CN1838038A - Input method for mobile device with small keyboard - Google Patents
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This invention relates to an input method for mobile device with small keyboard. Wherein, after pressing the mode key, direction key and enter key by turns, the host system reads opposite key array with letters arranged on the display device in matrix-form and every letter in one unit; the cursor is on a preset position and displays its position on display device; the most continues to detect whether there is press on the direction key; if yes, the host drives the cursor moving along the pressing direction with distance as the press time summation to match letter. This invention reduces key number to endow the key structure with least area.
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[Ji Intraoperative field]
The present invention is the input method of a kind of input method of mobile device, particularly a kind of mobile device with small keyboard.
[Bei Jing Ji Intraoperative]
Developed many key input apparatus and characters input method in the mobile communications device field, to be easy to represent required character, the area that makes key input apparatus simultaneously is along with the trend of dwindling of terminal size minimizes.These key input apparatus comprise known 3*4 key input scheme, the mobile phone shown in No. the 590577th, TaiWan, China patent announcement.
Because the requirement of the minimize spatial of keyboard, the 3*4 key input scheme once was the minimized obstacle of mobile communications device.The requirement of minimize spatial is meant that a user can accurately select on the keyboard a required key and make that other adjacent key separates desired minimum space on this bond energy and the keyboard when operation keyboard.Mostly bound some signs have the key of numeral/letters/symbols on the mobile communications device commonly used at present, so that user's input information.Thereby can take the keyboard space, can't meet the requirement of keyboard minimize spatial.Though the part mobile communications device has adopted and has touched or the hand-written alternative traditional key input scheme of input scheme, the price comparison costliness of touch-screen, the mobile communications device of buying touch-screen type can increase user's burden.
[summary of the invention]
Fundamental purpose of the present invention is to provide a kind of input method of mobile device with small keyboard, and this input method can make the keyboard space minimize.
For reaching above purpose, the invention provides a kind of input method of mobile device with small keyboard, this method is utilized a host computer system, is embedded in a display device, mode key, directionkeys and acknowledgement key in the mobile device body, it is characterized in that comprising the steps: after mode key is pressed, can produce one first signal, this first signal can be sent to host computer system; Host computer system is gone reading pre-stored and is shown function menu according to first signal " the display key array " the page, this page is shown on the display device; Whether host computer system can remove to detect directionkeys and be pressed; After directionkeys was pressed, host computer system can receive the secondary signal that directionkeys is pressed and is produced, and according to secondary signal cursor was moved on to " the display key array " function menu on; Whether host computer system can be detected acknowledgement key once more and be pressed; After acknowledgement key is pressed, host computer system can receive the confirmation the 3rd signal that key is pressed and is produced, and read the key array of corresponding modes according to the 3rd signal, wherein numeral/the letters/symbols in this key array is that form with matrix is arranged on the display device, and each numeral/letters/symbols is positioned at a unit of display device, this moment, cursor was positioned at a pre-position, and showed its position on display device; Whether host computer system constantly detecting directionkeys is pressed; When detecting after directionkeys is pressed, host computer system is understood the direction that the read direction key is pressed, and orders about cursor moves the compression number summation along the direction that is pressed unit; When cursor arrived on the unit at characters matched place, whether host computer system can continue to detect acknowledgement key and be pressed; After acknowledgement key was pressed, host computer system can receive the 4th signal that acknowledgement key is pressed and is produced, and according to the 4th signal input characters matched.
Xiang is in Xian You Ji Intraoperative, this kind input method is by display device display key array, and by controlling direction that this directionkeys is pressed and the number of times that is pressed, the direction that moves corresponding to cursor of the direction that is pressed of this directionkeys wherein, and the distance that the number of times that this directionkeys is pressed moves corresponding to cursor, thereby can make cursor move to arbitrary numeral/letters/symbols the key array from the precalculated position, and no longer need each numeral/letters/symbols is arranged on the keyboard, make keyboard occupy minimum area, thereby realize the miniaturization of mobile device.
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Fig. 1 is the synoptic diagram of mobile device with small keyboard of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is the process flow diagram of the input method of mobile device with small keyboard of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is the hookup of Fig. 2.
Fig. 4 is the synoptic diagram that the present invention shows homepage.
Fig. 5 is the synoptic diagram that the present invention shows subpage frame.
Fig. 6 is the synoptic diagram of display key array of the present invention.
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See also shown in Figure 1ly, a kind of mobile device with small keyboard 100 comprises: a body 1; The one side of body 1 is inlaid with a display device 2, and this display device 2 can be LCDs, and this display device 2 can show a key array; Same one side in display device 2 on the body 1 is inlaid with a small keyboard input device 3, and this small keyboard input device 3 comprises a directionkeys 33, first function key 34, second function key 35.This directionkeys 33 is circular, be divided into four zones, be respectively equipped with first press section 331, second press section 332, the 3rd press section 333 and the 4th press section 334 in four zones of directionkeys 33, this directionkeys 33 is used for moving so that import required numeral/letters/symbols at selected key array.
