KR101634089B1 - Method, device, computer program and computer readable recording medium for inputting english characters - Google Patents

Abstract

According to an embodiment of the present invention, an English character input device and an English character input method provide an English character keyboard including keys bigger than those of a previous qwerty keyboard or a tenchijin keyboard to remarkably reduce a possibility of error input of a user, wherein each key comprises one character and a plurality of signs surrounding the character. Arrangement relations between the character and the signs and the shapes of the character and the signs are formed to imply a specific English character alphabet, which enables the user to easily memorize the character and signs to input. Therefore, the present invention can provide an intuitive character input interface.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a computer readable recording medium,

The present invention relates to an alphabetic character input method, an alphabetic character input device, a computer program for inputting alphabetic characters, and a computer readable recording medium. More particularly, the present invention relates to an alphabetic character input method, To a computer program and a computer-readable recording medium for inputting alphabetic characters.

Recently, terminals such as a mobile phone, a smart phone, a PDA, a navigator, a notebook, a PC, a POS device and an ATM equipped with a touch-type character input interface such as a touch pad or a touch screen are being released. Such a terminal provides a keypad window and a character display window on a touch screen so that a user can input a desired character through a touch of a keypad window using a finger or a pointer.

Commonly used character input interfaces are a wide range of keyboard applications and QWERTY keyboard applications. The Cheonjiyin keyboard application is one of the most used in Hangul input board, and it uses the existing keypad for feature phone. Although the ChunJin-in keyboard application has a merit of providing a simple Hangeul character input interface, the alphabet input interface is disadvantageous in that it is inconvenient to input characters, has a low input speed and is somewhat inconvenient to input and edit various characters.

And the qwerty keyboard application is an application of the existing PC keyboard. It has an intuitive Korean character input interface as well as an intuitive and easy alphanumeric input interface, and it is convenient to input and edit various symbols. However, the QWERTY keyboard application has a problem that the number of keys to be pressed with a single finger is large, the area of each key is small, and the screen of the terminal is small, thereby generating a typo. Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-1388959 discloses a keypad for allowing a user to intuitively input a consonant or vowel such as a character input of a QWERTY system, .

However, in the case of the QWERTY method, since the possibility of typos is high as described above, when used in a device having a small screen such as a smart watch, the possibility of typos can be further increased due to the narrow area of the key. For example, when chatting with the other party during a game, at least half of the game play screen is required to input character input It may be obscured by the interface, thereby providing inconvenience to the game.

An embodiment of the present invention provides an English alphabet board which can easily input all 26 English alphabets based on four characters and can easily and easily reduce the possibility of occurrence of typo so as to solve the problems of the related art There is purpose in.

In addition, an embodiment of the present invention provides an English keyboard that does not restrict the use of applications already displayed on the user terminal by reducing the area of each key including four characters to reduce the area of the English keyboard There is a purpose in doing.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an English character input method performed by an alphabet character input device, comprising the steps of: (a) A second character of 'c' shape, a third character of 'I' shape, a fourth character of 'c' shape having a lower opening direction, and a plurality of symbols arranged on upper, lower, Providing an alphabetic character plate including a character string; And (b) outputting c, e, i, and n when user input is performed on the first character, the second character, the third character, and the fourth character, respectively.

The alphabetic character input method may further include the steps of: (c) extracting the alphabetic characters except for c, e, i, and n according to a user input for each character and a combination of a plurality of symbols arranged on upper, And outputting the remaining English alphabets.

In addition, the step (a) may further include: a first symbol of the 'l' shape disposed on the left side of the first character; a first symbol of the '\' shape disposed on the right side of the first character; A first symbol of the 'l' shape disposed on the upper side of the first character, and a symbol 'c' shaped of the first symbol having the left side aperture direction disposed on the lower side of the first character do.

In addition, the step (a) may further include: a 2-1 symbol of 'c' shape disposed on the left side of the second character, a 2-2 symbol of 'c' shape disposed on the right side of the second character, A second character of the 'l' shape disposed on the upper side of the second character, and a character '2-' disposed on the lower side of the second character.

In the step (a), a 3-1 symbol of a '\' shape disposed on the left side of the third character, a 3-2 symbol of a '_' shape disposed on the right side of the third character, Quot; C " shape having an opening direction of the upper left, disposed on the lower side of the third character, and a " .

In the step (a), a 4-1 symbol of 'c' shape having a lower opening direction disposed on the left side of the fourth character, a 4-1 symbol of 'c' shape arranged on the left side of the fourth character, 4-2 symbols arranged in the lower side of the fourth character, a 4-3 symbol in the form of 'l' arranged on the upper side of the fourth character, and a 4-4 symbol in the form of 'c' .

The step (c) may further comprise the step of outputting k when the first symbol is input after the user inputs the first symbol, outputting a when the first symbol is the first symbol, Outputting d in the case of the first-third symbol and outputting s in the case of the first-fourth symbol; And a symbol and character sequentially input after the user input of the first character output f when the first character is the first character and the first character, And outputting a case q.

The step (c) may further include outputting o when the second symbol is the second symbol, outputting r when the second symbol is the second symbol, Outputting b in the case of the second symbol and outputting p in the case of the second-fourth symbol; And outputting z when the symbol and character sequentially input after the user input of the second character are the second -2 symbol and the second character.

