CN114510194A

CN114510194A - Input method, input device, electronic equipment and readable storage medium

Info

Publication number: CN114510194A
Application number: CN202210114329.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 吴永圣
Original assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Current assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-01-30
Filing date: 2022-01-30
Publication date: 2022-05-17
Also published as: WO2023143380A1

Abstract

The application discloses an input method, an input device, electronic equipment and a readable storage medium, and belongs to the technical field of communication. The method comprises the following steps: receiving a first input of a user in a content input area of an input method, wherein the first input is an input aiming at M key positions in the content input area, each key position corresponds to a preset aiming key in a virtual keyboard, and M is an integer greater than 1; displaying a virtual keyboard in the content input area based on the M key positions in response to the first input; receiving a second input of a target virtual key in the virtual keyboard from a user; and responding to the second input, and displaying the content corresponding to the target virtual key.

Description

Input method, input device, electronic equipment and readable storage medium

Technical Field

The application belongs to the technical field of communication, and particularly relates to an input method, an input device, electronic equipment and a readable storage medium.

Background

Currently, virtual keyboard input is a relatively general input mode for electronic devices.

Specifically, when a user needs to input content, the electronic device may be triggered to display a virtual keyboard, and then the user may input the content through virtual keys in the virtual keyboard. However, due to the limited screen size of the electronic device, the distance between different virtual keys may be small, resulting in a high probability of input misoperation.

Disclosure of Invention

An object of the embodiments of the present application is to provide an input method, an input device, an electronic device, and a readable storage medium, which can solve the problem that the probability of input misoperation is relatively high when inputting content through a virtual keyboard.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an input method, where the method includes: receiving a first input of a user in a content input area of an input method, wherein the first input is an input aiming at M key positions in the content input area, each key position corresponds to a preset aiming key in a virtual keyboard, and M is an integer greater than 1; displaying a virtual keyboard in the content input area based on the M key positions in response to the first input; receiving a second input of a target virtual key in the virtual keyboard from a user; and responding to the second input, and displaying the content corresponding to the target virtual key.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an input method, where the method includes: displaying a content input area; receiving target input of a user in a content input area; responding to the target input, and acquiring input information corresponding to the target input, wherein the input information comprises target position information of the target input in the content input area and fingerprint information corresponding to the target input; and under the condition that the fingerprint information accords with the target preset fingerprint information, displaying first content corresponding to a target area in the content input area, wherein the target area is an area where the position indicated by the target position information is located, and the first content is content in at least one content corresponding to the target preset fingerprint information.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an input device, which includes a receiving module and a display module; the device comprises a receiving module, a display module and a display module, wherein the receiving module is used for receiving a first input of a user in a content input area of an input method, the first input is an input aiming at M key positions in the content input area, each key position corresponds to a preset aiming key in a virtual keyboard, and M is an integer larger than 1; a display module for displaying a virtual keyboard in the content input area based on the M key positions in response to the first input received by the receiving module; the receiving module is also used for receiving a second input of the target virtual key in the virtual keyboard from the user; and the display module is also used for responding to the second input received by the receiving module and displaying the content corresponding to the target virtual key.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an input device, which includes a display module, a receiving module, and an obtaining module; a display module for displaying a content input area; the receiving module is used for receiving target input of a user in the content input area; the acquisition module is used for responding to the target input received by the receiving module and acquiring input information corresponding to the target input, wherein the input information comprises target position information of the target input in the content input area and fingerprint information corresponding to the target input; the display module is further configured to display first content corresponding to a target area in the content input area when the fingerprint information conforms to target preset fingerprint information, where the target area is an area where a position indicated by the target position information is located, and the first content is content in at least one piece of content corresponding to the target preset fingerprint information.

In a fifth aspect, embodiments of the present application provide an electronic device, which includes 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 method according to the first aspect or the second aspect.

In a sixth 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 method according to the first or second aspect.

In a seventh 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 method according to the first aspect or the second aspect.

In an eighth aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a computer program product, stored on a storage medium, for execution by at least one processor to implement a method according to the first or second aspect.

