CN109388328B

CN109388328B - Input method, device and medium

Info

Publication number: CN109388328B
Application number: CN201710676761.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王菂
Original assignee: Beijing Sogou Technology Development Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Sogou Technology Development Co Ltd
Priority date: 2017-08-09
Filing date: 2017-08-09
Publication date: 2020-12-11
Anticipated expiration: 2037-08-09
Also published as: CN109388328A

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention provides an input method and a device, wherein the input method specifically comprises the following steps: receiving a trigger instruction of a user; responding to the trigger instruction, and displaying a first display interface corresponding to a first keyboard; the first display interface includes: and the first historical characters are input by the user through at least one second keyboard, and the first keyboard and the second keyboard are different keyboards. The embodiment of the invention can save the operation cost of the user and improve the input efficiency of the user.

Description

Input method, device and medium

Technical Field

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

Background

With the popularization and development of computer technology and internet technology, input method programs have become important tools for users to interact with devices. Users in different professional fields, different interests and use habits have higher and higher requirements on the intelligence of input method programs.

At present, some devices can support a third party keyboard besides the system keyboard carried by the operating system. The keyboard of the third party is developed by other developers, the keyboard of the type is a keyboard of the third party which can run on the operating systems such as IOS and android and the like, the keyboard of the third party has the function of inputting Emoji (character drawing) expressions, the Emoji expressions are special characters, and the operating systems can automatically convert the Emoji expressions into expression pictures to be displayed.

Disclosure of Invention

Embodiments of the present invention provide an input method, an input apparatus, an apparatus for input, and a machine-readable medium, which can save the operation cost of a user and improve the input efficiency of the user.

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

receiving a trigger instruction of a user;

responding to the trigger instruction, and displaying a first display interface corresponding to a first keyboard; the first display interface includes: and the first historical characters are input by the user through at least one second keyboard, and the first keyboard and the second keyboard are different keyboards.

Optionally, the method further comprises:

acquiring a first historical character input by a user through at least one second keyboard;

and writing the first history character into a data area corresponding to a first display interface corresponding to a first keyboard.

Optionally, the first display interface further includes: and inputting the second historical character by the user through the first keyboard.

Optionally, the method further comprises:

and synchronizing the historical character lists corresponding to the first keyboard and the at least one second keyboard.

Optionally, the character comprises: characters of at least two character categories, wherein the data formats corresponding to the characters of the at least two character categories are different;

the method further comprises the following steps: and unifying the data formats corresponding to the characters of the at least two character categories into a preset data format, and then displaying the preset data format in a second display interface corresponding to the first keyboard.

Optionally, the characters of the at least two character categories include: a first special character and a second special character, the method further comprising:

converting the data format corresponding to the second special character into the data format corresponding to the first special character;

and writing the converted second special character into a data area corresponding to a first display interface corresponding to the first keyboard.

Optionally, the first keyboard is a system keyboard, and the second keyboard is a third-party keyboard; or the first keyboard is a third-party keyboard, and the second keyboard is a system keyboard; or the first keyboard and the second keyboard are different third-party keyboards.

In another aspect, the present invention discloses an input device, comprising:

the receiving module is used for receiving a triggering instruction of a user; and

the first display module is used for responding to the trigger instruction and displaying a first display interface corresponding to the first keyboard; the first display interface includes: and the first historical characters are input by the user through at least one second keyboard, and the first keyboard and the second keyboard are different keyboards.

Optionally, the apparatus further comprises:

the first historical character acquisition module is used for acquiring first historical characters input by a user through at least one second keyboard;

and the first history character writing module is used for writing the first history character into a data area corresponding to a first display interface corresponding to a first keyboard.

Optionally, the apparatus further comprises:

and the synchronization module is used for synchronizing the historical character lists corresponding to the first keyboard and the at least one second keyboard.

the device further comprises:

and the second display module is used for unifying the data formats corresponding to the characters of the at least two character categories into a preset data format and then displaying the preset data format in a second display interface corresponding to the first keyboard.