The step (c) may further comprise the step of outputting y when the third symbol is the symbol input after the user inputs the third character, outputting 1 when the symbol is the third symbol, Outputting t in case of the 3-3 symbol and outputting j in case of the 3-4 symbol; And a symbol and character sequentially input after the user input of the third character are output when the third symbol is the third symbol and when the third character is input, And outputting a case v.

The step (c) may further include outputting m when the fourth symbol is the symbol further input after the user inputs the fourth character, outputting u when the fourth symbol is the fourth symbol, Outputting h for the 4-3 symbol and outputting g for the 4-4 symbol; And outputting w when the symbol and character sequentially input after the user input of the fourth character are the 4-2 symbol and the fourth character.

In the step (a), the four characters and a plurality of symbols disposed adjacent to each character are divided into two sets, and the sets are arranged at positions adjacent to the edges of the screen of the alphabet input device, And placing the four characters and a plurality of symbols disposed adjacent to each character in a matrix form.

In the step (c), after a first user input for one of the English alphabets is generated, a second user input is performed for a predetermined time or more for a character or a symbol of the position where the first user input is terminated If it is generated, the English alphabet corresponding to the first user input is redundantly output.

Meanwhile, according to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a display device having a first character of 'c' shape, a second character of 'c' shape having a left opening direction, a third character of 'I' an alphabetic characterizer for providing an alphabetic character plate including a fourth character of the 'c' shape and a plurality of symbols arranged on upper, lower, left, and right sides of each character; And an output unit for outputting c, e, i, and n, respectively, when user input for the first character, the second character, the third character, and the fourth character occurs.

The output unit may output the remaining alphabetic characters excluding c, e, i, and n according to user input for each character and a combination of a plurality of symbols arranged on upper, lower, left, do.

The alphanumeric key plate providing unit may further include a first symbol of the 'l' shape disposed on the left side of the first character, a symbol '1-2' of the '\' shape disposed on the right side of the first character, Quot; 1 " symbol of the " 1 " shape arranged on the upper side of one character, and a " c " shaped symbol of the first symbol having the left opening direction arranged below the first character.

Also, the alphabetical keyboard providing unit may include a second character symbol 'c' arranged on the left side of the second character, a character symbol '2' arranged on the right side of the second character symbol, A second character symbol 'l' arranged on the upper side of two characters, and a character symbol '2-' arranged on the lower side of the second character character.

Also, the English alphabetical board providing unit may include a 3-1 symbol of '\' shape arranged on the left side of the third character, a 3-2 symbol of '_' shape arranged on the right side of the third character, Quot; _ " shape disposed on the upper side of the three characters, and a " c " -type third character having the upper left side opening direction disposed on the lower side of the third character.

In addition, the alphabetical board providing unit may include a 4-1 symbol of 'c' shape having a lower opening direction disposed on the left side of the 4th character, a 4-1 symbol of 4th character which is a character rotation command symbol disposed on the right side of the fourth character, -2 symbol, a 4-3 symbol of 'l' shape arranged on the upper side of the fourth character, and a 4-4 symbol of 'c' shaped having a left opening direction arranged below the fourth character to provide.

The output unit outputs k when the first symbol is the first symbol and outputs a when the first symbol is a user input after the user inputs the first character, A symbol " -3 " symbol, outputs " s " in the case of the first to fourth symbols, and a sign and a character sequentially input after the user input of the first character are & And outputs f for the first character and q for the second character and the first character.

Also, the output unit outputs o when the second symbol is the second symbol, outputs r when the second symbol is the second symbol, and outputs the second symbol when the second symbol is the second symbol, 3 symbols, outputs p in the case of the (2-4) th symbol, and the symbols and characters sequentially input after the user input to the second character are input into the second-2 symbol and the In case of two characters, z is output.

Further, the output unit outputs y when the third symbol is the symbol to be further input after the user inputs the third character, outputs 1 when the third symbol is the second symbol, Th symbol and j is output in the case of the third-fourth symbol, and symbols and characters sequentially input after the user input of the third character are output as the third-first symbol and the third symbol, X for the third character, and v for the third-second character and the third character.

Also, the output unit may output m when the fourth symbol is the fourth symbol, output u when the fourth symbol is the fourth symbol, 3 symbols, and outputs g in the case of the 4-4 th symbol, wherein symbols and characters sequentially input after the user input of the fourth character are output from the 4-2 symbol and the If it is 4 characters, output w.

The output unit may divide the four characters and a plurality of symbols disposed adjacent to each character into two sets and arrange the sets at positions adjacent to the edges of the screen of the alphabet input device, Or arranges the four characters and a plurality of symbols disposed adjacent to each character in a matrix form.

When the second user input is generated for a predetermined time or longer with respect to a character or a symbol at a position where the first user input is terminated after a first user input for any one English alphabet is generated, , And the English alphabet corresponding to the first user input is redundantly output.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a computer program for performing the above-described method for inputting alphabet letters.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is also provided a computer program stored in a computer-readable recording medium in combination with a computer to perform the alphabetic character input method described above.

According to any one of the above-mentioned objects of the present invention, an embodiment of the present invention provides an English keyboard that includes keys larger than existing QWERTY keyboards, . At this time, each key is composed of one character and a plurality of symbols surrounding it, because the arrangement relationship between characters and symbols, and the shape of characters and symbols are formed in a form that implies a specific English alphabet, Characters and symbols can be easily memorized, thereby providing an intuitive character input interface. In addition, when an English alphabetical board divided into two sets of reduced size keys is displayed on a terminal screen, even if an English alphabetical board is executed for the purpose of chatting or the like while the user is executing an application such as a game, It is possible to minimize the restriction on the use of the existing application by using the English alphabet.

