CN110865716A

CN110865716A - Input method and system thereof

Info

Publication number: CN110865716A
Application number: CN201910934755.1A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 施明
Original assignee: Shanghai Mengjia Network Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Shanghai Mengjia Network Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-09-29
Filing date: 2019-09-29
Publication date: 2020-03-06

Abstract

The invention relates to an input method and a system thereof, wherein the input method system comprises the following steps: an interface module configured to provide an input interface; a statistics module configured to calculate a user input quantity; and a reward module configured to provide a corresponding reward to the user in response to the current user input number exceeding a preset number threshold; wherein the input interface includes an input amount region in which an indicator of a user input amount is displayed and a bonus region in which a bonus indicator is displayed. The input method and the system thereof provided by the invention can provide corresponding rewards according to the input amount of the user, the reward forms are various, the input method and the system thereof can be suitable for the preferences of various user groups, the user is encouraged to use the input method, and the viscosity of the user and the use rate of the input method are improved. In some embodiments, the input method and the system thereof provided by the invention can provide the image-text composite picture/video with richer expression and stronger entertainment, thereby increasing the interest of input.

Description

Input method and system thereof

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of application, in particular to an input method and a system thereof.

Background

The input method is an application program which is used at high frequency in daily life of people no matter at a PC end or a mobile end. The development of the existing input method has two obvious trends. One trend is the development of usability, with more convenient, more accurate, and more efficient input. Both the application of artificial intelligence to input method matching and speech recognition based input methods are representative of this direction. The other trend is the development of entertainment direction, and the input content is richer, more diversified and more intuitive. The continuous addition of input functions such as characters, expressions, emoticons and the like reflects the development of the input method in the direction. However, as the demand of people on expression is continuously increased, the existing input function can not meet the demand. In addition, although some current user input methods employ measures to arouse the use interest of the user, such as providing various backgrounds for the input interface, the effect is not obvious.

Disclosure of Invention

Aiming at the technical problems in the prior art, the invention provides an input method and a system thereof, which can provide rewards for users according to the input quantity of the users and provide richer on-screen contents according to the input of the users.

According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided an input method system comprising: an interface module configured to provide an input interface; a statistics module configured to calculate a user input quantity; and a reward module configured to provide a corresponding reward to the user in response to the current user input number exceeding a preset number threshold; wherein the input interface includes an input amount region in which an indicator of a user input amount is displayed and a bonus region in which a bonus indicator is displayed.

Preferably, the user input is a user-entered character string or on-screen text.

Preferably, the user input number is the number of user inputs on the day or time.

Preferably, the reward module is further configured to provide a first reward to the user in response to the number of user inputs currently acquired on the day exceeding a first number threshold.

Preferably, the reward module is further configured to provide a second reward to the user in response to the currently obtained cumulative amount of user input exceeding a second amount threshold.

Preferably, the input method system further comprises a first alarm module configured to output a reminding message for reminding the user to rest through the interface module in response to the number of user inputs on the day exceeding a third number threshold.

Preferably, the input method system further comprises a rate calculation module configured to calculate a user input rate, and the interface module further comprises an input rate display area for displaying a current user input rate.

Preferably, the input method system further comprises: a timing module configured to time a user with an input operation above an input rate threshold; and a second alert module configured to output, by the interface module, a reminder message reminding a user to rest in response to when a secondary user operation above an input rate threshold exceeds a first time threshold.

Preferably, the input method system further includes: a gallery module configured to provide one or more candidate pictures/videos according to user input; and a teletext composition module configured to synthesize a teletext composite picture/video including the onscreen text based on the one or more candidate pictures/videos.

Preferably, the input amount area of the interface module includes an indicator of the number of the user-input teletext pictures/videos.

Preferably, the input amount area of the interface module includes a joint indicator of the number of characters or words input by the user and the number of the picture/video synthesized by the user.

Preferably, the input method system further comprises a word stock module configured to provide one or more candidate words according to the user input, and generate the on-screen text in response to the user selection of the candidate words.

Preferably, the input method system further comprises an incentive setting module configured to provide incentives in a plurality of categories, and the incentive category corresponding to the current user input number is determined according to the user setting.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided an input method, including: acquiring user input; counting the current user input number and displaying the current user input number; and comparing the current user input number with a preset number threshold, and providing corresponding rewards for the user in response to the user input number exceeding the preset number threshold.

Preferably, the user input is a character string or on-screen text input by the user.

Preferably, the user input number is the number of user inputs on the same day or time.

Preferably, the current user input number is the user input number up to the current day, correspondingly, the preset number threshold is a first number threshold, and the corresponding reward is a first reward.

Preferably, the current user input number is a cumulative number of user inputs up to the current user input, correspondingly, the preset number threshold is a second number threshold, and the corresponding reward is a second reward.

Preferably, the input method further comprises: and outputting a reminding message for reminding the user to rest when the input number of the user on the day exceeds a third number threshold value.

Preferably, the input method further comprises: calculating a user input rate; and acquiring a third quantity threshold according to the user input rate and the preset time.

Preferably, the input method further comprises: calculating the current input rate of the user; comparing the current input rate with the input rate when the third quantity threshold is obtained; and updating the third quantity threshold according to the current user rate in response to the fact that the difference between the current input rate and the input rate when the third quantity threshold is acquired is larger than or equal to a preset difference threshold.

Preferably, the input method further comprises: calculating the current input rate of the user; when the user operates at an input operation higher than the input rate threshold, timing the input operation of the user at the input operation higher than the input rate threshold; and outputting a reminding message for reminding the user to rest when the input operation time of the user with the input speed value higher than the input speed threshold value exceeds a first time threshold value.

Preferably, the input method further comprises: when the timing is performed on the input operation of the user, the timing is suspended in response to the current input speed being lower than the input speed threshold; timing the time period of the timing suspension; and in response to the input operation of the user with the input speed threshold value, when the time period for the time pause is less than the second time threshold value, continuing to time the input operation of the user with the input speed threshold value, and when the time period for the time pause is greater than or equal to the second time threshold value, re-timing the input operation of the user with the input speed threshold value.