Optionally, the characters of the at least two character categories include: a first special character and a second special character, the apparatus further comprising:

the conversion module is used for converting the data format corresponding to the second special character into the data format corresponding to the first special character;

and the second special character writing module is used for writing the converted second special character into a data area corresponding to the first display interface corresponding to the first keyboard.

In yet another aspect, an apparatus for input is disclosed that includes a memory, and one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured for execution by the one or more processors to include instructions for:

receiving a trigger instruction of a user;

In yet another aspect, the disclosure features one or more machine-readable media having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause an apparatus to perform one or more of the aforementioned input methods.

The embodiment of the invention has the following advantages:

in the embodiment of the present invention, the first display interface corresponding to the first keyboard may include: the first historical characters input by the user through the at least one second keyboard can accord with the input habit of the user, so that the continuity of historical input data of the user can be improved, and the user can quickly acquire required characters from the first historical characters included in the first display interface, so that the operation cost of the user can be saved, and the input efficiency of the user is improved.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments of the present invention will be briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art that other drawings can be obtained according to these drawings without inventive labor.

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

FIG. 2 is a flow chart of the steps of another input method embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is an illustration of a display interface of a system keyboard of an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is an illustration of a display interface of a third party keyboard according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is an illustration of a display interface of another third party keyboard of an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is an illustration of a display interface of yet another third party keyboard in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is an illustration of an input interface of a third party keyboard, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is an illustration of an input interface of another third party keyboard of an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is an illustration of an input interface of a system keyboard of 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 900 for input of the present invention; and

fig. 12 is a schematic diagram of a server in some embodiments of the invention.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, not all, embodiments of the present invention. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

The inventor finds out in the process of implementing the embodiment of the invention that: the system keyboard can record the Emoji expression input by the user through the common expression list, so that the user can directly and quickly acquire the required Emoji expression from the common expression list in the process of inputting again; however, the Emoji expression input by the third-party keyboard does not appear in the common expression list of the system keyboard, which brings inconvenience to the input of the user and affects the input efficiency of the user. For example, when a user a has just input an Emoji expression through a third-party keyboard, and the user a wants to input the Emoji expression again through a system keyboard, the Emoji expression does not appear in a common list of the system keyboard, so the user often needs to search the Emoji expression from the expression list of the system keyboard, and if the Emoji expression is in a back position in the expression list, the user needs to obtain the Emoji expression through at least one page turning operation, which results in low input efficiency of the Emoji expression.

The inventor finds that, based on the consideration of security, the operation interface corresponding to the system keyboard has the closed property and the private property, so that the data corresponding to the system keyboard has the closed property and the private property, and a third party except the operation system generally cannot operate (for example, read operation and/or write operation and the like) the data corresponding to the system keyboard, and cannot acquire the data corresponding to the system keyboard; therefore, data corresponding to the system keyboard and data corresponding to the third party keyboard are isolated from each other at present.

One of the core ideas of the embodiment of the present invention is to obtain an operation interface corresponding to a system keyboard, and implement operations (e.g., read operations and/or write operations, etc.) on data corresponding to the system keyboard through the operation interface, so as to obtain the data corresponding to the system keyboard; furthermore, the embodiment of the invention can also break the limitation that the data corresponding to the system keyboard and the third-party keyboard are isolated from each other, modify the data corresponding to the system keyboard, and specifically, add the historical input data corresponding to the third-party keyboard in the data corresponding to the system keyboard, so that the requirement of the user on the historical input data can be met.

The embodiment of the invention provides an input scheme, which can respond to a user trigger instruction and display a first display interface corresponding to a first keyboard; the first display interface may include: the first historical characters input by the user through at least one second keyboard, and the first keyboard and the second keyboard can be different keyboards.