1 is a configuration diagram of an alphabet letter input device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2A is a diagram illustrating an example of an English keypad according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2B is an exemplary view showing an English keyboard according to another embodiment of the present invention. FIG.
2C is an exemplary diagram illustrating an example in which an English keyboard according to an embodiment of the present invention is implemented on a smart watch.
FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram conceptually illustrating an English alphabet input method for inputting 20 English alphabets among 26 English alphabets using an English alphabetboard according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a table defining a matching relationship between the English alphabets shown in FIG. 3 and 20 English alphabets.
FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram conceptually illustrating an English alphabetic input method for inputting the remaining six alphabetic characters of 26 alphabetic characters using an alphabetic character plate according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a flowchart illustrating an alphabetic character input method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, which will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. In order to clearly illustrate the present invention, parts not related to the description are omitted, and similar parts are denoted by like reference characters throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when a part is referred to as being "connected" to another part, it includes not only "directly connected" but also "electrically connected" with another part in between . Also, when an element is referred to as "comprising ", it means that it can include other elements as well, without departing from the other elements unless specifically stated otherwise.

Hereinafter, the " alphabetic character input device " means a computer, a portable terminal, a television, a wearable device, or the like, which can be connected to a remote server through a network or connected to other terminals and servers. Here, the computer includes, for example, a notebook, a desktop, a laptop, and the like, on which a WEB Browser is mounted. The portable terminal is, for example, a wireless communication device that is guaranteed to be portable and mobility, and can be used as a wireless communication device such as a Personal Communication System (PCS), a Personal Digital Cellular (PDC), a Personal Handyphone System (PHS), a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) for mobile communications, IMT (International Mobile Telecommunication) -2000, Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) -2000, W-CDMA (W-Code Division Multiple Access), Wibro (Wireless Broadband Internet) Mobile WiMAX (Mobile Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access), and the like. In addition, the television may include an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV), an Internet television (TV), a terrestrial TV, a cable TV, and the like. Further, the wearable device is an information processing device of a type that can be directly worn on a human body, such as a watch, a pair of glasses, an accessory, clothes, shoes, and the like. And may be a device connected to the terminal.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1, an alphabetic character input device 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an English alphabetic character providing unit 11, an input unit 12, and an output unit 13.

The English alphabetizer 11 provides English alphabet letters on the screen of the alphabet letter input device 10. 2A, the alphanumeric keyboard includes a character input area 100, a numeric input area change button 110, a space button 120, an uppercase input button 125, a period button 130, and a character delete button 140 .

The character input area 100 includes a plurality of symbols surrounding the first character 101, the second character 102, the third character 103, the fourth character 104 and the respective characters 101-104 . Here, when a user input for any one of the first to fourth characters 101 to 104 is generated, four English alphabets may be output, and one of the first to fourth characters 101 to 104 The remaining 22 alphabetic characters can be defined by a combination of the characters of the alphabetic characters and a plurality of symbols surrounding the characters.

The English alphabet may be arranged such that the first to fourth characters (101-104) and a plurality of symbols depending on each character have arbitrary matrices. If one set of characters and a plurality of symbols arranged around the set of characters are referred to as one set, each set may be disposed adjacent to each other so as to have an a x b matrix (a, b = 1 greater than 1). For example, as shown in FIG. 2A, a matrix of 2 x 2 can be formed. Alternatively, they may be arranged to have a matrix of 1 x 4. If an English alphabet of a 1 x 4 matrix is implemented, each set can be arranged in a row. The order in which the respective sets are arranged in the matrix may be the order of the first character 101, the second character 102, the third character 103 and the fourth character 104, They may be arranged in different orders. And this order may be changed according to the user setting.

Also, the English alphabet may be divided into two sets (SET1, SET2) as shown in FIG. 2B. For example, a first set SET1 comprised of a first character 101 and a third character 103 and a plurality of symbols dependent thereon, a second character 102 and a fourth character 104, And a second set (SET2) composed of a plurality of dependent symbols. In this case, the first set SET1 and the second set SET2 may be spaced apart from each other and disposed at a position adjacent to an edge of the screen of the alphabetical character input device 10. [ The combination of characters included in the first set SET1 and the second set SET2 and the number of characters included in each of the sets SET1 and SET2 may be different from those of FIG.

As shown in FIG. 2A, when the English keyboard is provided to a size that occupies about half of the screen of the alphabet input device 10, the sizes of the keys (that is, the respective keys constituting the English keyboard) are smaller than those of the existing QWERTY keyboard It is possible to reduce the possibility of users entering typos because it increases several times. Furthermore, since 26 alphabetic characters can be input using only four keys, if the English alphabetic character plate of the present invention is used on a smart watch that has been recently commercialized as shown in FIG. 2C, the user can efficiently input Let's do it. In addition, as shown in FIG. 2B, when the English alphabet is divided into two sets of small size and arranged on both sides of the screen, the user can be prevented from hindering the use of the existing application. If a user executes an English keyboard for chatting with a user while playing a game on a smartphone, a text input interface occupying more than half of the game execution screen is provided for a conventional QWERTY keyboard, However, in the case of the English keyboard according to FIG. 2B, a character input interface with a small area can be provided so that the user can sufficiently monitor the progress of the game.

