KR100939924B1 - Method and system for word input in touch screen device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a touch screen type character input method and system, and to display a plurality of consonant regions and a singular vowel region within one touch screen button, and to display a first consonant region among the displayed touch screen buttons. A touch input signal is applied, and it is determined whether the applied input signal is continuously applied to the second consonant region via the vowel region. As a result of the determination, the applied input signal is continuously applied to the second consonant region. In the case of continuous application, the second consonant corresponding to the second consonant region is controlled to be input, thereby reducing the number of touch screen button inputs by omitting unnecessary duplication during phoneme input such as consonants and vowels. .

Touch screen, character entry, entry count

Description

Touch screen type character input method and system {METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR WORD INPUT IN TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE}

The present invention relates to a touch screen type character input method and system, and more particularly, to a touch screen type character input method and system capable of omitting unnecessary duplication at the time of phoneme input such as consonants and vowels.

The touch screen is a screen that does not use a keyboard, but when a person's hand or an object touches a character or a specific location on the screen, the touch screen can identify the location and perform specific processing by the stored software. Refers to a screen that allows direct input data.

The touch screen is a function of attaching a device called a touch panel to the screen of a general monitor. The touch panel causes invisible infrared rays to flow from side to side and up and down to create numerous square grids on the screen. If it touches the grid with other objects, it has a function to determine its position. Therefore, if you touch the character or picture information displayed in advance on the screen equipped with the touch panel by hand, it is very easy to find out what the user has selected according to the position of the touched screen and process the corresponding command by the computer. You can get the information you want.

Such touch screens are widely used for guidance software in places that are widely used by the public because of these characteristics of touch screens, for example, subways, department stores, banks, and the like. It is widely used as a means for text input in a terminal such as a portable terminal or a navigation terminal.

The present invention has been made to improve the prior art as described above, the present invention omits the unnecessary overlap in the process of finding, moving and touching the button when the phoneme input such as consonants and vowels, touch screen buttons By reducing the number of times of input, it is an object to further improve the ease of use and efficiency of character input.

In addition, the present invention allows to configure the character input means of the touch screen method with a smaller number of buttons, to secure the size of the larger touch screen button to configure the button size of the touch screen to the international standard button size It aims to do it.

In order to achieve the above object and to solve the problems of the prior art, the touch screen type character input method according to an aspect of the present invention comprises the steps of: displaying a plurality of consonant regions and a single vowel region within a single touch screen button, Receiving an input signal of touching the first consonant region among the displayed touch screen buttons, and determining whether the applied input signal is continuously applied to the second consonant region via the vowel region And when the applied input signal is continuously applied even in the second consonant region as a result of the determination, controlling the second consonant corresponding to the second consonant region to be input.

According to still another aspect of the present invention, the method may further include receiving an input signal of touching the vowel area, and controlling a vowel corresponding to the vowel area to be input.

According to still another aspect of the present invention, the method may further include controlling the input vowel to combine characters with the second consonant.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the plurality of consonant regions are two consonant regions, and the singular vowel region is configured to be positioned between the two consonant regions.

A computer-readable recording medium according to one aspect of the present invention is characterized in that a program for executing the touch screen type character input method is recorded.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a touch screen type character input system comprising: a touch screen unit configured to display a plurality of consonant regions and a singular vowel region within a single touch screen button; a first consonant among the displayed touch screen buttons An input signal receiving unit receiving an input signal touching an area, an input signal determining unit determining whether the applied input signal is continuously applied to the second consonant area via the vowel area, and the determination result, And a character input controller configured to control a second consonant corresponding to the second consonant region to be input when the applied input signal is continuously applied to the second consonant region via the vowel region.

According to another aspect of the invention, the input signal receiving unit receives an input signal for touching the vowel area, the character input control unit controls to input the vowel corresponding to the vowel area.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the character input controller controls the input vowel to be composed of a character by combining with the second consonant.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the plurality of consonant regions are two consonant regions, and the singular vowel region is configured to be positioned between the two consonant regions.

According to still another aspect of the present invention, in the touch screen type character input means including a plurality of buttons, each of the plurality of buttons comprises a plurality of consonant regions and a single vowel region, When the first region, which is one of the plurality of consonant regions, is touched and dragged to the second region, which is any one of the plurality of consonant regions, is corresponding to the second region via the vowel region. Consonants are input.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the plurality of consonant regions are two consonant regions, and the singular vowel region is configured to be positioned between the two consonant regions.

According to the present invention, when the phoneme input such as consonants and vowels, an unnecessary overlapping procedure can be omitted in the process of finding, moving, and touching a button, thereby reducing the number of inputs of the touch screen button. Therefore, the usability and efficiency of character input can be improved more.