In the embodiment of the application, a first input of a user in a content input area of an input method can be received, the first input is an input aiming at M key positions in the content input area, each key position corresponds to a preset aiming key in a virtual keyboard, and M is an integer greater than 1; and in response to the first input, displaying a virtual keyboard in the content input area based on the M key positions; a second input of the target virtual key in the virtual keyboard by the user can be received; and responding to the second input and displaying the content corresponding to the target virtual key. Through the scheme, the electronic equipment can display the virtual keyboard in the area based on M key positions which are aimed at by the user in an area of the input method interface and correspond to M preset aiming keys in the virtual keyboard one by one, and displays the content corresponding to the virtual keys through the input of the user to one virtual key in the virtual keyboard, namely the virtual keyboard displayed by the electronic equipment is determined based on the key positions aimed at by the user, and the virtual keyboard is not fixed like the virtual keyboard in the traditional technology and the distance between different virtual keys is possibly small, so that the probability of misoperation can be reduced when the user inputs the content through the virtual keyboard.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic flow chart of an input method provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is one of schematic interfaces of an input method application provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a second schematic diagram of an interface applied to an input method according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a third schematic diagram of an interface applied to an input method provided in the embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 is a fourth schematic interface diagram of an input method application provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 6 is a second schematic flowchart of an input method according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 7 is a fifth schematic diagram of an interface of an input method application provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of an input device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 9 is a second schematic diagram of an input device according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of an electronic device provided by an embodiment of the application;

fig. 11 is a hardware schematic diagram of an electronic device provided in 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.

The input method, the input device, the electronic device, and the readable storage medium provided by the embodiments of the present application are described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings through specific embodiments and application scenarios thereof.

The input method provided by the embodiment of the application can be applied to a scene that a user inputs through the input method in the electronic equipment.

For example, when a user requests to input through an input method a in an electronic device, the electronic device may, after receiving an input (e.g., a first input in an embodiment) of a user aiming at M key positions in one input region (hereinafter, referred to as an input region a, e.g., a content input region in an embodiment of the present application) of the input method a, display a virtual keyboard of the input method a in the input region a based on the M key positions corresponding to M preset keys (e.g., preset aiming keys in an embodiment of the present application) in a one-to-one manner, and display content corresponding to a virtual key 1 (e.g., a target virtual key in an embodiment of the present application) in the virtual keyboard after receiving the input of the user to the virtual key 1. Because the virtual keyboard is determined based on the key positions targeted by the user's input, the virtual keyboard is fixed and the distance between different virtual keys may be smaller as in the conventional technology, so that the probability of misoperation can be reduced when the user inputs contents through the virtual keyboard.

Example one

In conjunction with fig. 1, an embodiment of the present application provides an input method, which may include steps 101 to 104 described below.

Step 101, the electronic device receives a first input of a user in a content input area of an input method.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the content input area may be any possible area in the interface of the input method.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, a display position and a display size of the content input area in the interface of the input method may be set by a user according to actual use requirements, or may be determined by the electronic device according to a size of a screen of the electronic device.

In this embodiment, the first input may be an input that a user targets M key positions in the content input area, each key position may correspond to a preset target key in the virtual keyboard, and M is an integer greater than 1.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the first input may be any possible input such as a hovering input or a touch input.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the virtual keyboard may be a full keyboard or a 9-key keyboard.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, the virtual keyboard may be any possible keyboard, such as an alphanumeric keyboard, a numeric keyboard, or an alphanumeric keyboard.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the preset aiming key may be any one virtual key in a virtual keyboard.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the correspondence between each key position and one preset aiming key may be default by the system, or may be set by the user according to actual use requirements.

For example, according to actual use requirements, the user may trigger the electronic device to set that key position 1 in the content input area corresponds to the preset aiming key "a" in the virtual keyboard, and key position 2 corresponds to the preset aiming key "S" in the virtual keyboard, and the like.

The specific method for determining the positions of the M keys by the electronic device will be described in detail in the following embodiments, and will not be described herein again to avoid redundancy.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, before the step 101, the content input area may include at least one fixed key, where the at least one fixed key may be any one of: the device comprises virtual keys (1) preset by a user and virtual keys (2) with historical use frequency greater than or equal to preset frequency.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the at least one fixed key may be any virtual key in a virtual keyboard.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the fixed key may be a key that is always displayed in the content input area.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, when the at least one fixed key is (1), the user may set the number and the display position of the at least one fixed key according to an actual use requirement.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, when the at least one fixed key is (2), the preset frequency may be default of the system or set by the user according to actual use requirements, and the number of the at least one fixed key and the display position and the display size of the at least one fixed key in the content input area may be determined by the electronic device according to the size of the screen of the electronic device.

For example, as shown in fig. 2, the interface 20 of the input method includes a content input area 21, and the electronic device may display at least one fixed key with a historical usage frequency greater than or equal to a preset frequency in an area 22 in the content input area 21 according to the size of the screen, so as to facilitate the user to input.

In the embodiment of the application, before the electronic device receives the first input of the user, the content input area may include at least one virtual key which is preset by the user or has a historical use frequency greater than or equal to the preset frequency, that is, the electronic device may display the content input area conforming to the use habit of the user, so that convenience in input may be improved.

Step 102, the electronic device responds to the first input, and displays a virtual keyboard in the content input area based on the M key positions.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, the step 102 may be specifically implemented by one possible implementation manner or another possible implementation manner described below.

