KR101089104B1 - Character input apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a character input apparatus, and in particular, to a character input apparatus of an information communication apparatus, comprising: a master button unit having master buttons to which one foreign language character is assigned; And a slave button unit having slave buttons to which a plurality of foreign language characters are allocated, wherein each slave button arranges foreign language characters assigned to the master button unit so as to correspond to a keyboard arrangement structure of master buttons in the master button unit. Character input comprising activating for input selection a foreign language character corresponding to the keyboard layout structure of the selected master button by clicking on one of the master buttons assigned to the master button in the master button unit. Start the device.

Description

Character input apparatus {Character input apparatus}

The present invention relates to a character input device, and more particularly, to a character array combination of an optimized keypad based on the frequency of use of a foreign language character, particularly an English letter, and a key capable of minimizing the number of inputs of a foreign language character, particularly an English character. The present invention relates to a new type of character input device that minimizes the number of input of foreign language characters and increases convenience of use by allowing the pad operation method to be optimized.

Most conventional information and communication equipment includes a small keypad and inputs characters through manipulation of the keypad.

Currently, Korean mobile phone text communication is very active in Korean and English, such as Cheonjiin and Easy Hangul.However, in countries where English is mainly used, such as the US, Europe, and China, the use of text communication is low due to the inconvenience of the English keypad. Or video calls are active.

In particular, in the case of the Korean keyboard, the keyboard layout structure and the operation method are variously and conveniently constructed. However, in the case of inputting English characters, the keyboard is simply arranged in alphabetical order.

Thus, with the development of information and communication devices, smart phones or touch phones are being applied as next-generation terminals, but English characters are being input by voice recognition or direct handwriting recognition.

In addition, the conventional keypad for inputting alphabetic characters has problems such as delay of characters, repeated clicks of identical characters, and a large number of clicks. It is in a demanded situation.

Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, the object of the present invention is to use the foreign language characters, in particular the frequency of use of the foreign language characters to minimize the number of input of the alphabet letters, the ease of use can be increased The present invention provides a character input device of a new type in which a character array combination and an operation method of an optimized keypad based on the above are implemented.

In addition, another object of the present invention is to allow a beginner to easily and quickly enter a foreign language character, especially English characters with optimized character arrangement combination and operation method, as well as new character input to further reduce the number of character input according to proficiency To provide a device.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a character input device of an information communication device, comprising: a master button unit including master buttons to which one foreign language character is assigned; And a slave button unit having slave buttons to which a plurality of foreign language characters are allocated, wherein each slave button arranges foreign language characters assigned to the master button unit so as to correspond to a keyboard arrangement structure of master buttons in the master button unit. Character input comprising activating for input selection a foreign language character corresponding to the keyboard layout structure of the selected master button by clicking on one of the master buttons assigned to the master button in the master button unit. Start the device.

Preferably, the master button portion and the slave button portion is assigned an English letter, the master button portion of the master button portion or all of the alphabet including the frequently used [I, O, A, N, E, T] The letter “E”, which has a high frequency of use, is included as an essential part of the master button, and more preferably, the letter is located at the center of the keyboard layout structure.

At this time, the alphabetic characters of the remaining master buttons except for the letter "E" of the master button may be set in any arrangement order.

Preferably, the keyboard arrangement of the master button unit is arranged in a sequential manner in which the master buttons are arranged in sequence according to the rows and columns of the keyboard array, and the master buttons in the rows and columns of the keyboard arrangement, not a sequential arrangement It can be configured in any one of the partial alignment method of.

Preferably, the character input device of the present invention may further include a double button for repeatedly selecting a continuous input of the last entered English alphabet of the input of the English alphabet with a single click; A shift button having a function may be further included.

Here, the shift button performs the function of uppercase conversion to the next input character at 1 click, and performs the function of uppercase conversion for all English characters after clicking continuously for 1.5 to 2 seconds, and converts all uppercase letters of the alphabet In 1 function, it can convert to lower case.

Preferably, the character input device of the present invention may further include a secondary function button unit including a delete button, an English / Korean / numeric selection button, a special character button, and a space button.

Preferably, when the character input device of the present invention clicks one of the master buttons, an English letter of the corresponding master button is input, one of the master buttons is clicked, and then one of the slave buttons is continuously clicked. In this case, the selected character of the displayed master button is canceled and is converted into the character of the corresponding slave button and controlled to be input.

Preferably, the master button further includes a triple click function in which two groups of English letters and one group of English letters are directly input, and a quad click function in which two groups of English letters and two groups of English letters are directly input.

Preferably, the slave button is applied to an indirect input method dependent on the master button that maintains a command standby state before the master button is clicked first.

Preferably, when the slave button is clicked on another slave button again in the slave character input state (master button + slave button), selection of the master button is omitted, and slave characters belonging to the master button are continuously inputted. To control.

