JP5650345B2 - Flick operation method by vowel alphabet and kana from consonant alphabet key. - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to Japanese input using alphabetic keys.

  In conventional Japanese romaji input, consonants and vowel alphabets are transferred to the cursor in the reading order of roman letters, generally from an English keyboard with a QWERTY layout, a keyboard consisting of consonant and vowel alphabets, etc. In particular, Japanese characters were input from the kana conversion processing function by the kana-kanji conversion method, and one letter was input by flicking the lowercase letters, uppercase letters, symbols, etc. of the corresponding letters from some soft alphabet keys.

  Flick input and gesture input as Japanese input methods are 10 characters “A”, “S”, “TA”, “NA”, “A” in each line of a Japanese syllabary arrangement arranged in a numeric keypad style on the touch panel. Well, there are 4 steps of “I”, “U”, “E”, and “O” in the cross direction (flick guide) around the key displaying “La, Wa”. There is a potential arrangement, by tapping, flicking or sliding a key on the “A” column display, or by entering a single kana character of Kiyone, and petals on each key (gesture guide, flower touch) ), Each line and lowercase notation is displayed, and there was a method of inputting one character of kana by sliding up and down on the screen or flicking.

  5 characters in each line are defined for each key displayed on the touch panel like the numeric keypad of a mobile phone on the touch panel. On the other hand, there is known a method for inputting a single kana syllabary character by releasing it after a forward / backward / left / right movement operation (see Patent Document 1).

  An input method is known in which alphabetic keys for consonant readings including muddy and semi-voiced sounds are placed on the touch panel, and the five uppercase letters in the row consisting of consonants are selected as the corresponding keys to select a single kana character by operating the touch pen in the key. (See Patent Document 2).

JP 2000-112636 A JP-A-8-272787

(1) “Tap” in the operation on the touch panel is an operation of touching and releasing a key.
(2) “Flick” is an operation of playing in one direction or moving and releasing while touching a key.
(3) “Slide” is an operation of moving to a target position (key) and releasing it while touching (pressing) the key.
(4) “Pressing” in the operation of a keyboard device such as a personal computer is the operation of pressing and releasing a key.
(5) A “flick guide” is a display object in which characters “I, U, E, O” are displayed in the surrounding area centered on characters “A” in the line related to the key by touching the key. The function of displaying the flick guide with an object that guides the position, direction, etc. of the tap, flick, slide, etc., including the gesture guide, flower touch, etc., is set as the “flick guide function” and is not displayed after the key operation.
(6) When the key information is transferred to the cursor by the key operation and the character is displayed, “display at the cursor” is set, and when the character displayed at the cursor is confirmed and waiting for the next character input, “waiting for input” And
(7) “Numeric keypad” is an alias for a push phone key for making a call, and is composed of 12 keys (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0, *, #). “Numeric keypad” refers to a keyboard for character input, in which the “a” level characters in the Japanese syllabary arrangement are assigned to the numeric keypad.
(8) A keyboard for inputting Roman letters in a quarty layout is referred to as a “Romaji key”.
(9) Alphabetic characters (K, G, S, Z, T, D, N, H, B, P, M, Y, R, W) that can read alphabets of consonants including muddy and semi-voiced sounds. Keys (A, I, U, E, O) keys that can read the vowels in English are called “vowel alphabetic keys”.
(10) “Flick function” means that a key to be selected and selectable characters are arranged around the key, and the character selected by an operation such as tapping and flicking is displayed on the cursor, and the input waiting state is entered. It is a function.
(11) “Slide function” means that selectable characters are potentially arranged around a selected key or around and around the selected key, and the corresponding character is selected and displayed on the cursor by an operation such as a slide, and enters an input waiting state. It is a function.
(12) An input key displayed on the touch panel or the like is a soft key, and a keyboard or the like of a device connected to a personal computer or the like is a hard key.

  Conventional Roman character input requires tapping (pressing) two or more times to select a kana other than the vowels and the six characters “n”.

  Traditional Japanese flick input or gesture input using the Kana numeric keypad is a single character input, and one or two taps or a single flick operation is required with the dedicated key to change to a dakuten or semi-dakuten. It was.

