CN114356118A

CN114356118A - Character input method, device, electronic equipment and medium

Info

Publication number: CN114356118A
Application number: CN202210015203.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 朱广路
Original assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Current assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-01-07
Filing date: 2022-01-07
Publication date: 2022-04-15

Abstract

The embodiment of the application provides a character input method, a character input device, electronic equipment and a medium, and belongs to the technical field of electronic equipment. The character input method comprises the following steps: receiving a first input of a user; responding to the first input, and displaying a symbol mark at a target position of the text editing interface; in the case where the text editing interface includes at least one character, the first character is displayed in the display area associated with the symbol identifier.

Description

Character input method, device, electronic equipment and medium

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of electronic devices, and in particular, to a character input method, a character input device, an electronic device, and a readable storage medium.

Background

At present, typing by a mobile phone, especially writing professional articles with long space, needs mixed input of Chinese, English, symbols and the like, needs a user to repeatedly switch a mobile phone keyboard to search punctuation marks, and is time-consuming and labor-consuming.

In the related art, the letter keys of the input keyboard are located in the area of preferential display, and when a user needs to input punctuation marks, the punctuation marks are usually located at the corners of the keyboard or folded. When a user wants to input punctuation marks, the user often needs to interrupt smooth character input, stop and find out the punctuation marks needing to be input; similarly, when a user needs to input a word that is not commonly used, a search among a plurality of candidate words is also needed. Therefore, the input of the user is suspended, and the creation thought of the user is easily interrupted.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides a character input method, a character input device, electronic equipment and a character input medium, which can input required characters at a target position of a text editing interface through context, reduce time and operation for searching the required characters by a user, and are beneficial to improving fluency and high efficiency of file editing.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a character input method, including:

receiving a first input of a user;

responding to the first input, and displaying a symbol mark at a target position of the text editing interface;

in the case where the text editing interface includes at least one character, the first character is displayed in the display area associated with the symbol identifier.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a character input device, including:

the receiving module is used for receiving a first input of a user;

the display module is used for responding to the first input and displaying the symbol mark at the target position of the text editing interface; and

In a third aspect, embodiments of the present application provide an electronic device, including a processor and a memory, where the memory stores a program or instructions executable on the processor, and the program or instructions, when executed by the processor, implement the steps of the character input method as provided in the first aspect.

In a fourth aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a readable storage medium, on which a program or instructions are stored, which when executed by a processor implement the steps of the character input method as provided in the first aspect.

In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a chip, where the chip includes a processor and a communication interface, where the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is configured to execute a program or instructions to implement the steps of the character input method as provided in the first aspect.

In a sixth aspect, the present application provides a computer program product, which is stored in a storage medium and executed by at least one processor to implement the character input method according to the first aspect.

In the embodiment of the application, a first input of a user is received; responding to the first input, and displaying a symbol mark at a target position of the text editing interface; in the case where the text editing interface includes at least one character, the first character is displayed in the display area associated with the symbol identifier. In the process of editing the text file, the user may trigger a character prediction function of the electronic device through the first input. Specifically, after the electronic equipment receives the first input, the target position of the character needing to be input is determined, and the symbol mark is displayed at the target position. The first character may then be analyzed by the at least one character of the target location to determine a first character, which is then added to the display area associated with the symbol identifier to display the first character. Therefore, the first character to be input is predicted, added and marked through the context, the quick insertion of the character is realized, the similarity of the first character and the character required by the user is ensured, meanwhile, the input interruption caused by repeated keyboard changing of the user is avoided, the time and the operation of searching the required character by the user are reduced, and the smoothness and the efficiency of file editing are improved.