Preferably, the character input apparatus of the present invention groups the master buttons into a group of 1, grouping the English letters corresponding to the button 7 of the slave buttons into 2 groups, grouping the English letters corresponding to the button 8 3 Group the alphabets corresponding to the 9th button into 4 groups, group the alphabetic characters corresponding to the 0 button into 5 groups, and group the group into the 2nd group when the master button grouped into the 1 group is double-clicked. Among the alphabetic characters, a corresponding alphabetic character corresponding to the keyboard arrangement structure of the master button is directly input.

Preferably, the master button unit assigns six alphabetic letters [I, O, A, N, E, T], which are frequently used as master buttons, to [I, O, A] in the first row of the keyboard layout. First, second, and third master buttons assigned in alphabetical order of; and fourth, fifth, and sixth master buttons assigned in alphabetical order of [N, E, T] to the second row of the keyboard layout; The slave button unit has a seventh slave button to which an English letter of [H, R, U / L, D, S] is assigned to the button of the third row and the first column of the keyboard layout, and the button of the third row and the second row of [Y, G]. Input field for [(), P, V / K, B, ()] and [8] Slave button to which English letter of W, M, C, F] is assigned and button of row 3 A ninth slave button to which is assigned a blank and an alphabetic character of [(), Q, () / Z, X, J] and a zero to which (blank) is assigned to the buttons of the fourth row and second column of the keyboard layout It includes a slave button.

Here, when the keyboard arrangement is switched to the number selection keyboard arrangement, [1, 2, 3] are sequentially assigned to the first row, [4, 5, 6] are sequentially assigned to the second row, and the third [7, 8, 9] are assigned to the row in sequence, and [*, 0, #] is assigned to the fourth row in sequence, and the first to sixth master buttons and the seventh It is preferable that the positions of the slave buttons of 8, 9, 0 and the number buttons match each other.

In addition, the [*] button in the fourth row and first column of the keyboard layout functions as a shift button for converting the upper and lowercase letters in English when switching to English input, and the [#] button in the fourth row and third column of the keyboard layout. Is preferably a double button to repeatedly select the continuous input of the last entered alphabetic characters of the input of the alphabetic characters in one click when switching to the English input.

Preferably, when the keyboard arrangement of the character input apparatus of the present invention is applied by a touch screen method instead of a key button method, the master button unit may be used for [I, O, A, N, E, T] having a high frequency of use. Assign six alphabetic characters to the master button, with the first, second, and third master buttons assigned in alphabetical order of [I, O, A] to the first row of the keyboard layout, and [N to the second row of the keyboard layout. , E, T] includes the master buttons of the fourth, fifth, and sixth to be assigned in alphabetical order, and wherein the slave button unit has a [Y, G, W / M, C] , F] Changes and sets the seventh slave button to which the English letter to be assigned is assigned to three groups, and selects the English letter and the special character of [(), Q, () / Z, X, J] to the buttons in the third row and second column. The eighth slave button to which the blank is assigned is set and changed to the fifth group, and the English characters of [(), P, V / K, B, ()] and (blank) are assigned to the buttons in the third row and third column. 9th Slave Burr Is set to 4 groups, and the 0 slave button to which the English letters of [H, R, U / L, D, S] are assigned to the buttons of the 4th row 2 columns of the keyboard arrangement is changed to 2 groups, Disclosed is a character input apparatus for providing a copper wire for 4-way drag character input of a master button.

Preferably, the 4-way drag character input of the master button provides a double input function of the master character when pressing the master button and dragging upwards (↑), and pressing the master button while dragging to the left (←) while pressing the master button. It provides a function of group character input, and provides the function of the 4 group character input when pressing the master button and dragging to the right (→), and pressing the master button and dragging to the lower side (↓) It provides a function, and by providing a function of the two-group character input when double-clicking the master button, the input line and the input time using the four-way and the double-click of the master button is reduced.

Here, when the keyboard arrangement is switched to the number selection keyboard arrangement, [1, 2, 3] are sequentially assigned to the first row, [4, 5, 6] are sequentially assigned to the second row, and the third [7, 8, 9] are assigned to the row in sequence, and [*, 0, #] is assigned to the fourth row in sequence, and the first to sixth master buttons and the seventh It is preferable to match the positions of the slave buttons of 8, 9 and 0 with the number buttons.

In addition, the [*] button in the fourth row and the first column of the keyboard layout functions as a shift button for converting the upper and lowercase letters in English when switching to English input, and the [#] in the fourth row and third column of the keyboard layout. The button is preferably a double button for repeatedly selecting the continuous input of the last input alphabet of the input of the English alphabet when switching to the English input by one click.

According to the character input device according to the present invention as described above, the number of character inputs by optimizing the character array combination of the optimized keypad based on the frequency of use of foreign language characters, especially the alphabet, and the operation method of the keypad It provides an effect that increases the convenience to minimize.