  When using the touch pen to place consonant alphabet keys on the touch panel, you must remember the new consonant-reading alphabetic key layout, and there is no input key for numbers, switching keys, etc. Is small, it is impossible to operate with a finger in the key.

  There was no way to perform flick and slide input except on the touch panel.

  Currently, a method of converting individual English key input to Kana has been implemented due to the abolition of the JIS standard in the implementation of Roman character input using the conversion method from English key input to Kana by the Kana-Kanji conversion method. The inherited kana conversion method is basically inherited and includes the following, but the present invention will be described based on the JIS standard JIS X 4063: 2000.

  When the consonant alphabet key is displayed on the edge of the touch panel and cannot be flicked or slid, a part or the whole is reduced, and a margin is provided around the flick and slide operation.

From the stand-by state of inputting Roman characters using the above-mentioned English keyboard or input using the Kana-Kanji conversion method.
(1) A function of transferring a corresponding consonant alphabetic character or a kana character composed of a vowel alphabet of “A” to the consonant alphabetic character by a consonant alphabet key operation to a temporary cursor.
(2) A function (flick guide) for displaying on the screen the position and direction of the operation target character to be selected by tapping (pressing), flicking, sliding, etc. by consonant alphabet key operation.
(3) Whether the corresponding consonant alphabet and “A” vowel alphabet are displayed on the cursor by tapping (pressing) the consonant alphabet key, or whether the kana character consisting of the corresponding consonant alphabet and “A” vowel alphabet is displayed on the cursor A function to display the character specified by the flick guide at the cursor.
(4) Flick or slide the consonant alphabet key to display the corresponding consonant alphabet and the selected vowel alphabet at the cursor, or display the corresponding consonant alphabet and the selected kana vowel alphabet at the cursor, or specify with the flick guide A function that displays the characters that are displayed on the cursor.
By combining the above functions arbitrarily, the characters are converted to kana-kanji after the kana-to-kana conversion processing from English letters, and Japanese can be input.

  If the consonant alphabet is displayed in succession on the cursor after the kana conversion process from the English character by performing the arbitrary combination described above, the vowel alphabet of “A” is aligned with the first input consonant English character Romaji input and flick input are used by providing a function that converts a consonant alphabet into a kana that includes the consonant alphabet and the vowel alphabet of “A”. .

  The flick operation method using vowel alphabets and kana from the consonant alphabet keys has been described above, but the flick and slide operations using other alphabet keys are arbitrary.

  Since muddy sounds, semi-voiced sounds, lowercase letters, numbers, etc. can be selected by a single flick or slide operation, it is possible to select characters faster than the conventional flick operation using the kana numeric keypad that can be input quickly.

  Romaji input using the Romaji input key is a general character input method for personal computers, and there is no need to learn a new layout, etc., and conversion from English to kana such as muddy, semi-voiced, lowercase, and stuttering is more efficient than flicking with the kana numeric keypad. Although originally convenient, according to the present invention, it is possible to input Japanese more quickly by providing a flick function similar to that of the kana numeric keypad without impairing the conversion function from the conventional English character to the kana.