Possible implementation mode

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, the virtual keyboard may include M preset aiming keys and N non-aiming keys, where the M preset aiming keys correspond to the M key positions one to one, and N is a positive integer.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the N non-aiming keys may be at least some keys of a virtual keyboard except for the M preset aiming keys.

Alternatively, in this embodiment of the application, the step 102 may be specifically implemented by the following steps 102a and 102 b.

And 102a, the electronic equipment displays the M preset aiming keys at the M key positions.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the electronic device may display, at each key position of the M key positions, one preset aiming key corresponding to the key position.

For the description of the key position and the preset target key, reference may be specifically made to the related description in the above embodiments, and details are not repeated here to avoid repetition.

And 102b, displaying the N non-aiming keys in the content input area by the electronic equipment based on the N position offset amounts.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the N position offset amounts may correspond to the N non-address keys one to one, and each position offset amount may include a position offset amount of one non-address key with respect to at least one preset address key of the M preset address keys.

It can be understood that, in this embodiment of the application, after the electronic device displays the M preset aiming keys, the N non-aiming keys may be displayed in the content input area based on a position offset of each of the N non-aiming keys with respect to at least one of the M preset aiming keys, so as to ensure accuracy of a position of each virtual key in a virtual keyboard displayed by the electronic device.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, each position offset may be default by the system, or may be determined according to the historical habit data of the user.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, when each position offset is default to the system, each position offset may be any possible position offset.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, when each position offset is determined according to the historical habit data of the user, the electronic device may obtain, before displaying the N non-aiming keys, relative position data of each virtual key in the historical input of the user with respect to the at least one preset aiming key, so that the electronic device may determine each position offset according to the relative position data.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, the relative position data may be determined according to coordinates of the center position of each virtual key in the screen.

For example, assuming that the coordinates of the center position of the preset aim key 1 in the screen are (a, b) and the coordinates of the center position of the non-aim point key 2 in the screen are (a + x, b + y), x and y are relative position data of the non-aim point key 2 with respect to the preset aim key 1.

Optionally, in this embodiment, the electronic device may store the relative position data of each virtual key, and calibrate the stored relative position data after the user completes one input process (i.e., from the display of the virtual keyboard by the electronic device to the end of the user input).

Exemplarily, as shown in fig. 3, it is assumed that the virtual key "G" is a preset aim key, the virtual key "T" is a non-aim key, and the center position of the virtual key "G" is (100, 300) in the screen and the center position of the virtual key "T" is (100, 350) in the screen; if the user clicks the virtual key "T" 5 times in a common input process, and the coordinates of the 5 click positions in the screen are (95, 355), (97, 359), (102, 357), (99, 360), and (94, 358), respectively, the electronic device may determine that the average variation values of the abscissa and ordinate of the 5 click positions with respect to the center position of the virtual key "T" are: (95+97+102+99+94)/5-100 ≈ 2 and (355+359+357+360+358)/5-350 ≈ 8), and further, the electronic device may determine the coordinate of the center position of the calibrated virtual key "T" in the screen as (100-2, 350+8), so that it may be ensured that the virtual keyboard always conforms to the usage habit of the user.

It can be understood that, in the embodiment of the present application, after the user completes one input process, the electronic device may calibrate the relative position data of each virtual key clicked by the user in the input process, and display the calibrated virtual keyboard when the user inputs the next time.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, when calibrating the relative position data of each virtual key, the electronic device may set a preset threshold, that is, only when the average change value of the coordinates is greater than or equal to the preset threshold, the electronic device may perform calibration.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, the preset threshold may be set by default in the system, or set by a user according to actual needs.

In the embodiment of the application, each position offset may be default by the system, or each position offset may be determined by the electronic device according to historical habit data of the user, so that flexibility of determining each position offset by the electronic device may be improved.

The input method provided by the embodiment of the present application is exemplarily described below with reference to the drawings.

Illustratively, as shown in fig. 3, area 30 is a content input area,

key positions

31 and 32 are key positions (i.e., M key positions) targeted by the user through input in area 30, and virtual key "Space" is a fixed key; if the virtual key "S" and the virtual key "D" are preset aiming keys (i.e., M preset aiming keys) in the virtual keyboard, and the key position 31 corresponds to the virtual key "S", and the key position 32 corresponds to the virtual key "D", the electronic device may display the virtual key "S" at the key position 31, display the virtual key "D" at the key position 32, and display non-aiming keys (i.e., virtual keys other than the virtual key "S", the virtual key "D", and the virtual key "Space" in the area 30) in the virtual keyboard in the area 30 based on each position offset amount which is default by the system, so that the electronic device may accurately display each virtual key in the virtual keyboard.