In addition, the present invention has the effect of allowing the beginner to easily and quickly enter foreign language characters in the optimized character arrangement combination and operation method, as well as to further reduce the number of character input according to the proficiency.

1 is a block diagram showing an English keyboard layout of the character input apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention,
Figure 2 is a block diagram showing a numeric keyboard arrangement matching the English keyboard layout of the character input apparatus according to the present invention,
3 is a reference diagram illustrating conversion of an English alphabet dependent on a slave button according to selection of a master button when the English keyboard arrangement of the character input apparatus of FIG. 1 is a touch screen type;
FIG. 4 is a reference diagram illustrating a keyboard arrangement structure of various examples of a master button and an array structure of subordinate alphabets corresponding to slave buttons in a keyboard arrangement of a character input device according to the present invention; FIG.
5 is a block diagram showing another example of the English keyboard layout of the character input apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention,
FIG. 6 is a reference diagram illustrating a four-way drag input process of a master button in the English keyboard arrangement of the character input apparatus of FIG. 5.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. First of all, in adding reference numerals to the components of each drawing, it should be noted that the same reference numerals are used as much as possible even if displayed on different drawings. In the following description of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear.

The present invention is to improve the convenience associated with the input of languages other than Korean, that is, foreign languages, and relates to input devices for alphabets and similar characters, such as English, German, French, Spanish, etc., among English-based characters.

In the following examples of the present invention, only the English letter, but the technical idea of the present invention is not limited to only the English letter, it can be extended to the similar characters of the alphabet, and furthermore to non-English system.

In the following examples, the English characters are targeted.

1 is a block diagram showing an English keyboard layout of the character input device according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a block diagram showing a numeric keypad arrangement matching the English keyboard layout of the character input device according to the present invention.

As shown, the character input apparatus according to the present invention has a master button unit 100 having master buttons 110 to which one alphabet letter is assigned, and a slave including slave buttons 210 to which a plurality of alphabet letters are assigned. The button unit 200 may be large.

In addition, the character input apparatus of the present invention has a double button 300 for repeatedly selecting the continuous input of the last input alphabet among the input of the alphabet characters with one click, and a shift having a function of uppercase and lowercase conversion during English input. ) May further include a button 400, and an auxiliary function button unit 500.

In this case, the shift button 400 performs the function of uppercase conversion to the next input character at 1 click, and performs the function of uppercase conversion for all English characters after clicking continuously for 1.5 to 2 seconds. In the function of converting uppercase letters of English letters, one click cancels the existing task of inputting uppercase letters and converts them to lowercase letters.

The auxiliary function button unit 500 includes a delete button 501, an English / Korean / numeric selection button 502, a special character button 503, and a space button 504.

Such a character input device of the present invention is a mobile terminal including a conventional wireless terminal, a mobile phone, a mobile phone, a camera phone and the like, and an English letter input device of a portable information communication device including a PMP, a PDA, and the like. The touch screen may be applied to a touch panel in which a touch screen is adopted.

The master button unit 100 is assigned to some or all of the alphabet including the high frequency of use [I, O, A, N, E, T] to the master button 110, the maximum frequency of use of the alphabet " E "is included as an essential part of the master button 110, and the user's convenience is increased by arranging it at the center of the keyboard arrangement structure.

At this time, the English letters of the remaining master button 110 except for the letter "E" of the master button 110 may be set in any arrangement order by the designer without a predetermined order.

In addition, as illustrated in FIG. 4, the keyboard arrangement structure of the master button unit 100 includes a sequential arrangement method in which the master buttons 110 are sequentially aligned with the rows and columns of the keyboard arrangement, and the master buttons are keyboarded. In the rows and columns of the array, it may be configured as one of the partial alignment of the offset, not the sequential manner.

4 illustrates a keyboard layout structure of various examples of the master button 110 in the keyboard layout of the character input device according to the present invention, and an array structure of alphabetic characters corresponding to each of the slave buttons 210 corresponding thereto. .

The hatched area shown on the left side of (a, b, c, d) of FIG. 4 shows the allocation structure of the master button 110 in the master button unit 100, and the (a, b, c, The hatched area shown on the right side of d) shows an arrangement structure in which alphabets of English letters allocated to the slave buttons 210 are arranged.

That is, as shown in FIG. 4, it can be seen that the keyboard arrangement structure of the master buttons 110 is matched with the arrangement structure of alphabetic characters dependent on each of the slave buttons 210.

In addition, when one of the master buttons 110 is clicked, a corresponding English letter of the corresponding master button 110 is input.

In this case, when one of the master buttons 110 is clicked and then one of the slave buttons 210 is continuously clicked, the selected letter of the displayed master button 110 is canceled and the letter of the corresponding slave button 210 is cancelled. Is converted and input.

In addition, the master button 110 further includes a triple click function in which two groups of English letters and one group of English letters are directly input, and a quad click function in which two groups of English letters and two groups of English letters are directly input.

