JP3967211B2 - Kana / Kana character input device - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a kana / kana character input device used for a mobile phone or the like.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In a mobile phone with a built-in phone book and mail function, a key for inputting numbers is provided with a character input function in order to input a telephone number address, mail text, and the like. In a conventional mobile phone, in order to input Japanese (Kana and Kana), "a" line, "ka" line, "sa" line,. , “Ra” line, “wa, o, n” and the character was set with 50 sound arrangement. For example, in the key set in the “ha” row, “ha” is pressed once, “hi” is pressed twice, “fu” is pressed three times, “fu” is pressed four times, If you press 5 times, "ho" will be entered respectively (however, this is Kana input mode, and in case of Kana input mode, each character is entered in kana) and Japanese is input For the cloudy and semi-turbid sounds that are frequently used, set the cloudy mark “” and the semi-voiced point “°” to the “#” or “*” input key, and press this key after selecting the above characters. A cloudy sound or a semi-turbid sound was obtained by adding a cloudy point or a semi-cloudy point to the character.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, the conventional kana / kana character input method as described above has a problem that the input operation is troublesome because there are two types of keys to be pressed when inputting a muddy sound or a semi-turbid sound. For example, when inputting the semi-turbid sound "Pa" by the above-mentioned conventional method, after pressing the key set in the "ha" line once, the key type is changed, and the muddy point and the semi-turbid point "", ゜ " There is a problem that the key set to "2" must be pressed twice, the input operation is complicated, and the character input efficiency is lowered. Such a problem is not limited to a mobile phone, but a clock having a telephone directory function and a schedule function, various electronic notebooks, personal digital assistants, or a small personal computer, the number of keys is 12 to 12 for miniaturization. The same occurred when the number was reduced to about 15. In particular, in Japanese, the frequency of using muddy and semi-turbid sounds is high, so it is desirable to simplify the method for inputting muddy and semi-murky sounds.
[0004]
The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and provides a kana / kana character input device that can be easily input according to the input method of muddy sounds and semi-voiced sounds, and can improve the character input efficiency. The purpose is to do.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
Multiple kana / kana character input device according to the present invention, a plurality of kana / kana characters assigned to each numeric key, Kana input mode or is operated any number key in the kana input mode, assigned to those the numeric keys Kana / Kana characters are displayed in order on the cursor part of the display unit each time the key is pressed. In the Kana / Kana character input device, a desired number key is pressed to display the desired character on the display unit. If the key press that displayed the desired character is pressed beyond the set time, a list of selection candidates associated with the number of key presses is displayed with the character displayed. means that displays a separate display unit to the display of the character, the predetermined numeric key by operating the same key again and, associated with the pressing number of the key from the list of pre-hexene-option candidates predetermined selection was Means for selecting the complement, wherein the said predetermined number keys after a predetermined selection candidate is selected to determine the state of the input character by pressing a different numeric key, the predetermined selection candidate is added Means for displaying the character as input information on the display unit.
[0006]
As a preferred form, the selection candidate is a cloud point, a semi-cloud point, or a cloud point. Further, the selection candidate may be the as including all kana / Kana characters Kana / Kana line corresponding to a Jo Tokoro numeric keys. Furthermore, the selection candidates may include other characters or symbols that are not related to kana / kana characters. Further, the selection candidate can be set in correspondence with a predetermined numeric key. Further, before the time the list of hexene-option candidates are displayed, the without operating the same numeric key again, the definite state of the input character without being the selection of the selected candidate by operating another key Can be. Furthermore, the selection candidates can be arbitrarily set.
[0007]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Next, an embodiment of a kana / kana character input device according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a kana / kana character input device according to the present invention. The kana / kana character input device includes a key input unit 11 for inputting numbers / kana characters, a control unit 12 for controlling the whole kana / kana character input device, numbers / kana characters, Consists of a storage unit 13 for storing data such as selection candidates, which will be described later, and a display unit 14 comprising an LCD for displaying numbers, kana / kana characters, selection candidates, and the like.