Preferably, the input method further comprises: providing one or more candidate pictures/videos according to user input; and synthesizing a teletext composite picture/video containing the onscreen text based on the one or more candidate pictures/videos.

Preferably, the input method further comprises: and counting and displaying the number of the image-text composite pictures/videos input by the user.

Preferably, the input method further comprises: and jointly counting and displaying the number of characters or characters input by the user and the number of the image-text composite pictures/videos input by the user.

Preferably, the input method further comprises: acquiring the reward types set by the user; and setting a category for providing the corresponding reward for the user as a category set by the user.

In some embodiments of the invention, the input method and the system thereof provided by the invention can provide corresponding rewards according to the input amount of the user, the reward forms are various, the input method and the system thereof can be suitable for the preferences of various user groups, and the users are encouraged to use the input method by setting the reward level, so that the viscosity of the users and the utilization rate of the input method are improved. In some embodiments, the input method and the system thereof provided by the invention can provide the image-text composite picture/video with richer expression and stronger entertainment, thereby increasing the interest of input.

Drawings

Preferred embodiments of the present invention will now be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of an input method system according to one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of an input interface according to one embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of an input method system according to another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of an input interface according to another embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram of an input method system according to another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a functional block diagram of an input method system according to another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of an input interface according to another embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 8 is a functional block diagram of an input method system according to another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of an input interface according to another embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 10 is a flow diagram of an input method according to one embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 11 is a flow diagram of an input method according to another embodiment of the invention; and

fig. 12 is a flowchart of a method of providing candidate pictures according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, 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, but 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.

In the following detailed description, reference is made to the accompanying drawings that form a part hereof and in which is shown by way of illustration specific embodiments of the application. In the drawings, like numerals describe substantially similar components throughout the different views. Various specific embodiments of the present application are described in sufficient detail below to enable those skilled in the art to practice the teachings of the present application. It is to be understood that other embodiments may be utilized and structural, logical or electrical changes may be made to the embodiments of the present application.

The invention provides an input method and a system thereof, when a user inputs by adopting the input method, the input of the user can be counted, and corresponding rewards are provided for the user according to the input quantity of the user, so that the user can be encouraged to use the input method, and the utilization rate of the input method is improved.

Fig. 1 is a schematic block diagram of an input method system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The input method system comprises an interface module 102, a statistic module 104 and a reward module 106, wherein the interface module 102 is configured to provide an input interface through which a user can input characters or character strings, and generate on-screen characters to output to a current screen through an output operation of the user. As shown in fig. 2, which is a schematic diagram of the input interface of the present embodiment, the input interface includes an input area 202, a character display area 204, an input amount area 206, and a bonus area 208. Input area 202 may provide, among other things, a keyboard or voice input interface for use by a user. The keyboard includes but is not limited to: pinyin 9 key, pinyin 26 key, handwriting keyboard, chinese stroke keyboard, chinese five-stroke, etc. The character display area 204 is used for displaying characters or character strings input by the user. When the user inputs characters using the keyboard of the input area 202, the inputted characters are displayed in the character display area 204. When the user determines to output, the character or character string in the character display area 204 is output as on-screen text on the screen. The input amount area 206 has one or more indicators, such as progress bars, percentages, etc., that can display the number of user inputs. In one embodiment, the progress bar represents the number of user inputs on the day and sets a first number threshold at which rewards may be earned. The progress bar is lengthened as the number of user inputs increases until said first number threshold is reached, the user receives the corresponding reward, and the progress bar is restarted. In another embodiment, the progress bar indicates that the user entered the cumulative amount and set a second amount threshold at which the reward may be earned. The progress bar lengthens as the number of user inputs increases until a second number threshold is reached, the user receives the corresponding reward, and the progress bar then restarts. The progress bar may be marked in different colors and may be set by the user. In the foregoing embodiment, by setting the user input number threshold for the user on the same day, when the user reaches the input number threshold, a corresponding reward, such as a gold coin, is provided to the user, so that the user can be encouraged to use the input system every day, and by setting the accumulated user input number threshold, when the user reaches the accumulated input number threshold, a thicker reward is provided, so that the user is more motivated to use the input system, thereby improving the utilization rate of the input method. The two quantity thresholds set in the foregoing are just two examples provided, and other more detailed bonus manners may be set, for example, different bonus levels are set, corresponding bonus is set according to the level and the difficulty level of implementation, and the like. The reward area 208 displays one or more reward indicators, such as the money symbols shown in the figure. The reward indicator corresponds to an indicator of the number of user inputs. For example, when the progress bar in the input amount area 206 indicates the user input amount on the day, one of the coins in the reward area 208 indicates a reward when the user input amount reaches a first amount threshold. When the user input number reaches a first number threshold, one money item indicates its acquired status in a different color than the other money items. For example, the money not acquired is gray, while the money acquired is gold. Different coins represent different rewards, which may be differentiated by, for example, the size of the coin, e.g., a small coin representing a reward that may be obtained by completing a first quantity threshold representing the number of user inputs on the day, and a large coin representing a reward that may be obtained by completing a second quantity threshold of the number of accumulated user inputs. Or in a different pattern. In order to make the user know the detail information such as the obtaining method of each reward, a description is set at the corresponding reward symbol, and the user can obtain the corresponding information by clicking, pressing the reward indicator for a long time, and the like. A drop down menu may also be provided in the bonus area 208 to display more bonus award details, such as the amount of bonus awarded.