Drawings

FIG. 1 shows one of the flow diagrams of a character entry method according to one embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 illustrates a second flow chart of a character entry method according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 shows a third flowchart of a character entry method according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4 shows a fourth flowchart of a character entry method according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 illustrates one of the electronic device display diagrams according to one embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 illustrates a second display schematic of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 7 shows a third schematic view of a display of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating a structure of a character input apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 9 shows a block diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 10 shows a block diagram of a hardware structure of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be described clearly below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, but not all, embodiments of the present application. All other embodiments that can be derived by one of ordinary skill in the art from the embodiments given herein are intended to be within the scope of the present disclosure.

The terms first, second and the like in the description and in the claims of the present application are used for distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It will be appreciated that the data so used may be interchanged under appropriate circumstances such that embodiments of the application may be practiced in sequences other than those illustrated or described herein, and that the terms "first," "second," and the like are generally used herein in a generic sense and do not limit the number of terms, e.g., the first term can be one or more than one. In addition, "and/or" in the specification and claims means at least one of connected objects, a character "/" generally means that a preceding and succeeding related objects are in an "or" relationship.

Character input methods, apparatuses, electronic devices, and media according to some embodiments of the present application are described below with reference to fig. 1 through 10.

In an embodiment of the present application, fig. 1 shows one of the flowcharts of the character input method of the embodiment of the present application, including:

102, receiving a first input of a user;

wherein the first input includes, but is not limited to, a click input, a key input, a fingerprint input, a swipe input, and a press input. The key input includes, but is not limited to, a power key, a volume key, a single-click input of a main menu key, a double-click input, a long-press input, a combination key input, etc. to the electronic device. Of course, the first input may also be other operations of the electronic device by the user, and the operation manner in the embodiment of the present application is not particularly limited, and may be any possible implementation manner.

It can be understood that the first input of the user may be a first input of a target position of the electronic device, or a first input of a target control on the text editing interface, where the target control is used to trigger starting of the automatic input function of the first character, and the target control may be displayed on an input keyboard required for inputting the character, or may be directly displayed on a file editing interface of the electronic device. The shape, size and other parameters of the target control can be reasonably set according to the requirements of users, and the application is not particularly limited.

In particular, the character input method is suitable for electronic devices including, but not limited to, mobile terminals, tablet computers, notebook computers, wearable devices, vehicle-mounted terminals, and the like.

And 104, responding to the first input, and displaying the symbol mark at the target position of the text editing interface.

The target position is a position where a character needs to be added, and the target position can be selected by the user, for example, when the user manually moves a cursor of an input keyboard to a desired position, the position where the cursor is located in response to the first input is the target position. The target position can also be automatically identified according to an identification rule preset by a system, for example, blank positions between characters of the identification rule are taken as the target position, that is, a blank space appearing in a file is taken as the target position.

In the embodiment of the application, the symbol mark is used for highlighting a target position where a first character can be input, and the target position is displayed differently from the position where at least one character already exists in the text editing interface through the symbol mark. The user can quickly identify the position where the first character is to be inserted, and the automatic character input position or the first character verification by the user is facilitated.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 5, the system highlights the area where the punctuation mark is to be inserted, facilitating the user's checking and confirmation. Meanwhile, the area can be clicked, and after clicking, the system input method is automatically switched to a punctuation keyboard, so that a user can conveniently correct. Specifically, the symbolic mark may be a highlight mark, a text box, an underline mark, an annotation mark, or the like, and may be set reasonably according to the user requirement.

And 106, under the condition that the text editing interface comprises at least one character, displaying the first character in the display area associated with the symbol identifier.

The display area associated with the symbol mark, namely the character area required by inputting the first character, is related to the size of the character area set by the system.

Further, the first character may be predicted by performing an analysis process on semantic features of at least one character associated with the target location. The semantic features are analyzed by using the character prediction model based on the deep learning technology, the prediction accuracy is high, the predicted first character better meets the input requirement of a user, and the time cost for the user to search for the required character is reduced. For example, a character prediction model is implanted in the electronic equipment in advance, and the semantic features are input into the character prediction model to determine a plurality of third characters and the matching degree of each third character with the semantic features; the third character with the highest matching degree is used as the first character, so that the prediction and the input of the first character are realized, the input interruption caused by the fact that a user switches the keyboard back and forth is avoided, and the speed of editing the file by the user is improved. In addition, considering that the first character with the highest matching degree analyzed by the model may not be the character required by the user, the step of predicting the first character comprises the following steps: displaying each third character; and taking the third character indicated by the fourth input as the first character. Therefore, by displaying the third character, a more accurate character input prompt is provided for the user, and the time cost for the user to search for the required character is reduced while the input requirement of the user is ensured.