The input unit 12 may be configured in the form of a touch screen, a keyboard, a mouse, or the like, for example, to receive user input for characters and symbols included in the English alphabet.

The output unit 13 is configured to output an English alphabet corresponding to a user input inputted through an English alphabetical board. The output unit 13 stores an alphabetical alphabet table corresponding to a single character, a combination of characters and symbols, And outputs the English alphabet corresponding to the input through the screen of the alphabet input device 10. [

Meanwhile, when the upper case letter input button 125 is clicked, the color of each character 101-104 in the character entry area 100 is changed to the user It is possible to recognize that the capital letters can be input. In the case of a general keyboard application, when an upper case letter input button is clicked, an English letter in the arrow keyboard is converted from lower case to upper case to inform the user that capital letters can be input, but since the English keyboard of the embodiment of the present invention can not adopt such a method Color conversion is used. Specifically, when the uppercase input button 125 is clicked, the color of each character 101-104 may be changed, or the color of the entire button including each character may be changed. Alternatively, when the upper case input button 125 is clicked, the color of the arrow in the upper case input button 125 may be changed to recognize that the user can input capital letters. However, the present invention is not limited to this example, and an embodiment of the present invention may indicate that capital letters can be input in various other ways.

Hereinafter, with reference to FIGS. 3 to 5, a method of implementing all 26 English alphabets through English alphabets according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

Referring to FIG. 3, the English alphabets include a first character 101 having a 'c' shape, a second character 102 having a 'c' shape having a left opening direction And a fourth character 104 of 'c' shape having a downward opening direction like a shape obtained by rotating the 'I' shaped third character 103 and 'c' clockwise by 90 °.

Each character 101-104 defines four English alphabets of the 26 English alphabets. More specifically, the output unit 13 outputs c when a user input to the first character 101 occurs, outputs e when a user input to the second character 102, And outputs n in the case of the user input to the fourth character 104. In this case, In particular, the shapes of the first to fourth characters 101-104 are similar or identical to c, e, i, n, respectively, so that the user can intuitively know which alphabetic character is represented.

In addition, the English alphabet defines four other English alphabets through four symbols 101a-101d surrounding the first character 101. [ Specifically, the English alphabet is composed of a first character 101a of the 'l' shape disposed on the left side of the first character 101, a first character 101a of a '\' shape disposed on the right side of the first character 101, 2 symbol 101b arranged on the upper side of the first character 101, a first symbol 101c arranged on the upper side of the first character 101, a first symbol 101b arranged on the lower side of the first character 101, A, d and s, respectively, through the first to fourth symbols 101d of the shape. Assuming that the user input for each symbol is generated after user input for the first character 101, the output unit 13 outputs k corresponding to the user input for the first symbol 101a Outputs a corresponding to the user input to the 1-2 symbol 101b, outputs d corresponding to the user input to the 1-3 symbol 101c, and outputs the 1 < st > symbol 101d ) Corresponding to the user's input to the input device.

The English alphabet also defines four other English alphabets through the four symbols 102a-102d surrounding the second alphabet 102. [ Specifically, the English alphabetic character is composed of a 2-1 symbol 102a of 'c' shape arranged on the left side of the second character 102, a 2nd symbol 102a of 'c' shape arranged on the right side of the second character 102, 2 symbol 102c disposed on the upper side of the second character 102 and a second symbol 102c arranged on the upper side of the second character 102, 4 symbol (102d) define o, r, b, and p, respectively. Assuming that the user input for each symbol is generated after a user input for the second character 102, the output unit 13 outputs o corresponding to the user input for the second-first symbol 102a Outputs r corresponding to the user input to the second-second symbol 102b, outputs b corresponding to the user input to the second-third symbol 102c, and outputs the second-fourth symbol 102d ) Corresponding to the user input to the input terminal.

In addition, the English alphabet defines four other English alphabets through the four symbols 103a-103d surrounding the third alphabet 103. Specifically, the English alphabet is divided into a third symbol 103a of a '\' shape disposed on the left side of the third character 103, a third symbol 103a of a third symbol 103 disposed on the right side of the third character 103, 3 symbol 103c arranged on the upper side of the third character 103, a third character 103b arranged on the lower side of the third character 103, , y, l, t, j, respectively, through the third-fourth symbol 103d of the c 'shape. Assuming that the user input for each symbol is generated after user input to the third character 103, the output unit 13 outputs y corresponding to the user input to the 3-1 symbol 103a And outputs 1 in response to the user input to the third-second symbol 103b, outputs t in response to the user input to the third-third symbol 103c, and outputs t in response to the third-fourth symbol 103d ) Corresponding to the user input to the input device.

In addition, the English alphabet defines four other English alphabets through four symbols 104a-104d surrounding the fourth alphabet 104. Specifically, the English keyboard includes a 4-1 symbol 104a having a c-shape having a lower opening direction disposed on the left side of the fourth character 104, a character rotation A 4-2 symbol 104b as an instruction of a command (180 ° rotation instruction of the fourth character), a 4-3 symbol 104c of an 'l' shape arranged on the upper side of the fourth character 104, U, h, and g are defined through a c-shaped fourth-fourth symbol 104d having a left opening direction disposed on the lower side of the display unit 104. [ Specifically, assuming that the user input for each symbol is generated after user input to the fourth character 104, the output unit 13 corresponds to the user input to the 4-1 symbol 104a Outputs m in response to the user input to the 4-2 symbol 104b, outputs h in response to the user input to the 4-3 symbol 104c, G " corresponding to the user input to the symbol 104d.