The statistics module 104 is configured to calculate a user input quantity. In one specific statistical implementation, the number of all characters appearing in the character display area 204 may be counted, i.e., all characters that the user has entered into the character display area 204 through the input area 202. Characters entered by the user may be deleted from the character display area 204 for various reasons, such as user intent changes, errors in user modified input, and the like. In this embodiment, the statistical module 104 may count each character input into the character display area 204 by the user, regardless of whether the user has performed a deletion operation on some characters in the character display area 204 after the input. In another embodiment, the counting module 104 counts only the number of the characters or character strings in the character display area 204 of the current screen after the user performs the operation of determining the output. A complete statistical period may be 24 hours a day, such as starting with zero morning and ending at midnight. The statistical period may also begin when the user first begins using the input method and end when the cumulative number of user inputs reaches a second number threshold. Or starting counting when the user input number reaches a number threshold value of a certain set level from zero, namely when the user input number is zero, and ending when the accumulated value of the user input number reaches the number threshold value of the certain level, and restarting for a counting period. The counting module 104 displays the current real-time counted user input number or the ratio of the current user input number to the set corresponding number threshold to the user through the indicator of the input interface, such as the progress bar, the percentage, etc., so that the user can visually see the current input number condition.

The reward module 106 is configured to provide a corresponding reward to the user in response to the current user input amount exceeding a preset amount threshold. As mentioned above, when the counting module 104 reaches the preset number threshold, such as the aforementioned first number threshold and the aforementioned second number threshold, according to the counting period, the counting information is sent to the reward module 106, and the reward module 106 determines which reward is obtained according to the reward information, and marks a corresponding reward indicator in the reward area 208.

In some embodiments, the reward module 106 provides a different first reward or second reward based at least in part on the user level. For example, a greater first reward may be provided for a lower level of users to attract users of a lower level, such as new users, to use the input method system of the present invention. In some embodiments, reward module 106 may decrease the level of the user in response to the user completing the predetermined task so that the user can receive more rewards. In some embodiments, reward module 106 identifies whether the user cheats based on the feedback from the thesaurus module. For example, the act of a user continuing to enter meaningless or repeated characters to trick a reward may be considered a cheating act. If the user has cheating, reward module 106 suspends or suspends the reward for the user.

Fig. 3 is a schematic block diagram of an input method system according to another embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, in addition to the structure shown in fig. 1, a first alarm module 108 is further included, and is connected to the statistics module 104. The counting module 104 sends the counted current user input number to the first alarm module 108, the first alarm module 108 compares the current user input number with a third number threshold, and when the current user input number exceeds the third number threshold, a reminding message is generated and output to the interface module 102. The input interface further includes a reminder area 210 for outputting a reminder message to remind the user to rest. Wherein the third number threshold may be different according to a user input speed. For example, the first alarm module 108 may determine the input rate of the user according to the number of user inputs received within a period of time, and obtain a specific third number threshold according to the maximum duration of the input operation set by the system, such as 20 minutes and 30 minutes. The obtaining time of the third quantity threshold value can be when the user uses the input method for the first time or when the change of the user input rate exceeds the difference threshold value, the third quantity threshold value is modified according to the latest user rate. The reminding message may be a preset sentence, such as the input interface shown in fig. 4, or may be a graphic with any shape or a screen locking message accompanying a screen locking.

Fig. 5 is a schematic block diagram of an input method system according to another embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, in addition to the structure in fig. 1, a second alarm module 110, a timing module 112, and a rate calculation module 113 are included. The rate calculation module 113 is connected to the statistics module 104, and the statistics module 104 sends the counted current user input number to the rate calculation module 113. The rate calculation module 113 calculates the user input rate and sends the calculated user input rate to the second alarm module 110, and the second alarm module 110 compares the current user input rate with the input rate threshold. When the current user input rate is higher than the input rate threshold, a trigger signal is sent to the timing module 112, and the timing module 112 starts timing. When the timing time reaches the first time threshold, the second alarm module 110 outputs a reminding message for reminding the user to rest to the interface module 102, and displays the reminding message in the reminding area 210. Before the timing time reaches the first time threshold, when the input speed of the user is lower than the speed threshold, the timing is suspended, if the time for suspending the timing is smaller than the second time threshold, the timing is continued when the trigger signal is received, and if the time for suspending the timing reaches or exceeds the second time threshold, the timing module 112 stops the timing and re-times when the trigger signal is obtained. The first time threshold and the second time threshold may be preset time values or time values set by a user.

Fig. 6 is a schematic block diagram of an input method system according to another embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, in addition to the modules shown in fig. 1, 3 or 5, a gallery module 114 and a text composition module 116 are included. Wherein the gallery module 114 is configured to provide one or more candidate pictures/videos according to user input. The gallery module 114 includes a local gallery or a gallery located on the server side and may store a plurality of pictures. The gallery module 114 searches the gallery according to a character string or on-screen text input by the user to obtain one or more candidate pictures, and displays the candidate pictures in the input interface for the user to select. As with the candidate picture area 212 in the input interface shown in fig. 7, in some embodiments, the candidate picture area 212 displays thumbnails of the candidate pictures. The user may select a candidate picture from the candidate picture area 212. For example, the user may directly click one of the candidate pictures; alternatively, the user may click on a space and select the first of the candidate pictures. In some embodiments, candidate picture region 212 can expand to display more candidate pictures. For example, the candidate pictures of the candidate picture area 212 can be slid left and right to present other candidate pictures. Alternatively, the candidate picture area 212 can be expanded into the input area 202 to present other candidate pictures. In some embodiments, candidate picture region 212 includes a separate area for displaying candidate pictures from the cloud server. Alternatively, one or more candidate pictures from the cloud server are displayed in the candidate picture area 212 in response to a user operation. In one embodiment, the gallery module 114 is located in the cloud and does not include locally stored pictures. All candidate pictures come from the cloud server. In another embodiment, the gallery module 114 includes locally stored pictures. The candidate pictures provided by the gallery module 114 are from locally stored pictures. In response to a user action, for example, the user clicks a cloud tab button on the input interface, one or more candidate pictures in candidate picture area 212 are updated. Alternatively, the gallery module 114 provides both local storage and candidate pictures from the cloud server. And responding to user operation, and updating one or more candidate pictures according to the local storage and the pictures from the cloud server.