The character prediction model can be obtained through model training sample training. Specifically, the model training samples include preset semantic features, sample characters corresponding to the preset semantic features, and character types of the sample characters, for example, the preset model is trained according to the preset semantic features, the sample characters, and the character types of the sample characters, so as to obtain a character prediction model.

In an embodiment of the application, in the process of editing the text file, a user can trigger a character prediction function of the electronic device through the first input. Specifically, after the electronic equipment receives the first input, the target position of the character needing to be input is determined, and the symbol mark is displayed at the target position. The first character may then be analyzed by the at least one character of the target location to determine a first character, which is then added to the display area associated with the symbol identifier to display the first character. Therefore, the first character to be input is predicted, added and marked through the context, the quick insertion of the character is realized, the similarity of the first character and the character required by the user is guaranteed, meanwhile, the input interruption caused by repeated keyboard switching of the user is avoided, the time and operation of searching the required character by the user are reduced, and the smoothness and the efficiency of file editing are improved.

For example, an automatic symbol button (target control 602) is added to the input method keyboard. As shown in fig. 6, in the document editing interface, the user inputs "what is eaten tomorrow", at this time, the input cursor is located after "where", and at a place where a punctuation mark needs to be inserted, the user clicks an automatic symbol button, takes a character region after "where" as a target position, and highlights the character region (display region). The semantic feature of "what is eaten tomorrow" analyzes that the first character to be added is "? ", and display"? ", automatic insertion of punctuation has been achieved.

In an embodiment of the present application, fig. 2 shows a second flowchart of a character input method of the embodiment of the present application, including:

step 202, receiving a second input of the user;

step 204, in response to the second input, updates the first character indicated by the second input.

In the embodiment of the application, when the first character is analyzed through the context semantic features, and when it is automatically predicted that the first character may be inconsistent with the character which the user wants to input, the user may correct the first character through the second input of the first character, so that the modified first character can meet the requirements of the user. Therefore, the user-defined correction of the first character is realized, the operation of inputting the character by the user is reduced as much as possible while the first character is ensured to meet the requirement of the user, and the creation efficiency of the user is improved.

It can be understood that after the user completes updating of the first character, the system automatically records the adjustment habit of the user, and trains the character prediction model by taking the updated first character and the semantic features related to the target position as a new model training sample so as to update the character prediction model, so that the updated character prediction model can better conform to the writing habit of the user, and more accurate character recommendation is realized.

In an embodiment of the present application, fig. 3 shows a third flowchart of a character input method according to an embodiment of the present application, including:

step 302, receiving a third input of the user;

step 304, responding to a third input, displaying at least one second character;

for example, the second character may be a third character obtained by semantic analysis, or may be another character belonging to the same character type as the first character.

It should be noted that, in consideration of the definition of displaying at least one second character, the display number of the at least one second character may be limited, so as to avoid the influence of displaying too many characters on the appearance, simplify the items to be selected, and facilitate the user to quickly find the desired target character.

Step 306, receiving a second input of the target character in the at least one second character from the user;

in response to the second input, the first character is updated to the target character, step 308.

In the embodiment of the application, when the user needs to correct the first character, at least one second character can be displayed through the third input, and the user can select a target character from the at least one second character to replace the first character. Therefore, the personalized correction function of the first character is realized, the character prediction accuracy is further improved, and the inserted character can better meet the user requirements.