[0008]
A detailed front view of the key input unit 11 is shown in FIG. The key input unit 11 includes a total of 12 keys K0 to K11 in four rows and four columns. Of these, ten keys K0 to K9 are numeric keys for inputting numerals "0" to "9", the key K10 is a symbol key for inputting "*", and the key K11 is for inputting "#". Symbol key. Further, each character (Kana and Kana) of the “A” line is assigned to the key K1 for inputting the number “1”, and each character of the “A” line is sequentially input every time the key K1 is pressed. be able to. Similarly, each character of the “ka” line is input to the key K2 for inputting the number “2”, each character of the “sa” line and the number “4” is input to the key K3 for inputting the number “3”. Key K4 for each character in the "ta" line, key "K5" for inputting the number "5", each character for the "na" line, and key K6 for inputting the number "6" in the "ha" line Key K7 for inputting each character and number “7”, each character of the “ma” line, and key K8 for inputting the number “8” input each character of the “ya” line and the number “9” Each character of the “ra” line is assigned to the key K9 to be performed, and each key K1 to K9 can input each character of each line in turn each time it is pressed once. Furthermore, the character “Wa, o n” is assigned to the key K0 for inputting the number “0”, and these characters can be input in order each time the key K0 is pressed.
[0009]
FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the kana / kana character input device as described above, and FIG. 1 shows a screen transition of the display unit 14 when a muddy sound “bu” is input. With reference to these drawings, the operation when the muddy sound “bu” is input by the above-described kana / kana character input device will now be described.
[0010]
First, the number “6” key K6 to which each character of the “ha” line is assigned is pressed three times (step S1). Then, on the screen of the display unit 14 (see screen (a)), “ha”, “hi”, “fu” are displayed in order in the cursor portion indicated by the underline “_”, and when the key is pressed for the third time. “F” is displayed (step S2). When this key is pressed for the third time, the key is pressed long.
[0011]
When the key is pressed three times as described above, the timer starts each time (step S3), and the key pressing time is determined (step S4). However, since the first two times are instantaneous pressing, the timer Stop immediately and return to the start. On the other hand, when the key is pressed for the third time, that is, when “F” is displayed on the display unit 14, it is a long press, so the timer continues to measure the key press time and determines that the key press time is longer than the set time. (Step S4). Then, as shown in the screen (b), in addition to the characters “fu”, selection candidates “1. ° (half cloud point)” and “2.” (cloud point) are displayed on the screen of the display unit 14. (Step S5). When this selection candidate is displayed, the presence / absence of another key operation is determined (step S6). When the selection candidate is displayed, if another key is pressed, the selection candidate is ignored and the input of the character “fu” is confirmed (step S7), the cursor “_” moves to the right by one digit, and the cursor portion A display corresponding to the other key pressed is displayed. On the other hand, when the selection candidate is displayed, the “6” key K6, which is the same number as the key in which the character “fu” is input, is pressed twice again, as shown in the screen (c), “2. ”” (Step S8), and then the number “2” key K2 is pressed once to input “ka” following the character “fu” (step S9). At the same time as the input is confirmed, as shown in the screen (d), the selected dakuten “” is added to “F”, the character is converted to dakune “bu”, and the cursor “_” is one digit right Is displayed, and "ka" is displayed at the cursor.
[0012]
On the screen (b), press the “6” key K6, which is the same as the character input, once to select “1. "" Is of course converted to a semi-turbid sound "Pu". In addition, the above is a case where the characters “bu” and “pu” are input. Similarly, when a desired character is input by pressing the key, and when the desired character is input, the key is pressed and held. By selecting the muddy point and the half muddy point displayed by the same key, the muddy sound and semi-muddy sound of other characters can be input. Furthermore, this example is a case where a kana muddy sound or semi-muddy sound is input in the kana input mode, but if the kana input mode is switched by key operation, a kana muddy sound or semi-muddy sound can be similarly input. .
[0013]
Thus, according to the above-described kana / kana character input device, only one type of key can be selected by pressing and holding a key when a desired character is input, and selecting a muddy point and a semi-voiced point using the same key. This makes it possible to easily input muddy sounds and semi-turbid sounds, and improve the character input efficiency. Moreover, it is only necessary to press the same key as it is, and there is no need to worry about wrong key pressing. Such an input device according to the present invention is remarkably improved in operability particularly in a mobile telephone that inputs characters by one-handed operation.