The standby screen figure of the conventional romaji input key. The Roman character input key figure which displayed the key which changed the display by this invention white. The standby screen figure of the Roman character input key by this invention. The display figure of the flick guide displayed when a "A" key position is touched. The display figure of the flick guide displayed when a "K" key position is touched. The display figure of the flick guide displayed when a "S" key position is touched. The display figure of the flick guide displayed when a "T" key position is touched. The display figure of the flick guide displayed when a "N" key position is touched. The display figure of the flick guide displayed when a "H" key position is touched. The display figure of the flick guide displayed when a "M" key position is touched. The display figure of the flick guide displayed when a "Y" key position is touched. The display figure of the flick guide displayed when a "R" key position is touched. The display figure of the flick guide displayed when a "W" key position is touched. The display figure of the flick guide displayed when a "G" key position is touched. The display figure of the flick guide displayed when a "Z" key position is touched. The display figure of the flick guide displayed when a "D" key position is touched. The display figure of the flick guide displayed when a "B" key position is touched. The display figure of the flick guide displayed when a "P" key position is touched. The display figure of the flick guide displayed when a "L" key position is touched. The display figure of a flick guide displayed when it touches an "X" key position. The display figure of the flick guide displayed when a "F" key position is touched. The display figure of the flick guide displayed when a "C" key position is touched. The display figure of the flick guide displayed when a "V" key position is touched. The display figure of the flick guide displayed when a "J" key position is touched. The display figure of the flick guide displayed when a "Q" key position is touched. The display figure of the flick guide displayed when a "I" key position is touched. The display figure of the flick guide displayed when a "U" key position is touched. The display figure of the flick guide displayed when the "E" key position is touched. The display figure of the flick guide displayed when the "O" key position is touched. Explanatory drawing of the flick operation from K to E from the Roman key for vertical. Explanatory drawing of tap operation of N and K from the Roman key for vertical. Explanatory drawing of the flick operation from Y to U from the Roman key for vertical. Explanatory drawing of U tap and kana conversion from the Roman key for vertical characters. Explanatory drawing of a flick operation to tap of J and Y to O from the Roman key for vertical. Explanatory drawing of operation by Kana conversion from Kana conversion from the Roman key for vertical characters. Explanatory drawing of the input of K from the Roman key for horizontal. Explanatory drawing of the input of G from the Roman key for horizontal. Explanatory drawing of the input of Y from the Roman key for horizontal. Explanatory drawing of the kana conversion process of "ka" from the Roman key for horizontal. Explanatory drawing of the input of K from the Roman key for horizontal. Explanatory drawing of the kana conversion process of "ga" from the Roman key for horizontal. Explanatory drawing of the kana conversion process of "ku" from the Roman key for horizontal. Explanatory drawing of the kana conversion process from the Roman letter key for horizontal to Y to "YA". Explanatory drawing of the kana-kanji conversion process from the Roman key for horizontal. Keyboard diagram of consonant alphabet keys. Flick guide display of consonant alphabet keys. Explanatory drawing of the flick operation from K to E from a consonant alphabet key. Explanatory drawing of tap operation of N from a consonant alphabet key. Explanatory drawing of tap operation of K from a consonant alphabet key. Explanatory drawing of the flick operation of Y from a consonant alphabet key. Explanatory drawing of the slide operation from S from a consonant alphabet key. Explanatory drawing of tap operation of Z from a consonant alphabet key. Explanatory drawing of the flick operation of Y from a consonant alphabet key.

1 Roman key for vertical 2 Roman key for horizontal 3 Consonant alphabet key

In the first embodiment, from an input standby state by the kana-kanji conversion method.
(1) A function of transferring a kana character composed of a vowel alphabet of “A” to a corresponding consonant alphabet by a consonant alphabet key operation to a temporary cursor.
(2) A function (flick guide) for displaying on the screen the position and direction of the operation target character to be selected by tapping (pressing), flicking, sliding, etc. by consonant alphabet key operation.
(3) A function for displaying the character designated by the flick guide on the cursor by tapping (pressing) the consonant alphabet key.
(4) A function for displaying the character designated by the flick guide on the cursor by flicking the consonant alphabet key.
By implementing the above functions, it has a flick function for selecting kana, symbols, etc. from other alphabetic keys. The selected character is displayed on the cursor and Japanese can be input by kana-kanji conversion.

  Thereafter, by touching the key, a predetermined flick guide is displayed on the key, and the displayed character is selected by a tap or flick operation and displayed on the cursor.

  FIG. 1 is a keyboard for inputting Roman characters displayed on a part of a conventional touch panel, which is a standby screen waiting for input, with English letters and long-speech symbols displayed in white.

