CN113534973A

CN113534973A - Input method, input device and input device

Info

Publication number: CN113534973A
Application number: CN202010301718.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 杨帆
Original assignee: Beijing Sogou Technology Development Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Sogou Technology Development Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-04-16
Filing date: 2020-04-16
Publication date: 2021-10-22
Anticipated expiration: 2040-04-16
Also published as: CN113534973B

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention provides an input method, an input device and a device for inputting. The method specifically comprises the following steps: monitoring preset operation of a user for the content which is displayed on the screen; receiving an input string of a user after the preset operation is monitored; determining relevant information corresponding to the input string; the related information includes: context information, and/or preset operation information, and/or deleted on-screen content; determining a first candidate corresponding to the input string according to the related information; and displaying the candidate corresponding to the input string. The embodiment of the invention can improve the accuracy of the first candidate, and further can improve the input efficiency of a user.

Description

Input method, input device and input device

Technical Field

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

Background

With the continuous development of communication technology, portable terminals have been rapidly developed and popularized, and accordingly, users generally need to input using an input method. At present, an input method can receive an input string of a user, search and display candidates of a corresponding language in a word stock according to the input string, and then screen the candidates selected by the user.

In practical applications, users have a need to correct the displayed content. For example, content is inserted between the "middle lines" of the already-on-screen content; or deleting all or part of the on-screen content and then re-inputting. Under the condition of correcting the content which is displayed on the screen, the input method program can search and display the candidate of the corresponding language in the word stock according to the new input string input by the user.

The inventor finds that in the process of implementing the embodiment of the invention, the correction of the displayed content generally requires the user to move the cursor or backspace and re-input, which results in low correction efficiency of the displayed content.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the invention provides an input method, an input device and an input device, which can improve the accuracy of a first candidate and further improve the input efficiency of a user.

In order to solve the above problem, an embodiment of the present invention discloses an input method, including:

monitoring preset operation of a user for the content which is displayed on the screen;

receiving an input string of a user after the preset operation is monitored;

determining relevant information corresponding to the input string; the related information includes: context information, and/or preset operation information, and/or deleted on-screen content;

determining a first candidate corresponding to the input string according to the related information;

and displaying the candidate corresponding to the input string.

In another aspect, an embodiment of the present invention discloses an input device, including:

the monitoring module is used for monitoring preset operation of a user for the content which is displayed on the screen;

the receiving module is used for receiving an input string of a user after the preset operation is monitored;

the related information determining module is used for determining related information corresponding to the input string; the related information includes: context information, and/or preset operation information, and/or deleted on-screen content;

the candidate determining module is used for determining a first candidate corresponding to the input string according to the relevant information; and

and the display module is used for displaying the candidate corresponding to the input string.

In yet another aspect, an embodiment of the present invention discloses 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 comprises instructions for:

receiving an input string of a user after the preset operation is monitored;

and displaying the candidate corresponding to the input string.

In yet another aspect, embodiments of the invention disclose a machine-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, which when executed by one or more processors, cause an apparatus to perform an input method as described in one or more of the preceding.

The embodiment of the invention has the following advantages:

in the embodiment of the invention, if the preset operation of the user for the on-screen content is monitored and the input string of the user is received after the preset operation, the user can be considered to have the requirement for correcting the on-screen content; in this case, the related information corresponding to the input string may be determined, and the first candidate corresponding to the input string may be determined according to the related information. According to the embodiment of the invention, the relevant information corresponding to the input string is utilized in the process of determining the first candidate corresponding to the input string, and the relevant information can provide a guiding function for determining the first candidate, so that the accuracy of the first candidate can be improved, and the input efficiency of a user can be 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 schematic illustration of an environment in which an input method of an embodiment of the invention may be used;

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

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating steps of a second embodiment of an input method;

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of an input device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of an apparatus 800 for input of the present invention; and

fig. 6 is a schematic structural 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 that in the process of implementing the embodiment of the invention, under the condition of correcting the content which is displayed on the screen, the input method program can search and display the candidate of the corresponding language in the word stock according to the input string which is input again by the user. For example, if the content on the screen is "middle line", the user moves the cursor between "middle line" and "line" and inputs a new input string "xinyin", the input method program may search for candidates corresponding to the new input string in the lexicon, such as "heart sound", "heart addiction", "new bank", "new", "heart", and the like, for the user to select. Suppose that the user wants to input 'credit silver', but the word stock does not have 'credit silver', so the input method program cannot provide the candidate of 'credit silver'; therefore, the user needs to sequentially select the single character candidates "letter" and "silver" from the candidate list provided by the input method program to realize the input of "letter silver". However, the sequential selection of the single word candidates "letter" and "silver" consumes a large input cost, so that the correction efficiency for the already-displayed content is low.