In addition, according to the present invention, since the character input means of the touch screen method can be configured with a smaller number of buttons, the size of the larger touch screen button can be ensured, and the size of the touch screen button can be adjusted to the international standard button size. Can be configured.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and the contents described in the accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited or limited to the embodiments. Like reference numerals in the drawings denote like elements.

1 is a diagram illustrating a character input system 110 according to an example of the present invention. A character input system 110 according to an example of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 1.

For reference, FIG. 1 illustrates a module directly or indirectly related to the present invention. Of course, other drawings may apply as well. However, blocks shown in the present specification can be designed as a module, and the module means one unit for processing a specific function or operation. The module may be implemented in hardware or software, or may be implemented in a combination of hardware and software.

As shown in FIG. 1, the character input system 100 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a determination controller 110 and a touch screen unit 120, and the determination controller 110 includes an input signal receiver. And an input signal determination unit 112 and a character input control unit 113.

The touch screen unit 120 displays a plurality of consonant regions and a singular vowel region within one touch screen button. In this case, the plurality of consonant regions may be composed of two consonant regions, and the singular vowel regions may be configured to be positioned between the two consonant regions. For example, the plurality of consonant regions may include two consonant regions matching 'a' and 'ㄲ', and a vowel region matching 'input', and the 'a' and 'ㄲ' It may be configured to include a vowel region of 'ㅏ' between two consonant regions of '.

The input signal receiving unit 111 receives an input signal for touching the first consonant region among the displayed touch screen buttons. For example, in the case of two consonant regions of 'a' and 'ㄲ', the user touches one of the two consonant regions of the 'a' and 'ㄲ' (first consonant region). The input signal receiver 111 receives the touch input signal.

The input signal determination unit 112 determines whether the input signal applied as described above is continuously applied to the second consonant region via the vowel region. That is, it is determined whether an input signal that touches the first consonant region and is dragged and dropped to the second consonant region is input. For example, in a touch screen button composed of two consonant regions of 'a' and 'ㄲ', it is determined whether a signal for touching 'a' area and dragging and dropping to 'ㄲ' is input.

As a result of the determination, the character input control unit 113 controls the second consonant corresponding to the second consonant region to be input when the applied input signal is continuously applied to the second consonant region via the vowel region. do. For example, in a touch screen button consisting of two consonant regions of 'ㄱ' and 'ㄲ', when a signal for touching the 'ㄱ' area and dragging and dropping into the 'ㄲ' is input, the 'ㄲ' Control to be input.

The input signal receiver 111 may receive an input signal for touching the vowel area, and the text input controller 113 may control the vowel corresponding to the vowel area to be input. That is, after the consonant is input by the above method, the vowel may be controlled by receiving an input signal through a touch method for input of the vowel, and thus the character input control unit 113 may input the vowel. The combined vowels may be combined with the second consonants to control a character. For example, in a touch screen button consisting of two consonant regions of 'ㄱ' and 'ㄲ', when a signal is inputted by touching and dragging the 'ㄱ' area toward the region of the 'ㄲ', the consonant '음' Is input, and the character 'ca' may be configured and displayed by touching the 'ㅏ' area on the touch screen button.

In addition, the touch screen button according to an example of the present invention may be configured to include a plurality of consonants or vowels according to the configuration of the touch screen and the user's needs.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a touch screen type text input means 210 according to an example of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 2, a touch screen type text input means 210 will be described in an example of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, in one example of the present invention, the touch screen type character input means 210 is displayed on the touch screen. The text input means 210 is a means for inputting text into a text input window 220 of a touch screen. For example, in navigation, a text input means 210 is used to input text into a search window 220 for inputting a name of a destination to be searched.

The touch screen type character input means 210 may be configured according to user convenience on the upper, lower or left right side of the touch screen.

The touch screen type character input means 210 includes a plurality of buttons. In particular, each of the plurality of buttons in the touch screen type character input means 210 according to an example of the present invention may include a plurality of consonant regions. And a singular vowel region.

The plurality of consonant regions may be configured to include two consonant regions, and a single vowel region may be configured to be positioned between the two consonant regions. That is, when the first region, which is one of the plurality of consonant regions, is touched and dragged to the second region, which is any one of the plurality of consonant regions, via the vowel region, corresponds to the second region. Consonant is input.

For example, as shown in FIG. 2, the plurality of consonant regions may include a region matching two consonants of 'a' and 'ㄲ', and one vowel and region of 'ㅏ', The vowel region of ′ may be configured to be included between two consonant regions of ′, ′.

3 is a diagram illustrating a touch screen button according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, and illustrates one button among a plurality of buttons constituting the touch screen type character input means 210 illustrated in FIG. 2.