At this time, the position where each of the symbols 101a-104d is arranged is determined so that the user can memorize the keyboard easily through intuitive recognition. That is, when the symbols 101a to 104d are moved in the direction in which the characters are arranged at their positions defined as shown in FIG. 3 and combined with the characters, the derivative characters as shown in FIG. 4 are formed. Y, r, p, b (a derivative of the second character 102), y, r, p, (derived characters by the third character 103), m, g, h, u (the derived characters by the fourth character 104) It is easy to memorize and input the correspondence between alphabet and alphabet combination of symbols and characters by associating them with symbols and characters.

In particular, in order to facilitate the intuitive recognition and easy memorization of the user, the first symbol 101b of the '\' shape is arranged at the lower end of the right side of the first character 101 so that a can be easily remapped, The 1 < st > first symbol 101c of the l ' shape is arranged at a position corresponding to the opening region of the ' c ' shape in the upper side of the first character 101 so that d can be easily remapped. In addition, the 2-3 symbol 102c and the 2-4 symbol 102d in the shape of 'l' are located at positions corresponding to the opening area of the second character 102 among the upper side or the lower side of the second character 102 So that b and p can easily be remapped. Also, the 3-1 symbol 103a in the shape of '\' is arranged at the upper part of the left side of the third character 103 so that y can be easily remapped, and the symbol 3-2 of ' 103b are disposed at the lower end of the right side of the third character 103 so that the letter l can easily be remapped. In addition, the 4-3 symbol 104c of 'l' shape is arranged at a position such that an extension line of 'l' shape among the upper side of the 4-3 symbol 104c is in contact with the left portion of the fourth character 104 So that h can be easily remapped.

3 and 4, a total of 20 alphabetic alphabet input methods among 26 alphabetic alphabets can be defined. Next, with reference to FIG. 5, the input method for the remaining six alphabetic characters will be described in detail.

Referring to FIG. 5, f may be output when sequential user input to the first character 101, the first symbol 101a, and the first character 101 occurs as indicated by the arrow in (1) . q can be output when a sequential user input for the first character 101, the first symbol 101b, and the first character 101 occurs as shown by the arrow direction in (2). z can be output when sequential user input for the second character 102, the second-second symbol 102b, and the second character 102 occurs as indicated by the arrows in (3). x can be output when sequential user input for the third character 103, the third-first character 103a, and the third character 103 occurs as indicated by the arrows in (4). v can be output when sequential user input for the third character 103, the third-second symbol 103b, and the third character 103 occurs as indicated by the arrows in (5). w can be output when a sequential user input for the fourth character 104, the fourth-second symbol 104b, and the fourth character 104 occurs as indicated by the arrow in (6).

Here, the user input method for characters and symbols is defined by a method such as a drag input, a continuous touch input, and a flicking input (an input in which a finger touching one area of the screen is flicked in one direction) . For example, the user input as shown in (1) of FIG. 5 is moved by dragging the finger on the screen in the (1) direction, or the first character 101, the 1-1 symbol 101a, When a finger touching the first character 101 is discontinuously or sequentially touched in the direction of the first symbol 101a and then a finger touching the first symbol 101a is touched in the direction of the first character 101a, (B) in the direction of the arrow (101).

On the other hand, the input method for f, q, z, x, v, and w may include any method that can be easily derived through the matters described in the specification, as well as the method described with reference to FIG.

In the manner described above, a total of 26 English alphabets can be defined through four characters 101-104 and symbols 101a-104d depending on each character. Here, since c, e, i, and n are outputted only by one user input for each character 101-104, they can be outputted as the simplest input. a, k, s, d, o, r, p, b, y, t, l, j, m, g, h, u are symbols of one character 101-104 and one symbol 101a-104d F, q, z, x, v, and w are input with two inputs for one character 101-104 and one input for one symbol 101a-104d That is, a total of three user inputs, so that the most complex input can be output. The reason for implementing the complexity in this way is that the frequency of use is relatively high because e, i, n, and c are used in frequency of 1, 5, 6, z, q, x, v, f, and w are used in the 26th, 25th, 24th, 21st, 16th, and 15th places respectively. (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_frequency )

Hereinafter, an alphabetic character input method according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. The method described with reference to FIG. 6 includes steps that are processed in a time-series manner in the alphabetic character input device 10. FIG. Therefore, even if omitted from the following description, the contents described with reference to FIG. 1 through FIG. 5 may be applied to an alphabetic character input method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The alphabetic character input device 10 provides an alphabetic character plate (S10). As shown in FIG. 3, the English alphabetical board may be composed of four characters 101-104 and four symbols 101a-104d surrounding each character. Each character 101-104 defines one English alphabet, and each letter 101-104 is represented by a combination of one of the symbols 101a-104d surrounding it, A total of 26 alphabetic characters can be defined by defining 6 alphabetic characters through additional combinations for specific characters. At this time, the plurality of symbols 101a-104d surrounding each character 101-104 are arranged in such a manner that each of the symbols 101a-104d is a character 101-104 so that intuitive memorization is easy when the user inputs an English alphabet. May be arranged at positions that can show a shape similar to the English alphabet defined by each of the symbols 101a-104d when combined.

Next, the alphabet input device 10 receives a user input for a character or a combination of characters and symbols (S20).