According to the technical problem of low correction efficiency of the on-screen content, an embodiment of the present invention provides an input scheme, where the scheme may include: monitoring preset operation of a user for the content which is displayed on the screen; receiving an input string of a user after monitoring the preset operation; determining relevant information corresponding to the input string; the related information includes: context information, and/or preset operation information, and/or deleted on-screen content; determining a first candidate corresponding to the input string according to the related information; and displaying the candidate corresponding to the input string.

The input method provided by the embodiment of the present invention can be applied to the application environment shown in fig. 1, as shown in fig. 1, the client 100 and the server 200 are located in a wired or wireless network, and the client 100 and the server 200 perform data interaction through the wired or wireless network.

Optionally, the client 100 may run on a terminal, which 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 client 100 may correspond to a website, or APP (Application). The client 100 may correspond to an application program such as an input method APP.

The embodiment of the invention can be applied to input method programs of various input modes such as keyboard symbols, handwriting, voice and the like. Taking the keyboard symbol input mode as an example, the user may perform text input through the code character string, and the input string may refer to the code character string input by the user. 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. Hereinafter, the description will be mainly given by taking Chinese as an example, and other languages such as Japanese and Korean may be referred to each other. It is to be understood that the above-mentioned chinese input methods may include, but are not limited to, full pinyin, simple pinyin, strokes, five strokes, voice, etc., and the embodiment of the present invention is not limited to a specific input method program corresponding to a certain language.

Taking the input of chinese as an example, the types of the encoding character string may include: pinyin strings, character strings (such as pencils, etc.). Taking english input as an example, the types of the encoding strings may include: alphabetic strings, and the like.

In practical applications, for the input mode of keyboard symbols, a user may input the input string through a physical keyboard or a virtual keyboard. For example, for a terminal with a touch screen, a virtual keyboard may be set in the input interface to use input of an input string by triggering virtual keys included in the virtual keyboard. Optionally, examples of the virtual keyboard may include: a 9-key keyboard, a 26-key keyboard, etc. Moreover, it can be understood that, in addition to the virtual keys corresponding to the letters, the input interface may also be provided with symbol keys, numeric keys, and function keys such as a chinese-english switching key, or may also be provided with toolbar keys, and it can be understood that the specific keys included in the input interface are not limited in the embodiments of the present invention.

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 an embodiment of the invention, the candidates may be used to represent one or more characters provided by the input method program to be selected by the user. The candidates may be characters of languages such as chinese characters, english characters, japanese characters, and the like, or symbol combinations in the form of characters, pictures, and the like. The above-mentioned characters include but are not limited to drawings composed of lines, symbols, and words, for example, examples of the above-mentioned characters may include: ": p ",": o ",": etc.

Method embodiment one

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

step 201, monitoring preset operation of a user for the content which is displayed on the screen;

step 202, receiving an input string of a user after monitoring the preset operation;

step 203, determining relevant information corresponding to the input string; the related information may include: context information, and/or preset operation information, and/or deleted on-screen content;

step 204, determining a first candidate corresponding to the input string according to the related information;

and step 205, displaying the candidate corresponding to the input string.

At least one step of the first method embodiment shown in fig. 2 may be executed by the client and/or the server, and it is understood that the embodiment of the present invention does not impose a limitation on a specific execution subject of the first method embodiment.

In step 201, the screen-up refers to an operation of displaying the content in the preview window to the application window. Specifically to the input method program, the screen-up may refer to an operation of displaying a candidate output in the candidate window to the application window. The screened content may characterize candidates for screening, such as "middle lines", "politics", etc. of the screen.

The preset operation may characterize an operation related to the already-on-screen content. The preset operation may include: cursor movement operation, or deletion operation, or recall operation. The revocation operation may characterize the revocation operation for the sent information in an instant messaging scenario.