For example, in the scenario of the chinese system, when a user needs to add punctuation marks at the end of a piece of chinese text, the system automatically analyzes the contextual semantics to display "? "(first character). But the user is not satisfied with the punctuation recommended by the system, in which case, as shown in fig. 7, the user may press and add "? "to trigger the character correction function and to display 4 other characters in the display area. The user may update the first character of the display area by clicking on other characters.

Further, in the case where the first character is predicted by semantic features, the step of displaying at least one second character includes: and displaying at least one second character according to a display mode corresponding to the matching degree of the at least one second character and the semantic features.

In the embodiment of the application, a corresponding relationship between the matching degree and the display mode is prestored in the electronic device, and the display mode corresponding to the matching degree of the at least one second character can be determined through the corresponding relationship. Therefore, the at least one second character is displayed in different display modes, so that the user can distinguish the matching degree difference between the at least one second character through the display modes, the user is assisted to select the required character through the mode of displaying the plurality of first characters in a different mode, the time of searching the required character in the plurality of characters by the user is greatly reduced, and the efficiency of searching the character is improved.

Specifically, the display manner may be to enlarge or reduce the display of the second character, display the second character according to a specified color, or display the second character in an arrangement from large to small according to the matching degree, which is not specifically limited in the embodiment of the present application.

For example, as shown in fig. 7, the user presses the highlighted first character for a long time, a punctuation mark selector pops up on the screen, and the system displays different punctuations around the punctuation mark that needs to be replaced according to the probability (matching degree) of appearance of the punctuation mark in a clockwise order, wherein the higher the matching degree is, the larger the displayed area is, and the more the displayed area is, so that the user can conveniently find the appropriate punctuation mark.

In one embodiment of the present application, the step of displaying the first character comprises: the first character is displayed according to the character type.

Wherein the first input is for indicating a character type of the first character. Character types include, but are not limited to, at least one of: text, numbers, punctuation, and emoticons. That is, the automatic character input function of the electronic device can be used not only for adding symbols but also for adding characters, and the character types can be more types, such as chinese punctuation marks, english punctuation marks, and simplified chinese and traditional chinese.

In this embodiment, at least one matching rule for the first input trigger character input may be predefined for the electronic device in advance, where each matching rule corresponds to a different character type. Therefore, different character types can be matched through first inputs in different forms, the convenience of user input is further improved, and the accuracy of character prediction is improved conveniently.

It is to be understood that when a first input of the target control by the user is received, the first input is compared with the matching rule, and when the first input satisfies the matching rule, the first character is predicted according to the character type corresponding to the matching rule in response to the first input. For example, the matching rule is defined as inserting punctuation marks into the double-click target control, and then when the user double-clicks the target control, the punctuation marks are predicted through context semantics. The matching rule is defined as that words are correspondingly inserted according to the target position, and words and emoticons which need to be added are predicted through context semantics when the user presses the target position for a long time. Of course, a selection window for displaying the character type may also be triggered by the first input, the selection window includes three options of a text, a punctuation mark and an emoticon, and the user confirms the required character type by clicking the option.

Further, in case the first input indicates a character type, in order to facilitate the user to replace the first character, the at least one character that is triggered to be displayed by the third input belongs to a character type with the first character. Therefore, under the scene that the character type of at least one character displayed by default in the system is different from the first character, the user does not need to manually switch different types of characters, the operation steps of the user for searching for the required character are simplified, and the speed of the user for editing the file is further improved. For example, the system displays an english input keyboard for inputting english by default, but displays a first character having a character type of emoticon, and displays an emoticon in response to a third input, the emoticon including at least one emoticon different from the first character.

In an embodiment of the present application, fig. 4 shows a fifth flowchart of a character input method of the embodiment of the present application, including:

step 402, determining a display area associated with the symbol identifier as a first display area under the condition that the character type is a target character type;

wherein the target character type is used to indicate two sub-characters associated with each other. For example, brackets, book title numbers, or quotation marks in punctuation; words in the text that occur in pairs, such as "not only … … but also … …", "… … because of … …"; or two identical or different sub-characters that are user-defined. The target character type may also be determined by the specific input mode of the first input.

