the present invention, and is not to be understood as a limitation to the vertical candidate region in the embodiment of the present invention, and in fact, any region below the candidate may be used as the lower boundary of the vertical candidate region; the embodiment of the present invention does not specifically limit the specific position of the lower boundary of the vertical candidate region.

And 102, when the touch operation is a first preset operation aiming at the vertical candidate area, displaying a candidate item corresponding to the vertical candidate area on a screen.

In an optional embodiment of the present invention, the first preset operation may include: the click operation according with the first pressing force degree condition and/or the sliding operation according with the second pressing force degree condition. The first pressing force degree condition and the second pressing force degree condition may be the same or different, and for example, the first pressing force degree condition and the second pressing force degree condition may specifically include: light touch, light press, and heavy press. It should be noted that any operation that can be distinguished from the operation for implementing other functions (e.g., a function for moving a candidate focus) may be used as the first preset operation in the embodiment of the present invention, and the embodiment of the present invention does not impose a limitation on a specific first threshold operation.

The following describes the process of displaying the candidate item corresponding to the vertical candidate area on the screen according to the first preset operation by using a specific example, where the first preset operation may be a click operation with a tapping force in this example, for example: the candidates presented by the current candidate window include: "we", "my will", "women", and so on, wherein the candidate "we" corresponds to the vertical candidate region 1, "my will" corresponds to the vertical candidate region 2, and "women" corresponds to the vertical candidate region 3; when the touch operation is a click operation with respect to the tap strength of the vertical candidate region 1, the candidate item "us" corresponding to the vertical candidate region 1 may be displayed on the screen; or, when the touch operation is a click operation with respect to the tap strength of the vertical candidate region 3, the candidate item "won" corresponding to the vertical candidate region 3 may be displayed on the screen.

It should be understood that the first preset operation is a click operation of a tap strength, which is only an example of the first preset operation in the embodiment of the present invention, and is not understood to be a limitation to the first preset operation in the embodiment of the present invention, and actually, the first preset operation may specifically be: the operation of the click operation of the heavy pressing force, the click operation of the light touch force, the slide operation of the heavy pressing force, the slide operation of the light touch force and the like can be determined by a person skilled in the art according to the actual application requirements, and the first preset operation is not specifically limited in the embodiment of the invention.

The embodiment of the invention can provide the following technical scheme of the vertical candidate region:

technical solution 1

In technical solution 1 of the present invention, the width of the vertical candidate region may be a sum of a first width, a second width, and a third width, where the first width, the second width, and the third width correspond to a left side of a candidate, a right side of a candidate, and a candidate, respectively;

the first width may be a product of a width interval between the corresponding candidate item and the left-adjacent candidate item and a first ratio; and/or the second width may be a product of a width interval between the corresponding candidate and the right-adjacent candidate and the second ratio.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the first width may be a width from a left side boundary of the vertical candidate region to the candidate; the second width may be a width from a right side boundary of the vertical candidate region to the candidate; the third width may be a width of a character string of the candidate; referring to fig. 3, a schematic diagram of a vertical candidate region according to an embodiment of the present invention is shown, wherein a width 1 from a first boundary to a candidate "live" is a first width; the width 2 from the candidate item 'live the' to the second boundary is the second width; the length 3 of the candidate item 'live' is the width of the candidate item; the width 4 from the first boundary to the second boundary is the width of the vertical candidate region corresponding to the candidate "live".

In the embodiment of the invention, the interval width between the candidate item and the adjacent candidate items on the left side and the right side is the width of the blank area between the candidate item and the adjacent candidate items on the left side and the right side; the first ratio and the second ratio may be any ratio value of 1 or less, for example: one-half, one-third, etc.; the first proportion and the second proportion may be determined by those skilled in the art according to actual application requirements, and the first proportion and the second proportion are not specifically limited in the embodiments of the present invention; the first and second ratios may be equal, for example: the first proportion and the second proportion are both one half; the first ratio and the second ratio may be different, for example: the first proportion is one half, and the second proportion is two fifths; taking the first proportion and the second proportion equal to each other and half as an example, the ratio may be specifically: the first width is one half of the interval width between the candidate item and the adjacent candidate item on the left side; the second width is one half of the interval width between the candidate item and the adjacent candidate item on the right side.

Technical solution 2

In technical solution 2 of the present invention, the width of the vertical candidate region may be a sum of a first width, a second width, and a third width, where the first width, the second width, and the third width correspond to a left side of a candidate, a right side of a candidate, and a candidate, respectively;

the method may further include:

In an optional embodiment of the present invention, the step of adjusting the first width and the second width may specifically include:

In an optional embodiment of the present invention, the process of adjusting the first width and the second width may specifically be: first, an initial value may be set for the first width and the second width, for example: setting the initial values of the first width and the second width to be one half of the interval width between the candidate item and the adjacent candidate item; then determining the transverse distance from the corresponding position of the first preset operation to the datum line, and if the transverse distance is smaller than a first threshold value, considering that the user accurately clicks, and setting the first width and the second width reasonably, so that the first width and the second width can not be adjusted; if the transverse distance is greater than the first threshold, it indicates that the operation habit of the current user is biased to the side where the corresponding position of the first preset operation is located, and the first width and the second width need to be adjusted, that is, if the corresponding position of the first preset operation of the user is on the left side of the datum line, the first width is increased by a preset width value, and the second width is decreased by the preset width value; if the corresponding position of the first preset operation of the user is on the right side of the datum line, reducing the first width by a preset width value, and increasing the second width by the preset width value;

in an embodiment of the present invention, the first threshold may be one N times the width of the vertical candidate region, where N is an integer greater than 2; the preset width value may be an arbitrary value smaller than one-half of the width of the vertical candidate region; the first threshold and the preset width may be determined by those skilled in the art according to actual application requirements, and the first threshold and the preset width are not specifically limited in the embodiment of the present invention.