In some embodiments, the candidate picture includes a text region. The text area of the candidate picture is defined to be able to accommodate one or more texts. In some embodiments, the candidate pictures are adjusted to leave the position of the text area, so that the pictures with the text added are more attractive. Further, in order to ensure the aesthetic degree, one or more of the size, font, layout, and color of the text contained in the text region are predefined. Also, there is generally a limit to the number of words that a word region can accommodate. If the number of added characters exceeds the number of characters that can be accommodated by the character area, the character area may display only the maximum number of characters that can be accommodated, with the remaining characters being replaced with symbols such as ellipses. In some embodiments, the above-mentioned words include one or more of chinese characters, foreign words, numbers, punctuation marks, and the like. In some embodiments, the candidate pictures may be one or more of line drawings, grayscale drawings, color drawings, photographs, and the like. The background of the candidate picture may be white, gray, light blue, green, blue, black, etc. In some embodiments, the text in the text region may be dynamic. For example, the text may be enlarged or reduced, rotated, discolored, edge-lit, and the like.

In some embodiments, the candidate picture may be a motion picture. For example, the candidate picture includes a motion picture of a plurality of sub-pictures. Each sub-picture comprises a respective text area. The text area of each sub-picture may be different. In some embodiments, the text added in the text area of each sub-picture is consistent. Thus, although the sub-picture is converted to form the motion picture, the characters presented to the user by the entire motion picture are consistent. In other embodiments, the text added in the text area of each sub-picture is not consistent. The text areas of the individual sub-pictures are combined to be added text. For example, the motion picture includes 3 sub-pictures, and the text to be added is "i love you"; then the text areas of the 3 sub-pictures are added with "i", "love" and "you", respectively. Thus, the candidate pictures dynamically present the added text "i love you" to the user. In some embodiments, the switching of adding text in each sub-picture of the candidate picture may have a special effect. These effects include, but are not limited to: fade-in and fade-out, small to large or large to small then disappear, left to right or right to left then disappear, top to bottom or bottom to top then disappear, etc. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that candidate videos may also be processed in a similar manner. In some examples, the candidate video is capable of playing on-screen text.

In some embodiments, the gallery module 114 stores one or more candidate pictures. The user may view and select stored candidate pictures. For example, the user may click on a "My" button (not shown) in candidate picture area 212 on the input interface to present one or more stored candidate pictures in candidate picture area 212. The user may select from the presented one or more candidate pictures. In some embodiments, the local pictures that the user can view are stored locally via user manipulation. In some embodiments, the stored candidate pictures are divided into a plurality of groups, for example: "favorite", "most commonly used", "pop", "animal", etc. Therefore, the user can find the picture desired by the user more conveniently.

In a gallery storing candidate pictures, the candidate pictures are provided with picture descriptions. In order to facilitate searching candidate pictures, an index library can be built.

For example, the picture description may be one or more words (e.g., keywords), a piece of text, or a combination of one or more words or text and mood. In some embodiments, the picture description describes lines or subtext that match the candidate picture, such as "you are really too beautiful", "i don't hold up the wall and get you" and so on. In some embodiments, the picture description illustrates scenes that the candidate picture fits in describing, such as "busy", "upside down", "halo", and the like. In some embodiments, the picture description illustrates the content, atmosphere, sound, smell, taste, etc. of the candidate picture, e.g., "yellow river," "true scent," "too sweet," etc. In some embodiments, the picture descriptions of the candidate pictures are one or more of the above types of picture descriptions. The above is merely a picture description exemplarily illustrating candidate pictures. Other types of picture descriptions may also be included for the candidate pictures to match the needs of the user.

In some embodiments, the candidate picture comprises a picture classification. The picture category describes the category to which the picture belongs. The picture classification helps to provide candidate pictures according to user preferences to better meet the needs of the user. For example, the user's preference is a lovely small animal. When candidate pictures are provided, candidate pictures that satisfy both animals and sprouts have increased weight when sorted. Thereby, the user can be more satisfied when providing the candidate picture. Likewise, in some embodiments, picture classification may also facilitate obtaining user preferences, alone or in combination with other user information, for a precise representation of a user.

Table 1 below is an example of candidate pictures in a gallery:

table 1: chart table

	Picture name	Characters in picture	Picture classification	Picture description
						1	Pick up hill 0028	Is free of	General purpose, children	Who? …
2	Octopus 0012	Is free of	Efficients, animals	Who is my? …
					3	Small red cap 0010	Asking who did i?	Sprout and children	Brave and wisdom …
4	…	…	…	…

In some embodiments, the candidate pictures include text. The candidate picture may include text that is considered to be part of the candidate picture and is not alterable. A candidate picture that includes text may contain a text region. Alternatively, a candidate picture including text may not contain a text region. When the candidate picture does not include the text area, if the user selects the candidate picture of this type, then in one case, the text on the screen is the same as the text included in the candidate picture, then the picture containing the text desired by the user is obtained without text-text synthesis, and the text-text synthesis step can be omitted. In another case, the text on the screen is different from the text included in the candidate picture, and then the user selects the candidate picture different from the text on the screen to indicate that the user wants to change the content on the screen to obtain the desired picture including the text, which can be regarded as that the steps of changing the content on the screen and synthesizing the text are omitted. Therefore, even pictures that do not include text regions can be stored in the gallery as candidates for the present invention.

The teletext compositing module 116 is used to add on-screen text to the candidate picture. The teletext compositing module 116 may be located locally or on a cloud server. The text composition module 116 retrieves the on-screen text from the interface module 102 and one or more candidate pictures from the gallery module 114 and adds the on-screen text to the one or more candidate pictures. The text on the screen may be text in the current character display area 202.