In the case of entering text in a text box or in an application program in a computer system, a cursor is used to display the location where the text is to be entered. For example, after "middle line" is input in the text box, the cursor is located at a position after "line", and when an operation of moving the cursor forward is received, the cursor is located at a position between "middle" and "line".

The delete operation may be used to delete all or part of the already-on-screen content. For example, the user deletes all of the already-screened content "political agreements", and so on.

In step 202, if it is monitored that the user performs the preset operation on the displayed content and receives the input string of the user after the preset operation, it may be determined that the user has a need to correct the displayed content, and therefore, the subsequent step 203 may be performed.

In step 203, the related information corresponding to the input string may be determined, so that the related information is used in the determination process of the first candidate corresponding to the input string.

The related information may include: context information, and/or preset operation information, and/or deleted on-screen content.

The context information may include: above, and/or below. Optionally, the context is typically the portion before the cursor and the context is typically the portion after the cursor.

Optionally, the above may include: the last time or last times of the content that has been on the screen. The method can determine the content according to the displayed content corresponding to the preset operation; for example, the already-displayed content related to the preset operation may be regarded as the above. Alternatively, the above may be determined according to punctuation marks corresponding to the displayed content. For example, the already-on-screen content following a period or comma may be considered as above, and so on. It is to be understood that the embodiments of the invention are not limited to the specific details set forth above.

In an optional embodiment of the present invention, the related information may further include: a user characteristic.

The user characteristics may refer to characteristics that the user has. Optionally, the user characteristics may include at least one of the following: preference features and static features.

Static features may be relatively stable features such as the user's age, gender, geography, academic, business, occupation, marriage, consumption level, identity (e.g., dad, mom, grandpa, etc.), and the like.

The preference feature is typically dynamic with respect to the relative stability of the static feature described above, which may change with changing user behavior. In an alternative embodiment of the present application, the preference feature may refer to a user's preference feature for content. Wherein the preference characteristic may vary with a user's behavior (at least one of an input behavior, a browse behavior, a search behavior, a collection behavior, a save behavior, an attention behavior, a purchase behavior, a share behavior, a select behavior, and an evaluate behavior) with respect to the content.

The preference feature may include: language style characteristics. For example, the linguistic style characteristics of the user may be determined based on historical input data of the user.

Language style features may be used to characterize the style of the language used by the user. Examples of language style features may include: humorous style, serious style, etc. For example, if the user has a high percentage of humorous words in the input content, the language-style features of the user may be considered to include "humorous style". For another example, the input content of the user includes a high proportion of serious words, and the overall style is biased to be serious, so that the language style characteristics of the user can be considered to include "serious style". It is to be understood that the embodiments of the present invention are not limited to a specific user style.

In an optional embodiment of the present invention, the related information may further include: and inputting the environmental characteristics. The input environment characteristics may be used to characterize the environment information in which the terminal is located at the time of the user input. The input environment characteristics can reflect the input intention of the user to a certain extent, so that the relation is established between the input environment characteristics and the input intention of the user, the input intention of the user can be indirectly identified, and the input efficiency of the user is improved.

In practical applications, the input environment features may include various types of features. Optionally, the input environment feature may include: at least one of a temporal environment feature, a location environment feature, a climate environment feature, an application environment feature, and a page environment feature.

In the case where the application environment feature is a communication environment feature, the input environment feature may further include: and (5) the characteristics of the opposite-end user.

In an optional embodiment of the present invention, the peer user feature may include: the system comprises registration information of an opposite terminal user on a communication platform, and/or setting information of local terminal user characteristics aiming at the opposite terminal user, and/or evaluation information corresponding to the opposite terminal user.

In the embodiment of the present invention, when a user registers a user account on a communication platform, the user usually submits corresponding registration information, where the registration information may include: nickname, age, region, etc., the embodiment of the present invention may obtain the user characteristics according to the registration information.

The setting information of the home terminal user characteristic for the opposite terminal user may include: remark information, grouping information, or the like, the embodiment of the present invention may determine the user relationship according to the setting information, and apply the user relationship to the determination process of the first candidate. For example, if the grouping information corresponding to the opposite-end user is "family", the user relationship is "family". If the grouping information corresponding to the opposite-end user is 'wife', the user relationship is 'wife'.

The evaluation information corresponding to the peer user may refer to evaluation information of other users for the peer user, such as "talent girl", "known girl", "humor", and the like. The embodiment of the invention can determine the favorite features of the opposite terminal user according to the evaluation features.