Taking the candidate items shown in fig. 2 as an example, assuming that the user wants to screen the candidate item "hot pot", he or she may perform a first preset operation on the vertical candidate area corresponding to the "hot pot" to screen the "hot pot" thereon; in this case, if the distance from the position where the user performs the first preset operation to the reference line is smaller than the first threshold, it is determined that the first width and the second width of the current vertical candidate region are reasonably set, and adjustment is not needed; if the distance from the position of the first preset operation by the user to the reference line is greater than a first threshold value, determining that the first width and the second width of the current vertical candidate region are unreasonably set and need to be adjusted, wherein the specific adjustment process can be that if the position of the first preset operation is located on the left side of the reference line, the first width on the left side of the candidate item 'hot pot' is increased by a preset width value, and the second width on the right side of the candidate item 'hot pot' is decreased by the preset width value, so that the vertical candidate region is more left; if the position of the first preset operation is located on the right side of the reference line, increasing the second width on the right side of the candidate item 'hot pot' by a preset width value, and decreasing the first width on the left side of the candidate item 'hot pot' by the preset width value to enable the vertical candidate area to be more right; thus, the manner of dynamically adjusting the first width and the second width can make the vertical candidate region more suitable for the operation habit of the user.

To sum up, the embodiment of the present invention may receive a touch operation generated by a user for an input method region, and when the touch operation is a first preset operation for the vertical candidate region, screen-up a candidate item corresponding to the vertical candidate region; compared with the existing input method, the range of the candidate window is smaller, the user operation is limited, the vertical candidate area in the embodiment of the invention is a strip-shaped area extending from the corresponding candidate item to the lower part of the corresponding candidate item, and the click range of the candidate item is enlarged by the vertical candidate area in the embodiment of the invention, so that when the corresponding candidate item is on screen by the user through performing the first preset operation on the vertical candidate area, the problem of mistakenly clicking other keys can be avoided, the convenience and the accuracy of locating the candidate item can be improved, and the information input efficiency can be further improved.

And compared with the method that the user moves to the candidate window from the key area in the vertical direction after typing the input string in the existing scheme, by applying the embodiment of the invention, the user only needs to horizontally move the finger to the corresponding vertical candidate area without moving to the candidate window of the existing input method.

Method embodiment two

Referring to fig. 4, a flowchart illustrating steps of a second embodiment of an input method according to the present invention is shown, which may specifically include:

step 401, after presenting the candidate items, receiving a touch operation generated by a user for an input method area; the input method area may specifically include: a vertical candidate region corresponding to each candidate item, the vertical candidate region extending from the corresponding candidate item to below the corresponding candidate item;

step 402, when the touch operation is a first preset operation for the vertical candidate area, screen-loading a candidate item corresponding to the vertical candidate area;

step 403, when the touch operation is a second preset operation for the input method area, displaying a candidate item corresponding to the current candidate focus on a screen; wherein the pressing force degrees corresponding to the first preset operation and the second preset operation are different.

Compared with the first method embodiment, the first method embodiment of the present invention adds step 403, where in step 403, when the touch operation is a second preset operation for the input method region, the candidate item corresponding to the current candidate focus may be displayed on the screen, so that, when the user needs to display the candidate item corresponding to the candidate focus, the user needs to horizontally move the finger to the candidate window corresponding to the candidate focus corresponding to the current input method, and click the candidate window, the embodiment of the present invention only needs to perform the second preset operation at any position of the input method region, on one hand, since the operation of horizontally moving the finger to the vertical candidate region corresponding to the candidate focus may not be performed, the operation is more convenient; on the other hand, the user has a larger operable range due to no limitation of the candidate window, so that the operation is more accurate and the input efficiency is higher.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the second preset operation may specifically include: click operation according with the third pressing force degree condition and/or sliding operation according with the fourth pressing force degree condition. Specifically, the third pressing force degree condition and the fourth pressing force degree condition may be the same or different, and the third pressing force degree condition and the fourth pressing force degree condition may include: light touch, light press, and heavy press. Specifically, when the pressing force degree for the touch operation meets a pressing force degree condition of a second preset operation, a candidate item corresponding to the candidate focus is displayed on a screen; for example: if the second preset operation is a click operation of the re-pressing strength, when the touch operation is a click operation of the re-pressing strength for the input method region, the candidate item corresponding to the current candidate focus can be displayed on the screen;

in the embodiment of the present invention, the pressing force degrees corresponding to the second preset operation and the first preset operation may be different, so that the first preset operation and the second preset operation may be effectively distinguished according to the difference of the pressing force degrees. For example, if the pressing force of the second preset operation may be greater than the pressing force of the first preset operation, the first preset operation may be a click operation with a light pressing force, and the second preset operation may be a click operation with a heavy pressing force; the following steps are repeated: if the first preset operation can be a click operation of tapping strength, the second preset operation can be a click operation of tapping strength or a click operation of heavily pressing strength.