In some embodiments, the teletext composition module 116, after retrieving the text on the screen, adds the text on the screen to the plurality of candidate pictures provided from the gallery module 114 to form a teletext picture. Referring to fig. 7, a plurality of teletext pictures including onscreen text are shown in the candidate picture area 212 for selection by the user. In some embodiments, the gallery module 114 provides a plurality of teletext candidate images and the number of candidate images that can be presented in the candidate image area 212 of the input interface is less than the number of candidate images provided. The teletext synthesis module 116 adds the candidate words on the screen to a number of candidate pictures greater than the number of candidate pictures that can be presented. Thus, when the user wishes to view more candidate pictures, the user can be presented with other candidate pictures to which the candidate word on the screen is added more quickly.

Further, the user may click to select one candidate picture added with the characters on the screen or select the first candidate picture added with the characters on the screen by clicking a space. Optionally, the user is presented with the selected picture-text synthesis candidate picture added with the on-screen text for the user to browse. Optionally, the user is allowed to adjust the position and or size of the text area, and the font size, font style, color, etc. of the on-screen text. And responding to the confirmation operation of the user, and outputting the image-text synthesis candidate picture added with the upper screen characters. Alternatively, the user selecting the candidate picture with the onscreen text added may already be sufficient to indicate the confirmation operation. To simplify the operation, the interface module 102 directly outputs the teletext candidate image to which the text on the screen is added in response to the selection of the user.

In some embodiments, after the teletext composition module 116 retrieves the onscreen text, the onscreen text is added to the thumbnails of the provided plurality of candidate pictures from the gallery module 114, thereby forming a plurality of thumbnails of candidate pictures that include the onscreen text. The thumbnail is smaller in size and more suitable for being displayed on the input interface. And if the user selects a thumbnail of a candidate picture comprising the characters on the screen, outputting the candidate picture comprising the characters on the screen in the original size. The generation of the candidate picture including the text on the screen in the original size by the teletext synthesis module 116 can be performed either simultaneously with or after the generation of the thumbnail image.

In some embodiments, the teletext synthesis module 116 adds the text on the screen to the candidate picture after acquiring the candidate word on the screen and the candidate picture selected by the user. In other words, in the candidate picture area 212, the candidate picture does not include on-screen text, but merely presents the picture itself. The candidate picture is arranged to indicate to the user a text region of the candidate picture. The manner of indication includes but is not limited to: the outline of the character area is displayed in a fixed manner or in a variable manner such as highlighting, flashing, color changing, and the like. Optionally, the teletext synthesis module 116, after adding the candidate word on the screen to the text region of the selected candidate picture, presents the teletext synthesized picture to the user for browsing by the user. Optionally, the user is allowed to adjust the position and/or size of the text area and the font size, font, layout, color, etc. of the on-screen words. And responding to the confirmation operation of the user, and completing the image-text synthesis between the candidate words on the screen and the selected candidate pictures. The teletext composition module 116 outputs candidate pictures including the onscreen text and the selection that are confirmed by the user. The steps of browsing and confirming may be omitted in order to simplify the operation.

In the embodiment, the output teletext picture/video is loaded into the application program to be input, thereby forming input content with richer expression and more intuitive expression. When the user outputs the teletext picture/video, the input amount area 206 of the input interface also includes an indicator of the amount of teletext picture/video input by the user, such as a progress bar, percentage, etc., and a corresponding bonus indicator in the bonus area 208. The statistics of the number of teletext pictures/videos and the corresponding rewards may be set to different levels, different thresholds, as described above, to encourage users to use teletext pictures/videos. Of course, the input amount area 206 may include a joint indicator of the number of characters or words input by the user and the number of teletext pictures/videos input by the user, and a corresponding bonus indicator in the bonus area 208.

Fig. 8 is a schematic block diagram of an input method system according to another embodiment of the present invention. In the illustrated embodiment, in addition to the modules of FIG. 6, a thesaurus module 118 is included and coupled to the interface module 102. The lexicon module 118 provides one or more candidate words based on the characters entered by the user and is displayed in a candidate word area 214 as shown in fig. 2 and 9, as will be appreciated by those skilled in the art, and the prior art implementations for providing candidate words can all be applied here to provide candidate words that best match the characters or character strings entered by the user. In some embodiments, thesaurus module 118 can send the user-entered character or character string to the server and return one or more matching candidate words from the server, one of which is selected by the user, which is displayed in character display area 204.

Fig. 10 is a flow chart of an input method according to an embodiment of the invention. In this embodiment, the input method includes:

step S100, acquiring user input; for example, each character or character string input by the user is acquired from the character display area 204 of the input interface, or each time the user is on the screen is acquired from the character display area 204.

And step S102, counting the number input by the user and displaying the number input by the user. Taking the user input as the text on the screen as an example, there can be a variety of different statistical ways. For example, taking a day as a statistical period, a counter is adopted to count the number of the characters on the screen input by the user by using the input method on the day. The counter starts at a time of day 12 a.m.: 00, to midnight 11: and 59, finishing, recording a count value after the counting is finished, clearing, and preparing to start the next statistical period. During this one counting period, the counter counts up each time there is a user input until the counting period is over, thereby obtaining the user input amount for the current day, and displays the user input amount in the input amount area 206 in the form of a progress bar or a percentage. For another example, the time when the count value reaches the preset number threshold is taken as a statistical period. For example, when the count value of the counter reaches a preset number threshold, the counting period is ended, the counter is cleared, and when there is more user input, the counting is performed again.

Step S104, comparing the current user input quantity with a preset quantity threshold value. In order to set different levels of rewards, the invention can set corresponding different quantity thresholds. For example, a first quantity threshold for measuring the quantity of user inputs on the day, a second quantity threshold for accumulating the quantity of user inputs, or a quantity threshold corresponding to other reward measures, which are not described herein again. Taking the first number threshold as an example, the currently counted number of user inputs is compared with the first number threshold, and if the number of user inputs is greater than or equal to the first number threshold, the step goes to step S106, and if the number of user inputs is less than the first number threshold, the step goes to step S112.

In response to the user input quantity exceeding the preset quantity threshold, a corresponding reward is provided to the user and a corresponding reward indicator is displayed in the reward area 208, step S106.