[0014]
As described above, the dakuten “” and the semi-dakuten “°” are displayed as selection candidates. By pressing another key (without selecting the cloud point), you can cancel the conversion to cloudy or semi-turbid sound. More specifically, when converting to the character “bu” in FIG. 1, after inputting “fu”, the same key is pressed twice to select a muddy point, but without pressing the same key, the number “2” is used as it is. if you press the key once "fu or" (underlined meaning to the cursor) is displayed, voiced, conversion to the semi-voiced sound is stopped. If the same key is pressed without pressing the same key, for example, the right key or the enter key (also used as the symbol key K11 of “#”) is pressed. ”Is displayed and the conversion to muddy sound or semi-muddy sound can be stopped. In addition, by pressing a left direction key (also serving as the symbol key K10 of “*”) without pressing the same key, the display of the selection candidate of the muddy point and the semi-turbid point can be erased.
[0015]
As another example, the item “Non-selected” is added to the third selection candidate. When the selection candidate is displayed but not converted to muddy sound or semi-turbid sound, when the same key is pressed three times, “no selection” is selected and the selection candidate display disappears.
[0016]
Also, the item “selection candidate” can be arbitrarily set. In addition to the cloudy point “” and semi-cloudy point “°”, for example, “tsu” “.” “,” “-” “~” “?” “!” Can be arbitrarily set as “selection candidate” items. To do. That is, the “ha” line is the only character with muddy or semi-voiced sounds. Also, there are muddy sounds in each row of “ka”, “sa” and “ta”. In the case of the “ha” line, a dakuten “” and a semi-dakuten “°” are set as default selection candidates, and other characters, symbols, and the like can be additionally set as selection candidates. Further, in the case of each line of “ka”, “sa”, and “ta”, a dakuten “” is set as a default, and other characters and symbols can be additionally set as selection candidates. For each character other than these, selection candidates are not set by default, and the user can arbitrarily set all items of the selection candidates. For example, the setting mode may be set by a key operation to display a selection candidate character or symbol, and the enter key may be operated. If the selection candidate items can be arbitrarily set in this way, when inputting a sentence, for example, it is possible to input the sentence with a few key presses as described below, which facilitates the input of the sentence and reduces input mistakes. .
[0017]
For example, in addition to the default “”, “°”, “tsu”, “.”, “,” “-”, “?”, “?”, “!” Are set in this order as selection candidates for the characters in the “ta” line. Keep it. In addition to the default “” and “°”, “”, “.”, “,” “-”, “?”, “?” And “!” Are displayed in this order as selection candidates for the characters in the “ha” line. Set it. With this setting, when inputting “Harahe!”, According to the present invention, first, “has a row key (numeric“ 6 ”key”) ”“ ra row key (numeric “9” key) ”. "row key", "row key", "row key" press the "row key" ( "to Hara" in so far is displayed). Press and hold the last “ha” key to display selection candidates. Here, ( "Tsu to Hara" is displayed in up to here) Furthermore, when you press three times the "row key", "Tsu" is selected. Next, press "Tagyo key ( '4' key number)" once ( "It was Harahe'" in so far is displayed). Press and hold the “Ta line key” operation to display selection candidates. Here, “!” Is selected by further pressing the “Ta line key” nine times. “Harahe ! ” Is displayed. You only need to press the key four times.
[0018]
On the other hand, in the case of the prior art, “ha row key” “ra row key” “ha row key” “ha row key” “ha row key” “ha row key” “ta row key” “ta row key” “ta press the line key, "" Tagyo key "," Tagyo key "," Tagyo key "to display the" Tsu to Hara "(" Tagyo key "was""," blood "," one "," te "," and " Characters are assigned in the order of “tsu”). Next, press the right direction key or the enter key to move the cursor, Is displayed. Furthermore, by pressing the "Tagyo key" to display the "Harahe'was". Up to this point, the key has been changed five times. Furthermore, in order to display “!”, It takes time to enter the symbol menu mode and select “!”, And it is necessary to press the key six times or more.