It is to be understood that the pressing force degree of the second preset operation may be greater than the pressing force degree of the first preset operation only as an example of the difference between the second preset operation and the first preset operation in the embodiment of the present invention, and is not to be understood as a limitation of the difference between the second preset operation and the first preset operation in the embodiment of the present invention, and actually, the pressing force degree of the second preset operation may also be less than the pressing force degree of the first preset operation, for example: the first preset operation is a heavy press operation, and the second preset operation is a light press operation.

Method embodiment three

Referring to fig. 5, a flowchart illustrating steps of a third embodiment of an input method according to the present invention is shown, which may specifically include:

step 501, after presenting the candidate items, receiving touch operation generated by a user aiming at an input method area; the input method area may specifically include: a vertical candidate region corresponding to each candidate item, the vertical candidate region extending from the corresponding candidate item to below the corresponding candidate item;

step 502, when the touch operation is a first preset operation for the vertical candidate area, screen-loading a candidate item corresponding to the vertical candidate area;

step 503, when the touch operation is a third preset operation for the input method region, performing a page turning operation of the candidate item; the third preset operation may specifically include a first preset click operation and a first preset slide operation.

Compared with the first method embodiment, the first method embodiment of the present invention adds step 503, where in step 503, when the touch operation is a third preset operation for the input method region, the page turning operation of the candidate item may be performed, so that, when the user needs to perform the page turning operation, the user needs to horizontally move a finger to the candidate window, click the candidate window and perform a left-right sliding operation with respect to the existing input method, and the embodiment of the present invention only needs to perform the third preset operation at any position of the input method region, on one hand, since the page turning of the candidate item may be performed without performing an operation of horizontally moving the finger to the candidate window, the operation is more convenient; on the other hand, the user has a larger operable range due to no limitation of the candidate window, so that the operation is more accurate and the input efficiency is higher.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the third preset operation may specifically include a first preset click operation and a first preset sliding operation; the first preset click operation may specifically be a click operation that meets a fifth pressing force degree condition, for example: clicking operation of light touch force, clicking operation of light press force and clicking operation of heavy press force; the first preset sliding operation may specifically be a sliding operation meeting a first direction condition, for example: a leftward or rightward sliding operation, an upward or downward sliding operation, or the like; when the pressing force degree of the click operation on the touch screen meets a first pressing force degree condition and the sliding operation meets a first direction condition, page turning operation of the candidate items is performed;

the first preset slide operation may be a slide operation without a pressing force or a slide operation with a pressing force. When the first preset sliding operation is a sliding operation with a pressing force degree, the pressing force degree may be the same as or different from the pressing force degree of the first preset clicking operation, and the pressing force degree of the first preset sliding operation may be determined by a person skilled in the art according to actual application requirements.

In an application example of the embodiment of the present invention, assuming that the first preset click operation is a click operation with a light pressing force and the first preset sliding operation is a sliding operation performed leftward or rightward, when the touch operation is a click operation with a light pressing force and a sliding operation performed from right to left, the candidate item may be flipped up by one page; when the touch operation is a click operation with a tapping force and a slide operation from left to right, the candidate items may be turned down by one page.

In this embodiment of the present invention, compared with the first preset operation, the third preset operation may further specifically include a first preset sliding operation, so that the third preset operation and the first preset operation may be distinguished according to the first preset sliding operation, that is, whether the current touch operation is the first preset operation or the third preset operation may be identified according to the first preset sliding operation; for example: the first preset operation may be a click operation of tapping strength, and the third preset operation specifically may include: a click operation with a gentle press force and a slide operation from right to left, or a slide operation from left to right. For example, when the touch operation is a click operation with respect to the tap strength of the vertical candidate region, the candidate item corresponding to the vertical candidate region may be displayed on the screen; when the touch operation is a click operation with a tapping force and a slide operation from left to right, the current candidate item may be turned down by one page.

Similarly, compared with the second preset operation in other embodiments of the present invention, the pressing force degrees corresponding to the click operation of the first preset click operation and the click operation of the second preset operation in the third preset operation in the embodiment of the present invention are different, and the third preset operation may further include the first preset sliding operation specifically, so that the second preset operation and the third preset operation can be effectively distinguished according to the difference.

It can be understood that, when the touch operation is a click operation with a light pressing force and a slide operation from right to left, turning the current candidate item up by one page, and when the touch operation is a click operation with a light pressing force and a slide operation from left to right, turning the current candidate item down by one page is merely used as an example of the page turning operation in the embodiment of the present invention, but is not understood as a limitation to the page turning operation in the embodiment of the present invention.

Method example four

Referring to fig. 6, a flowchart illustrating a fourth step of an input method according to an embodiment of the present invention is shown, which may specifically include:

601, after showing the candidate items, receiving touch operation generated by a user aiming at an input method area; the input method area may specifically include: a vertical candidate region corresponding to each candidate item, the vertical candidate region extending from the corresponding candidate item to below the corresponding candidate item;

step 602, when the touch operation is a first preset operation for the vertical candidate region, displaying a candidate item corresponding to the vertical candidate region on a screen;

step 603, when the touch operation is a fourth preset operation for the input method area, moving a candidate focus; and the fourth preset operation comprises a second preset clicking operation and a second preset sliding operation.