The alphabet character input device 10 stores an alphabet table corresponding to a combination of letters, characters, and symbols, searches for an alphabet letter corresponding to the received user input, and outputs the retrieved alphabet letters (S30).

The alphabetic character input device and the alphabetic character input method according to an embodiment of the present invention may include additional embodiments regarding continuous input of the same alphabetic characters. In the case of English, it is often necessary to input the same English alphabet continuously. (E. G., G oo gle, wi ll, etc.) Thus, it can be cumbersome because they need to perform one operation to input, when characters and symbols conform to one embodiment of the invention as described above repeatedly. In order to solve this problem, an embodiment of the present invention is characterized in that after a first user input for a specific alphabetical alphabet is generated, a predetermined time (for example, 1 Second), the same English alphabet may be repeatedly output. The "ff" input is described as an example. "F" can be output only when one user input is generated in the order of the first character 101, the first symbol 101a, and the first character 101. After one user input is generated, Quot; ff " may be output when a user input for touching the position (i.e., the position of the first character 101) for one second or more is further generated. In other words, since the user can input "ff" even if the user does not drag twice, and once performs dragging and touching the final position for more than one second, the user can conveniently input the same alphabet have.

As described above, an embodiment of the present invention provides an English keyboard that includes keys larger than existing QWERTY keyboards or skywalker keyboards, thereby significantly reducing the likelihood of typos input by the user. At this time, each key is composed of one character and a plurality of symbols surrounding it, because the arrangement relationship between characters and symbols, and the shape of characters and symbols are formed in a form that implies a specific English alphabet, Characters and symbols can be easily memorized, thereby providing an intuitive character input interface. In addition, when an English alphabetical board divided into two sets of reduced size keys is displayed on a terminal screen, even if an English alphabetical board is executed for the purpose of chatting or the like while the user is executing an application such as a game, It is possible to minimize the restriction on the use of the existing application by using the English alphabet.

As used in this embodiment, the term " part " refers to a hardware component such as software or an FPGA (field-programmable gate array) or ASIC, and 'part' performs certain roles. However, 'part' is not meant to be limited to software or hardware. &Quot; to " may be configured to reside on an addressable storage medium and may be configured to play one or more processors. Thus, by way of example, 'parts' may refer to components such as software components, object-oriented software components, class components and task components, and processes, functions, , Subroutines, segments of program code, drivers, firmware, microcode, circuitry, data, databases, data structures, tables, arrays, and variables. The functions provided in the components and components may be combined into a smaller number of components and components or may be separated into additional components and components. In addition, the components and components may be implemented to play back one or more CPUs in a device or a secure multimedia card.

The method according to the embodiment described with reference to FIG. 6 may also be implemented in the form of a recording medium including instructions executable by a computer, such as program modules, being executed by a computer. Computer readable media can be any available media that can be accessed by a computer and includes both volatile and nonvolatile media, removable and non-removable media. In addition, the computer-readable medium can include both computer storage media and communication media. Computer storage media includes both volatile and nonvolatile, removable and non-removable media implemented in any method or technology for storage of information such as computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data. Communication media typically includes any information delivery media, including computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules, or other data in a modulated data signal such as a carrier wave, or other transport mechanism.

The method according to an embodiment of the present invention may also be implemented as a computer program (or a computer program product) including instructions executable by a computer. A computer program includes programmable machine instructions that are processed by a processor and can be implemented in a high-level programming language, an object-oriented programming language, an assembly language, or a machine language . The computer program may also be recorded on a computer readable recording medium of a type (e.g., memory, hard disk, magnetic / optical medium or solid-state drive).

Thus, a method according to an embodiment of the present invention may be implemented by a computer program as described above being executed by a computing device. The computing device may include a processor, a memory, a storage device, a high-speed interface connected to the memory and a high-speed expansion port, and a low-speed interface connected to the low-speed bus and the storage device. Each of these components is connected to each other using a variety of buses and can be mounted on a common motherboard or mounted in any other suitable manner.

Where the processor may process instructions within the computing device, such as to display graphical information to provide a graphical user interface (GUI) on an external input, output device, such as a display connected to a high speed interface And commands stored in memory or storage devices. As another example, multiple processors and / or multiple busses may be used with multiple memory and memory types as appropriate. The processor may also be implemented as a chipset comprised of chips comprising multiple independent analog and / or digital processors.

The memory also stores information within the computing device. In one example, the memory may comprise volatile memory units or a collection thereof. In another example, the memory may be comprised of non-volatile memory units or a collection thereof. The memory may also be another type of computer readable medium such as, for example, a magnetic or optical disk.

And the storage device can provide a large amount of storage space to the computing device. The storage device may be a computer readable medium or a configuration including such a medium and may include, for example, devices in a SAN (Storage Area Network) or other configurations, and may be a floppy disk device, a hard disk device, Or a tape device, flash memory, or other similar semiconductor memory device or device array.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the foregoing description of the present invention is for illustrative purposes only and that those of ordinary skill in the art can readily understand that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics of the present invention. will be. It is therefore to be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all aspects and not restrictive. For example, each component described as a single entity may be distributed and implemented, and components described as being distributed may also be implemented in a combined form.

The scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims rather than the detailed description and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents are to be construed as being included within the scope of the present invention do.