In practical applications, the first keyboard may be a system keyboard, and the second keyboard may be a third-party keyboard; alternatively, the first keyboard may be a third-party keyboard, and the second keyboard may be a system keyboard; alternatively, the first and second keyboards may be different third party keyboards.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the first display interface corresponding to the first keyboard may include: the first historical characters input by the user through the at least one second keyboard can accord with the input habit of the user, so that the continuity of historical input data of the user can be improved, and the user can quickly acquire required characters from the first historical characters included in the first display interface in the input process, so that the operation cost of the user can be saved, and the input efficiency of the user can be improved.

From the character type perspective, the characters of the embodiments of the present invention may include letters, numbers, words, or symbols used in the device; wherein, the symbol may include: punctuation, numeric symbols, and the like. From the perspective of frequency of use, the characters of the embodiments of the present invention may include: common characters, or special characters; the special characters are characters which are less frequently used and difficult to directly input compared with common characters, such as Emoji expressions, graphic characters, picture characters and the like. From the aspect of characterizing objects, the characters of the embodiments of the present invention may include: character of a person, character of an animal, etc. Therefore, the embodiments of the present invention may divide the characters into corresponding categories, and the embodiments of the present invention do not limit the specific classification method and the specific categories. The embodiment of the invention mainly takes special characters as an example to explain the input method of the embodiment of the invention, and the input methods corresponding to other characters can be referred to each other.

The embodiment of the present invention may be applied to an input method program of an input mode such as keyboard symbol input, handwriting input, voice input, etc., and for convenience of description, the embodiment of the present invention refers to a code character string input by a user in the input mode as an input string. According to some embodiments, the input string may include, but is not limited to: a key symbol or a combination of a plurality of key symbols input by a user through a key. The key symbol may specifically include: pinyin, strokes, kana, etc. In the field of input methods, for input method programs in, for example, chinese, japanese, korean, or other languages, an input string input by a user may be generally converted into a candidate for a corresponding language.

The embodiment of the invention can display the first historical characters input by the user through at least one second keyboard through the first display interface for the user to select; in practical application, the first history character selected by the user can be directly output on the screen, or the first history character selected by the user can be converted into a preset format (such as the format of an emoticon) to be output, or the first history character selected by the user can be used as a part of an input string, and a candidate item corresponding to the input string is provided for the user.

The input method program can be run on the intelligent terminal, and the intelligent terminal specifically includes but is not limited to: smart phones, tablet computers, electronic book readers, MP3 (Moving Picture Experts Group Audio Layer III) players, MP4 (Moving Picture Experts Group Audio Layer IV) players, laptop portable computers, car-mounted computers, desktop computers, set-top boxes, smart televisions, wearable devices, and the like. The operating system installed in the intelligent terminal may include: the operating system comprises an IOS, an android, a Windows, a Linux and the like, wherein the keyboard provided by the operating system can be a system keyboard, and it can be understood that the specific operating system installed in the intelligent terminal is not limited by the embodiment of the invention.

Method embodiment one

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

step 101, receiving a trigger instruction input by a user;

step 102, responding to the trigger instruction, and displaying a first display interface corresponding to a first keyboard; the first display interface may include: the first historical characters input by the user through at least one second keyboard, and the first keyboard and the second keyboard can be different keyboards.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the trigger instruction may be used to trigger the display of the first display interface. Those skilled in the art can adopt the required trigger instruction according to the actual application requirement. For example, in a case where the user initially calls up the input method program, the trigger instruction may be a trigger instruction for the input frame, and in this case, the input method program may be called up so that the input method program displays the first display interface corresponding to the first keyboard and displays the focus of the input method program in the input frame. For another example, after the user invokes the input method program, the trigger instruction may be a switching instruction from the second keyboard to the first keyboard, and the embodiment of the present invention does not limit a specific switching instruction.