Compared with the first method embodiment, the first method embodiment of the present invention adds step 603, and in this step 603, when the touch operation is a fourth preset operation for the input method region, the candidate focus can be moved, so that when a user needs to move the candidate focus, the user needs to horizontally move a finger to a corresponding candidate window compared to the existing input method, and the embodiment of the present invention only needs to perform the fourth preset operation at any position of the input method region, on one hand, since the operation of horizontally moving the finger to the corresponding candidate window is not performed, the operation is more convenient; on the other hand, the user has a larger operable range due to no limitation of the candidate window, so that the operation is more accurate and the input efficiency is higher.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the fourth preset operation includes a second preset click operation and a second preset sliding operation, where the second preset click operation may specifically be a click operation that meets a sixth pressing force degree condition, for example: clicking operation of light touch force, clicking operation of light press force and clicking operation of heavy press force; the second preset sliding operation may specifically be a sliding operation meeting a second direction condition, for example: a slide operation to the left or right, a slide operation to the up or down, or the like; and when the pressing force degree of the click operation on the touch screen meets a second pressing force degree condition and the sliding operation meets a second direction condition, performing page turning operation of the candidate item.

The second preset sliding operation may be a sliding operation without a pressing force or a sliding operation with a pressing force. When the second preset sliding operation is a sliding operation with a pressing force degree, the pressing force degree may be the same as or different from the pressing force degree of the second preset clicking operation, and the pressing force degree of the second preset sliding operation may be determined by a person skilled in the art according to an actual application requirement.

In an application example of the embodiment of the present invention, assuming that the second preset click operation is a click operation with a heavy pressing force and the second preset sliding operation is a sliding operation to the left or the right, when the touch operation is a click operation with a heavy pressing force and a sliding operation from the right to the left, the candidate focus may be moved forward; alternatively, when the touch operation is a tap operation with a tap strength and a slide operation from left to right, the candidate focus may be moved backward.

It should be noted that the embodiment shown in fig. 6 and the embodiment shown in fig. 4 may be used in combination, that is, a user may first move a candidate focus through a fourth preset operation, and then screen a candidate item corresponding to a current candidate focus through a second preset operation; therefore, the quick switching and quick screen-up of the candidate items can be realized without moving the finger. For example, the candidate focus defaults to the first choice, and if the user is not satisfied with the first choice, the candidate focus may be moved to the second, third, and fourth positions by a fourth preset operation, and the candidate item corresponding to the current candidate focus may be displayed on the screen by the second preset operation.

In the embodiment of the present invention, compared with the first preset operation, the pressing force degree corresponding to the second preset click operation in the fourth preset operation is different from the pressing force degree corresponding to the click operation in the first preset operation, and the fourth preset operation may further include a second preset sliding operation, so that the fourth preset operation and the first preset operation can be effectively distinguished according to the difference; for example: the first preset operation may be a click operation of tapping strength, and the fourth preset operation specifically may include: clicking operation according to strength and sliding operation in a certain direction; that is, when the touch operation is a click operation with respect to the tap strength of the vertical candidate region, the candidate item corresponding to the vertical candidate region may be displayed on the screen; if the touch operation is a click operation with a heavy pressing force and a slide operation from right to left for the input method region, the current candidate focus may be moved forward.

In an optional embodiment of the present invention, compared to the second preset operation in the second method embodiment, the fourth preset operation in the embodiment of the present invention may specifically further include a second preset sliding operation, so that the second preset operation and the fourth preset operation may be effectively distinguished according to the difference.

In another optional embodiment of the present invention, compared to the third preset operation in the third method embodiment, the pressing force degrees corresponding to the first preset click operation in the fourth preset operation and the second preset click operation in the third preset operation are different, so that the fourth preset operation and the third preset operation can be effectively distinguished according to the difference in the pressing force degrees.

It is to be understood that the moving of the current candidate focus to the left when the leftward sliding operation is performed while the second preset clicking operation is performed, and the moving of the current candidate focus to the right when the rightward sliding operation is performed while the second preset clicking operation is performed, is only an example of the moving of the candidate focus in the embodiment of the present invention, and is not to be construed as a limitation to the moving of the candidate focus in the embodiment of the present invention.

Method example five

Referring to fig. 7, a flowchart illustrating steps of a fifth embodiment of an input method according to the present invention is shown, which may specifically include:

step 701, after presenting the candidate items, receiving touch operation generated by a user for an input method area; the input method area may specifically include: a vertical candidate region corresponding to each candidate item, the vertical candidate region extending from the corresponding candidate item to below the corresponding candidate item;

step 702, when the touch operation is a first preset operation for the vertical candidate area, displaying a candidate item corresponding to the vertical candidate area on a screen;

703, when the touch operation is a fifth preset operation for the input method area, executing a related operation according to a key corresponding to the position of the fifth preset operation; wherein the pressing force degrees corresponding to the first preset operation and the fifth preset operation are different.

Compared with the first method embodiment, step 703 is added in the embodiment of the present invention, and in step 703, when the touch operation is a fifth preset operation for the input method area, the relevant operation may be executed according to a key corresponding to a position of the fifth preset operation.