Further, the symbol mark of the first display area may be displayed in a different display manner from the symbol marks of the other display areas to highlight the position where the first character of the target character type needs to be inserted.

Step 404, displaying the first sub-character in the first display area and the second sub-character in the second display area.

Wherein the first character comprises a first sub-character and a second sub-character.

In the embodiment of the application, when a user needs to input a character of a target character type, a display area associated with the symbol identifier is determined as the first display area. When the first character is displayed, the first sub-character is displayed in the first display area, and the second sub-character in the association relation is displayed in the second display area, so that the accuracy of the system recommending punctuation marks is further improved, and the situation that paired symbols are not paired is avoided.

For example, for punctuation marks appearing in pairs, such as left and right book name numbers, upper and lower quotation marks and the like, in order to improve the accuracy of automatic recommendation of the system, a user presses an automatic symbol key (target control) for a long time at a position where the punctuation marks appearing in pairs need to be input, the electronic equipment is automatically marked as paired punctuation mark areas, and the paired punctuation mark areas are associated and processed in a unified manner when the punctuation marks are automatically generated subsequently.

In the embodiment of the present application, the second display area may be a display area of a target character type that is the same as or adjacent to the first display area. For example, if only a left bracket needs to be inserted into the text, the second display area is the first display area. If only one pair of book name numbers needs to be inserted into the text, the former character area of the first character representing the book name is the first display area, and the latter character area of the last character representing the book name is the second display area.

In one embodiment of the present application, displaying the symbol identifications comprises: and displaying the symbol mark in a target display mode.

Wherein the target display mode is associated with the character type indicated by the first input. The target display mode includes color, size, shape, format, and the like.

In the embodiment of the application, the symbol marks are displayed according to the target display mode related to the character types, so that a user can clearly distinguish target positions belonging to different character types, the user can conveniently check and modify the target positions, and the file editing efficiency is improved.

For example, a red highlight mark is adopted for a target position where characters need to be inserted, and a yellow highlight mark is adopted for a target position where punctuation marks need to be inserted.

According to the character input method provided by the embodiment of the application, the execution main body can be a character input device. In the embodiment of the present application, a method for executing character input by a character input device is taken as an example to describe the character input device provided in the embodiment of the present application.

In one embodiment of the present application, as shown in fig. 8, a character input device 800 includes: a receiving module 802, wherein the receiving module 802 is configured to receive a first input of a user; the display module 804, the display module 804 is configured to display the symbol identifier at a target position of the text editing interface in response to the first input; and in the event that the text editing interface includes at least one character, displaying the first character in the display area associated with the symbol identifier.

In an embodiment of the application, in the process of editing the text file, a user can trigger a character prediction function of the electronic device through the first input. Specifically, after the electronic equipment receives the first input, the target position of the character needing to be input is determined, and the symbol mark is displayed at the target position. The first character may then be analyzed by the at least one character of the target location to determine a first character, which is then added to the display area associated with the symbol identifier to display the first character. Therefore, the first character to be input is predicted, added and marked through the context, the quick insertion of the character is realized, the similarity of the first character and the character required by the user is ensured, meanwhile, the input interruption caused by repeated keyboard changing of the user is avoided, the time and the operation of searching the required character by the user are reduced, and the smoothness and the efficiency of file editing are improved.

Optionally, the receiving module 802 is further configured to receive a second input of the user; the character input device 800 further includes: an update module (not shown) for updating the first character indicated by the second input in response to the second input.

Optionally, the receiving module 802 is further configured to receive a third input from the user; a display module 804 further configured to display at least one second character in response to a third input; the receiving module 802 is further configured to receive a second input of a target character in the at least one second character from the user; and the updating module is also used for responding to the second input and updating the first character into the target character.