Fig. 2 shows the standby screen of Fig. 1 with the entire key scaled down to the center so that flick operations can be performed. The white keys other than the vowel and consonant letters are shown below. It changed as follows.
(A) Characters “Small”, “Ah”, and “Line” are displayed at the conventional “L” key positions as shown in the figure.
(B) Characters “small”, “tsu”, “nya”, and “line” are displayed at the key position of the conventional “X” as shown in the figure.
(C) Characters “,” “.”, “?”, “!” Are displayed at the key position of the conventional “Q” as shown in the figure.
(D) Characters “1”, “2”, and “3” are displayed at the conventional “F” key positions as shown in the figure.
(E) Characters “4”, “5”, and “6” are displayed at the conventional “C” key position as shown in the figure.
(F) Characters “7”, “8”, and “9” are displayed at the conventional “V” key positions as shown in the figure.
(G) Characters “.”, “0” and “%” are displayed at the key position of the conventional “J” as shown in the figure.
FIG. 3 is a standby screen by the keyboard of FIG. 2, and the standby keys are shown in white.

The following figure shows the flick guide displayed by selecting and touching the target character to perform flick input from the standby screen displayed in FIG. 3. The character displayed on the flick guide is tapped and flicked. Is selected and displayed on the cursor.
(1) FIG. 4 displays a flick guide from the “a” key of the kana numeric keypad at the key position “A”, and the kana of the key row is selected by the flick function.
(2) FIG. 5 displays a flick guide from the “ka” key of the kana numeric keypad at the key position “K”, and the kana of the row of the key is selected by the flick function.
(3) In FIG. 6, a flick guide from the “sa” key of the kana numeric keypad is displayed at the key position “S”, and the kana of the row of the key is selected by the flick function.
(4) In FIG. 7, a flick guide from the “ta” key of the kana numeric keypad is displayed at the key position “T”, and the kana of the key row is selected by the flick function.
(5) FIG. 8 displays a flick guide from the “NA” key of the kana numeric keypad at the key position “N”, and the kana of the row of the key is selected by the flick function.
(6) FIG. 9 displays a flick guide from the “ha” key of the kana numeric keypad at the key position “H”, and the kana of the row of the key is selected by the flick function.
(7) FIG. 10 displays a flick guide from the “MA” key of the kana numeric keypad at the key position “M”, and the kana of the row of the key is selected by the flick function.
(8) In FIG. 11, a flick guide from the “ya” key of the kana numeric keypad is displayed at the key position “Y”, and the kana of the row of the key is selected by the flick function.
(9) FIG. 12 displays a flick guide from the “ra” key of the kana numeric keypad at the key position “R”, and the kana of the row of the key is selected by the flick function.
(10) FIG. 13 displays a flick guide from the “WA” key of the kana numeric keypad at the key position “W”, and the kana of the row of the key is selected by the flick function.
(11) FIG. 14 shows a flick guide in which a “g” line of muddy sound is displayed at the key position “G”, and the kana of the line is selected by the flick function.
(12) FIG. 15 is a flick guide in which a “z” line of muddy sound is displayed at the key position “Z”, and the kana of the line is selected by the flick function.
(13) FIG. 16 shows a flick guide in which a “da” line of muddy sound is displayed at the key position “D”, and the kana of the line is selected by the flick function.
(14) FIG. 17 is a flick guide in which the “B” line of muddy sound is displayed at the key position “B”, and the kana of the line is selected by the flick function.
(15) In FIG. 18, the kana of the line is selected by the flick function in the flick guide in which the “P” line of semi-voiced sound is displayed at the key position “P”.
(16) In FIG. 19, the kana of the line is selected by the flick function in the flick guide in which the lowercase “a” line is displayed at the key position of “L”.
(17) FIG. 20 is a flick guide in which “X” and “YA” lines are displayed at the key position of “X”, and the kana of the lower case “TSU” and “YA” lines is selected by the flick function. The
(18) In FIG. 21, a numerical value “1”, “2”, “3” is displayed at the key position “F”, and the numerical value is selected by the flick function.
(19) In FIG. 22, a numerical value “4”, “5”, “6” is displayed at the key position “C”, and the numerical value is selected by the flick function.
(20) In FIG. 23, a numerical value “7”, “8”, “9” is displayed at the key position “V”, and the numerical value is selected by the flick function.
(21) In FIG. 24, a symbol “.”, “0”, “%” is displayed at the key position “J”, and the symbol is selected by the flick function.
(22) In FIG. 25, a flick guide from the “#” key of the kana numeric keypad is displayed at the key position “Q”, and symbols “,”, “.”, “?”, “!”, Etc. are displayed by the flick function. Is selected.
(23) In FIG. 26, the vowel “I” and the lowercase “I” are displayed as a flick guide at the key position “I”, and “I” and the lowercase “I” are selected by the flick function.
(24) In FIG. 27, the vowel “U” and the lowercase “ぅ” are displayed as a flick guide at the key position “U”, and “U” and the lowercase “ぅ” are selected by the flick function.
(25) In FIG. 28, the character “E” and the lower case letter “e” are selected by the flick function with the flick guide in which the vowel “e” and the lower case letter “e” are displayed at the key position “E”. (Ha).
(26) FIG. 29 is a flick guide in which “O”, “o” of a vowel and lowercase “の” are displayed at the key position “O”, and the “o” and “o” of a vowel are displayed by the flick function. The lowercase “ぉ” is selected.
As described above, the kana and numbers of all the Japanese syllabary, muddy, semi-voiced, and lowercase letters can be selected by the flick function by each key, and Japanese can be input by the kana-kanji conversion method.