Examples of the related operations described above are provided herein. For example, the related operation may be inputting a character corresponding to the key; for another example, the related operation may be to execute a function operation of the key, and when the key corresponding to the position of the fifth preset operation is a function key, the corresponding function operation may be executed, where the function key may be a confirm key, a delete key, a search key, an enter key, a symbol menu key, and the like. It is to be understood that the embodiments of the present invention are not limited in their operation.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the fifth preset operation is a click operation meeting a seventh pressing force degree condition, for example: a light touch operation, a light press operation, or a heavy press operation; when the pressing force degree aiming at the click operation of the touch screen meets the pressing force degree condition of a fifth preset operation, executing related operation according to a key corresponding to the position of the fifth preset operation;

in an application example of the embodiment of the present invention, assuming that the fifth preset operation is a tap operation with a tap strength, when the touch operation is a tap operation with a tap strength for the input method region, the relevant operation may be executed according to a key corresponding to a position of the fifth preset operation.

The pressing force degrees corresponding to the first preset operation and the fifth preset operation are different, so that the fifth preset operation and the first preset operation are effectively distinguished, that is, whether the touch operation is the first preset operation or the fifth preset operation can be identified according to the pressing force degrees. The pressing force degree of the first preset operation may be greater than the pressing force degree of the fifth preset operation, for example: the first preset operation can be a click operation of tapping force, and the fifth preset operation can be a click operation of tapping force.

It is to be understood that the pressing force degree of the first preset operation may be greater than the pressing force degree of the fifth preset operation only as an example of the difference between the first preset operation and the fifth preset operation in the embodiment of the present invention, and is not to be understood as a limitation of the difference between the first preset operation and the fifth preset operation in the embodiment of the present invention, and actually, the pressing force degree of the first preset operation may also be less than the pressing force degree of the fifth preset operation, for example: the first preset operation is a click operation of a force being lightly pressed, and the fifth preset operation is a click operation of a force being heavily pressed.

In addition, compared with the second preset operation in the second method embodiment, the pressing force degrees corresponding to the click operation of the fifth preset operation and the click operation of the second preset operation in the embodiment of the present invention are different, so that the fifth preset operation and the second preset operation can be effectively distinguished according to the difference in the pressing force degrees.

Method example six

Referring to fig. 8, a flowchart illustrating a sixth step of an input method according to an embodiment of the present invention is shown, which may specifically include:

step 801, after presenting the candidate items, receiving touch operation generated by a user aiming at an input method area; wherein the input method area includes: a vertical candidate region corresponding to each candidate item, the vertical candidate region extending from the corresponding candidate item to below the corresponding candidate item;

step 802, when the touch operation is a first preset operation aiming at the vertical candidate area, screen-mounting a candidate item corresponding to the vertical candidate area; wherein the first preset operation may be a click operation with a pressing force value in a range of [ p1, p2], and p2 is greater than p 1;

step 803, when the touch operation is a second preset operation for the input method area, displaying a candidate item corresponding to the current candidate focus on a screen; wherein the second preset operation is a click operation with a pressing force value in the range of [ p2, p3], and p3 is larger than p 2;

step 804, when the touch operation is a third preset operation aiming at the input method area, performing page turning operation of the candidate item; wherein the third preset operation specifically includes: click operation with a pressing force value within the range of [ p1, p2] and slide operation conforming to the first direction condition;

step 805, when the touch operation is a fourth preset operation for the input method area, moving a candidate focus; wherein the fourth preset operation specifically includes: click operation with a pressing force value within the range of [ p2, p3] and slide operation conforming to the second direction condition;

step 806, when the touch operation is a fifth preset operation for the input method area, executing a related operation according to a key corresponding to a position of the fifth preset operation; wherein the fifth preset operation may be a click operation in which the pressing force value is in the range of [0, p1 ].

In the embodiment of the present invention, the pressing force degrees of the click operations of the first preset operation, the second preset operation, and the fifth preset operation are different; the pressing force degrees of the click operations of the first preset click operation and the second preset click operation of the third preset operation and the fourth preset operation are different; for example: the first preset operation may be a tap operation, the second preset operation may be a press operation, and the third preset operation may specifically include: the fourth preset operation may specifically include a tap operation and a leftward or rightward sliding operation: the fifth preset operation may be specifically a touch operation;

referring to fig. 9, which shows a schematic diagram of a vertical candidate region according to an embodiment of the present invention, a user may input the character string by lightly touching the keys "w", "o", "m", "e" and "n", respectively, and then display "we", "i" and "won" waiting options on a candidate window;

when a user wants to screen the candidate item 'us', the candidate item 'us' can be screened by lightly pressing the vertical candidate area corresponding to the 'us'; because the current candidate focus is positioned on the candidate item 'us', the user can also realize the candidate item 'us' on the screen by pressing the input method area again;

when a user wants to move a candidate focus from the current 'us' to the 'women', the user can perform sliding operation rightward while pressing the input method area again to realize that the candidate focus is moved from the current 'us' to the 'women'; when the user wants to turn the candidate item to the next page, the user can slide to the right while lightly pressing the input method area to realize the candidate item turning to the next page.

It should be noted that, for simplicity of description, the method embodiments are described as a series of acts or combination of acts, but those skilled in the art will recognize that the present invention is not limited by the illustrated order of acts, as some steps may occur in other orders or concurrently in accordance with the embodiments of the present invention. Further, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the embodiments described in the specification are presently preferred and that no particular act is required to implement the invention.