In the embodiment of the application, the electronic device can display the M preset aiming keys corresponding to the M key positions one by one at the M key positions input by the user, and display the N non-aiming keys in the content input area based on the position offset of each non-aiming key in the N non-aiming keys relative to at least one preset aiming key, so that the accuracy of displaying the virtual keyboard by the electronic device can be improved.

Another possible implementation

Alternatively, in this embodiment of the application, the step 102 may be specifically implemented by a step 102c described below.

And 102c, displaying the virtual keyboard in the content input area by the electronic equipment according to the target arrangement mode based on the M key positions.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, the target arrangement may include any one of the following: a staggered arrangement mode and an aligned arrangement mode.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the electronic device may display the arrangement option after receiving an input that the user aims at the M key positions, and display the virtual keyboard in the content input area according to the arrangement selected by the user after receiving a selection input of the user.

Alternatively, in the embodiment of the present application, the selection input may be any possible input, such as a slide input, a click input, or an input for canceling a press.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, when the arrangement options displayed by the electronic device are multiple, the electronic device may prompt the user to lift a finger and click a key above the finger, so that the electronic device may automatically determine, from the multiple arrangement options, a target arrangement that meets the use habit of the user through a relative distance between an initial position and a click position of the finger.

Illustratively, as shown in fig. 4, the area 40 is a content input area, and after receiving an input from a user for pointing at the

key positions

41, 42, 43, and 44 (i.e., M key positions) in the area 40, the electronic device displays an arrangement option 45 and an arrangement option 46, where it can be seen that the arrangement option 45 is an aligned arrangement and the arrangement option 46 is a staggered arrangement. At this time, if the user clicks the arrangement option 45 (i.e., the above selection input), the electronic device may display the virtual keyboard in the area 40 according to the arrangement corresponding to the arrangement option 45, so that the virtual keyboard may be displayed according to the arrangement required by the user, so as to facilitate the user to perform input.

In the embodiment of the application, the electronic device can display the virtual keyboard in the content input area according to the staggered arrangement mode or the aligned arrangement mode based on the M key positions, so that the flexibility of displaying the virtual keyboard by the electronic device can be improved.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, before the step 102c, the input method provided in this embodiment of the present application may further include the following step a.

And step A, the electronic equipment acquires the biological characteristic information of the user.

Wherein the target arrangement is an arrangement corresponding to the biometric information.

Alternatively, in the embodiment of the present application, the biometric information may be any possible characteristic information such as a hand shape, a fingerprint, a facial feature, an iris, a retina, and an auricle.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the electronic device may acquire the biometric information of the user in any possible manner.

For example, taking the biometric information as the fingerprint, the electronic device may obtain the fingerprint information of the user based on the first input.

For another example, taking the biometric information as the facial feature, the electronic device may capture facial feature information (i.e., a human face image) of the user through a camera.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, when the user uses the electronic device for the first time to perform input, the electronic device may obtain the biometric information of the user, and store the target arrangement manner of the virtual keyboard used in the input of the user in association with the biometric information. Therefore, when the electronic equipment acquires the biological characteristic information again, the target arrangement mode associated with the biological characteristic information can be acquired at the same time, and the virtual keyboard is displayed according to the target arrangement mode, so that the convenience of user input can be improved.

In the embodiment of the application, the electronic device can display the virtual keyboard in the content input area according to the target arrangement mode corresponding to the acquired biological characteristic information of the user, so that the displayed virtual keyboard can be ensured to accord with the use habit of the user, and the user can conveniently perform input operation.

And 103, receiving a second input of the target virtual key in the virtual keyboard by the electronic equipment.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the target virtual key may be at least one virtual key among virtual keys displayed in the virtual keyboard.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the second input may be any possible input such as a hovering input or a touch input.

For example, taking the second input as the touch input as an example, if the user clicks the virtual key "S", the electronic device may display the content "S" corresponding to the virtual key "S".

And 104, responding to the second input by the electronic equipment, and displaying the content corresponding to the target virtual key.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the electronic device may display the content corresponding to the target virtual key at a typing position arbitrarily selected by the user when the user uses the electronic device.

For example, the electronic device may display the content corresponding to the target virtual key at a key-in position in a displayed document or a key-in position in an input box, and the like.

In the input method provided in the embodiment of the application, because the electronic device may display the virtual keyboard in an area of the input method interface based on the M key positions that are targeted by the user and correspond to the M preset targeted keys in the virtual keyboard one to one, and display the content corresponding to the virtual key through the user's input to one virtual key in the virtual keyboard, that is, the virtual keyboard displayed by the electronic device is determined based on the key positions targeted by the user's input, instead of being fixed as in the conventional art and the distance between different virtual keys may be small, when the user inputs the content through the virtual keyboard, the probability of incorrect operation may be reduced.