Optionally, the first input is for indicating a character type of the first character; the display module 804 is further configured to display the first character according to a character type.

Optionally, the character input device 800 further includes: a determining module (not shown in the figure) for determining the display area associated with the symbol identifier as the first display area if the character type is the target character type; the display module 804 is further configured to display the first sub-character in the first display area and the second sub-character in the second display area; wherein the first character comprises a first sub-character and a second sub-character.

Optionally, the display module 804 is further configured to display the symbol identifier in a target display manner, where the target display manner is associated with the character type indicated by the first input.

In this embodiment of the present application, when each module of the character input device 800 executes its own function, the steps of the character input method in any embodiment of the first aspect are implemented, and therefore, the character input device 800 also includes all the beneficial effects of the character input method in any embodiment of the first aspect, which are not described herein again.

The character input device in the embodiment of the present application may be an electronic device, or may be a component in an electronic device, and the electronic device may be a terminal, or may be other devices besides a terminal. The electronic Device may be, for example, a Mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a palm top computer, a vehicle-mounted electronic Device, a Mobile Internet Device (MID), an Augmented Reality (AR)/Virtual Reality (VR) Device, a robot, a wearable Device, an ultra-Mobile personal computer (UMPC), a netbook or a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), and the like, and may also be a server, a Network Attached Storage (NAS), a Personal Computer (PC), a Television (TV), a teller machine, a self-service machine, and the like, and the embodiments of the present application are not particularly limited.

The character input device in the embodiment of the present application may be a device having an operating system. The operating system may be an Android operating system (Android), an iOS operating system, or an operating system of other capabilities, which is not specifically limited in the embodiments of the present application.

In one embodiment of the present application, as shown in fig. 9, there is provided an electronic device 900 comprising: a processor 901 and a memory 902, where the memory 902 stores a program or instructions capable of running on the processor 901, and the program or instructions, when executed by the processor 901, implement the steps of the character input method provided in any of the above embodiments, and therefore, the electronic device 900 includes all the beneficial effects of the character input method provided in any of the above embodiments, which are not described herein again.

It should be noted that the electronic devices in the embodiments of the present application include the mobile electronic device and the non-mobile electronic device described above.

Fig. 10 is a schematic hardware structure diagram of an electronic device 1000 implementing an embodiment of the present application. The electronic device 1000 includes, but is not limited to: a radio frequency unit 1001, a network module 1002, an audio output unit 1003, an input unit 1004, a sensor 1005, a display unit 1006, a user input unit 1007, an interface unit 1008, a memory 1009, and a processor 1010.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the electronic device 1000 may further comprise a power source (e.g., a battery) for supplying power to various components, and the power source may be logically connected to the processor 1010 through a power management system, so as to implement functions of managing charging, discharging, and power consumption through the power management system. The electronic device structure shown in fig. 10 does not constitute a limitation of the electronic device, and the electronic device may include more or less components than those shown, or combine some components, or arrange different components, and thus, the description is not repeated here.

The user input unit 1007 is used for receiving a first input of a user; the display unit 1006 is configured to display a symbol identifier at a target position of the text editing interface in response to the first input; and in the event that the text editing interface includes at least one character, displaying the first character in the display area associated with the symbol identifier.

In an embodiment of the application, in the process of editing the text file, a user can trigger a character prediction function of the electronic device through the first input. Specifically, after the electronic equipment receives the first input, the target position of the character needing to be input is determined, and the symbol mark is displayed at the target position. The first character may then be analyzed by the at least one character of the target location to determine a first character, which is then added to the display area associated with the symbol identifier to display the first character. Therefore, the first character to be input is predicted, added and marked through the context, the quick insertion of the character is realized, the similarity between the first character and the character required by the user is ensured, meanwhile, the input interruption caused by repeated keyboard switching of the user is avoided, the time and operation of searching the required character by the user are reduced, and the smoothness and the efficiency of file editing are improved.

Further, the user input unit 1007 is also used for receiving a second input of the user; processor 1010 is configured to update the first character indicated by the second input in response to the second input.