The following is a description comparing the flick operation using the alphabetic keys described above and the operation using the conventional kana numeric keypad. (1) In the present invention, the selection of the “a” line is the flick operation with the key position “A”. However, with the numeric keypad, the flick operation is “1”.
(2) Selection of the “ka” line in the present invention is a flick operation with the key position “K”, but a “2” flick operation with the numeric keypad.
(3) The selection of the “sa” line in the present invention is a flick operation with the key position “S”, but a “3” flick operation with the numeric keypad.
(4) The selection of the “ta” line in the present invention is a flick operation with a key position “T”, but a “4” flick operation with a numeric keypad.
(5) The selection of the “NA” line in the present invention is a flick operation with a key position “N”, but a “5” flick operation with a numeric keypad.
(6) Selection of the “ha” line in the present invention is a flick operation with a key position of “H”, but a “6” flick operation with a numeric keypad.
(7) The selection of the “MA” line in the present invention is a flick operation with the key position “M”, but a “7” flick operation with the numeric keypad.
(8) The selection of the “ya” line in the present invention is a flick operation with the key position “Y”, but a “8” flick operation with the numeric keypad.
(9) In the present invention, selection of the “Ra” line is a flick operation with a key position “R”, but a “9” flick operation with a numeric keypad.
(10) The selection of the “Wa” line in the present invention is a flick operation with the key position “W”, but a “0” flick operation with the numeric keypad.
(11) The selection of the “GA” line in the present invention is a flick operation with a key position “G”, but with a numeric keypad, a flick operation “2” and a tap operation “*”.
(12) The selection of the “za” line in the present invention is a flick operation with the key position “Z”, but with the numeric keypad, a “3” flick operation and a “*” tap operation.
(13) In the present invention, selection of the “da” line is a flick operation with a key position “D”, but with a numeric keypad, a flick operation “4” and a tap operation “*”.
(14) Selection of the “B” line in the present invention is a flick operation with a key position “B”, but with a numeric keypad, a “6” flick operation and a “*” tap operation.
(15) The selection of the “PA” line in the present invention is a flick operation with the key position “P”, but with the numeric keypad, a “6” flick operation and “*” are two tap operations.
(16) In the present invention, the lowercase selection of the “A” line is a flick operation with a key position of “L”, but with a numeric keypad, a flick operation of “1” and a tap operation to “*”.
(17) In the present invention, the selection of the lower case letter “T” is a flick operation with the key position “X”, but with the numeric keypad, a flick operation “4” and a tap operation “*”.
(18) In the present invention, the lowercase selection of the “ya” line is the flick operation with the key position “X”, but with the numeric keypad, the flick operation is “8” and the tap operation is “*”.
(19) The selection of “1”, “2”, and “3” in the present invention is a flick operation with the key position “F”, but with the numeric keypad, the screen is changed to a numeric key screen and each number is tapped to perform the original operation. Return to the screen.
(20) The selection of “4”, “5”, and “6” in the present invention is a flick operation with the key position “C”, but with the numeric keypad, the screen is changed to a numeric key screen and each number is tapped to perform the original operation. Return to the screen.
(21) The selection of “7”, “8”, and “9” in the present invention is a flick operation with the key position “V”, but with the numeric keypad, the screen is changed to a numeric key screen and each number is tapped to perform the original operation. Return to the screen.
(22) The selection of “.”, “0”, “%” in the present invention is a flick operation with the key position “J”, but with the numeric keypad, the screen is changed to a numeric key screen and each number is tapped. Return to the original screen.
(23) The selection of ““, ”,“. ”,“? ”,“! ”In the present invention is a flick operation with a key position of“ Q ”, but a“ # ”flick operation with the numeric keypad.
(24) In the present invention, the selection of a small letter “i” is a flick operation with a key position “I” or “L”, but with a numeric keypad, a flick operation “1” and a tap operation “*”.
(25) Selection of the lower case “ぅ” in the present invention is a flick operation with the key position “U” or “L”, but with the numeric keypad, a flick operation “1” and a tap operation “*”.
(26) In the present invention, the selection of the small letter “e” is a flick operation with the key position “E” or “L”, but with the numeric keypad, a flick operation “1” and a tap operation “*”.
(27) Selection of the lower case “ぉ” in the present invention is a flick operation with the key position “O” or “L”, but with the numeric keypad, a flick operation “1” and a tap operation “*”.
The comparison between the present invention and the conventional flick operation has been described above.