Each of the slave buttons 210 arranges alphabets assigned to them so as to correspond to the keyboard arrangement structure of the master buttons 110 in the master button unit 100 as shown in FIG. 4, and the master button unit ( When one of the master buttons 110 is clicked in 100, the alphabetic letters corresponding to the keyboard arrangement of the click-selected master button 110 are activated for input selection.

The slave buttons 210 are applied to an indirect input method dependent on the master button 110 that maintains a command standby state before the master button 110 is clicked first.

In addition, when the slave button 210 clicks another slave button 210 again in a slave character input state (master button + slave button), the selection of the master button 110 is omitted, and the slave button 210 is dependent on the master button 110. So that slave characters belonging to it are continuously inputted.

In the character input device according to the present invention, the master buttons 110 are grouped into one group, and the English characters corresponding to the seventh button (the corresponding button when converting to the numeric keypad) of the slave buttons 210 are grouped into two groups. Grouping, grouping the alphabetic characters corresponding to the eighth button into three groups, grouping the alphabetic characters corresponding to the button nine to four groups, and grouping the alphabetic characters corresponding to the button 0 to the five groups.

Accordingly, when the user double-clicks the master button 110 grouped into the first group, the corresponding alphabetic letter corresponding to the keyboard arrangement structure of the master button 110 among the alphabetic groups grouped into the second group may be directly input.

Hereinafter, an example of a preferred specific configuration of the character input device according to the present invention will be described in detail.

First, as shown in FIG. 1, the master button unit 100 assigns six alphabetic letters of high frequency [I, O, A, N, E, T] to the master button 110, and the keyboard. 1, 2, 3 master buttons assigned in alphabetical order of [I, O, A] to the first row of the array, and [N, E, T] assigned in alphabetical order of the second row of the keyboard layout Grouped into 1 group including 4th, 5th, 6th master button.

As shown in FIG. 1, the slave button unit 200 includes a seventh slave to which an English letter of [H, R, U / L, D, S] is assigned to the buttons of the third row and the first column of the keyboard arrangement. 8th slave button to which the alphabetic characters of [Y, G, W / M, C, F] are assigned to the button and the buttons in the third row and the second row, and [(), P, V / K to the buttons in the third row and the third row. , B, ()] is assigned to the (9) slave button to which the (English) and special character selection input area (blank) is allocated, and to the button of the fourth row 2 column of the keyboard layout [(), Q, () / Z, X , J] and a zero slave button to which (blank) is assigned.

Here, the alphabetic characters subordinate to the seventh slave button are grouped into two groups, the alphabetic characters subordinate to the eighth slave button are grouped into three groups, and the alphabetic characters subordinate to the ninth slave button are grouped into four groups. Groups the alphabetic characters that are dependent on the 0 slave button into 5 groups.

In the keyboard layout of the character input apparatus according to the present invention, as shown in FIG. 2, when switching to the number selection keyboard layout, [1, 2, 3] are sequentially assigned to the first row, and sequentially to the second row. [4, 5, 6] is assigned, [7, 8, 9] is assigned sequentially to the third row, and [*, 0, #] is assigned sequentially to the fourth row. The positions of the first to sixth master buttons, the slave buttons of 7, 8, 9, and 0 and the number buttons are matched with each other.

As can be seen here, the symbol displays of the first to sixth of the master buttons 110 and the seventh, eighth, nine, and zero of the slave buttons 210 have the same numbers as the numeric buttons for convenience of description. It is given as an example.

In addition, the [*] button in the fourth row and the first column of the keyboard layout functions as a shift button 400 for converting the upper and lowercase letters in English when switching to the English input, and the [ The #] button functions as a double button 300 that allows the user to repeatedly select the last input of the last alphabet input among the inputs of the alphabet when switching to the English input with one click.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating another example of an English keyboard arrangement of a character input apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which a keypad of a touch screen is applied. FIG. 6 is an English keyboard arrangement of the character input apparatus of FIG. 5. This is a reference diagram for explaining the 4-way drag input process of the master button.

As shown, the character input device of the present invention, in which the keyboard layout is applied by a touch screen method instead of a key button method, is the same as described above with reference to FIG. 1, and thus repeated descriptions thereof will be omitted. Only the features that are described will be described.

As shown in FIG. 6, the character input device applying the touch screen according to another embodiment of the present invention further provides a four-way drag character input method of the master button 110, thereby providing four directions of the master button 110. It provides a keyboard layout structure to reduce the input copper wire and input time by using and double click.

The master button unit 100 assigns six alphabetic letters of [I, O, A, N, E, T], which are frequently used, to the master button 110, as shown in FIG. 5. Master buttons 1, 2, and 3 assigned in alphabetical order of [I, O, A] to 1 row, and 4, assigned in alphabetical order of [N, E, T] to second row of the keyboard layout. Group into 1 group including 5,6 master buttons.