Under the condition that the first keyboard is a system keyboard and the second keyboard is a third-party keyboard, the first historical characters input by the user through at least one third-party keyboard can be displayed on the display interface corresponding to the system keyboard, and the first historical characters can accord with the input habit of the user, so that the user can quickly acquire required characters from the first historical characters included in the first display interface in the input process, the operation cost of the user can be saved, and the input efficiency of the user is improved.

In an application example of the present invention, the display interface corresponding to the system keyboard may include: the frequently-used expression list can display the Emoji expression input by the user through at least one third-party keyboard (such as a keyboard type) in the frequently-used expression list corresponding to the system keyboard, so that the problem of increased operation cost caused by the fact that the Emoji expression input by the third-party keyboard cannot appear in the frequently-used expression list of the system keyboard can be avoided to a certain extent, and the input efficiency of the user on the Emoji expression is improved.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the first history character may be a character input by the user through the second keyboard. In practical applications, in the case where a user screens a character on the second keyboard, the character may be regarded as a first history character. Optionally, the first historical character may be stored in a data area corresponding to the second keyboard.

In an optional embodiment of the present invention, the process of acquiring data corresponding to the first display interface may include: acquiring a first historical character input by a user through at least one second keyboard; and writing the first history character into a data area corresponding to a first display interface corresponding to a first keyboard. In practical application, a first operation interface corresponding to a first keyboard and a second operation interface corresponding to a second keyboard can be respectively obtained, and a first historical character input by a user through at least one second keyboard is obtained through the second operation interface, specifically, the first historical character can be read from a data area corresponding to the second keyboard; and writing the first history character into a data area corresponding to a first display interface corresponding to a first keyboard through a first operation interface. For example, the data area corresponding to the first display interface may be a data area corresponding to a common emoticon list.

In an optional embodiment of the invention, the first display interface comprises in addition: besides the first historical characters input by the user through the at least one second keyboard, the method also comprises the following steps: the user inputs the second historical character through the first keyboard, so that the coverage rate and the richness of the historical characters can be improved. In practical application, the corresponding categories of the first history character and the second history character may be the same or different, for example, the first history character and the second history character may both be Emoji expressions, and for another example, the first history character may be an Emoji expression, and the second history character may be a special character other than the Emoji expression; alternatively, the second history character may be an Emoji expression, the first history character may be a special character other than the Emoji expression, and so on.

In an optional embodiment of the present invention, the method of the embodiment of the present invention may further include: and synchronizing the historical character lists corresponding to the first keyboard and the at least one second keyboard. The synchronization can merge the historical characters corresponding to the first keyboard and the at least one second keyboard, so that the first keyboard and the at least one second keyboard have a consistent historical character list, the coverage rate of the historical characters can be improved as much as possible, and the convenience of user input is improved.

In practical applications, a corresponding history character list may be maintained for a keyboard. In an optional embodiment of the present invention, the historical characters in the historical character list may correspond to attributes such as a latest input time and an input frequency, so that the synchronization process may merge the historical characters corresponding to at least two keyboards according to the attributes, specifically, the merging process may perform input frequency update (such as accumulation) and latest input time update on the same historical characters, and sort the merged historical characters according to the updated input frequency and the updated latest input time to obtain the synchronized historical character list. Optionally, the closer the latest input time is to the current time, the more forward the position of the history character in the synchronized history character list is; and/or the higher the updated input frequency, the more forward the position of the history character in the synchronized history character list.

In an optional embodiment of the present invention, the history characters in the history character list may correspond to input environment attributes, and the input environment attributes may include: application scenario, time, location, etc. examples of the application scenario may include: search scenarios, chat scenarios, shopping scenarios, social scenarios, and the like; in this way, the synchronization process can merge the historical characters corresponding to at least two keyboards according to the input environment attribute. For example, historical characters corresponding to at least two keyboards can be classified and the like according to the same input environment attribute.