As shown in FIG. 3, a button of a touch screen according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include a plurality of consonant regions 310 and 320 and a single vowel region 330. In addition, the singular vowel area 330 is disposed between the plurality of consonant areas 310 and 320, and the keyboard may be configured with fewer buttons, which is unnecessary when the user finds the location of the button. This delays the time, which can minimize the delay of the character input time.

In addition, although two consonant regions 310 and 320 are illustrated in FIG. 3, three or more consonant regions may be configured. The collection area 330 may also be configured in plurality, and may be configured to be positioned above, below, left, or right on the touch screen button. In addition, since the consonant input according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention is performed when the drag is made after the touch of the consonant region on the touch screen button, the input of the vowel may be configured when the touch part of the touch screen button is simply touched. have.

4 and 5 are diagrams for describing a method of operating a touch screen button according to an example of the touch screen illustrated in FIG. 3.

As shown in FIG. 4, when the first area 410 of the touch screen button is touched and dragged to the second area 420, the consonant 'ㄲ' corresponding to the second area 420 is input. do. On the contrary, as shown in FIG. 5, when the second area 520 of the touch screen button is touched and dragged to the first area 510, a consonant corresponding to the first area 510 is formed. 'Is entered.

In order to input the vowel to be combined with the input consonant, the vowel areas 430 and 530 of the touch screen button are touched to input the vowel, and the input consonant and the vowel are combined to complete a character.

For example, after the consonant 'ㄲ' corresponding to the first region 420 is input by touching and dragging the first region 410 of the touch screen button to the second region 420, the vowel By touching the area 430, the vowel 'ㅏ' may be input to configure the character 'ka'. In addition, after the consonant 'a' corresponding to the first region 510 is input by touching the second region 520 of the touch screen button and dragging the first region 510, the vowel region ( In operation 530, the vowel “ㅏ” may be input to form the letter “a”.

Analysis of each step (Keystroke Level Method: KLM) of the key input method for each time required according to the input of the above characters will be described in detail with reference to Tables 1 and 2 below.

Table 1 is a table showing a key input execution time analysis by each step analysis of the key input method according to the prior art, Table 2 is a key input execution time by each step analysis of the key input method according to an example of the present invention As a table illustrating the analysis, FIGS. 1 and 2 are tables analyzing the time for inputting the word 'backbone'.

In this case, 'P' in Table 1 and Table 2 refers to a step in which a user moves and points a finger (or a touch means) with a touch screen button, and 'M' indicates a user looking for a specific touch screen button (Mental And 'K' refers to a step in which the user touches with a finger (or a touch means).

In the key input method according to the related art, as shown in Table 1, by looking for the 'c' button (1.35 seconds) and moving the hand (finger or touch means) (1.10 seconds), the hand touches (0.12 seconds) Find the 'ㅡ' button (1.35 seconds) and move your hand (1.10 seconds) to touch it (0.12 seconds), find the 'o' button (1.35 seconds) and move your hand (1.10 seconds) to touch (0.12 seconds) ), And make up the 'equal'.

Then find the 'ㅂ' button (1.35 seconds) and move your hand (1.10 seconds) to touch it (0.12 seconds), and once again find the 'ㅂ' button (1.35 seconds) and move your hand (1.10 seconds) (0.12 seconds), find the 'ㅓ' button (1.35 seconds) and move your hand (1.10 seconds) to touch it (0.12 seconds), and once again find the 'ㅓ' button (1.35 seconds) and move your hand (1.10 seconds) ) Touch (0.12 seconds) to configure the 'bone', so a total of 17.99 seconds was required.

That is, in the prior art, in the process of inputting the "backbone", the same overlapping process occurs in finding the button and moving and touching the hand, and thus time is unnecessarily wasted.

In contrast, in the key input method according to an example of the present invention, as shown in Table 2, the 'c' button is found (1.35 seconds) and the hand (finger or touch means) is moved (1.10 seconds) and touched (0.12). Second), find the 'ㅡ' button (1.35 seconds) and move your hand (1.10 seconds) to touch it (0.12 seconds), find the 'o' button (1.35 seconds) and move your hand (1.10 seconds) to touch ( 0.12 seconds), constitutes an equalizer.

Then find the 'ㅃ' button (1.35 seconds) and move your hand (1.10 seconds) to touch it with your hands (0.12 seconds), and find the 'ㅕ' button (1.35 seconds) and move your hand (1.10 seconds) By touching (0.12 seconds) to form a 'bone' rule, it takes a total of 12.85 seconds.

In other words, when inputting a consonant consonant and a vowel for inputting the spine, an unnecessary overlapping process for inputting a phoneme such as finding, moving, and touching a button may be omitted. Therefore, since the number of times of inputting the touch screen button can be reduced, the usability and efficiency of character input can be further improved.