In addition, this mode key 341 also can provide the user to enter down in one deck page.This answer/make key 342 is used to answer or call.Second function key 35 is surrounded on outside the part circumference of directionkeys 33, and this second function key 35 is divided into two zones, is respectively equipped with an on ﹠ off switch 351 and an acknowledgement key 352 in two zones of second function key 35.This on ﹠ off switch 351 is used for opening or closing this mobile device with small keyboard 100, makes this mobile device with small keyboard 100 be in open state or off-mode.This acknowledgement key 352 is used for determining the numeral/letters/symbols of required selection.
In addition, also comprise a host computer system (not shown) in this mobile device with small keyboard 100, accept the signal that any key is pressed and is produced on the small keyboard input device 3, carry out corresponding step according to corresponding signal by this host computer system.Concrete input method sees also Fig. 2 and shown in Figure 3, and this method is utilized aforesaid mobile device with small keyboard 100, comprises the steps:
Step 101: after mode key 341 is pressed, can produce one first signal, this first signal can be sent to host computer system;
Step 102: host computer system is gone reading pre-stored and is shown function menu according to first signal " the display key array " the page, this page is shown on the display device 2;
Step 103: whether this host computer system can continue to detect directionkeys 33 and be pressed, and as not having, then continues detecting;
Step 104: after directionkeys 33 was pressed, host computer system can receive the secondary signal that directionkeys 33 is pressed and is produced;
Step 105: host computer system moves on to cursor according to secondary signal " the display key array " function menu on;
Step 106: then, whether host computer system can continue to detect acknowledgement key 352 again and be pressed, and as not having, then continues detecting;
Step 107: after acknowledgement key 352 was pressed, host computer system can receive the confirmation the 3rd signal that key 352 is pressed and is produced;
Step 108: host computer system is according to the 3rd signal, remove to read the key array of corresponding modes, wherein numeral/the letters/symbols in this key array is that form with matrix is arranged on the display device 2, and each numeral/letters/symbols is positioned at a unit of display device 2, this moment, cursor was positioned at a pre-position, and showed its position on display device 2;
Step 109: after this key array was shown on this display device 2, whether host computer system can remove to detect this directionkeys 33 and be pressed; As not having, then cursor has been positioned at the characters matched place, changes step 111 again over to;
Step 110: after this directionkeys 33 was pressed, host computer system can read the direction that this directionkeys 33 is pressed, and ordered about this cursor and move a unit along this direction;
Step 111: after cursor had arrived next unit, whether host computer system can remove to detect this directionkeys 33 and be again depressed; After this directionkeys 33 is again depressed, meeting repeating step 108; As not having, then cursor has been positioned at the characters matched place, changes step 112 again over to;
Step 112: whether host computer system can continue to detect acknowledgement key 352 again and be pressed, and as not having, then continues detecting;
Step 113: after acknowledgement key 352 was pressed, host computer system can receive the confirmation the 4th signal that key 352 is pressed and is produced;
Step 114: host computer system is according to the 4th signal input characters matched.
In addition, also can may further comprise the steps between step 108 and the step 109: the pressing operation of host computer system receptive pattern key 341, and according to the pattern of the conversion of signals key array that this pressing operation produced.And the key array of the inferior number conversion different mode that is pressed according to mode key 341.
And also can may further comprise the steps after the step 113: the character of input is shown on the display device 2.Also can after completing steps 113, continue repeating step 107.
See also shown in Figure 4, after on ﹠ off switch 351 is pressed, this mobile device with small keyboard 100 is in open state, at this moment, show homepage on the display device 2, have some function menus on the homepage, after first press section 331 or second press section 332 are pressed, cursor can move to required function menu place (in the present embodiment, cursor is positioned at " mem select "); Then, after mode key 341 was pressed, this display device 2 can show subpage frame as shown in Figure 5.
See also shown in Figure 5, show some function menus in this subpage frame, after first press section 331 or second press section 332 are pressed, cursor can move to required function menu place (in the present embodiment, cursor is positioned at " show key pad "), once more, after acknowledgement key 352 is pressed, the page that this display device 2 shows as shown in Figure 6.
Consult shown in Figure 6ly, this page is divided into input information zone 21 and key array zone 22, and this input information zone 21 is used to show the numeral/letters/symbols of input, and this key array zone 22 is used to show the key array under the corresponding modes.The number of times that mode key 341 is pressed is corresponding to the key array of corresponding modes, comprises figure pattern, capitalization English mode, small letter English mode, Chinese pattern, the pattern of the number of times shift key array that host computer system can be pressed according to mode key 341.
Only be that example is done concrete the introduction in the present embodiment with the figure pattern, under figure pattern, key array is that the form (3*4) with matrix is arranged in key array zone 22, comprise in the key array: numeral 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 and symbol *, #, and these numerals and symbol are divided into 12 unit with key array zone 22, and each numeral or symbol then lay respectively in the unit.Before input digit, cursor is positioned at precalculated position (being the unit at digital 1 place) and locates.
The difference part of the input of different digital or symbol is: direction that directionkeys 33 is pressed and the number of times that is pressed.