In step 204, in the conventional technology, a candidate corresponding to the input string is usually searched in the lexicon, in which case a second candidate corresponding to the input string may be obtained. Common thesaurus may include: a system thesaurus, a user thesaurus, etc.

For example, if the content on the screen is "middle line", the user a moves the cursor between "middle line" and "line", and inputs the new input string "xinyin", the input method program may search the lexicon for a second candidate corresponding to the new input string, such as "heart sound", "addiction", "new bank", "new", "heart", and the like, for the user to select.

In the embodiment of the invention, the related information corresponding to the input string is utilized in the process of determining the first candidate corresponding to the input string, and the related information can provide a guiding function for determining the first candidate, so that the accuracy of the first candidate can be improved, and the input efficiency of a user can be improved.

The embodiment of the present invention may provide the following technical solution for determining the first candidate corresponding to the input string:

the technical scheme 1,

In technical solution 1, the determining the candidate corresponding to the input string specifically includes: and determining a first candidate corresponding to the input string according to the on-screen content corresponding to the input string under the condition of the related information.

Under the condition of the related information, the on-screen content corresponding to the input string can be provided by the internet users, and the on-screen content can reflect the input habits of most internet users in the same or similar scenes, so that the accuracy of the first candidate can be improved.

In an optional embodiment of the present invention, the client may monitor a preset operation of the user for the content that has been displayed on the screen; receiving an input string of a user after monitoring the preset operation; determining relevant information corresponding to the input string; and recording the content which is displayed on the screen by the user under the condition of the related information. And the client can report the content of the user on the screen under the condition of the related information to the server. The server may save the on-screen contents of the plurality of users under the condition of the related information.

Optionally, the server may further analyze the content that has been displayed by the plurality of users under the condition of the related information. For example, the frequency of use of the on-screen content and the like under the condition of the above-described related information may be analyzed. Optionally, the on-screen content whose usage frequency exceeds the frequency threshold may be used as the first candidate corresponding to the input string according to the usage frequency of the on-screen content corresponding to the input string under the condition of the related information.

The first candidate obtained in technical solution 1 may be different from the entry in the thesaurus, that is, the first candidate may not be in the thesaurus, so the range of the first candidate can be increased.

A typical thesaurus includes: a system word stock and a user word stock.

The system word bank can be obtained by adopting a statistical learning method for the materials and then extracting words with high frequency of use.

To enhance the user experience, the client may record the user's on-screen content to the user lexicon. The user lexicon may include a first entry in the system lexicon, and may also include: a second entry not in the system thesaurus newly entered by the user.

For example, the content of the displayed screen is "middle line", the user a moves the cursor to between "middle line" and "row", and inputs the new input string "xinyin", and since the system lexicon and the user lexicon of the user a do not include "credit" respectively, the input method program cannot provide the candidate of "credit" for the user a.

However, in the technical solution 1, the entry which is not input by the user a can be provided to the user a by using the content which is already displayed by other users under the condition of the related information, so that the range of the first candidate can be increased.

For example, the content that has been displayed by other users, such as user B and user C, under the condition of the relevant information includes: "credit" etc., so user a may be provided with the "credit" candidate.

Technical solution 2

In technical solution 2, the determining the candidate corresponding to the input string specifically includes: and searching a word bank to obtain the target entry hitting the context information and the input string.

Alternatively, a third entry prefixed by the above text and suffixed by the below text may be first searched in the word stock, and then the third entry is matched with the input string to obtain a fourth entry matching the input string from the third entry, and then the target entry is obtained according to the fourth entry.

For example, if the content of the displayed screen is "middle line", the user a moves the cursor between "middle line" and "line" and inputs the new input string "xinyin", the embodiment of the present invention may check the third entry with "middle" as the prefix and "line" as the suffix in the lexicon, such as "chinese bank", "middle bank", "chinese people bank", "chinese industrial and commercial bank", "chinese construction bank", and the like. Then, in the embodiment of the present invention, the third entry is matched with the input string, and a part between an upper context and a lower context in the third entry may be matched with the input string, so as to obtain a fourth entry "bank in the middle" matched with the input string, and further obtain a target entry "bank in the middle".