Step S108, determining whether the current time reaches the end time of the counting period, for example, 23: 59. if yes, the current counted user input number is recorded in step S110, and the counter for counting the user input number is cleared, and a counting period is ended. If the current time does not reach the statistical period end time, the first number threshold is updated at step S1114 and then returns to step S100.

Step S112, determining whether the current time reaches the end time of the counting period, if so, recording the current counted user input number in step S110, and clearing the counter for counting the user input number to end a counting period. If not, the process returns to step S100.

In this embodiment, the first number threshold may have a plurality of values, that is, if the number of user inputs is large during a day, a plurality of corresponding rewards may be obtained according to the plurality of first number thresholds that are set. The first quantity thresholds can be designed to be stepped, and the corresponding rewards are stepped, so that the purpose that the more the input quantity of the user is, the more rewards are obtained is achieved.

In addition to counting the current user input number by using the first counter, the second counter is also used for counting the user input number in an accumulated manner, namely, the time condition of the day is not limited any more. Instead, the second number threshold is taken as the maximum count value of the second counter, and thus, in the foregoing method, the count value of the second counter is compared with the magnitude of the second number threshold in addition to the currently counted number of user inputs and the first number threshold. The second counter counts the amount of user input from the time the user initially entered using the present input method. Also, the second quantity threshold may have a plurality of values and set a corresponding prize.

In one embodiment of the present invention, a third counter is further provided for reminding the user of rest, and a maximum count value of the third counter is a third number threshold. And when the number of the user inputs is counted, comparing the number of the user inputs with a third number threshold, and when the number of the user inputs is greater than or equal to the third number threshold, outputting a reminding message for reminding the user to rest through a reminding area 210 of the input interface. As shown in fig. 9. The reminding message can be a text message, and can also be accompanied by voice prompt, sound prompt, motion picture prompt and the like. And can also be accompanied by screen locking operation. Thereby reminding the user to take a rest appropriately.

In one embodiment, the third quantity threshold may be adjusted according to the input rate and the input time of the user to adapt to users with different input rates. Specifically, the input rate is calculated according to the input number of the user and the corresponding input time, and then a specific third number threshold is obtained through calculation according to the maximum duration of the input operation set by the system, such as 20 minutes and 30 minutes. For a user, the input rate is calculated when the user has just used the input method, and a third quantity threshold is obtained based on the input rate. When the difference between the real-time input rate of the user and the original input rate is too large and exceeds a preset difference threshold, recalculating the third quantity threshold according to the current user rate, and updating the original third quantity threshold by adopting the new third quantity threshold, so that the reminding message can be always output at a proper time interval, and the fatigue of the user caused by too long input time is prevented.

In another embodiment, the real-time input rate is calculated while counting the number of user inputs, and the real-time input rate of the user is monitored to determine whether the real-time input rate is greater than or equal to the input rate threshold, and a timer is started when the real-time input rate is greater than or equal to the input rate threshold. In the starting process, the real-time input rate of the user is monitored all the time, and before the preset time threshold value of the timer, namely the first time threshold value, is reached, if the real-time input rate of the user is lower than the input rate threshold value, the timer stops timing. When the time period of the time suspension is smaller than the second time threshold, the time of the input operation of the user with the input speed threshold is monitored, and the time of the input operation of the user with the input speed threshold is continuously timed. And when the time period for suspending timing is greater than or equal to the second time threshold, clearing the timer, and when the input operation timing that the user is higher than the input rate threshold is monitored, re-timing the input operation that the user is higher than the input rate threshold. And when the timing time of the timer reaches a first time threshold value, outputting a reminding message for reminding the user to have a rest.

As shown in fig. 11, which is a flowchart of an input method according to another embodiment of the present invention, based on the foregoing method, the input method further includes:

step S300, generating the characters on the screen according to the characters or character strings input by the user. For example, a character or a character string in the character display area 204 is taken as the text on the screen. Or on the basis that the system is provided with a word stock module, the word stock module provides one or more candidate words according to characters input by the user, and the set of the candidate words selected by the user is used as the on-screen characters. As will be appreciated by those skilled in the art, any method of obtaining a character or string of characters input by a user in an input method known in the art may be applied to obtain the user input. In some embodiments, one or more candidate words that match the user-entered character or character string are received by retrieving a local thesaurus or from a cloud server. As will be appreciated by those skilled in the art, any method for matching a character or character string input by a user in input methods known in the art may be applied to obtain one or more candidate words matching the user input.

Step S302, one or more candidate pictures/videos are provided according to characters or on-screen characters input by a user. As previously described, the candidate picture includes a text region that can accommodate one or more texts. The candidate pictures have already been described in the previous sections, and are not described in detail here.

Fig. 12 is a flowchart of a method of providing candidate pictures according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown, the method 600 for providing candidate pictures includes the following steps:

at step 610, the onscreen text or keywords thereof are obtained. In some embodiments of the present invention, the onscreen text may be acquired in a variety of ways. For example, as previously described, an on-screen text acquisition module may be employed to acquire on-screen text. Of course, other ways of obtaining the onscreen text are possible. For example, the onscreen text is obtained from an application program that receives the onscreen text.

Optionally, after the on-screen text is obtained, the on-screen text may be further analyzed to obtain keywords of the on-screen text. The keywords of the characters on the screen are beneficial to improving the matching rate and accelerating the speed of retrieval and matching. For example, keywords of the text on the screen are acquired in the following manner. First, the onscreen text is divided into a plurality of words according to semantics. For example: "what is your arrangement today? "this piece of onscreen text can be divided into the following 7 sections" today/you/arrangement/what/? ", where"? "is a punctuation mark. The onscreen text includes 6 words. Then, the dummy words and pronouns are removed from the on-screen text according to the nature of the words. For example, after removing the particle, the remaining words are "today, scheduled". Next, words are given different weights according to their attributes. For example, the weights of words representing subjects, predicates, and objects are greater than the weights of words representing determinants; the weights of words representing a fixed and complementary language are greater than the weights of words representing a shape. In the above example, the weight of "arrange" is greater than the weight of "today". Thus, as indicated above, in some embodiments, the keyword extraction module obtains keywords and weights for the keywords. In the above example, the keywords "arrange" and "today" were obtained; where the weight of "scheduled" is greater than the weight of "today". In some embodiments, the number of keywords obtained by the keyword extraction module is limited. The lower weighted keywords may be omitted. In some embodiments, the mood of the onscreen text is also extracted as a keyword.