Further, the user input unit 1007 is also used for receiving a third input from the user; the display unit 1006 is further configured to display at least one second character in response to a third input; the user input unit 1007 is further configured to receive a second input of a target character in the at least one second character by the user; processor 1010 is further configured to update the first character to a target character in response to the second input.

Further, the first input is for indicating a character type of the first character; the display unit 1006 is also used for displaying the first character according to the character type.

Further, the processor 1010 is further configured to determine, as the first display area, a display area associated with the symbol identifier if the character type is the target character type; the display unit 1006 is further configured to display the first sub-character in the first display area and the second sub-character in the second display area; wherein the first character comprises a first sub-character and a second sub-character.

Further, the display unit 1006 is further configured to display the symbol identifier in a target display manner, where the target display manner is associated with the character type indicated by the first input.

It should be understood that in the embodiment of the present application, the input Unit 1004 may include a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) 10041 and a microphone 10042, and the Graphics Processing Unit 10041 processes image data of still pictures or videos obtained by an image capturing device (such as a camera) in a video capturing mode or an image capturing mode. The display unit 1006 may include a display panel 10061, and the display panel 10061 may be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display, an organic light emitting diode, or the like. The user input unit 1007 includes at least one of a touch panel 10071 and other input devices 10072. The touch panel 10071 is also referred to as a touch screen. The touch panel 10071 may include two parts, a touch detection device and a touch controller. Other input devices 10072 may include, but are not limited to, a physical keyboard, function keys (e.g., volume control keys, switch keys, etc.), a trackball, a mouse, and a joystick, which are not described in detail herein.

The memory 1009 may be used to store software programs as well as various data. The memory 1009 may mainly include a first storage area storing a program or an instruction and a second storage area storing data, wherein the first storage area may store an operating system, an application program or an instruction (such as a sound playing function, an image playing function, and the like) required for at least one function, and the like. Further, the memory 1009 may include volatile memory or nonvolatile memory, or the memory 1009 may include both volatile and nonvolatile memory. The non-volatile Memory may be a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Programmable ROM (PROM), an Erasable PROM (EPROM), an Electrically Erasable PROM (EEPROM), or a flash Memory. The volatile Memory may be a Random Access Memory (RAM), a Static Random Access Memory (Static RAM, SRAM), a Dynamic Random Access Memory (Dynamic RAM, DRAM), a Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (Synchronous DRAM, SDRAM), a Double Data Rate Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (Double Data Rate SDRAM, ddr SDRAM), an Enhanced Synchronous SDRAM (ESDRAM), a Synchronous Link DRAM (SLDRAM), and a Direct Memory bus RAM (DRRAM). The memory 1009 in the embodiments of the present application includes, but is not limited to, these and any other suitable types of memory.

Processor 1010 may include one or more processing units; optionally, the processor 1010 integrates an application processor, which primarily handles operations related to the operating system, user interface, and applications, and a modem processor, which primarily handles wireless communication signals, such as a baseband processor. It will be appreciated that the modem processor described above may not be integrated into processor 1010.

In an embodiment of the present application, a read storage medium is provided, on which a program or an instruction is stored, and when the program or the instruction is executed by a processor, the program or the instruction implements each process of the character input method embodiment provided in any of the above embodiments, and can achieve the same technical effect, and in order to avoid repetition, details are not repeated here.

The processor is the processor in the communication device in the above embodiment. The Read-storage medium includes a computer-readable storage medium, such as a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk.

The embodiment of the present application further provides a chip, where the chip includes a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is configured to run a program or an instruction to implement each process of the above-mentioned character input method embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effect, and in order to avoid repetition, the description is omitted here.

It should be understood that the chips mentioned in the embodiments of the present application may also be referred to as system-on-chip, system-on-chip or system-on-chip, etc.