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delete delete An alphabetic character input method performed by an alphabetic character input device,
(a) a first character of the 'c' shape, a second character of the 'c' shape having the opening direction of the left side, a third character of the 'I' shape, a fourth character of the 'c' shape having the opening direction of the lower side And an alphabetic character plate including a plurality of symbols arranged on upper, lower, left, and right sides of each character; And
(b) outputting c, e, i, and n when user input for the first character, the second character, the third character, and the fourth character occurs; And
(c) outputting the rest of the alphabet except for c, e, i, and n according to user input for each character and a combination of a plurality of symbols arranged on upper, lower, left, Including,
The step (a)
A 1 < st > symbol of the 'l' shape arranged on the left side of the first character, a 1 & providing a c-1-4 shaped symbol having a l ' -type first symbol, and a left opening direction disposed below the first character. An alphabetic character input method performed by an alphabetic character input device,
(a) a first character of the 'c' shape, a second character of the 'c' shape having the opening direction of the left side, a third character of the 'I' shape, a fourth character of the 'c' shape having the opening direction of the lower side And an alphabetic character plate including a plurality of symbols arranged on upper, lower, left, and right sides of each character; And
(b) outputting c, e, i, and n when user input for the first character, the second character, the third character, and the fourth character occurs; And
(c) outputting the rest of the alphabet except for c, e, i, and n according to user input for each character and a combination of a plurality of symbols arranged on upper, lower, left, Including,
The step (a)
A 2-1 symbol of 'c' shape disposed on the left side of the second character, a 2-2 symbol of 'c' shape disposed on the right side of the second character, a second character of a l 'shape, and a second character of an' l 'shape disposed below the second character. An alphabetic character input method performed by an alphabetic character input device,
(a) a first character of the 'c' shape, a second character of the 'c' shape having the opening direction of the left side, a third character of the 'I' shape, a fourth character of the 'c' shape having the opening direction of the lower side And an alphabetic character plate including a plurality of symbols arranged on upper, lower, left, and right sides of each character; And
(b) outputting c, e, i, and n when user input for the first character, the second character, the third character, and the fourth character occurs; And
(c) outputting the rest of the alphabet except for c, e, i, and n according to user input for each character and a combination of a plurality of symbols arranged on upper, lower, left, Including,
The step (a)
A 3-1 symbol of a '\' shape disposed on the left side of the third character, a 3-2 symbol of a '_' shape disposed on the right side of the third character, And a third character (c) of a 'c' shape having an upper left opening direction disposed at a lower side of the third character. An alphabetic character input method performed by an alphabetic character input device,
(a) a first character of the 'c' shape, a second character of the 'c' shape having the opening direction of the left side, a third character of the 'I' shape, a fourth character of the 'c' shape having the opening direction of the lower side And an alphabetic character plate including a plurality of symbols arranged on upper, lower, left, and right sides of each character; And
(b) outputting c, e, i, and n when user input for the first character, the second character, the third character, and the fourth character occurs; And
(c) outputting the rest of the alphabet except for c, e, i, and n according to user input for each character and a combination of a plurality of symbols arranged on upper, lower, left, Including,
The step (a)
A 4-1 symbol of 'c' shape having a lower opening direction disposed on the left side of the fourth character, a 4-2 symbol which is a character rotation command symbol disposed on the right side of the fourth character, , And a fourth character (4'-3) of the 'l' shape disposed on the upper side of the fourth character, and a character '4-4' having the opening direction of the left side disposed below the fourth character. Input method. The method of claim 3,
The step (c)
A symbol for additional input after the user inputting the first character outputs k in the case of the 1-1 symbol and outputs a in the case of the 1-2 symbol, And outputting s in case of the first to fourth symbols; And
The symbols and characters sequentially input after the user inputting the first character output f in the case of the first symbol and the first character, and when the first symbol and the first character and outputting q. 5. The method of claim 4,
The step (c)
The second symbol is output as a second symbol, and the second symbol is outputted as a second symbol, and when the second symbol is a second symbol, And outputting p in case of the 2-4 symbol; And
And outputting z when the symbol and character sequentially input after the user input to the second character are the second-second symbol and the second character. 6. The method of claim 5,
The step (c)
The third symbol is output when the third symbol is the third symbol, y is output when the third symbol is the third symbol, the second symbol is output when the third symbol is the third symbol, And outputting j in case of the third-fourth symbol; And
A symbol and character sequentially input after the user input of the third character are outputted as the third symbol and the third character, and when the third symbol is the third symbol and the third character v. < / RTI > The method according to claim 6,
The step (c)
Wherein the symbol further input after the user inputting the fourth character outputs m when the 4-1 symbol is the first symbol, u when the fourth symbol is 2, and h And outputting g in the case of the 4-4 th symbol; And
And outputting w when the symbols and characters sequentially input after the user input for the fourth character are the 4-2 symbol and the fourth character. 7. The method according to any one of claims 3 to 6,
The step (a)
The first character to the fourth character and a plurality of symbols arranged adjacent to each character are divided into two sets so that the sets are arranged at positions adjacent to the edges of the screen of the alphabet input device but are spaced apart from each other And arranging the four characters and a plurality of symbols arranged adjacent to each character in a matrix form. 7. The method according to any one of claims 3 to 6,
The step (c)