Technical solution 2 may obtain the first candidate that is not located in the thesaurus, that is, the first candidate may not be located in the thesaurus, so the range of the first candidate can be increased.

Technical solution 3

In technical solution 3, the determining the candidate corresponding to the input string may specifically include: according to the mapping relation between the abbreviation words and the complete words, determining complete information corresponding to the deleted on-screen content; and determining the candidate corresponding to the input string according to the complete information.

The embodiment of the present invention may preset a mapping relationship between the abbreviation and the whole word, and an example of the mapping relationship is shown with reference to table 1.

TABLE 1

Acronyms	Complete word
		Government cooperation	China's political negotiation conference
SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome)	Atypical hepatitis B
		Big human body	Representative congress of people
Great north	Peking University
		North navigation	Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Shenwu tea	Shenzhou Wu jiao
		Shuangguan (two broad purposes)	Guangdong and Guangxi provinces
…	…

For example, after inputting the already-screened content "political agreement", the user B backs up twice to delete the "political agreement", and then inputs a new input string "zhongguorenmin", determines the complete information "chinese political negotiation conference" corresponding to the already-screened content "political agreement", and in a case where it is confirmed that the complete information matches the new input string, takes the "chinese political negotiation conference" as a first candidate corresponding to the new input string. In this example, complete information corresponding to the deleted on-screen content may be determined, and the first candidate may be determined according to the determined complete information.

In an embodiment of the present invention, a thesaurus may be searched to obtain a target entry that hits the complete information and the input string. For example, if the complete information is a, the target entry may be an entry in the thesaurus that includes a, where a may be located at the beginning, middle, or end of the target entry.

Technical solution 4

In technical solution 4, the determining the candidate corresponding to the input string may specifically include: determining annotation information corresponding to the deleted on-screen content; and determining the candidate corresponding to the input string according to the annotation information.

The annotation information can be used to interpret the context information. In practical applications, a user may first input a concept or entity and later want to input annotation information for the concept or entity. Thus, the user first deletes the concept or entity and then re-enters the annotation information, which is typically longer and therefore typically requires more input costs. The embodiment of the invention can quickly provide the first candidate corresponding to the annotation information according to the deleted annotation information corresponding to the on-screen content, thereby improving the input efficiency of the user.

For example, if the user C first inputs "homed" and then inputs "haiwai" after deleting "homed", the embodiment of the present invention may quickly provide a first candidate "person who leaves abroad and goes back to the country and entrepreneur" to improve the input efficiency of the user. Compared with the conventional technology, the technical scheme 4 can quickly provide long candidates which are not located in the word stock so as to improve the input efficiency.

The process of determining the candidate corresponding to the input string is described in detail through technical solutions 1 to 4, and it can be understood that a person skilled in the art may adopt any one or a combination of technical solutions 1 to 4 according to actual application requirements, and the embodiment of the present invention does not limit the specific process of determining the candidate corresponding to the input string.

In step 204, the presented candidates may include: the first candidate and the second candidate, and the second candidate may be a candidate that is not found according to the related information, for example, a candidate found by merely searching in the word stock according to the input string.

The embodiment of the invention displays the candidate corresponding to the input string, and can be selected by the user. If the user is satisfied with the first candidate, the first candidate may be displayed on the screen to improve the input efficiency. If the user is not satisfied with the first candidate, the selection of the candidate may be performed according to conventional techniques.

In an optional embodiment of the present invention, the first candidate and the second candidate corresponding to the input string may be presented in an order according to the above related information.

In the conventional technique of sorting candidates, the candidates are usually sorted according to the word frequency of the entry corresponding to the candidate. The term frequency may represent the number of occurrences of an entry in a corpus, or the number of entries entered by a user for an entry. Generally, the higher the word frequency, the earlier the ranking position.

According to the embodiment of the invention, the corresponding ranking score can be increased aiming at the second candidate matched with the related information, so that the position of the second candidate is advanced, and the display probability of the second candidate is further proved.

For example, after inputting the already-screened content "political agreement", the user B backs up twice to delete the "political agreement", and then inputs a new input string "zhongguorenmin", determines the complete information "chinese political negotiation conference" corresponding to the already-screened content "political agreement", and in a case where it is confirmed that the complete information matches the new input string, takes the "chinese political negotiation conference" as a first candidate corresponding to the new input string. The second candidate corresponding to the new input string "zhongguorenmin" may include: "China people liberation force", "China people bank", "Chinese people" and so on. In the process of sorting the first candidate and the second candidate, the sorting score of the second candidate can be increased to advance the position of the second candidate, for example, the second candidate can be displayed on a first candidate page, so that page turning operation of a user is reduced, and input efficiency is improved.