As will be appreciated by those skilled in the art, the above method is merely illustrative of the technical solution of the present invention and does not limit the scope thereof. The methods of automatic semantic analysis in the prior art can be applied to extract keywords in the text on the screen. The retrieval process can be simplified by acquiring the keywords of the characters on the screen, and the speed and the accuracy of searching and matching are improved.

Optionally, the text may be further analyzed after the text is obtained to obtain the attributes of the text, such as recognition, derelisation, neutrality, praise, irony, etc. The attribute of the text on the screen is beneficial to recommending the candidate pictures to the user. Optionally, user history and preferences may be further obtained. The user history and preferences facilitate recommendation of candidate pictures to the user.

At step 620, matching candidate pictures are retrieved from the gallery based on the onscreen text or keywords thereof. In some embodiments, the candidate pictures in the gallery include one or more of a picture description, a picture classification, and text in a picture. Matching candidate pictures can be searched based on-screen text or keywords thereof using an index established from one or more of the candidate pictures including picture descriptions, picture classifications, and text in the pictures. As will be appreciated by those skilled in the art, other ways of searching for matching candidate pictures may be applied herein to enable retrieval of candidate pictures.

In some embodiments, the method further comprises the step of ranking the matched candidate pictures. For example, the matching candidate pictures have different weights according to various factors such as the matching attribute and the matching degree. The candidate pictures can be sorted according to the weights of the candidate pictures. For example, in one embodiment, the matching results are ranked based on one or more of the following factors: (1) matching degree of the on-screen characters or keywords thereof with picture description of the candidate picture and/or characters in the picture; (2) matching degree of the on-screen characters or keywords thereof with the candidate picture categories; (3) selecting a historical record of candidate pictures by a user; (4) matching degree of user preference and candidate picture category; (5) degree of match of user attributes to candidate picture categories (6) popularity of a candidate picture in its picture category; (7) the general degree of the candidate pictures; (8) the ratio of the candidate picture category in the retrieval result; and so on. As will be appreciated by those skilled in the art, the above is merely an exemplary illustration of some factors that may apply to candidate picture ordering and does not encompass all factors that may be possible. Other factors that are beneficial to provide the user's desired or better graphics effect may also be indicators of candidate picture ordering references.

In some embodiments, the above ranking factor of the candidate pictures is embodied by the ranking of the candidate pictures. For example, the higher the degree of matching, the higher the weight. In some embodiments, the weight of the onscreen text or keywords thereof that are completely consistent with the text in the picture is higher than the weight of the onscreen text or keywords thereof that are included in the text in the picture. However, different factors have different top weights. For example, the highest weight of the matching degree of the characters on the screen or the keywords thereof and the characters in the candidate picture is greater than the highest weight of the matching degree of the characters on the screen or the keywords thereof and the picture description in the candidate picture. In other words, if the on-screen text is completely consistent with the text in the first candidate picture; likewise, also in full agreement with the picture description of the second candidate picture, the first candidate picture is ordered further forward than the second candidate picture. Other ranking factors can also be embodied in the ranking by adjustment of weights, as will be appreciated by those skilled in the art. In some embodiments, the search module forms personalized search results by dynamically adjusting the weights of the candidate pictures to better match the needs of the user. Other methods related to weight adjustment in the prior art can also be applied to the method, so that the technical effect of the invention is better improved.

In step 630, in response to no matching candidate picture or insufficient number of candidate pictures, a supplementary candidate picture is provided. The number of candidate pictures is determined by the number of pictures that can be presented by the input method interface and the number of additional candidate pictures that are provided to facilitate the user to quickly browse through more pictures. Therefore, the number of candidate pictures is generally greater than or equal to the number of pictures that can be presented by the input method interface. And if no matched candidate picture exists or the number of candidate pictures is insufficient, providing the supplementary candidate pictures for the user to select.

In some embodiments, the supplemental candidate pictures may be randomly retrieved from the gallery. Since the picture collocation is more flexible, even if candidate pictures are randomly provided, the possibility that a user can select a suitable candidate picture from the randomly acquired candidate pictures is very high. In some embodiments, the supplemental candidate pictures are provided according to a history of user selection of candidate pictures. In some embodiments, the supplemental candidate pictures are provided according to a user's preference. If user attribute information is available, supplemental candidate pictures may also be provided based on user attributes. In some embodiments, currently popular topics may also be good choices. For example, if a movie is currently being shown, then the candidate pictures that provide the theme of the movie may also meet the user's expectations.

In step 640, matching candidate pictures and/or supplementary candidate pictures are provided on an input interface of the input method. In some embodiments, the input method interface displays thumbnails of the candidate pictures and/or supplemental candidate pictures. As described above, even if it is a thumbnail of a candidate picture and/or a supplementary candidate picture, it may be a picture including onscreen characters. In some embodiments, the candidate picture and/or the supplemental candidate picture may include text but not include a text region. If the user selects such candidate pictures, the user can be considered to confirm that the characters included in the pictures are the characters on the screen.

In step S304, a graphics-text composite picture/video including the text on the screen is synthesized based on the text on the screen and the candidate picture/video, and displayed in the candidate picture area 212. During synthesis, the candidate picture original images can be adopted for synthesis, and after synthesis, thumbnails are generated and displayed; alternatively, thumbnail images of candidate pictures may be used for synthesis, and the thumbnail images may be displayed. After the user selects one composite thumbnail, the original image is used for synthesizing the image-text composite picture and outputting the image-text composite picture.