To sum up, in the input method according to the embodiment of the present invention, the first display interface corresponding to the first keyboard may include: the first historical characters input by the user through the at least one second keyboard can accord with the input habit of the user, so that the continuity of historical input data of the user can be improved, and the user can quickly acquire required characters from the first historical characters included in the first display interface, so that the operation cost of the user can be saved, and the input efficiency of the user is improved.

Method embodiment two

Referring to fig. 2, a flowchart illustrating steps of an embodiment of an input method according to the present invention is shown, which may specifically include:

step 201, receiving a trigger instruction input by a user;

step 202, responding to the trigger instruction, and displaying a first display interface corresponding to a first keyboard; the first display interface may include: the first historical characters input by the user through at least one second keyboard, and the first keyboard and the second keyboard can be different keyboards.

With respect to the embodiment shown in fig. 1, the characters in this embodiment may include: the method of the present embodiment may further include:

step 203, unifying the data formats corresponding to the characters of the at least two character categories into a preset data format, and displaying the preset data format in a second display interface corresponding to the first keyboard.

For a certain first keyboard, the supported character categories may be limited, e.g. a system keyboard typically only displays one special character, Emoji emoticon, and not other special characters than Emoji emoticons.

The embodiment of the invention breaks away from the limitation of the character types supported by the first keyboard through the unification of the data formats corresponding to the characters of at least two character types, so that the first keyboard supports the characters of at least two character types, thereby improving the coverage rate of the character types supported by the first keyboard.

In practical applications, the preset data format may be any format that can be supported by the second display interface of the first keyboard.

According to an embodiment, the preset data format may be a data format corresponding to a character of one of at least two character categories, provided that the characters of the at least two character categories include: the preset data format may be a data format corresponding to the first special character or a data format corresponding to the second special character. Correspondingly, the method of the embodiment of the invention may further include: converting the data format corresponding to the second special character into the data format corresponding to the first special character; and writing the converted second special character into a data area corresponding to a first display interface corresponding to the first keyboard. For example, the first special character is an Emoji expression, and the second special character is another special character except the Emoji expression, so that the other special characters can be written into a common expression list or an expression list corresponding to the system keyboard after being converted into a data format corresponding to the Emoji expression.

According to another embodiment, the preset data format may be different from the data format corresponding to the characters of the at least two character categories, for example, a person skilled in the art may adopt the data format, which is supported by the second display interface of the first keyboard and is different from the data format corresponding to the characters of the at least two character categories, according to the actual application requirements.

To sum up, the input method according to the embodiment of the present invention, by unifying the data formats corresponding to the characters of the at least two character categories, breaks away from the limitation of the character categories supported by the first keyboard, so that the first keyboard supports the characters of the at least two character categories, thereby improving the coverage rate of the character categories supported by the first keyboard.

In order to make those skilled in the art better understand the embodiments of the present invention, the input method of the embodiments of the present invention is described herein by a specific example, where the example involves synchronizing the historical character lists corresponding to the system keyboard and the third-party keyboard to improve the coverage of the historical characters, and adding special characters other than Emoji expressions in the display interface of the system keyboard to increase the character range supported by the system keyboard, the input method may include the following steps:

step S1, responding to a trigger instruction of a user, displaying a system keyboard, as shown in fig. 3, where a frequently-used expression list of the system keyboard displays a recently-input Emoji expression;

step S2, in response to a trigger instruction of a user, switching the keyboard from the system keyboard to the type keyboard, and entering a common emoticon list of the type keyboard, as shown in fig. 4, where display content in the common emoticon list of the type keyboard is consistent with display content of the common emoticon list of the system keyboard shown in fig. 3;

step S3, entering an Emoji list of the keyboard, as shown in fig. 5, where the Emoji list normally displays Emoji expressions, such as smiling faces;

step S4, entering a list of other special characters of the keyboard of the type, as shown in fig. 6, the list of other special characters displaying other special characters except for Emoji expression;

step S5, according to the selection operation of the user, as shown in FIG. 7, other special characters are displayed on the screen

Step S6, as shown in FIG. 8, displays other special characters input recently in the list of common emoticons of the Typay keyboard

Step S7, responding to the user' S trigger command, switching to the system keyboard, as shown in fig. 9, where other special characters recently input are displayed in the common emoticon of the system keyboard

According to the embodiment of the invention, the keyboard of the third party can record and display the input history of Emoji expressions and other special characters in the keyboard of the system, so that the continuity of historical input data of the user can be improved, the input efficiency of the user can be improved, and the user experience can be further enhanced.