In addition, since the character input means of the touch screen type according to an example of the present invention is composed of a smaller number of buttons, it is possible to secure the size of the larger touch screen button. Therefore, the button of the touch screen can be configured to a size of '3.2 cm' which is a standard of the button size of the international touch screen.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a touch screen type character input method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Referring to Figure 6 will be described in more detail the character input method of the touch screen method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In one touch screen button, a plurality of consonant regions and a single vowel region are displayed (S610), and an input signal of touching the first consonant region among the displayed touch screen buttons is applied (S620).

Thereafter, it is determined whether the applied input signal is continuously applied to the second consonant region via the vowel region (S630).

As a result of the determination, when the applied input signal is continuously applied in the second consonant region continuously, the second consonant corresponding to the second consonant region is controlled to be input (S640).

The method may further include receiving an input signal of touching the vowel area, and controlling a vowel corresponding to the vowel area to be input to receive a vowel for forming a character in combination with the input second consonant. The method may further include controlling the input vowel to be composed of a character in combination with the second consonant.

In this case, the plurality of consonant regions may be composed of two consonant regions, and the singular vowel regions may be configured to be positioned between the two consonant regions.

Further, the touch screen type character input method according to the present invention includes a computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the touch screen type character input method shown in Figs.

The character input method of the touch screen type according to the present invention may be implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed by various computer means and recorded on a computer readable medium. The computer readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc. alone or in combination. Program instructions recorded on the media may be those specially designed and constructed for the purposes of the present invention, or they may be of the kind well-known and available to those having skill in the computer software arts. Examples of computer-readable recording media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tape, optical media such as CD-ROMs, DVDs, and magnetic disks, such as floppy disks. Magneto-optical media, and hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions, such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Examples of program instructions include not only machine code generated by a compiler, but also high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. The hardware device described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the present invention, and vice versa.

As described above, the present invention has been described by way of limited embodiments and drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains various modifications and variations from such descriptions. This is possible.

Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be determined not only by the claims below but also by the equivalents of the claims.

As described above, the present invention has been described by way of limited embodiments and drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains various modifications and variations from such descriptions. This is possible.

Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be determined not only by the claims below but also by the equivalents of the claims.

1 is a view showing an example of a character input system of the present invention.

2 is a view showing a character input means of a touch screen type in an example of the present invention.

3 illustrates a touch screen button in an example of the present invention.

4 and 5 are views for explaining a method of operating a touch screen button according to an example of the present invention.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a touch screen type character input method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

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100: character input system 110: judgment control unit

111: input signal receiver 112: input signal determiner

113: character input control unit 120: touch screen unit

Claims (11)

In the character input method of the touch screen method, Displaying a plurality of consonant regions and a singular vowel region within one touch screen button; Receiving an input signal of touching the first consonant region among the displayed touch screen buttons; Determining whether the applied input signal is continuously applied to the second consonant region via the vowel region; And As a result of the determination, if the applied input signal is continuously applied in the second consonant region continuously, controlling to input a second consonant corresponding to the second consonant region Including, The plurality of consonant regions are the first consonant region and the second consonant region, The singular vowel region is configured to be positioned between the first consonant region and the second consonant region. The method of claim 1, Receiving an input signal of touching the vowel area; And Controlling a vowel corresponding to the vowel area to be input; Character input method of the touch screen method further comprising a. The method of claim 1, Controlling the input vowel to be composed of characters by combining with the second consonant Character input method of the touch screen method further comprising a. delete A computer-readable recording medium in which a program for executing the method of any one of claims 1 to 3 is recorded. A touch screen unit displaying a plurality of consonant regions and a singular vowel region within one touch screen button; An input signal receiver configured to receive an input signal of touching the first consonant region among the displayed touch screen buttons; An input signal determination unit that determines whether the applied input signal is continuously applied to the second consonant region via the vowel region; And As a result of the determination, when the applied input signal is continuously applied to the second consonant region via the vowel region, a character input control unit which controls to input a second consonant corresponding to the second consonant region Including, The plurality of consonant regions are the first consonant region and the second consonant region, The singular vowel region is configured to be located between the first consonant region and the second consonant region, the touch screen type character input system. The method of claim 6, The input signal receiver, Receiving an input signal for touching the vowel area, The character input control unit, And a vowel corresponding to the vowel area is inputted. The method of claim 6, The character input control unit And the input vowel is combined with the second consonant to control characters to be composed. delete In the touch screen type character input means comprising a plurality of buttons, Each of the plurality of buttons, A plurality of consonant regions; And Singular vowel regions It is configured to include, When the first region, which is any one of the plurality of consonant regions, is touched and dragged to the second region, which is any one of the plurality of consonant regions, via the vowel region, corresponds to the second region. Consonant is input, The plurality of consonant regions are the first consonant region and the second consonant region, And the singular vowel region is configured to be positioned between the first consonant region and the second consonant region. delete

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