[0019]
In the above-described embodiment, it is troublesome to re-input when the timing of long pressing is wrong. For example, if you want to input “to”, you have to press the “6” key K6 four times, but if you accidentally press and hold the key when “F” is displayed three times, The operation of re-input is troublesome. In order to avoid such trouble, all “Kana / Kana” characters in the corresponding “Kana / Kana” line may be set as selection candidates. For example, in the case of the “ha” line, the selection candidates include all the kana characters “ha”, “hi”, “fu”, “he”, and “ho” in addition to the dakuten “” and the semi-voice point “°”. It is effective to set it. This setting may be a default setting or may be set arbitrarily.
[0020]
In addition, in the mail function or the like, when inputting Kana / Kana characters, there is a high frequency of using pictographs and symbols that are not related to Kana / Kana characters. Therefore, it is also effective to include “pictogram” and “symbol” as selection candidates. In this case as well, the selection candidate may be set as a default or may be set arbitrarily. In other words, the selection candidates are not limited to the cloud point “”, the semi-cloud point “°”, or the cloud point “′”. For example, “no conversion”, long sound “-”, prompt sound “tsu”, roar “ ”, Punctuation marks“, ”“. ”,“ Kana / Kana line all Kana / Kana characters ”corresponding to a given numeric key,“ Emoji ”used to create a mail transmission sentence not related to Kana / Kana characters “Special symbols” and “@” may be set as default or may be set arbitrarily. Since there is a difference in use frequency depending on the user, it is extremely effective to allow arbitrary setting.
[0021]
Although the above description is mainly for the kana input mode, it is needless to say that the same is true for the kana input mode, so the description is omitted.
[0022]
The above-described kana / kana character input device of the present invention includes kana / kana characters such as mobile telephones, various electronic notebooks, watches having a telephone book function and a schedule function, portable information terminals, small personal computers, and the like. It can be widely used in various electronic devices that input kana characters.
[0023]
【The invention's effect】
As described above in detail, according to the kana / kana character input device of the present invention, it can be used for the input of muddy sounds, semi-voiced sounds, and various texts to facilitate the input, and the character input efficiency. Can be improved.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining the operation of an embodiment of a kana / kana character input device according to the present invention, showing screen transition of a display unit;
FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the embodiment of the kana / kana character input device according to the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a kana / kana character input device according to the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a front view showing details of a key input unit used in the embodiment of the apparatus of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
11 Key input unit 12 Control unit 13 Storage unit 14 Display unit K0 to K11 key

Claims (7)

Multiple Kana / Kana characters are assigned to each numeric key, or by operating any number key in the Do input mode or kana input mode, a plurality of kana / kana characters assigned to those the numeric keys, the user presses the key In the kana / kana character input device, which is displayed in turn at the cursor part of the display part,
By pressing a predetermined numeric key, when displayed on the display unit a desired character, if depression of key to display the desired character is pressed beyond the set time, the characters are displayed in state, and means that displays separately from the display unit a list of selected candidates associated with the number of key pressings and display of the characters,
Means for selecting said predetermined number keys by operating the same key again and, a predetermined selection candidate associated with the press count of the key from the list of pre-hexene-option candidates,
Wherein the predetermined number keys after a predetermined selection candidate is selected to determine the state of the input character by pressing a different numeric key, the character which the predetermined selection candidate is added to the display unit Do / kana character input device or characterized by comprising a means for displaying the input information.   The kana / kana character input device according to claim 1, wherein the selection candidates are a dakuten, a semi-dakuten, or a dakuten.   2. The kana / kana character input device according to claim 1, wherein the selection candidate includes all kana / kana characters in a kana / kana line corresponding to a predetermined numeric key.   The kana / kana character input device according to claim 1, wherein the selection candidate includes other characters or symbols not related to kana / kana characters.   5. The kana / kana character input device according to claim 1, wherein the selection candidates are set corresponding to predetermined numeric keys. Before when a list of hexene-option candidates are displayed, the without operating the same numeric key again, to be the definite state of the input character without being the selection of the selected candidate by operating another key The kana / kana character input device according to claim 1, wherein the device is a character input device.   The kana / kana character input device according to claim 1, wherein the selection candidates can be arbitrarily set.

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