It should be noted that, for simplicity of description, the method embodiments are described as a series of motion combinations, but those skilled in the art should understand that the present invention is not limited by the described motion sequences, because some steps may be performed in other sequences or simultaneously according to the present invention. Further, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the embodiments described in the specification are presently preferred and that no moving act is required as an embodiment of the invention.

Device embodiment

Referring to fig. 10, a block diagram of an embodiment of an input device according to the present invention is shown, which may specifically include:

a receiving module 1001, configured to receive a trigger instruction of a user; and

the first display module 1002 is configured to, in response to the trigger instruction, display a first display interface corresponding to a first keyboard; the first display interface may include: and the first historical characters are input by the user through at least one second keyboard, and the first keyboard and the second keyboard are different keyboards.

Optionally, the apparatus may further include:

Optionally, the first display interface may further include: and inputting the second historical character by the user through the first keyboard.

Optionally, the apparatus may further include:

Optionally, the character may include: characters of at least two character categories, wherein the data formats corresponding to the characters of the at least two character categories are different;

the apparatus may further include:

Optionally, the characters of the at least two character categories may include: the first special character and the second special character, the apparatus may further include:

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.

Embodiments of the present invention also provide 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 for execution by the one or more processors to include instructions for: receiving a trigger instruction of a user; responding to the trigger instruction, and displaying a first display interface corresponding to a first keyboard; the first display interface includes: and the first historical characters are input by the user through at least one second keyboard, and the first keyboard and the second keyboard are different keyboards.

Optionally, the device is also configured to execute the one or more programs by the one or more processors including instructions for:

the device is also configured to execute, by one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for: and unifying the data formats corresponding to the characters of the at least two character categories into a preset data format, and then displaying the preset data format in a second display interface corresponding to the first keyboard.

Optionally, the characters of the at least two character categories include: a first special character and a second special character, the device also configured to execute, by one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for:

Fig. 11 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus 900 for input as an intelligent terminal according to an exemplary embodiment. For example, the apparatus 900 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, the apparatus 900 may include one or more of the following components: processing component 902, memory 904, power component 906, multimedia component 908, audio component 910, input/output (I/O) interface 912, sensor component 914, and communication component 916.

The processing component 902 generally controls overall operation of the device 900, such as operations associated with display, telephone calls, data communications, camera operations, and recording operations. Processing element 902 may include one or more processors 920 to execute instructions to perform all or a portion of the steps of the methods described above. Further, processing component 902 can include one or more modules that facilitate interaction between processing component 902 and other components. For example, the processing component 902 can include a multimedia module to facilitate interaction between the multimedia component 908 and the processing component 902.

The memory 904 is configured to store various types of data to support operation at the device 900. Examples of such data include instructions for any application or method operating on device 900, contact data, phonebook data, messages, pictures, videos, and so forth. The memory 904 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.

The power supply component 906 provides power to the various components of the device 900. The power components 906 may include a power management system, one or more power supplies, and other components associated with generating, managing, and distributing power for the device 900.

The multimedia component 908 comprises a screen providing an output interface between the device 900 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 908 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 900 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 910 is configured to output and/or input audio signals. For example, audio component 910 includes a Microphone (MIC) configured to receive external audio signals when apparatus 900 is in an operating mode, such as a call mode, a recording mode, and a voice recognition mode. The received audio signals may further be stored in the memory 904 or transmitted via the communication component 916. In some embodiments, audio component 910 also includes a speaker for outputting audio signals.