To sum up, in the input method of the embodiment of the present invention, if the preset operation of the user for the content already on the screen is monitored and the input string of the user is received after the preset operation, it can be considered that the user has a need to correct the content already on the screen; in this case, the related information corresponding to the input string may be determined, and the first candidate corresponding to the input string may be determined according to the related information. According to the embodiment of the invention, the relevant information corresponding to the input string is utilized in the process of determining the first candidate corresponding to the input string, and the relevant information can provide a guiding function for determining the first candidate, so that the accuracy of the first candidate can be improved, and the input efficiency of a user can be improved.

Method embodiment two

Referring to fig. 3, a flowchart illustrating steps of a second embodiment of the input method of the present invention is shown, which may specifically include the following steps:

301, monitoring preset operation of a user for the content on the screen;

step 302, after the preset operation is monitored, receiving an input string of a user;

step 303, determining relevant information corresponding to the input string; the related information may include: context information, and/or preset operation information, and/or deleted on-screen content;

step 304, determining a first candidate corresponding to the input string according to the related information;

step 305, displaying the candidate corresponding to the input string;

with respect to the first embodiment of the method shown in fig. 2, the method may further include:

and step 306, determining a third candidate corresponding to the input string according to the annotation information corresponding to the communication content.

In the embodiment of the invention, the communication content can represent interactive content in a communication scene. The communication content may include: the first content is sent to the communication opposite end, and/or the second content is received from the communication opposite end.

In a communication scenario, a user may have a need to interpret the communication content. For example, when the user D chats with the user E, the user D sends a certain network expression to the user E, and in order to facilitate the user E to understand the network expression, it is necessary to input annotation information corresponding to the network expression to interpret the network expression. The annotation information is long, and therefore, the input cost is usually high.

The embodiment of the invention can determine the third candidate corresponding to the input string according to the annotation information corresponding to the communication content, so that the annotation information can be quickly provided through the third candidate, thereby saving the input cost and improving the input efficiency.

For example, if the user D sends a certain network term "kelp" to the user E and generates the input string "chuguo", a third candidate may be provided based on the annotation information "kelp" corresponding to "kelp" and people who cannot find work after going abroad and learning back to the country. For example, the annotation information "people who cannot find work after going out of country and learning back to country" may be directly used as the third candidate, or the annotation information may be preprocessed to obtain the third candidate, and the like.

The embodiment of the invention can also meet the inquiry requirement of the opposite communication terminal for the network expression. For example, the second content sent by the correspondent node is "what is meant by sea tangle", and the embodiment of the present invention may provide corresponding annotation information in a third candidate form.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of types of annotation information can be obtained for communication content, and in this case, the annotation information may be matched with the input string to filter the annotation information. For example, the annotation information of "kelp" includes: the annotation information 1 and the annotation information 2 are, for example, the annotation information 1 is "long-lasting macroalgae, namely, phylon, kelp and Chinese cabbage, and the annotation information 2 is" people who can not find work after going out of country and going back to country ", and the like, and the annotation information 1 and the annotation information 2 are respectively matched with the input string in the embodiment of the present invention, wherein the annotation information 1 is not matched with the input string, and the annotation information 2 is matched with the input string, so that a third candidate annotation can be obtained according to the annotation information 2.

It is to be appreciated that after the third candidate is obtained, the third candidate can be presented. The first candidate, the second candidate, and the third candidate may be presented for selection by a user.

In summary, according to the input method of the embodiment of the present invention, the third candidate corresponding to the input string is determined according to the annotation information corresponding to the communication content, so that the annotation information can be quickly provided through the third candidate, thereby saving the input cost, improving the input efficiency, and meeting the requirement of the user for explaining the communication content.