Device embodiment

Referring to fig. 10, a block diagram of an input device according to an embodiment of the present invention is shown, which may specifically include: a receiving module 1001 and a screen-up module 1002; wherein,

the receiving module 1001 may be configured to receive a touch operation generated by a user for an input method area after the candidate item is presented; the input method area may specifically include: a vertical candidate region corresponding to each candidate item, the vertical candidate region extending from the corresponding candidate item to below the corresponding candidate item;

the screen-up module 1002 may be configured to screen up a candidate item corresponding to the vertical candidate area when the touch operation is a first preset operation for the vertical candidate area.

In an optional embodiment of the present invention, the width of the vertical candidate region may be a sum of a first width, a second width and a third width, wherein the first width, the second width and the third width respectively correspond to a left side of a candidate, a right side of a candidate and a candidate;

In another optional embodiment of the present invention, the width of the vertical candidate region may be a sum of a first width, a second width and a third width, wherein the first width, the second width and the third width respectively correspond to a left side of a candidate, a right side of a candidate and a candidate; the input device may specifically further include:

the adjusting module may be configured to adjust the first width and the second width according to a transverse distance between the position corresponding to the first preset operation and a reference line; wherein the reference line is a longitudinal centerline of the vertical candidate region.

In another optional embodiment of the present invention, the adjusting module may specifically include:

a first adjusting sub-module, configured to increase the first width by a preset width value and decrease the second width by a preset width value when the lateral distance is greater than a first threshold and the first preset operation corresponding position is on the left side of the reference line; or

And the second adjusting submodule can be used for decreasing the first width by a preset width value and increasing the second width by a preset width value when the transverse distance is greater than a first threshold value and the first preset operation corresponding position is on the right side of the datum line.

In another optional embodiment of the present invention, the input device may further include:

the candidate focus on-screen module may be configured to, when the touch operation is a second preset operation for the input method region, screen on a candidate item corresponding to the current candidate focus; wherein the pressing force degrees corresponding to the first preset operation and the second preset operation are different.

the page turning module can be used for performing page turning operation of the candidate item when the touch operation is a third preset operation aiming at the input method area; and the third preset operation comprises a first preset clicking operation and a first preset sliding operation.

the candidate focus moving module may be configured to move a candidate focus when the touch operation is a fourth preset operation for the input method region; and the fourth preset operation comprises a second preset clicking operation and a second preset sliding operation.

the triggering key operation module may be configured to, when the touch operation is a fifth preset operation for the input method region, execute a related operation according to a key corresponding to a position of the fifth preset operation; wherein the pressing force degrees corresponding to the first preset operation and the fifth preset operation are different.

In an alternative embodiment of the present invention, the first preset operation may include: the click operation according with the first pressing force degree condition and/or the sliding operation according with the second pressing force degree condition.

In an alternative embodiment of the present invention, the second preset operation may include: click operation according with the third pressing force degree condition and/or sliding operation according with the fourth pressing force degree condition.

In an optional embodiment of the present invention, the first preset click operation may be a click operation meeting a fifth pressing force degree condition, and the first preset slide operation may be a slide operation meeting a first direction condition.

In an optional embodiment of the present invention, the second preset click operation is a click operation meeting a sixth pressing force degree condition, and the second preset slide operation may be a slide operation meeting a second direction condition.

In an optional embodiment of the present invention, the fifth preset operation may be a click operation meeting a seventh pressing force degree condition.

For the device embodiment, since it is basically similar to the method embodiment, the description is simple, and for the relevant points, refer to the partial description of the method embodiment.

The embodiments in the present specification are described in a progressive manner, each embodiment focuses on differences from other embodiments, and the same and similar parts among the embodiments are referred to each other.

With regard to the apparatus in the above-described embodiment, the specific manner in which each module performs the operation has been described in detail in the embodiment related to the method, and will not be elaborated here.

FIG. 11 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus 1100 for input according to an example embodiment. For example, the apparatus 1100 may be a mobile phone, a computer, a digital broadcast terminal, a messaging device, a game console, a tablet device, a medical device, an exercise device, a personal digital assistant, and the like.

Referring to fig. 11, apparatus 1100 may include one or more of the following components: processing component 1102, memory 1104, power component 1106, multimedia component 1108, audio component 1110, input/output (I/O) interface 1112, sensor component 1114, and communications component 1116.

The processing component 1102 generally controls the overall operation of the device 1100, such as operations associated with display, telephone calls, data communications, camera operations, and recording operations. The processing element 1102 may include one or more processors 1120 to execute instructions to perform all or a portion of the steps of the methods described above. Further, the processing component 1102 may include one or more modules that facilitate interaction between the processing component 1102 and other components. For example, the processing component 1102 may include a multimedia module to facilitate interaction between the multimedia component 1108 and the processing component 1102.

The memory 1104 is configured to store various types of data to support operation at the device 1100. Examples of such data include instructions for any application or method operating on device 1100, contact data, phonebook data, messages, pictures, videos, and so forth. The memory 1104 may be implemented by any type or combination of volatile or non-volatile memory devices such as Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), read-only memory (ROM), magnetic memory, flash memory, magnetic or optical disks.

A power component 1106 provides power to the various components of the device 1100. The power components 1106 may include a power management system, one or more power supplies, and other components associated with generating, managing, and distributing power for the apparatus 1100.