Embodiments of the present application provide a computer program product, where the program product is stored in a storage medium, and the program product is executed by at least one processor to implement the processes of the foregoing character input method embodiments, and can achieve the same technical effects, and in order to avoid repetition, details are not repeated here.

It should be noted that, in this document, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising an … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element. Further, it should be noted that the scope of the methods and apparatus of the embodiments of the present application is not limited to performing the functions in the order illustrated or discussed, but may include performing the functions in a substantially simultaneous manner or in a reverse order based on the functions involved, e.g., the methods described may be performed in an order different than that described, and various steps may be added, omitted, or combined. In addition, features described with reference to certain examples may be combined in other examples.

Through the above description of the embodiments, those skilled in the art will clearly understand that the method of the above embodiments can be implemented by software plus a necessary general hardware platform, and certainly can also be implemented by hardware, but in many cases, the former is a better implementation manner. Based on such understanding, the technical solutions of the present application may be embodied in the form of a computer software product, which is stored in a storage medium (such as ROM/RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk) and includes instructions for enabling a terminal (such as a mobile phone, a computer, a server, or a network device) to execute the method according to the embodiments of the present application.

While the present embodiments have been described with reference to the accompanying drawings, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise embodiments described above, which are meant to be illustrative and not restrictive, and that various changes may be made therein by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A character input method, comprising:

receiving a first input of a user;

in response to the first input, displaying a symbol identifier at a target location of a text editing interface;

and in the case that the text editing interface comprises at least one character, displaying a first character in the display area associated with the symbol identifier.

2. The character input method according to claim 1, wherein after the displaying the first character, further comprising:

receiving a second input of the user;

in response to the second input, updating a first character indicated by the second input.

3. The character input method of claim 2, wherein the receiving a second input by the user, in response to the second input, updating the first character indicated by the second input comprises:

receiving a third input of the user;

displaying at least one second character in response to the third input;

receiving a second input of a target character in the at least one second character from a user;

in response to the second input, updating the first character to the target character.

4. The character input method according to claim 1, wherein the first input is for indicating a character type of the first character; the displaying the first character includes:

and displaying the first character according to the character type.

5. The character input method according to claim 4, further comprising:

determining a display area associated with the symbol identifier as a first display area under the condition that the character type is a target character type;

the displaying the first character includes:

displaying a first sub character in the first display area and displaying a second sub character in the second display area;

wherein the first character comprises the first sub-character and the second sub-character.

6. The character input method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the displaying symbol identifications includes:

displaying the symbol identification in a target display mode, wherein the target display mode is associated with the character type indicated by the first input indication.

7. A character input device, comprising:

the receiving module is used for receiving a first input of a user;

8. The character input apparatus according to claim 7,

the receiving module is further used for receiving a second input of the user;

the character input apparatus further includes:

and the updating module is used for responding to the second input and updating the first character indicated by the second input.

9. The character input apparatus according to claim 8,

the receiving module is further used for receiving a third input of the user;

the display module is further configured to display at least one second character in response to the third input;

the receiving module is further used for receiving a second input of a target character in the at least one second character from a user;

the update module is further configured to update the first character to the target character in response to the second input.

10. The character input apparatus of claim 7, wherein the first input is indicative of a character type of the first character;

the display module is further configured to display the first character according to the character type.

11. The character input apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising:

the determining module is used for determining the display area associated with the symbol identifier as a first display area under the condition that the character type is a target character type;

the display module is further used for displaying a first sub character in the first display area and displaying a second sub character in the second display area;

12. The character input apparatus according to any one of claims 7 to 11,

the display module is further configured to display the symbol identifier in a target display manner, where the target display manner is associated with the character type indicated by the first input instruction.

13. An electronic device comprising a processor and a memory, the memory storing a program or instructions executable on the processor, the program or instructions when executed by the processor implementing the steps of the character input method of any of claims 1 to 6.

14. A readable storage medium, on which a program or instructions are stored, which when executed by a processor implement the steps of the character input method according to any one of claims 1 to 6.