The following describes a specific method for determining the positions of the M keys by the electronic device in detail.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, before the step 102, the input method provided in this embodiment of the present application may further include the following step 105 and step 106.

And 105, the electronic equipment acquires M pieces of position information corresponding to the first input.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the first input may include M sub-inputs, where each sub-input is used to determine one piece of location information.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the input times of the M sub-inputs may be the same or different.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, when the input time of the M sub-inputs is different, the input time of each of the M sub-inputs may be different, or the input times of some of the M sub-inputs may be different.

Step 106, the electronic device determines the M positions indicated by the M position information as the M key positions (manner one); alternatively, the electronic device determines M positions at equal intervals in the target direction as the M key positions (mode two).

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the target direction may be determined according to the M position information.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the electronic device may fit a first straight line according to the M position information, and indicate the target direction through the first straight line.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, in the first mode, the electronic device may draw a box for the input area corresponding to each sub-input according to the M pieces of position information, and determine the area included in each box as a key position, so that the M key positions may be determined, and the electronic device may display a virtual keyboard in the content input area based on the M key positions. For example, as shown in fig. 5 (a), the electronic device may determine discrete M key positions (i.e., M key positions that are irregularly arranged) according to the M position information, and display a corresponding virtual keyboard in the content input area.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, in the second mode, the electronic device may draw a box for the input area corresponding to each sub-input according to the M pieces of position information, and arrange the drawn M boxes at equal intervals in the target direction indicated by the fitted first straight line, so that the area included in the arranged M boxes may be determined as the M key positions, and the electronic device may display the virtual keyboard in the content input area based on the M key positions. For example, as shown in fig. 5 (b), the electronic device may determine, according to the M pieces of position information, M key positions (i.e., M key positions regularly arranged) at equal intervals in the direction indicated by the fitted first straight line (i.e., the target direction), and display a corresponding virtual keyboard in the content input area.

In the embodiment of the application, the electronic device may determine the M positions indicated by the acquired M position information or the M positions at equal intervals in the target direction determined according to the M position information as the M key positions, so that the flexibility of determining the M key positions by the electronic device may be improved.

Example two

In conjunction with fig. 6, an embodiment of the present application provides an input method, which may include steps 601 to 604 described below.

Step 601, the electronic device displays a content input area.

Step 602, the electronic device receives a target input of a user in a content input area.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the target input may be a touch input of the user in the content input area. Specifically, the target input may be any possible input such as a click input, a long-press input, or a heavy-press input by the user in the content input area.

For the description of the content input area, reference may be specifically made to the related description in the first embodiment, and details are not repeated here to avoid repetition.

Step 603, the electronic device responds to the target input and obtains input information corresponding to the target input.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the input information may include target location information of the target input in the content input area and fingerprint information corresponding to the target input.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the target location information may indicate a location of the target input.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the fingerprint information corresponding to the target input may be fingerprint information of a target finger of the user, where the target finger is a finger used for the user to perform the target input.

Step 604, the electronic device displays first content corresponding to a target area in the content input area when the fingerprint information conforms to target preset fingerprint information.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the target area may be an area where a position indicated by the target position information is located, and the first content may be content in at least one content corresponding to the target preset fingerprint information.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the target preset fingerprint information may be fingerprint information that is pre-entered by the electronic device.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the target preset fingerprint information in the electronic device may be one or multiple.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, when the at least one content is multiple, the electronic device may set one area corresponding to each content one to one.

Exemplarily, it is assumed that the fingerprint information of the right index finger of the user is one fingerprint information (i.e., target preset fingerprint information) pre-entered by the electronic device, and the fingerprint information corresponds to the content "Q", the content "Z" and the content "Cap", and as shown in fig. 7, the content "Q" corresponds to the area 72, and if the electronic device receives an input (i.e., target input) of the right index finger of the user in the area 72, the electronic device may acquire the input position information and the fingerprint information of the right index finger of the user, and display the content "Q" (i.e., first content) corresponding to the area 72, so that the input content required by the user may be accurately displayed based on only the input position information and the fingerprint information of the input finger, and thus, convenience of user input may be further improved.

In the input method provided by the embodiment of the application, because the electronic device can acquire the position information input in the content input area and the fingerprint information of the user corresponding to the input through the input of the user in the content input area, and display the content corresponding to the preset fingerprint information corresponding to the area where the position indicated by the position information is located under the condition that the fingerprint information conforms to the preset fingerprint information, the user can accurately input the content without virtual keys in a virtual keyboard, and thus the probability of input misoperation can be reduced.