The multimedia component 1108 includes a screen that provides an output interface between the device 1100 and a user. In some embodiments, the screen may include a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) and a Touch Panel (TP). If the screen includes a touch panel, the screen may be implemented as a touch screen to receive an input signal from a user. The touch panel includes one or more touch sensors to sense touch, slide, and gestures on the touch panel. The touch sensor may not only sense the boundary of a touch or slide action, but also detect the duration and pressure associated with the touch or slide operation. In some embodiments, the multimedia component 1108 includes a front facing camera and/or a rear facing camera. The front-facing camera and/or the rear-facing camera may receive external multimedia data when the device 1100 is in an operating mode, such as a shooting mode or a video mode. Each front camera and rear camera may be a fixed optical lens system or have a focal length and optical zoom capability.

The audio component 1110 is configured to output and/or input audio signals. For example, the audio component 1110 includes a Microphone (MIC) configured to receive external audio signals when the apparatus 1100 is in operating modes, such as a call mode, a recording mode, and a voice recognition mode. The received audio signals may further be stored in the memory 1104 or transmitted via the communication component 1116. In some embodiments, the audio assembly 1110 further includes a speaker for outputting audio signals.

The I/O interface 1112 provides an interface between the processing component 1102 and peripheral interface modules, which may be keyboards, click wheels, buttons, etc. These buttons may include, but are not limited to: a home button, a volume button, a start button, and a lock button.

The sensor assembly 1114 includes one or more sensors for providing various aspects of state assessment for the apparatus 1100. For example, the sensor assembly 1114 may detect an open/closed state of the device 1100, the relative positioning of components, such as a display and keypad of the apparatus 1100, the sensor assembly 1114 may also detect a change in position of the apparatus 1100 or a component of the apparatus 1100, the presence or absence of user contact with the apparatus 1100, an orientation or acceleration/deceleration of the apparatus 1100, and a change in temperature of the apparatus 1100. The sensor assembly 1114 may include a proximity sensor configured to detect the presence of a nearby object without any physical contact. The sensor assembly 1114 may also include a light sensor, such as a CMOS or CCD image sensor, for use in imaging applications. In some embodiments, the sensor assembly 1114 may also include an acceleration sensor, a gyroscope sensor, a magnetic sensor, a pressure sensor, or a temperature sensor.

The communication component 1116 is configured to facilitate wired or wireless communication between the apparatus 1100 and other devices. The apparatus 1100 may access a wireless network based on a communication standard, such as WiFi, 2G or 3G, or a combination thereof. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 1116 receives a broadcast signal or broadcast associated information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel. In an exemplary embodiment, the communications component 1116 also includes a Near Field Communication (NFC) module to facilitate short-range communications. For example, the NFC module may be implemented based on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, infrared data association (IrDA) technology, Ultra Wideband (UWB) technology, Bluetooth (BT) technology, and other technologies.

In an exemplary embodiment, the apparatus 1100 may be implemented by one or more Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), Digital Signal Processors (DSPs), Digital Signal Processing Devices (DSPDs), Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs), Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), controllers, micro-controllers, microprocessors or other electronic components for performing the above-described methods.

In an exemplary embodiment, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions, such as the memory 1104 comprising instructions, executable by the processor 1120 of the apparatus 1100 to perform the method described above is also provided. For example, the non-transitory computer readable storage medium may be a ROM, a Random Access Memory (RAM), a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage device, and the like.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having instructions therein, which when executed by a processor of a mobile terminal, enable the mobile terminal to perform an input method, the method comprising: after the candidate items are displayed, receiving touch operation generated by a user aiming at the input method area; wherein the input method area includes: a vertical candidate region corresponding to each candidate item, the vertical candidate region extending from the corresponding candidate item to below the corresponding candidate item; and when the touch operation is a first preset operation aiming at the vertical candidate area, the candidate item corresponding to the vertical candidate area is displayed on the screen.

Fig. 12 is a schematic structural diagram of a server in an embodiment of the present invention. The server 1900 may vary widely by configuration or performance and may include one or more Central Processing Units (CPUs) 1922 (e.g., one or more processors) and memory 1932, one or more storage media 1930 (e.g., one or more mass storage devices) storing applications 1942 or data 1944. Memory 1932 and storage medium 1930 can be, among other things, transient or persistent storage. The program stored in the storage medium 1930 may include one or more modules (not shown), each of which may include a series of instructions operating on a server. Still further, a central processor 1922 may be provided in communication with the storage medium 1930 to execute a series of instruction operations in the storage medium 1930 on the server 1900.

The server 1900 may also include one or more power supplies 1926, one or more wired or wireless network interfaces 1950, one or more input-output interfaces 1958, one or more keyboards 1956, and/or one or more operating systems 1941, such as Windows Server, Mac OS XTM, UnixTM, LinuxTM, FreeBSDTM, etc.

Other embodiments of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the invention disclosed herein. This invention is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the invention following, in general, the principles of the invention and including such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice within the art to which the invention pertains. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the invention being indicated by the following claims. It will be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise arrangements described above and shown in the drawings and that various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the invention is only limited by the appended claims

The above description is only for the purpose of illustrating the preferred embodiments of the present invention and is not to be construed as limiting the invention, and any modifications, equivalents, improvements and the like that fall within the spirit and principle of the present invention are intended to be included therein.