And S306, responding to the selection operation of the user, and outputting the image-text composite picture/video. The picture-text composite picture not only comprises the characters on the screen desired by the user, but also comprises rich and colorful picture contents, and the picture-text combination is realized, so that the expression of an input method is greatly enriched, and the input entertainment is increased. In some embodiments, the candidate picture may be a motion picture. In some embodiments, the candidate picture may be replaced by a candidate video. In the embodiments, the expression of the input method is more abundant, and the entertainment is stronger.

When the user input is counted, the image-text composite pictures can be used as a user input to be counted separately and displayed in the input amount area 206; it is also possible to combine a teletext picture/video as a character or text with the characters or text entered by the user as the user input number.

The embodiment searches the picture or video matched with the user input content based on the content input by the user, and combines the picture or video to form the picture or video containing the content input by the user. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that although the foregoing description is of a picture as an example, the inventive arrangements can also be applied in a similar manner to video, for example small video with a time of less than 5 seconds, 10 seconds or 15 seconds.

The reward in the invention can be distributed to the user in the form of currency, and can also be distributed in other forms, such as a shopping coupon, a registration coupon of a course, a reading coupon of a reading website, a download currency of a database and the like. In one embodiment, the reward category can be set before the user uses the input method, so that the reward of the mood of the user is acquired in the process of using the input method, the use pleasure of the user is encouraged, and the use rate of the input method is improved.

The above embodiments are provided only for illustrating the present invention and not for limiting the present invention, and those skilled in the art can make various changes and modifications without departing from the scope of the present invention, and therefore, all equivalent technical solutions should fall within the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. An input method system, comprising:

an interface module configured to provide an input interface;

a statistics module configured to calculate a user input quantity; and

a reward module configured to provide a corresponding reward to the user in response to the current user input number exceeding a preset number threshold;

wherein the input interface includes an input amount region in which an indicator of a user input amount is displayed and a bonus region in which a bonus indicator is displayed.

2. The input method system of claim 1, wherein the number of user inputs is a number of user inputs on a current day or time.

3. The input method system of claim 1, the reward module further configured to provide a first reward to a user in response to a number of currently obtained user inputs on a day exceeding a first number threshold; and providing a second reward to the user in response to the currently obtained cumulative amount of user input exceeding a second amount threshold.

4. The input method system of claim 3, the reward module further configured to provide a different first reward or second reward based at least in part on a user level.

5. The input method system of claim 4, the reward module further configured to provide a greater first reward or second reward in response to a user level being lower.

6. The input method system of claim 5, the reward module further configured to decrease a level of a user in response to the user completing a predetermined task.

7. The input method system of claim 1, further comprising a first alarm module configured to output, via the interface module, a reminder message reminding a user to rest in response to the daily user input number exceeding a third number threshold.

8. The input method system of claim 1, further comprising a rate calculation module configured to calculate a user input rate, the interface module further comprising an input rate presentation area to display a current user input rate.

9. The input method system of claim 8, further comprising:

a timing module configured to time a user with an input operation above an input rate threshold; and

a second alert module configured to output, by the interface module, a reminder message reminding a user to rest in response to when a secondary user exceeds a first time threshold with operations above an input rate threshold.

10. The input method system of claim 1, further comprising:

a gallery module configured to provide one or more candidate pictures/videos according to user input; and

a teletext composition module configured to synthesize a teletext picture/video including on-screen text based on the one or more candidate pictures/videos.

11. The input method system of claim 10, wherein the input amount area of the interface module includes an indicator of the number of the user-input teletext pictures/videos.

12. The input method system of claim 10, wherein the input volume area of the interface module includes a joint indicator of the number of characters or words input by the user and the number of pictures/videos synthesized by the user.

13. An input method, comprising:

acquiring user input;

counting the current user input number and displaying the current user input number; and

comparing the current user input number with a preset number threshold, and providing corresponding rewards for the user in response to the user input number exceeding the preset number threshold.

14. The input method of claim 15, wherein the number of user inputs is a number of user inputs on a current day or time.

15. The input method according to claim 15, wherein the current user input number is the user input number up to the current day, correspondingly, the preset number threshold is a first number threshold, and the corresponding reward is a first reward; and the current user input quantity is the current accumulated user input quantity, correspondingly, the preset quantity threshold is a second quantity threshold, and the corresponding reward is a second reward.

16. The input method of claim 15, further comprising: and outputting a reminding message for reminding the user to rest when the input number of the user on the day exceeds a third number threshold value.

17. The input method of claim 21, further comprising:

calculating the current input rate of the user;

comparing the current input rate with the input rate when the third quantity threshold is obtained;

and updating the third quantity threshold according to the current user rate in response to the fact that the difference between the current input rate and the input rate when the third quantity threshold is acquired is larger than or equal to a preset difference threshold.

18. The input method of claim 15, further comprising:

calculating the current input rate of the user;

when the user operates at an input operation higher than the input rate threshold, timing the input operation of the user at the input operation higher than the input rate threshold; and

and outputting a reminding message for reminding the user to rest when the input operation time of the user with the input speed higher than the input speed threshold exceeds a first time threshold.

19. The input method of claim 23, further comprising:

when the timing is performed on the input operation of the user, the timing is suspended in response to the current input speed being lower than the input speed threshold;

timing the time period of the timing suspension;

and in response to the input operation of the user with the input speed threshold value, when the time period for the time pause is less than the second time threshold value, continuing to time the input operation of the user with the input speed threshold value, and when the time period for the time pause is greater than or equal to the second time threshold value, re-timing the input operation of the user with the input speed threshold value.

20. The input method of claim 15, further comprising:

providing one or more candidate pictures/videos according to user input; and

to compose a teletext picture/video containing the onscreen text based on one or more candidate pictures/videos.

21. The input method of claim 20, further comprising: and counting and displaying the number of the image-text composite pictures/videos input by the user.