Next, the slave button unit 210 changes and sets the seventh slave button to which the English letters of [Y, G, W / M, C, F] are assigned to the group of the third row and the first column of the keyboard arrangement into three groups.

In addition, the eighth slave button to which (blank), which is an alphabetic character and a special character selection input area of [(), Q, () / Z, X, J], is assigned to the buttons in the third row and the second column, is set to five groups. .

Further, the ninth slave button to which the English characters of [(), P, V / K, B, ()] and (blank) are assigned to the buttons in the third row and the third column is changed and set to four groups.

Further, the 0th slave button to which the English letters of [H, R, U / L, D, S] are assigned to the buttons of the fourth row and the second column of the keyboard arrangement is changed into two groups.

As such, a difference distinguished from the embodiment of FIG. 1 is that most of the configuration and operation are the same, and subordinate alphabetic characters of the slave buttons 110 to provide a copper wire of the 4-way drag character input of the master button 110. There is a difference in repositioning.

Here, the four-way drag text input of the master button 110, while pressing the master button 110 and provides a double input function of the master text when dragging to the upper side (↑).

In addition, while pressing the master button 110 while dragging to the left (←) provides the function of the three group character input.

In addition, while pressing the master button 110 while dragging to the right (→) provides the function of the 4 group text input.

In addition, while pressing the master button 110 and dragging to the lower side (↓) provides a function of the 5 group text input, and when the double click of the master button 110 provides the function of the 2 group text input.

This provides convenience to minimize the input line and the input time using the four-way and the double-click of the master button 110.

Meanwhile, the keyboard layout structure of the character input apparatus according to the present invention is based on the data shown in Table 1 below. The basis of Table 1 is based on three different sources in the book 'Cryptographical Mathematics' by Robert Edward Lewand. It is a statistical analysis of about 150,000 characters obtained by extracting 2700 words, and shows the frequency of use of characters in plain English plain text.

text frequency(%) text frequency(%) A 8.167 N 6.749 B 1.492 O 7.507 C 2.782 P 1.929 D 4.253 Q 0.095 E 12.702 R 5.987 F 2.228 S 6.327 G 2.015 T 9.056 H 6.094 U 2.758 I 6.967 V 0.978 J 0.153 W 2.360 K 0.772 X 0.150 L 4.025 Y 1.974 M 2.406 Z 0.074

As described above, the character input device of the present invention utilizes the variation in the frequency of use of each character as shown in Table 1 above, and sets the English alphabet having a high frequency of use as the priority master button 110. According to the remaining frequencies, the alphabets of the English letters which depend on the slave button 210 are optimized and arranged.

Table 2 below shows the time series ranking from left to right according to the frequency (%) of the above [Table 1].

E T A O I L S H R D L C U M W F G Y Y B V K J X Q Z

Hereinafter, an example of an English letter input using a keyboard arrangement structure of a character input device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described briefly.

First, when the master button 110 is selected and clicked by the user, the corresponding character is input. At this time, when the master button 110 is clicked and the corresponding letter is input, when the slave button 210 is continuously clicked, the displayed master letter is canceled and conversion to the slave letter is performed.

In addition, the slave button 210 is also a character is input when clicking the corresponding letter, the alphabetic character is input only when the master button is clicked first in the command standby state.

That is, if the slave character is input, it indicates the command waiting state.

For example, in the '588888' command standby state, all consecutive characters may be input by pressing '5' corresponding to the first number button.

As shown in FIG. 1, alphabetical letters subordinate to each slave button 210 are included in positions 1 to 6 of the master buttons 110, and FIG. 1 shows an initial state of an English letter input. .

For example, when the master button 110 assigned with the English letter of [I] corresponding to the number button 1 is clicked, the slave buttons 210 corresponding to the number buttons 7 to 0 activate the next English letter.

That is, the slave button 210 corresponding to the number 7 of the numeric button is displayed by activating the English letter [H], and the slave button 210 corresponding to the number 8 of the numeric button is displayed by activating the English letter [Y]. Slave buttons 210 corresponding to Nos. 9 and 0 of the represent the [random] area of the special character user.

Next, when the master button 110 assigned with the English letter of [O] corresponding to the numeric button 2 is clicked, the slave button 210 corresponding to the numeric button 7 represents the English letter [R] and corresponds to the numeric button 8. The slave button 210 represents the English letter [G], the slave button 210 corresponding to the numeric button 9 represents the English letter [P], and the slave button 210 corresponding to the numeric button 0 represents the English letter [Q]. .

Next, when the master button 110 assigned to the English letter of [A] corresponding to the number button 3 is clicked, the slave button 210 corresponding to the number button 7 represents the English letter [U] and corresponds to the number button 8. The slave button 210 represents the English letter [W], the slave button 210 corresponding to the numeric button 9 represents the English letter [V], and the slave button 210 corresponding to the numeric button 0 represents the blank area of [random]. Indicates.