In the second embodiment, from an input standby state by inputting Roman characters using an English keyboard.
(1) A function of transferring a corresponding consonant alphabetic character to a temporary cursor by operating a consonant alphabetic key.
(2) A function (flick guide) for displaying on the screen the position and direction of the operation target character selected by tapping, flicking, etc. by consonant alphabet key operation.
(3) A function for displaying the character designated by the flick guide on the cursor by tapping the consonant alphabet key.
(4) A function for displaying the character designated by the flick guide on the cursor by flicking the consonant alphabet key.
By carrying out the above combination, after the kana conversion process from English characters, the characters are converted to kana-kanji and Japanese can be input.

  FIG. 30 is a vertical Roman key (1) in which a Roman key is displayed on the touch panel partially displayed in the vertical direction, and the left vertical Roman key (1) is a "K" key indicated by diagonal lines. While touching and being transferred to the cursor, it is flicked to the right from the “K” key, and the letters “K” and “E” are kana-converted to the cursor for the right vertical Roman key (1). The letter “ke” is displayed.

  Next, in FIG. 31, the left vertical Roman key (1) is in contact with the “N” key indicated by the diagonal line and “N” is transferred to the cursor, and the “N” key is displayed. “N” is additionally displayed by tapping, and in the next step, the right vertical Roman key (1) touches the “K” key indicated by diagonal lines and is transferred to the cursor. , “N” is converted to “n”, and “K” is additionally displayed.

  Next, in FIG. 32, the left roman key (1) on the left side touches the “Y” key indicated by the diagonal line, and “Y” is transferred to the cursor. Flicked upward, and as the next step, the right vertical Roman key (1) cursor is additionally displayed with the characters “Kyu” by “K”, “Y” and “U” kana conversion. .

  Next, in FIG. 33, the left vertical Roman key (1) is touched with the hatched “U” key and transferred to the cursor, and the “U” key is a vowel alphabet, so tap. As a next step, the character of “u” is additionally displayed on the right vertical Roman key (1) cursor by kana conversion.

  Subsequently, in FIG. 34, the left vertical Roman key (1) is indicated by the diagonal line of the right vertical Roman key (1) as a next step by tapping with the "J" key indicated by the diagonal line. In a state where “Y” is transferred to the cursor by touching the “Y” key, flicking downward displays “O” and proceeds to the next stage.