When a second user input is generated for a predetermined time or longer with respect to a character or a symbol of a position where the first user input is terminated after a first user input for one of the English alphabets is generated, And outputting an English alphabetic character corresponding to the alphabetic character. delete delete a second character of 'c' shape having an opening direction of left side, a third character of 'I' shape, a fourth character of 'c' shape having a lower opening direction, An alphabetic characterizer for providing an alphabetic character plate including a plurality of symbols arranged on upper, lower, left, and right sides of the alphabetic character plate; And
And an output unit for outputting c, e, i, and n, respectively, when user input for the first character, the second character, the third character, and the fourth character occurs,
The output unit includes:
E ',' i ', and' n 'in accordance with a user input for each character and a combination of a plurality of symbols arranged on upper, lower, left, and right sides of each character,
The English-
A 1 < st > symbol of the 'l' shape arranged on the left side of the first character, a 1 & 1 'symbol in the shape of a letter' l ', and a symbol' c 'shaped in the left opening direction disposed below the first letter. a second character of 'c' shape having an opening direction of left side, a third character of 'I' shape, a fourth character of 'c' shape having a lower opening direction, An alphabetic characterizer for providing an alphabetic character plate including a plurality of symbols arranged on upper, lower, left, and right sides of the alphabetic character plate; And
And an output unit for outputting c, e, i, and n, respectively, when user input for the first character, the second character, the third character, and the fourth character occurs,
The output unit includes:
E ',' i ', and' n 'in accordance with a user input for each character and a combination of a plurality of symbols arranged on upper, lower, left, and right sides of each character,
The English-
A 2-1 symbol of 'c' shape disposed on the left side of the second character, a 2-2 symbol of 'c' shape disposed on the right side of the second character, a second character of a l 'shape, and a second character of an' l 'shape disposed below the second character. a second character of 'c' shape having an opening direction of left side, a third character of 'I' shape, a fourth character of 'c' shape having a lower opening direction, An alphabetic characterizer for providing an alphabetic character plate including a plurality of symbols arranged on upper, lower, left, and right sides of the alphabetic character plate; And
And an output unit for outputting c, e, i, and n, respectively, when user input for the first character, the second character, the third character, and the fourth character occurs,
The output unit includes:
E ',' i ', and' n 'in accordance with a user input for each character and a combination of a plurality of symbols arranged on upper, lower, left, and right sides of each character,
The English-
A 3-1 symbol of a '\' shape disposed on the left side of the third character, a 3-2 symbol of a '_' shape disposed on the right side of the third character, Quot; c " -shaped symbol having an upper left opening direction disposed at the lower side of the third letter, and a " c " a second character of 'c' shape having an opening direction of left side, a third character of 'I' shape, a fourth character of 'c' shape having a lower opening direction, An alphabetic characterizer for providing an alphabetic character plate including a plurality of symbols arranged on upper, lower, left, and right sides of the alphabetic character plate; And
And an output unit for outputting c, e, i, and n, respectively, when user input for the first character, the second character, the third character, and the fourth character occurs,
The output unit includes:
E ',' i ', and' n 'in accordance with a user input for each character and a combination of a plurality of symbols arranged on upper, lower, left, and right sides of each character,
The English-
A 4-1 symbol of 'c' shape having a lower opening direction disposed on the left side of the fourth character, a 4-2 symbol which is a character rotation command symbol disposed on the right side of the fourth character, Quot; c " shape having a left opening direction disposed at the lower side of the fourth character, and a " c " 16. The method of claim 15,
The output unit includes:
A symbol for additional input after the user inputting the first character outputs k in the case of the 1-1 symbol and outputs a in the case of the 1-2 symbol, And outputs s in the case of the first to fourth symbols,
The symbols and characters sequentially input after the user inputting the first character output f in the case of the first symbol and the first character, and when the first symbol and the first character and outputs q. 17. The method of claim 16,
The output unit includes:
A second symbol inputting unit for inputting a second character, a second symbol inputting unit for inputting a second symbol, And outputs p in the case of the 2-4 symbol,
And outputs z when the symbols and characters sequentially input after the user input for the second character are the second -2 symbol and the second character. 18. The method of claim 17,
The output unit includes:
The third symbol is output when the third symbol is the third symbol, y is output when the third symbol is the third symbol, the second symbol is output when the third symbol is the third symbol, And outputs j in the case of the third-fourth symbol,
A symbol and character sequentially input after the user input of the third character are outputted as the third symbol and the third character, and when the third symbol is the third symbol and the third character v. < / RTI > 19. The method of claim 18,
The output unit includes:
Wherein the symbol further input after the user inputting the fourth character outputs m when the 4-1 symbol is the first symbol, u when the fourth symbol is 2, and h And outputs g in the case of the 4-4 th symbol,
And outputs w when the symbols and characters sequentially input after the user input of the fourth character are the 4-2 symbol and the fourth character. 19. The method according to any one of claims 15 to 18,
The output unit includes:
The first character to the fourth character and a plurality of symbols arranged adjacent to each character are divided into two sets so that the sets are arranged at positions adjacent to the edges of the screen of the alphabet input device but are spaced apart from each other And arranges the four characters and a plurality of symbols disposed adjacent to each of the characters in a matrix form. 19. The method according to any one of claims 15 to 18,
The output unit includes:
When a second user input is generated for a predetermined time or longer with respect to a character or a symbol of a position where the first user input is terminated after a first user input for one of the English alphabets is generated, To output an English alphabet corresponding to the alphabet. A computer-readable recording medium on which a computer program for performing an alphabetic character input method according to any one of claims 3 to 6 is recorded. A computer program stored in a computer-readable medium for performing an alphabetic character input method according to any one of claims 3 to 6 in combination with a computer.

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