Next, when the master button 110 assigned to the English letter of [N] corresponding to the number button 4 is clicked, the slave button 210 corresponding to the number button 7 represents the English letter [L] and corresponds to the number button 8. The slave button 210 represents the English letter [M], the slave button 210 corresponding to the numeric button 9 represents the English letter [K], and the slave button 210 corresponding to the numeric button 0 represents the English letter [Z]. .

Next, when the master button 110 assigned to the English letter of [E] corresponding to the number button 5 is clicked, the slave button 210 corresponding to the number button 7 represents the English letter [D] and corresponds to the number button 8. The slave button 210 represents the English letter [C], the slave button 210 corresponding to the numeric button 9 represents the English letter [B], and the slave button 210 corresponding to the numeric button 0 represents the English letter [X]. .

Next, when the master button 110 assigned to the English letter of [T] corresponding to the number button 6 is clicked, the slave button 210 corresponding to the number button 7 represents the English letter [S] and corresponds to the number button 8. The slave button 210 represents the English letter [F], the slave button 210 corresponding to the numeric button 9 represents the blank area of [random], and the slave button 210 corresponding to the numeric button 0 represents the English letter [J]. Indicates.

In addition, when the master button 110 corresponding to the numeric button 1 is clicked, [I] is displayed, and the slave button 210 corresponding to the numeric button 7 together with the click of the master button 110 corresponding to the numeric button 1. On click of [I] is deleted and converted to [H].

In addition, two groups of characters are input when the master buttons 110 are double-clicked. For example, when the master button 110 corresponding to the number button 1 is double-clicked, [H] is immediately displayed. This is the same as pressing the number buttons 1 and 7, the same as clicking the master button 110 corresponding to the number button 1 twice.

In this case, the double click is an operation of performing a double click, and the action is preferably performed in less than 0.5 seconds in the double click.

In the present invention, the double button 300 has a function of re-entering the last input button. For example, to input 'HHHH' H four times, the number button 17171717 has to be pressed eight times. If you use the button, only 17DDD five times.

Hereinafter, the double button 300 is represented as "D" when represented as a numeric button.

Example: [5789 "D"] = [5789D] = 'DCBB' is entered if it is written in letters.

"Triple-click" and "quad-click" of the present invention represents the input according to the successive click, the second group and the first group of characters are entered in triple click, the second group and the second group of characters are entered in quad click. .

For example, when the master button 110 corresponding to the number button 1 is triple-clicked, “HI” is input, and when the master button 110 corresponding to the number button 1 is quad-clicked, “HH” is input. It should be noted that the effect of such triple and quad click functions only in the master button 110 belonging to the first group.

3 is a reference diagram illustrating conversion of an English alphabet dependent on a slave button according to selection of a master button when the English keyboard arrangement of the character input apparatus according to the present invention is a touch screen type.

As shown, in the initial state of the keypad shown in FIG. And the other slave characters disappear.

That is, the slave buttons 210 that are dependent on the master button 110 of [O] corresponding to the number button 2 are enlarged and marked only in English characters of [R, G, P, Q], as shown in FIG. And the rest of the alphabet disappears.

At this time, if no other action such as a click is performed for one second while the English characters of the slave buttons 210 depending on the click selection of the master button 110 are displayed, the backup to the first keyboard arrangement shown in FIG. 1 is performed. Will be done.

[Table 3] below is an example of inputting each English letter, and is shown as a matching numeric button and an example.

text number text number A 3 N 4 B 59 O 2 C 58 P 29 D 55 or 57 Q 20 E 5 R 22 or 27 F 68 S 66 or 67 G 28 T 6 H 11 or 17 U 33 or 37 I One V 39 J 60 W 38 K 49 X 50 L 44 or 47 Y 18 M 48 Z 40

On the other hand, an example of using each character arrangement of the "group" combination of the character input device of the present invention will be described.

First, as an example of selecting the English letter "E" of the master button 110 of the combination 1 group, the slave buttons 210 according to the group 2 is "D", the 3 group is "C", the 4 group is "B" ", Group 5 represents" X ".

EE input can be input in 5D when 1 group + 1 group is combined, ED input can be input as 5D7 when 1 group + 2 group combination, and EC input 5D8 when 1 group + 3 group combination. In the combination of group 1 + group 4, the input of EB can be input as 5D9, and in the combination of group 1 + 5 group, input of EX can be input as 5D0.

Next, the input of DD can be input as 55D or 5555 or 5757 or 577 when combining Group 2 + 2, and the input of DE can be input as 555 or 575 when combining Group 2 + 1, Group 2 + 3 In case of group combination, DC can be input as 5558 or 5758 or 578.In case of group 2 + 4, DB can be input as 5559 or 5759 or 579. In case of group 2 + 5, DX input can be input. Can be entered as 5550 or 5750 or 570.