  Next, in FIG. 35, the left side of the vertical Roman key (1) cursor becomes “Jo” by “J”, “Y”, and “O”, and the letters “Kenkyujo” are displayed. Then tap the “laboratory” character from the prediction conversion candidates displayed above the romaji key, and the next step is to move the lab character to the cursor on the right vertical roman character key (1). Displayed by conversion.

  In the third embodiment, the vowel alphabet “A” is added to the previously input consonant alphabet when three consecutive consonant alphabet characters are displayed on the cursor after the kana conversion processing from the alphabet in the function of the second embodiment. It has the function of converting to a combined kana, and when there is a consonant alphabet between the kana and kana, it converts it to a kana that combines the consonant alphabet with the vowel alphabet of “A”.

  In FIG. 36, the horizontal roman character key (2) in which the roman character key is displayed on the touch panel displayed in the horizontal direction shifts to the tap operation in a state where the key “K” is touched and transferred to the cursor.

  Subsequently, in FIG. 37, the horizontal roman character key (2) touches the “G” key, and the operation proceeds to the tap operation in a state where the key is transferred to the cursor.

  Subsequently, in FIG. 38, the process proceeds to the next while the key “Y” is touched with the horizontal Roman key (2) and transferred to the cursor.

  Subsequently, FIG. 39 shows three consecutive consonant alphabetic characters displayed on the cursor of the horizontal Romaji key (2). Therefore, “K” is obtained by adding the vowel alphabet of “A” to “K” inputted earlier. This is the state converted to kana.

  Subsequently, in FIG. 40, the horizontal roman character key (2) is brought into contact with the key "K" and transferred to the cursor, and the operation proceeds to the tap operation.

  In FIG. 41, three syllabic characters are displayed in succession on the cursor of the horizontal Roman key (2), so that “G” is obtained by adding the vowel alphabet of “A” to the previously input “G”. In the state converted to kana, flicks upward and moves to the next stage.

  Subsequently, in FIG. 42, the kana of “K” by “K” and “U” is displayed by flicking upward from the alphabet by the flick operation on the cursor of the horizontal Roman key (2).

  Next, in FIG. 43, there is a “Y” consonant alphabet between the kana and the kana on the cursor of the horizontal Roman key (2), so it is converted into a “ya” kana combined with the “A” vowel alphabet. Then, the character “Kayagaku” is displayed, and the character “shining” is tapped from the prediction conversion candidates displayed above the Roman key, and the process proceeds to the next stage.

  Subsequently, in FIG. 44, the character “shining” is displayed by the kana-kanji conversion on the cursor of the horizontal Roman key (2).

In the fourth embodiment, from the standby state for input by romaji input using an English keyboard.
(1) A function of transferring a corresponding consonant alphabetic character to a temporary cursor by operating a consonant alphabetic key.
(2) A function (flick guide) for displaying on the screen the position and direction of the operation target character selected by tap, flick, slide, etc. by consonant alphabet key operation.
(3) A function for displaying the character designated by the flick guide on the cursor by tapping the consonant alphabet key.
(4) A function of displaying the corresponding consonant alphabet and the selected vowel vowel alphabet at the cursor or displaying the character designated by the flick guide at the cursor by flicking or sliding the consonant alphabet key.
By carrying out the above combination, after the kana conversion process from English characters, the characters are converted to kana-kanji and Japanese can be input.

  When the outer character is selected and displayed by the slide operation on the consonant alphabets “Y” and “N”, the character “X” is displayed on the cursor first.

  When the outer character is selected and displayed by the slide operation on the consonant alphabet “S”, the vowel alphabet of the selected character is displayed on the cursor.

  For symbols, numbers, etc., the characters that are displayed flicked are displayed at the cursor.

  FIG. 45 shows a consonant alphabet key (3) in which a consonant alphabet key is displayed on the touch panel displayed in the horizontal direction.

  FIG. 46 is a consonant alphabet key (3) in which a flick guide displayed by key operation is displayed on the corresponding key.

  In FIG. 47, the consonant alphabet key (3) “K” is flicked in the direction of “ke”, and the characters “K” and “E” are displayed at the cursor and converted to the kana “ke” (hidden) ).