It should be noted that, for simplicity of description, the method embodiments are described as a series of movement combinations, but those skilled in the art should understand that the present invention is not limited by the described movement sequence, because some steps can 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. 4, a block diagram of an embodiment of an input device according to the present invention is shown, which may specifically include:

a monitoring module 401, configured to monitor a preset operation of a user on a displayed content;

a receiving module 402, configured to receive an input string of a user after monitoring the preset operation;

a related information determining module 403, configured to determine related information corresponding to the input string; the related information may specifically include: context information, and/or preset operation information, and/or deleted on-screen content;

a candidate determining module 404, configured to determine, according to the relevant information, a first candidate corresponding to the input string; and

a displaying module 405, configured to display the candidate corresponding to the input string.

Optionally, the candidate determining module 404 may include:

and the first candidate determining module is used for determining a first candidate corresponding to the input string according to the on-screen content corresponding to the input string under the condition of the relevant information.

Optionally, the candidate determining module 404 may include:

and the second candidate determining module is used for searching a word bank to obtain the target entry hitting the context information and the input string.

Optionally, the candidate determining module 404 may include:

the complete information determining module is used for determining complete information corresponding to the deleted on-screen content according to the mapping relation between the abbreviation words and the complete words;

and the third candidate determining module is used for determining the first candidate corresponding to the input string according to the complete information.

Optionally, the candidate determining module 404 may include:

the comment information determining module is used for determining the comment information corresponding to the deleted on-screen content;

and the fourth candidate determining module is used for determining the first candidate corresponding to the input string according to the annotation information.

Optionally, the display module is specifically configured to perform a ranking display on the first candidate and the second candidate corresponding to the input string according to the related information.

Optionally, the apparatus may further include:

and the fifth candidate determining module is used for determining a third candidate corresponding to the input string according to the annotation information corresponding to the communication content.

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.

An embodiment of the present invention provides 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 one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for: monitoring preset operation of a user for the content which is displayed on the screen; receiving an input string of a user after the preset operation is monitored; determining relevant information corresponding to the input string; the related information includes: context information, and/or preset operation information, and/or deleted on-screen content; determining a first candidate corresponding to the input string according to the related information; and displaying the candidate corresponding to the input string.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus 800 for input according to an example embodiment. For example, the apparatus 800 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. 5, the apparatus 800 may include one or more of the following components: processing component 802, memory 804, power component 806, multimedia component 808, audio component 810, input/output (I/O) interface 812, sensor component 814, and communication component 816.

The processing component 802 generally controls overall operation of the device 800, such as operations associated with display, telephone calls, data communications, camera operations, and recording operations. The processing elements 802 may include one or more processors 820 to execute instructions to perform all or a portion of the steps of the methods described above. Further, the processing component 802 can include one or more modules that facilitate interaction between the processing component 802 and other components. For example, the processing component 802 can include a multimedia module to facilitate interaction between the multimedia component 808 and the processing component 802.

The memory 804 is configured to store various types of data to support operation at the device 800. Examples of such data include instructions for any application or method operating on device 800, contact data, phonebook data, messages, pictures, videos, and so forth. The memory 804 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.

Power components 806 provide power to the various components of device 800. The power components 806 may include a power management system, one or more power supplies, and other components associated with generating, managing, and distributing power for the apparatus 800.

The multimedia component 808 includes a screen that provides an output interface between the device 800 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 808 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 800 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 810 is configured to output and/or input audio signals. For example, the audio component 810 includes a Microphone (MIC) configured to receive external audio signals when the apparatus 800 is in an operational mode, such as a call mode, a recording mode, and a voice input mode. The received audio signals may further be stored in the memory 804 or transmitted via the communication component 816. In some embodiments, audio component 810 also includes a speaker for outputting audio signals.

The I/O interface 812 provides an interface between the processing component 802 and peripheral interface modules, which may be keyboards, click wheels, buttons, etc. These buttons may include, but are not limited to: a home button, a volume button, a start button, and a lock button.

The sensor assembly 814 includes one or more sensors for providing various aspects of state assessment for the device 800. For example, the sensor assembly 814 may detect the open/closed state of the device 800, the relative positioning of the components, such as a display and keypad of the apparatus 800, the sensor assembly 814 may also detect a change in position of the apparatus 800 or a component of the apparatus 800, the presence or absence of user contact with the apparatus 800, orientation or acceleration/deceleration of the apparatus 800, and a change in temperature of the apparatus 800. Sensor assembly 814 may include a proximity sensor configured to detect the presence of a nearby object without any physical contact. The sensor assembly 814 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 814 may also include an acceleration sensor, a gyroscope sensor, a magnetic sensor, a pressure sensor, or a temperature sensor.