Next, CC input can be input as 58D or 5858 or 588 when combining Group 3 + 3, CE input can be input as 585 when combining Group 3 + 1 and CD when combining Group 3 + 2 The input of 5855 or 5857 or 587 can be entered, and the CB input can be inputted as 589 or 5859 when combining Group 3 + 4, and the input of CX as 580 or 5850 when combining Group 3 + 5 This becomes possible.

Next, BB input can be entered as 59D or 5959 or 599 when combining Group 4 + Group 4, input of BE can be input as 595 when Group 4 + Group 1 is combined, and BD when Group 4 + Group 2 is combined. The input of 597 or 5957 or 5955 can be inputted, and the input of BC can be inputted as 598 or 5958 when combining 4 groups + 3 groups, and the input of BX is 590 or 5950 when combined 4 groups + 5 groups. This becomes possible.

Next, the input of XX can be input as 50D or 5050 or 500 when 5 group + 5 group is combined, and the XE input can be input as 505 when 5 group + 1 group is combined, and XD when 5 group + 2 group is combined. Input of 507 or 5057 is possible, XC input of 5 group + 3 group can be input as 508 or 5058, and XB input of 5 group + 4 group can be input of 509 or 5059. Done.

In addition, when the slave button 210 is clicked in the slave text state, that is, when another slave button 210 is clicked again in the slave button state [master button + slave button], the master button 110 is omitted and continuous input is possible. Do.

That is, when "ECBXBXC" is inputted, "5D890908" or "5D85950595058" can be input.

That is, in the slave state, in the case of the slave character belonging to the same belonging, it is possible to control repeatedly.

In addition, when double button + slave is pressed after slave input, character is input and next character is also input.

That is, when "ECBBBBXXD" is inputted, it is possible to input '5D89999007' or '5D89DDD0D7'.

The text input device of the present invention is used as a text input device of a mobile terminal including a conventional wireless terminal, a mobile phone, a mobile phone, a camera phone, and a portable information communication device including a PMP, a PDA, and the like, and a key button structure. The present invention can be universally applied without being limited to the structure of the touch panel.

Although the present invention has been described in more detail with reference to the embodiments, the present invention is not necessarily limited to these embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

100: master button unit 110: master button
200: slave button portion 210: slave button
300: double button 400: shift button
500: auxiliary function button unit 501: delete button
502: English / Korean / number selection button 503: Special text button
504: space button

Claims (21)