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

In conjunction with fig. 8, the present embodiment provides an input device 80, and the input device 80 may include a receiving module 81 and a display module 82. The receiving module 81 may be configured to receive a first input of a user in a content input area of an input method, where the first input is an input targeting M key positions in the content input area, each key position corresponds to a preset targeting key in a virtual keyboard, and M is an integer greater than 1. The display module 82 may be configured to display a virtual keyboard in the content input area based on the M key positions in response to the first input received by the receiving module 81. The receiving module 81 may be further configured to receive a second input of the target virtual key in the virtual keyboard from the user. The display module 82 may be further configured to display content corresponding to the target virtual key in response to the second input received by the receiving module 81.

In a possible implementation manner, the input device 80 may further include an obtaining module and a determining module. The obtaining module may be configured to obtain M position information corresponding to the first input before the displaying module 82 displays the virtual keyboard in the content input area based on the M key positions. The determining module may be configured to determine the M positions indicated by the M position information as M key positions; or determining M positions with equal intervals in the target direction as M key positions, and determining the target direction according to the M position information.

In a possible implementation manner, the virtual keyboard may include M preset aiming keys and N non-aiming keys, where the M preset aiming keys correspond to the M keys in a one-to-one manner, and N is a positive integer. The display module 82 may be specifically configured to display M preset aiming keys at M key positions. The display module 82 may be specifically configured to display N non-address keys in the content input area based on N position offset amounts, where the N position offset amounts correspond to the N non-address keys one to one, and each position offset amount includes a position offset amount of one non-address key relative to at least one preset address key of the M preset address keys.

In a possible implementation manner, the display module 82 may be specifically configured to display a virtual keyboard in the content input area according to a target arrangement manner based on the M key positions; wherein the target arrangement comprises any one of: a staggered arrangement mode and an aligned arrangement mode.

In a possible implementation manner, the obtaining module may be further configured to obtain the biometric information of the user before the displaying module 82 displays the virtual keyboard in the content input area according to the target arrangement manner based on the M key positions; wherein, the target arrangement mode is an arrangement mode corresponding to the biological characteristic information.

In the input device provided in the embodiment of the application, because the input device may display the virtual keyboard in an area of the input method interface based on the M key positions that are targeted by the user and correspond to the M preset targeted keys in the virtual keyboard one to one, and display the content corresponding to one of the virtual keys through the input of the user to one of the virtual keys in the virtual keyboard, that is, the virtual keyboard displayed by the input device is determined based on the key positions targeted by the user, instead of being fixed as in the conventional technology and the distance between different virtual keys may be small, when the user inputs the content through the virtual keyboard, the probability of misoperation may be reduced.

The beneficial effects of the various implementation manners in this embodiment may specifically refer to the beneficial effects of the corresponding implementation manners in the above method embodiments, and are not described herein again to avoid repetition.

With reference to fig. 9, an input device 90 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include a display module 91, a receiving module 92, and an obtaining module 93. The display module 91 may be configured to display a content input area. The receiving module 92 may be configured to receive a target input of a user in the content input area. The obtaining module 93 may be configured to, in response to the target input received by the receiving module 92, obtain input information corresponding to the target input, where the input information includes target location information of the target input in the content input area and fingerprint information corresponding to the target input. The display module 91 may be further configured to display, when the fingerprint information matches target preset fingerprint information, first content corresponding to a target area in the content input area, where the target area is an area where a position indicated by the target position information is located, and the first content is content in at least one content corresponding to the target preset fingerprint information.

In the input device provided in the embodiment of the application, because the input device can obtain the position information input in the content input area and the fingerprint information of the user corresponding to the input through the input of the user in the content input area, and display the content corresponding to the preset fingerprint information corresponding to the area where the position indicated by the position information is located under the condition that the fingerprint information conforms to the preset fingerprint information, the user can accurately input the content without virtual keys in a virtual keyboard, and thus the probability of input misoperation can be reduced.

The input device in the embodiment of the present application may be an electronic device, and may also be a component in the electronic device, such as an integrated circuit or a chip. The electronic device may be a terminal, or may be a device other than 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 input device in the embodiment of the present application may be a device having an operating system. The operating system may be an Android (Android) operating system, an ios operating system, or other possible operating systems, and embodiments of the present application are not limited specifically.

The input device provided in the embodiment of the present application can implement each process implemented by the method embodiments of fig. 1 to 5 or fig. 6 to 7, and is not described herein again to avoid repetition.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 10, an electronic device 100 is further provided in this embodiment of the present application, and includes a processor 101 and a memory 102, where the memory 102 stores a program or an instruction that can be executed on the processor 101, and when the program or the instruction is executed by the processor 101, the steps of the input method embodiment are implemented, and the same technical effect can be achieved, and details are not repeated here to avoid repetition.

It should be noted that the electronic device in the embodiment of the present application includes the mobile electronic device and the non-mobile electronic device described above.