  FIG. 48 is a diagram in which the “N” key of the consonant alphabet key (3) is tapped and “N” is displayed on the cursor (not displayed).

  FIG. 49 is a diagram in which the “K” key of the consonant alphabet key (3) is tapped and “K” is displayed on the cursor, and “N” is converted to “n” on the cursor (not displayed).

  In FIG. 50, the “Y” key of the consonant alphabet key (3) is flicked in the direction of “Kyu”, “Y” and “U” which is the vowel of “Kyu” are displayed on the cursor and input first. FIG. 6 is a diagram (not shown) that is converted into “Kyu” by kana conversion from English letters with “K”, “Y”, and “U”.

  FIG. 51 is a diagram of sliding from the “S” key of the consonant alphabet key (3) to the character position “U”. When the outer character is selected and displayed by the sliding operation in “S”, the character of the selected character is displayed. FIG. 11 is a diagram in which “U” of a vowel alphabet of a selected character is displayed on a cursor according to the definition of “display vowel alphabet at cursor” but is converted to “u” by kana conversion (not displayed).

  FIG. 52 is a diagram in which the “Z” key of the consonant alphabet key (3) is tapped and “Z” is displayed on the cursor (not displayed).

  In FIG. 53, the “Y” key of the consonant alphabet key (3) is flicked in the direction of “Jo”, and “Y” and “O” which is the vowel of “Jo” are displayed on the cursor and input first. The characters “Z”, “Y” and “O” are converted to “Jo” by kana conversion from English letters, and the character “Kenkyujo” is displayed (hidden) on the cursor. “Laboratory” can be input by Kana-Kanji conversion.

  The input of characters on the cursor in the fourth embodiment is the same as that in the second embodiment.

  Since the flick function in the fourth embodiment can simultaneously select five characters of each line of the kana and consonant alphabetic characters of the line, the selection from the Roman characters and the selection from the kana characters can be simultaneously input simultaneously.

  Normally, one character is selected by flick, slide, etc., but two characters can be selected by adding the initial key selection in the operation, and characters other than those displayed by the flick guide can also be selected. The character displayed by the flick guide is not the same every time the flick guide from the same key, and the character at the cursor or the character that will change depending on the selection can be displayed in advance. Is also corresponding.

  It can also be used for alphabet keys such as dictionaries and terminals.

Claims (1)

In Japanese input using a keyboard with an alphabetic key with a fixed key arrangement, the Kana-Kanji conversion method or the Roman character input with a Kana conversion method for converting an alphabet into a kana is performed from a character input waiting state on the cursor. , By selecting (pressing) each key operation with a consonant key, the consonant of the corresponding key and the kana character consisting of “A”, the consonant of the corresponding key by flicking and “I”, “U”, “E”, “O” "Kana characters consisting of one character each", and Kana conversion by "L" and one each of "A", "I", "U", "E", "O" by key operation using the "L" key A kana character consisting of a kana character conversion method using a pair of characters of “X” and “TU”, “YA”, “YU”, and “YO” by selecting a kana character consisting of a method, and operating the “X” key. Character input by selection and corresponding kana This is an input method that includes a flick guide that displays characters and indicates the direction, and the corresponding consonant is input to the cursor by tapping (pressing) each key operation with the consonant key, and the corresponding consonant is input to the cursor by flicking. When the selected character “I”, “U”, “E”, “O” is input to the cursor, the spelling is the same as the lowercase kana selected by the “L” and “X” keys of the kana conversion method. Select a letter by tapping, flicking, or sliding, or tap the corresponding kana lowercase letter directly, and enter a character by selecting flicking or sliding, and a flick guide that shows the direction by displaying the corresponding letter and kana. In the input method, when three consecutive consonant alphabetic characters are displayed on the cursor after the kana conversion process, the first consonant alphabet is converted to a kana with the vowel alphabet of “A” combined. A consonant alphabet key characterized in that when there is a single consonant alphabetic character sandwiched between a name and a kana, the consonant alphabet is converted into a kana in which the vowel alphabet of “A” is added to the consonant alphabetic character in any combination Flick operation method with vowel alphabets and kana from.