The communication component 816 is configured to facilitate communications between the apparatus 800 and other devices in a wired or wireless manner. The device 800 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 816 receives a broadcast signal or broadcast related information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 816 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 800 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 804 comprising instructions, executable by the processor 820 of the device 800 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. 6 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 (server or terminal), enable the apparatus to perform the input method shown in fig. 2 or 3.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium in which instructions, when executed by a processor of an apparatus (server or terminal), enable the apparatus to perform an input method, the method comprising: monitoring preset operation of a user for the content which is displayed on the screen; receiving an input string of a user after the preset operation is monitored; determining relevant information corresponding to the input string; the related information includes: context information, and/or preset operation information, and/or deleted on-screen content; determining a first candidate corresponding to the input string according to the related information; and displaying the candidate corresponding to the input string.

The embodiment of the invention discloses A1 and an input method, wherein the method comprises the following steps:

receiving an input string of a user after the preset operation is monitored;

and displaying the candidate corresponding to the input string.

A2, according to the method in A1, the determining the candidate corresponding to the input string includes:

and determining a first candidate corresponding to the input string according to the on-screen content corresponding to the input string under the condition of the related information.

A3, according to the method in A1, the determining the candidate corresponding to the input string includes:

and searching a word bank to obtain the target entry hitting the context information and the input string.

A4, according to the method in A1, the determining the candidate corresponding to the input string includes:

according to the mapping relation between the abbreviation words and the complete words, determining complete information corresponding to the deleted on-screen content;

and determining a first candidate corresponding to the input string according to the complete information.

A5, according to the method in A1, the determining the candidate corresponding to the input string includes:

determining annotation information corresponding to the deleted on-screen content;

and determining a first candidate corresponding to the input string according to the annotation information.

A6, according to the method in A1, showing the candidates corresponding to the input string, including:

and according to the related information, sequencing and displaying the first candidate and the second candidate corresponding to the input string.

A7, the method of any one of A1 to A6, the method further comprising:

and determining a third candidate corresponding to the input string according to the annotation information corresponding to the communication content.

The embodiment of the invention discloses B8 and an input device, which comprises:

B9, the apparatus of B8, the candidate determination module comprising:

B10, the apparatus of B8, the candidate determination module comprising:

B11, the apparatus of B8, the candidate determination module comprising:

B12, the apparatus of B8, the candidate determination module comprising:

B13, the apparatus according to B8, the presenting module is specifically configured to present the first candidate and the second candidate corresponding to the input string in an ordered manner according to the related information.

B14, the apparatus according to any one of B8 to B13, further comprising:

The embodiment of the invention discloses C15, a device for input, comprising a memory, and one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory, and the one or more programs are configured to be executed by the one or more processors and comprise instructions for:

receiving an input string of a user after the preset operation is monitored;

and displaying the candidate corresponding to the input string.

C16, the determining the candidate corresponding to the input string according to the apparatus of C15, including:

C17, the determining the candidate corresponding to the input string according to the apparatus of C15, including:

C18, the determining the candidate corresponding to the input string according to the apparatus of C15, including:

C19, the determining the candidate corresponding to the input string according to the apparatus of C15, including:

20. The apparatus of C15, the presenting the candidate corresponding to the input string, comprising:

C21, the device of any of C15-C20, the device also configured to execute the one or more programs by one or more processors including instructions for:

Embodiments of the present invention disclose D22, a machine-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, which when executed by one or more processors, cause an apparatus to perform an input method as described in one or more of a 1-a 7.

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

Claims

1. An input method, characterized in that the method comprises:

receiving an input string of a user after the preset operation is monitored;

and displaying the candidate corresponding to the input string.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the candidate corresponding to the input string comprises:

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the candidate corresponding to the input string comprises:

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the candidate corresponding to the input string comprises:

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the candidate corresponding to the input string comprises:

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the presenting the candidates corresponding to the input string comprises:

7. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising:

8. An input device, comprising:

9. 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 an input string of a user after the preset operation is monitored;

and displaying the candidate corresponding to the input string.

10. A machine-readable medium having stored thereon instructions, which when executed by one or more processors, cause an apparatus to perform an input method as recited in one or more of claims 1-7.