In the character input device of the information communication device,
A master button unit having master buttons to which one foreign language character is assigned; And
And a slave button unit having slave buttons to which a plurality of foreign language characters are assigned.
If one of the master buttons is clicked, the English letter of the corresponding master button is input,
Each of the slave buttons arranges foreign language characters assigned to the master buttons so as to correspond to the keyboard arrangement structure of the master buttons in the master button unit, and when any one of the master buttons in the master button unit is selected by clicking, A character input device for activating for input selection a foreign language character corresponding to a keyboard layout of a selected master button among characters. The method of claim 1,
The master button portion and the slave button portion is assigned an English letter,
The master button unit,
Assign some or all of the alphabets including the frequently used [I, O, A, N, E, T] to the master button,
A character input device having a maximum frequency of use of the alphabet letter "E" as an integral part of the master button and positioned at the center of the keyboard layout structure. The method of claim 2,
Characters of the master button other than the English letter "E" of the master button is set in a random arrangement order. The method of claim 3, wherein
The keyboard arrangement structure of the master button unit,
And a sequential array method for aligning the master buttons sequentially in rows and columns of the keyboard array and a partial sorting method of offset in the rows and columns of the keyboard array instead of the sequential array method. Character input device. The method of claim 4, wherein
And a double button for repeatedly selecting a continuous input of the last entered alphabet letter among the inputs of the alphabet letter by one click. 6. The method of claim 5,
And a shift button having a function of converting uppercase and lowercase letters in English input. The method of claim 6,
The shift button,
When it is clicked, it performs uppercase conversion function for the next input character, and if it lasts for 1.5 to 2 seconds, it performs the function of uppercase conversion for all English letters after clicking, and when it is clicked on the function of uppercase conversion of all alphabet letters Character input device characterized in that for performing the conversion function to lowercase. The method of claim 6,
And an auxiliary function button unit including a delete button, an alphanumeric selection button, a special character button, and a space button. The method of claim 4, wherein
If one of the master buttons is clicked, the English letter of the corresponding master button is input,
When one of the master buttons is clicked, and then one of the slave buttons is continuously clicked, the selected character of the displayed master button is canceled and is converted into a character of the corresponding slave button and inputted. The method of claim 9,
The master button,
Triple click function that directly inputs the alphabet of 2 groups and the alphabet of 1 group,
Character input device further comprises a quad-click function that is directly input the alphabet of two groups and the alphabet of two groups. The method of claim 9,
The slave button,
Character input device characterized in that the indirect input method is dependent on the master button to maintain the command standby state before the master button is first click selected. 12. The method of claim 11,
The slave button,
Characteristic input device characterized in that the selection of the master button is omitted when another slave button is clicked again in the slave character input state [master button + slave button], and slave characters belonging to the master button are continuously input. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 12,
Group the master buttons into one group, group the letters corresponding to the seventh button of the slave buttons into two groups, group the letters corresponding to the eighth button into the three groups, and the letters corresponding to the nineth button. Group them into 4 groups, group the characters corresponding to button 0 into 5 groups,
And a character corresponding to the keyboard arrangement structure of the master button is directly input among the characters grouped in the second group when the master button grouped in the first group is double-clicked. The method of claim 13,
The master button unit,
The first alphabetic characters of [I, O, A, N, E, T], which are frequently used, are assigned to the master button, and the first alphabetical order of [I, O, A] is assigned to the first row of the keyboard layout. And master buttons (2,3) and master buttons (4,5,6) assigned to the second row of the keyboard layout in alphabetical order of [N, E, T],
The slave button unit,
A seventh slave button to which an English letter of [H, R, U / L, D, S] is assigned to the button of the third row and the first column of the keyboard arrangement; and [Y, G, W / M to the button of the third row and the second row , C, F] to the eighth slave button to which the English letter is assigned, and to the buttons of the third row and third column, (blank), which is an input letter and special character selection area of [(), P, V / K, B, ()] And a ninth slave button to which an alphabetic character of [(), Q, () / Z, X, J] and (blank) are assigned to the buttons of the fourth row and second column of the keyboard layout. Character input device characterized in that. The method of claim 14,
The keyboard layout is,
When switching to the numeric selection keyboard layout, [1, 2, 3] are assigned sequentially in the first row, [4, 5, 6] are assigned sequentially in the second row, and [7] , 8, 9], and the structure of the keyboard layout structure in which [*, 0, #] is sequentially assigned to the fourth row,
And a position of the first to sixth master buttons, the slave buttons of 7, 8, 9, and 0, and the number buttons to be matched with each other. 16. The method of claim 15,
[*] Button in the fourth row and the first column of the keyboard layout is
And a shift button for converting the uppercase and lowercase letters of the English language when switching to English input. 17. The method of claim 16,
[#] Button of the fourth row and third column of the keyboard layout,
And a double button for repeatedly selecting the last input of the last alphabet input among the inputs of the English alphabet by one click when switching to the English input. The method of claim 13,
When the keyboard layout is applied by a touch screen method instead of a key button method,
The master button unit assigns six alphabetic letters, [I, O, A, N, E, T], which are frequently used as master buttons, in the alphabetic order of [I, O, A] to the first row of the keyboard layout. First, second, and third master buttons assigned to the second and fourth, fifth, and sixth master buttons assigned to the alphabetical order of [N, E, T] in the second row of the keyboard layout;
The slave button unit,
The seventh slave button to which the English letters of [Y, G, W / M, C, F] are assigned to the buttons in the third row and the first column of the keyboard arrangement is changed and set to three groups, and the buttons in the third row and the second row of the [ ), Q, () / Z, X, J] Set the eighth slave button to which the alphabet and special character selection input area (blank) is allocated to 5 groups, and set the (() , P, V / K, B, the ninth slave button to which (English) and (blank) are assigned are set to four groups, and the [H, R, U] buttons are assigned to the buttons in the fourth row and the second column of the keyboard layout. / L, D, S] by changing and setting the zero slave button to which the alphabetic characters are allocated,
Character input device, characterized in that for providing a copper wire of the 4-way drag character input of the master button. 19. The method of claim 18,
4-way drag text input of the master button,
While pressing the master button and dragging to the upper side (↑) provides a double input function of the master character, pressing the master button and dragging to the left (←) provides the function of the three group character input, while pressing the master button When dragging to the right (→) provides the function of the 4 group text input, and when pressing the master button and dragging to the lower (↓) provides the function of the 5 group text input, when the double click of the master button 2 By providing the function of military character input,
Character input device characterized in that to reduce the input line and the input time using the four-way and the double-click of the master button. The method of claim 19,
The keyboard layout is,
When switching to the numeric selection keyboard layout, [1, 2, 3] are assigned sequentially in the first row, [4, 5, 6] are assigned sequentially in the second row, and [7] , 8, 9], and the structure of the keyboard layout structure in which [*, 0, #] is sequentially assigned to the fourth row,
And a position of the first to sixth master buttons, the slave buttons of 7, 8, 9, and 0, and the number buttons to be matched with each other. The method of claim 20,
The [*] button in the fourth row and the first column of the keyboard layout functions as a shift button for converting the capitalization of English characters when switching to English input.
The [#] button in the fourth row and third column of the keyboard layout may function as a double button to repeatedly select the continuous input of the last entered English letter among the English letters when switching to English input by one click. Character input device.

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