Wherein, four four directions that move corresponding to cursor the press section on the directionkeys 33, for example, after first press section 331 was pressed, cursor can move along first direction; After second press section 332 was pressed, cursor can move along second direction; After the 3rd press section 333 was pressed, cursor can move along third direction; After the 4th press section 334 was pressed, cursor can be along the four directions to moving.
And the distance that the number of times that same press section is pressed moves corresponding to cursor, and the number of times that is pressed is directly proportional with the distance that cursor is moved; For example, be pressed after 1 time, can make cursor move a unit, and be pressed after 3 times, can make cursor move three unit along second direction in second press section 332 along second direction in second press section 332.
Like this, directionkeys 33 just can indiscriminately ad. as one wishes be pushed by the user, and orders about cursor and at random move along above-mentioned four direction, after directionkeys 33 is pressed several times, can make cursor move predetermined distance, till cursor moves to characters matched.
Be exemplified below, the input of numeral 8 can following mode realize.At first, after the 4th press section 334 is pressed once, cursor from the unit (precalculated position) at digital 1 place along the four directions to mobile unit, and then arrive the place, unit at digital 2 places, secondly, after second press section 332 was pressed secondary, cursor moved two unit from the unit at digital 2 places along second direction, and then arriving the place, unit at digital 8 places, this moment, cursor arrived numeral 8 places of coupling.Then, after acknowledgement key 352 was pressed, the numeral 8 of this coupling just was input to input information zone 21, and simultaneously, cursor can return to the unit at digital 1 place, repeated aforesaid operations and can import a plurality of numerals successively.
When all numerals all are transfused to, and after answer/make key 342 is pressed, can realize dialing of phone.
The input of literal or symbol is similar with the input mode of numeral, and in addition, the title of the function menu shown in Fig. 4,5 and 6 is only for referencial use, and manufacturer can design the title of different-style according to the market demand.
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1. the input method of a mobile device with small keyboard, this method is utilized a host computer system, is embedded in a display device, mode key, directionkeys and acknowledgement key in the mobile device body, it is characterized in that comprising the steps:
1) after mode key is pressed, can produce one first signal, this first signal can be sent to host computer system;
2) host computer system is gone reading pre-stored and is shown function menu according to first signal " the display key array " the page, this page is shown on the display device;
3) whether host computer system can remove to detect directionkeys and be pressed;
4) after directionkeys is pressed, host computer system can receive the secondary signal that directionkeys is pressed and is produced, and according to secondary signal cursor is moved on to " the display key array " function menu on;
5) whether host computer system can be detected acknowledgement key once more and be pressed;
6) after acknowledgement key is pressed, host computer system can receive the confirmation the 3rd signal that key is pressed and is produced, and read the key array of corresponding modes according to the 3rd signal, wherein numeral/the letters/symbols in this key array is that form with matrix is arranged on the display device, and each numeral/letters/symbols is positioned at a unit of display device, this moment, cursor was positioned at a pre-position, and showed its position on display device;
7) whether host computer system can continue to detect directionkeys and be pressed;
8) after directionkeys is pressed, host computer system can read the direction that this directionkeys is pressed, and orders about this cursor and move a unit along this direction;
9) after cursor has arrived next unit, whether host computer system can be detected this directionkeys and be again depressed;
10) when this directionkeys is not again depressed, whether host computer system can continue to detect acknowledgement key and be pressed;
11) after acknowledgement key is pressed, host computer system can receive the 4th signal that acknowledgement key is pressed and is produced, and according to the 4th signal input characters matched.
2. the input method of mobile device with small keyboard according to claim 1 is characterized in that: also comprises between step 6 and the step 7, and the pressing operation of host computer system receptive pattern key, and according to the pattern of the conversion of signals key array that this pressing operation produced.
3. the input method of mobile device with small keyboard according to claim 2 is characterized in that: the pattern of key array comprises figure pattern, capitalization English mode, small letter English mode, Chinese pattern.
4. the input method of mobile device with small keyboard according to claim 3 is characterized in that: the pattern of the number of times shift key array that host computer system is pressed according to mode key.
5. according to the input method of the described mobile device with small keyboard of arbitrary claim in the claim 1 to 4, it is characterized in that: also comprise after the step 11, the character of importing is shown on the display device.
6. according to the input method of the described mobile device with small keyboard of arbitrary claim in the claim 1 to 4, it is characterized in that: after step 11, repeating step 7.
7. according to the input method of the described mobile device with small keyboard of arbitrary claim in the claim 1 to 4, it is characterized in that: this directionkeys is provided with four press sections, different press sections are corresponding to different directions, and after a press section was pressed, cursor can move along corresponding direction.
8. according to the input method of the described mobile device with small keyboard of arbitrary claim in the claim 1 to 4, it is characterized in that: comprise also that after step 7 when this directionkeys was not pressed, then cursor had been positioned at the characters matched place, changed step 10 again over to.
9. according to the input method of the described mobile device with small keyboard of arbitrary claim in the claim 1 to 4, it is characterized in that: after step 9, also comprise, after this directionkeys is again depressed, can repeating step 8.
10. the input method of mobile device with small keyboard according to claim 9 is characterized in that: also comprise after step 3, when this directionkeys is not pressed, then continue detecting.
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