The present invention provides an input method, an input device and a device for inputting, which are described in detail above, and the principle and the implementation of the present invention are explained herein by applying specific examples, and the description of the above examples is only used to help understand the method of the present invention and the core idea thereof; meanwhile, for a person skilled in the art, according to the idea of the present invention, there may be variations in the specific embodiments and the application scope, and in summary, the content of the present specification should not be construed as a limitation to the present invention.

Claims

1. An input method, comprising:

when the touch operation is a first preset operation aiming at the vertical candidate area, the candidate item corresponding to the vertical candidate area is displayed on the screen;

the width of the vertical candidate region is the sum of a first width, a second width and a third width, wherein the first width, the second width and the third width respectively correspond to the left side of a candidate, the right side of the candidate and the candidate;

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the step of adjusting the first width and the second width comprises:

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

8. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the first preset operation comprises: the click operation according with the first pressing force degree condition and/or the sliding operation according with the second pressing force degree condition.

9. The method of claim 4, wherein the second preset operation comprises: click operation according with the third pressing force degree condition and/or sliding operation according with the fourth pressing force degree condition.

10. The method according to claim 5, wherein the first preset click operation is a click operation meeting a fifth pressing force degree condition, and the first preset slide operation is a slide operation meeting a first direction condition.

11. The method according to claim 6, wherein the second preset click operation is a click operation meeting a sixth pressing force degree condition, and the second preset slide operation is a slide operation meeting a second direction condition.

12. An input device, comprising:

the screen-on module is used for displaying the candidate item corresponding to the vertical candidate area on a screen when the touch operation is a first preset operation aiming at the vertical candidate area;

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the input device further comprises:

the adjusting module is used for adjusting the first width and the second width according to the transverse distance between the corresponding position of the first preset operation and a reference line; wherein the reference line is a longitudinal centerline of the vertical candidate region.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the adjustment module comprises:

the first adjusting submodule is used for increasing the first width by a preset width value and decreasing the second width by the preset width value when the transverse distance is larger than a first threshold value and the corresponding position of the first preset operation is on the left side of the datum line; or

And the second adjusting submodule is used for reducing the first width by a preset width value and increasing the second width by the preset width value when the transverse distance is greater than a first threshold value and the corresponding position of the first preset operation is on the right side of the datum line.

15. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the input device further comprises:

the candidate focus on-screen module is used for on-screen displaying the candidate item corresponding to the current candidate focus when the touch operation is a second preset operation aiming at the input method area; wherein the pressing force degrees corresponding to the first preset operation and the second preset operation are different.

16. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the input device further comprises:

the page turning module is used for performing page turning operation of the candidate item when the touch operation is a third preset operation aiming at the input method area; and the third preset operation comprises a first preset clicking operation and a first preset sliding operation.

17. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the input device further comprises:

a candidate focus moving module, configured to move a candidate focus when the touch operation is a fourth preset operation for the input method region; and the fourth preset operation comprises a second preset clicking operation and a second preset sliding operation.

18. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the input device further comprises:

the triggering key operation module is used for executing related operation according to a key corresponding to the position of the fifth preset operation when the touch operation is the fifth preset operation aiming at the input method area; wherein the pressing force degrees corresponding to the first preset operation and the fifth preset operation are different.

19. The apparatus according to any of the claims 12 to 18, wherein the first preset operation comprises: the click operation according with the first pressing force degree condition and/or the sliding operation according with the second pressing force degree condition.

20. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the second preset operation comprises: click operation according with the third pressing force degree condition and/or sliding operation according with the fourth pressing force degree condition.

21. The apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the first preset click operation is a click operation meeting a fifth pressing force degree condition, and the first preset slide operation is a slide operation meeting a first direction condition.

22. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the second preset click operation is a click operation that meets a sixth pressing force degree condition, and wherein the second preset slide operation is a slide operation that meets a second direction condition.

23. An apparatus for input, comprising a memory, and one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs comprising instructions for:

24. The device of claim 23, wherein the device is also configured to execute the one or more programs by one or more processors includes instructions for:

25. The apparatus of claim 24, wherein the adjusting the first width and the second width comprises:

26. The device of claim 23, wherein the device is also configured to execute the one or more programs by one or more processors includes instructions for:

27. The device of claim 23, wherein the device is also configured to execute the one or more programs by one or more processors includes instructions for:

28. The device of claim 23, wherein the device is also configured to execute the one or more programs by one or more processors includes instructions for:

29. The device of claim 23, wherein the device is also configured to execute the one or more programs by one or more processors includes instructions for:

30. The apparatus according to any of the claims 23 to 29, wherein the first preset operation comprises: the click operation according with the first pressing force degree condition and/or the sliding operation according with the second pressing force degree condition.

31. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein the second preset operation comprises: click operation according with the third pressing force degree condition and/or sliding operation according with the fourth pressing force degree condition.

32. The apparatus according to claim 27, wherein the first preset click operation is a click operation meeting a fifth pressing force degree condition, and the first preset slide operation is a slide operation meeting a first direction condition.

33. The apparatus of claim 28, wherein the second preset click operation is a click operation that meets a sixth pressing force degree condition, and wherein the second preset slide operation is a slide operation that meets a second direction condition.

34. A machine-readable medium having stored thereon instructions, which when executed by one or more processors, cause an apparatus to perform an input method as recited in one or more of claims 1-11.