Fig. 11 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of an electronic device 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. 11 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.

When the electronic device shown in fig. 11 implements each process implemented by the method embodiments of fig. 1 to fig. 5, the user input unit 1007 may be configured to receive a first input of a user in a content input area of an input method, where the first input is an input targeting M key positions in the content input area, each key position corresponds to a preset targeting key in a virtual keyboard, and M is an integer greater than 1. A display unit 1006 may be configured to display a virtual keyboard in the content input area based on the M key positions in response to a first input received by the user input unit 1007. The user input unit 1007 may be further configured to receive a second input from the user to the target virtual key in the virtual keyboard. The display unit 1006 may be further configured to display content corresponding to the target virtual key in response to a second input received by the user input unit 1007.

In one possible implementation, the sensor 1005 may be configured to acquire M position information corresponding to the first input before the display unit 1006 displays the virtual keyboard in the content input area based on the M key positions. A processor 1010, configured to determine M positions indicated by the M position information as M key positions; or determining M positions with equal intervals in the target direction as M key positions, and determining the target direction according to the M position information.

In a possible implementation manner, the virtual keyboard may include M preset aiming keys and N non-aiming keys, where the M preset aiming keys correspond to the M keys in a one-to-one manner, and N is a positive integer. The display unit 1006 may be specifically configured to display M preset address keys at M key positions. The display unit 1006 may be specifically configured to display N non-address keys in the content input area based on N position offset amounts, where the N position offset amounts are in one-to-one correspondence with the N non-address keys, and each position offset amount includes a position offset amount of one non-address key relative to at least one preset address key of the M preset address keys.

In a possible implementation manner, the display unit 1006 may be specifically configured to display a virtual keyboard in the content input area according to the target arrangement manner based on the M key positions; wherein the target arrangement comprises any one of: a staggered arrangement mode and an aligned arrangement mode.

In one possible implementation, the sensor 1005 may be further configured to obtain biometric information of the user before the display unit 1006 displays the virtual keyboard in the content input area according to the target arrangement manner based on the M key positions; wherein, the target arrangement mode is an arrangement mode corresponding to the biological characteristic information.

In the electronic device provided in the embodiment of the application, because the electronic device can display the virtual keyboard in the area based on the M key positions that are targeted by the user and correspond to the M preset targeted keys in the virtual keyboard one to one, and display the content corresponding to the virtual key through the user inputting one virtual key in the virtual keyboard, that is, the virtual keyboard displayed by the electronic device is determined based on the key position targeted by the user, instead of the conventional technology in which the virtual keyboard is fixed and the space between different virtual keys is possibly small, the probability of misoperation can be reduced when the user inputs the content through the virtual keyboard.

When the electronic device shown in fig. 11 implements the processes implemented by the method embodiments of fig. 6 to 7, the display unit 1006 may be configured to display the content input area. The user input unit 1007 may be configured to receive a target input of a user in the content input area. The sensor 1005 may be configured to acquire input information corresponding to a target input in response to the target input received by the user input unit 1007, where the input information includes target position information of the target input in the content input area and fingerprint information corresponding to the target input. The display unit 1006, if the fingerprint information matches the target preset fingerprint information, may be further configured to display a first content corresponding to a target area in the content input area, where the target area is an area where the position indicated by the target position information is located, and the first content is a content in at least one content corresponding to the target preset fingerprint information.

In the electronic device provided in the embodiment of the application, because the electronic device can obtain the position information input in the content input area and the fingerprint information of the user corresponding to the input through the input of the user in the content input area, and display the content corresponding to the preset fingerprint information corresponding to the area where the position indicated by the position information is located under the condition that the fingerprint information conforms to the preset fingerprint information, the user can accurately input the content without virtual keys in a virtual keyboard, and thus the probability of input misoperation can be reduced.

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.

The embodiment of the present application further provides a readable storage medium, where a program or an instruction is stored on the readable storage medium, and when the program or the instruction is executed by a processor, the program or the instruction implements the processes of the above-mentioned embodiment of the input method, 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 electronic device described in the above embodiment. The readable storage medium includes a computer readable storage medium, such as a computer read only memory ROM, a random access memory RAM, a magnetic or optical disk, and the like.

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 input method embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effect, and the details are not repeated here to avoid repetition.

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 above-mentioned input method embodiments, and can achieve the same technical effects, and in order to avoid repetition, details are not described here again.