I/O interface 912 provides an interface between processing component 902 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 component 914 includes one or more sensors for providing status assessment of various aspects of the apparatus 900. For example, the sensor assembly 914 may detect an open/closed state of the device 900, the relative positioning of the components, such as a display and keypad of the apparatus 900, the sensor assembly 914 may also detect a change in the position of the apparatus 900 or a component of the apparatus 900, the presence or absence of user contact with the apparatus 900, orientation or acceleration/deceleration of the apparatus 900, and a change in the temperature of the apparatus 900. The sensor assembly 914 may include a proximity sensor configured to detect the presence of a nearby object in the absence of any physical contact. The sensor assembly 914 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 914 may also include an acceleration sensor, a gyroscope sensor, a magnetic sensor, a pressure sensor, or a temperature sensor.

The communication component 916 is configured to facilitate communications between the apparatus 900 and other devices in a wired or wireless manner. The apparatus 900 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 916 receives a broadcast signal or broadcast associated information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 916 further 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 900 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 904 comprising instructions, executable by the processor 920 of the apparatus 900 to perform the above-described method 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.

Fig. 12 is a schematic diagram of a server in some embodiments of the 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.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium in which instructions, when executed by a processor of an apparatus (smart terminal or server), enable the apparatus to perform an input method, the method comprising: receiving a trigger instruction of a user; responding to the trigger instruction, and displaying a first display interface corresponding to a first keyboard; the first display interface includes: and the first historical characters are input by the user through at least one second keyboard, and the first keyboard and the second keyboard are different keyboards.

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 limited only 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, and a machine-readable medium, which are described in detail above, and the principles and embodiments of the present invention are explained herein by using specific examples, and the descriptions of the above examples are only used to help understand the method and the core ideas of the present invention; 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, characterized in that the method comprises:

receiving a trigger instruction of a user;

responding to the trigger instruction, and displaying a first display interface corresponding to a first keyboard; the first display interface includes: inputting a first historical character by a user through at least one second keyboard, wherein the first keyboard and the second keyboard are different keyboards;

the first keyboard is a system keyboard, and the second keyboard is a third-party keyboard; or the first keyboard is a third-party keyboard, and the second keyboard is a system keyboard.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first display interface further comprises: and inputting the second historical character by the user through the first keyboard.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the character comprises: characters of at least two character categories, wherein the data formats corresponding to the characters of the at least two character categories are different;

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the characters of the at least two character categories comprise: a first special character and a second special character, the method further comprising:

7. An input device, the device comprising:

the first display module is used for responding to the trigger instruction and displaying a first display interface corresponding to the first keyboard; the first display interface includes: inputting a first historical character by a user through at least one second keyboard, wherein the first keyboard and the second keyboard are different keyboards;

8. The apparatus of claim 7, further comprising:

9. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the first display interface further comprises: and inputting the second historical character by the user through the first keyboard.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, further comprising:

11. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the character comprises: characters of at least two character categories, wherein the data formats corresponding to the characters of the at least two character categories are different;

the device further comprises:

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the characters of the at least two character categories comprise: a first special character and a second special character, the apparatus further comprising:

13. 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:

receiving a trigger instruction of a user;

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the apparatus is also configured to execute the one or more programs by one or more processors includes instructions for:

15. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the first display interface further comprises: and inputting the second historical character by the user through the first keyboard.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the apparatus is also configured to execute the one or more programs by one or more processors includes instructions for:

17. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the character comprises: characters of at least two character categories, wherein the data formats corresponding to the characters of the at least two character categories are different;

18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the characters of the at least two character categories comprise: a first special character and a second special character, the device also configured to execute, by one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for:

19. One or more machine-readable media having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause an apparatus to perform an input method as recited in one or more of claims 1-6.