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

receiving a first input of a user in a content input area of an input method, wherein the first input is an input aiming at M key positions in the content input area, each key position corresponds to a preset aiming key in a virtual keyboard, and M is an integer greater than 1;

displaying the virtual keyboard in the content input area based on the M key positions in response to the first input;

receiving a second input of a target virtual key in the virtual keyboard from a user;

and responding to the second input, and displaying the content corresponding to the target virtual key.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein prior to displaying the virtual keyboard in the content input area based on the M key positions, the method further comprises:

acquiring M pieces of position information corresponding to the first input;

determining M positions indicated by the M position information as the M key positions; alternatively, the first and second liquid crystal display panels may be,

and determining M positions with equal intervals in the target direction as the M key positions, wherein the target direction is determined according to the M position information.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the virtual keyboard comprises M preset aiming keys and N non-aiming keys, the M preset aiming keys correspond to the M key positions one by one, and N is a positive integer;

the displaying the virtual keyboard in the content entry area based on the M key positions includes:

displaying the M preset aiming keys at the M key positions;

displaying the N non-aiming keys in the content input area based on N position offset amounts, wherein the N position offset amounts correspond to the N non-aiming keys one to one, and each position offset amount comprises a position offset amount of one non-aiming key relative to at least one preset aiming key in the M preset aiming keys.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said displaying the virtual keyboard in the content input area based on the M key positions comprises:

displaying the virtual keyboard in the content input area according to a target arrangement mode based on the M key positions;

wherein the target arrangement comprises any one of: a staggered arrangement mode and an aligned arrangement mode.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein prior to displaying the virtual keyboard in the content input area in a target arrangement based on the M key positions, the method further comprises:

acquiring biological characteristic information of a user;

and the target arrangement mode is an arrangement mode corresponding to the biological characteristic information.

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

displaying a content input area;

receiving a target input of a user in the content input area;

responding to the target input, and acquiring input information corresponding to the target input, wherein the input information comprises target position information of the target input in the content input area and fingerprint information corresponding to the target input;

and displaying first content corresponding to a target area in the content input area under the condition that the fingerprint information accords with target preset fingerprint information, wherein the target area is an area where a position indicated by the target position information is located, and the first content is content in at least one content corresponding to the target preset fingerprint information.

7. An input device, characterized in that the device comprises a receiving module and a display module;

the receiving module is used for receiving a first input of a user in a content input area of an input method, wherein the first input is an input aiming at M key positions in the content input area, each key position corresponds to a preset aiming key in a virtual keyboard, and M is an integer greater than 1;

the display module is configured to display the virtual keyboard in the content input area based on the M key positions in response to the first input received by the receiving module;

the receiving module is further used for receiving a second input of a target virtual key in the virtual keyboard from a user;

the display module is further configured to display content corresponding to the target virtual key in response to the second input received by the receiving module.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, further comprising an acquisition module and a determination module;

the obtaining module is configured to obtain, before the displaying module displays the virtual keyboard in the content input area based on the M key positions, M pieces of position information corresponding to the first input;

the determining module is configured to determine the M positions indicated by the M position information as the M key positions; or determining M positions with equal intervals in the target direction as the M key positions, wherein the target direction is determined according to the M position information.

9. The device according to claim 7 or 8, wherein the virtual keyboard comprises M preset aiming keys and N non-aiming keys, the M preset aiming keys correspond to the M key positions one by one, and N is a positive integer;

the display module is specifically configured to display the M preset aiming keys at the M key positions;

the display module is specifically configured to display the N non-aiming keys in the content input area based on N position offset amounts, where the N position offset amounts are in one-to-one correspondence with the N non-aiming keys, and each position offset amount includes a position offset amount of one non-aiming key with respect to at least one preset aiming key of the M preset aiming keys.

10. The apparatus of claim 7,

the display module is specifically configured to display the virtual keyboard in the content input area according to a target arrangement manner based on the M key positions;

11. The apparatus of claim 10,

the obtaining module is further configured to obtain biometric information of the user before the display module displays the virtual keyboard in the content input area according to the target arrangement manner based on the M key positions;

wherein the target arrangement mode is an arrangement mode corresponding to the biological characteristic information.

12. An input device is characterized by comprising a display module, a receiving module and an acquisition module;

the display module is used for displaying a content input area;

the receiving module is used for receiving target input of a user in the content input area;

the obtaining module is configured to obtain, in response to the target input received by the receiving module, input information corresponding to the target input, where the input information includes target location information of the target input in the content input area and fingerprint information corresponding to the target input;

the display module is further configured to display first content corresponding to a target area in the content input area when the fingerprint information conforms to target preset fingerprint information, where the target area is an area where a position indicated by the target position information is located, and the first content is content in at least one content corresponding to the target preset fingerprint information.

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 input method of any one of claims 1-5, or implementing the steps of the input method of claim 6.

14. A readable storage medium, characterized in that the readable storage medium stores thereon a program or instructions which, when executed by a processor, implement the input method of any one of claims 1-5, or the steps of the input method of claim 6.