KR102260468B1 - Method for Inputting Hangul Vowels Using Software Keypad - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for inputting Korean vowels using a software keypad. According to the present invention, the method comprises: a keypad display step of displaying 12 main key buttons arranged in a 4 x 3 matrix shape on a touchscreen; a touch detecting step of detecting a touch in an area where a first main key button is displayed; and a character input step of inputting a selected character into a text input box based on the detected touch pattern. Since a plurality of characters correspond to each of the 12 main key buttons, disclosed is a technology capable of intuitively inputting characters in an electronic device provided with the touchscreen and improving an efficiency of character input.

Description

Method for Inputting Hangul Vowels Using Software Keypad

The present invention relates to a character input method using a software Korean keypad that enables efficient input of Korean vowels in a smart device such as a smart phone equipped with a touch screen.

Smart devices such as smartphones and tablet PCs provide various functions such as Internet search, schedule management, and information processing as well as basic call functions. In particular, the number of users who use various SNS-based services such as Facebook or Twitter through smart devices is increasing, and accordingly, interest in a method for efficiently performing text input on smart devices is increasing.

In the case of a software keypad for inputting Hangul, Cheonjiin keypad, Naratgul keypad, SKY Hangul keypad, etc. are being used, and the use rate of Qwerty keypad is also increasing in recent years.

All of these software Korean keypads have one or more consonants and vowels placed on 10 to 12 key buttons, and due to the unique characteristic of Hangul, which completes characters by combining consonants and vowels, a specific word or sentence can be entered in the text input field. To do this, you have to touch the key button several times. However, the conventional software Korean keypad as described above has disadvantages in that the number of touches of the key buttons is excessively large and the efficiency of inputting words or sentences is low.

Republic of Korea Patent Registration No. 10-1189112

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to solve the problems of the related art as described above, and to provide a method for inputting Korean vowels using a software Korean keypad that enables intuitive and efficient Korean input in an electronic device equipped with a touch screen.

The text input method using a software keypad according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object is a text input method using a software keypad performed in a processor in a smart device. a keypad display step of displaying a software keypad including four main key buttons on a touch screen; a touch sensing step of detecting a touch in an area of the touch screen where a first main key button among the main key buttons displayed in the keypad display step is displayed; and a character input step of inputting any one of two or more characters corresponding to the first main key button into a text input field displayed on the touch screen based on the pattern of the touch detected in the touch sensing step; , among the 12 main key buttons, a main key button corresponding to a plurality of vowel characters including 『 』, a main key button corresponding to a plurality of vowel characters including 『 ㆍ 』 and 『 ㅡ 』 It may be characterized in that a main key button corresponding to a plurality of vowel characters is included.

Here, among the 12 main key buttons, the main key button at the position (1, 1) corresponds to the character “ㅣ, ㅢ, ㅔ, ㅖ, ㅐ, ㅒ ”, and the main key button at the position (1, 2) corresponds to the characters of 『 ㆍ, ㅗ, TT, ㅓ, a, ㅛ, ㅠ, ㅕ, ㅑ ’, and the main key button at (1, 3) is 『 ㅡ, ㅚ, ㅟ, ㅝ, ㅘ, ㅙ, ㅞ ], the main key button at position (2, 1) corresponds to the character 『a, ㅋ, ㄲ 』, and the main key button at position (2, 2) corresponds to the letter 『 ㄴ, ㄹ 』 The main key button at position (2, 3) corresponds to the character of 『 , t, ㄸ 』, and the main key button at position (3, 1) corresponds to the character at 『 , p, ㅃ 』 and the main key button at position (3, 2) corresponds to the character of 『 , heh, ㅆ 』, the main key button at position (3, 3) corresponds to the character of 『 , c, t 』, The main key button at position (4, 1) corresponds to the characters 『*,#,@,&,~,- 』, and the main key button at position (4, 2) corresponds to the character 『ㅇ,ㅁ 』 And, the main key button at the position (4, 3) may have one feature that corresponds to the characters of 『period (.), comma (,), ?,!,’,” 』.

Here, the two or more characters corresponding to the main key button include one main character and one or more sub characters, and the main key button is located in the center and includes a main button area and a main button area where the main characters are displayed. a left sub-button area, a right sub-button area, an upper sub-button area, and a lower sub-button area, respectively positioned at the left, right, top and bottom of the In the case of the main key button, the main character is 『ㅣ』, the sub characters of the left sub button area are 『ㅔ,ㅖ』, the sub characters of the right sub button area are 『ㅐ,ㅒ』, the upper sub button area and the lower sub button area The sub-character of “ㅢ” is “ㅢ”, and in the case of the main key button at position (1,2), the main character is “ㆍ”, the sub-character of the left sub-button area is “ㅓ,ㅕ”, is 『A,ㅑ』, the sub-character of the upper sub-button area is 『ㅗ,ㅛ’, the sub-character of the lower sub-button area is 『TT,ㅠ’. In the case of the main key button at position (1,3), the main The character is 『ㅡ 』, the sub character of the left sub button area is 『ㅝ,ㅞ』, the sub character of the right sub button area is 『ㅘ,ㅙ 』, the sub character of the upper sub button area is 『ㅚ,ㅙ 』, the lower sub The sub character of the button area is 『ㅟ,ㅞ』, in the case of the main key button at position (2,1), the main character is 『 』, the sub characters of the left sub button area and the right sub button area are 『 』, The sub-character of the upper sub-button area and the lower sub-button area is 『ㄲ 』, and in the case of the main key button at position (2,2), the main character is 『 』, the left sub button area, the right sub button area, the upper sub The sub-character of the button area and the lower sub-button area is 『 』, and in the case of the main key button at position (2,3), the main character is 『 』, and the sub-character of the left sub button area and the right sub button area is " ', upper sub button The sub-character of the area and the lower sub-button area is 『ㄸ 』. In the case of the main key button at position (3,1), the main character is 『 』, the sub-character of the left sub-button area and the sub-character of the right sub-button area is 『P』, the sub-character of the upper sub-button area and the lower sub-button area is 『ㅃ』, and in the case of the main key button at position (3,2), the main character is 『 』, and the sub-character of the left sub-button area And the sub-character of the right sub-button area is 『 』, the sub-character of the upper sub-button area and the sub-character of the lower sub-button area are " ㅆ ", and in the case of the main key button at position (3,3), the main character is 『 』, the sub-character of the left sub-button area and the right sub-button area is "c", the sub-character of the upper sub-button area and the sub-character of the lower sub-button area is " t ", and the main In the case of key buttons, the main character is 『* 』, the sub character of the left sub button area is 『 # 』, the sub character of the right sub button area is 『 @ 』, the sub character of the upper sub button area is 『 & 』, and the sub character of the lower sub button area is 『 & 』 The sub character of the button area is 『-,~ 』, and in the case of the main key button at position (4,2), the main character is 『 』, the left sub button area, the right sub button area, the upper sub button area and the lower sub The sub character of the button area is 『 ㅁ 』, in the case of the main key button at position (4,3), the main character is 『period (.) 』, the sub character of the left sub button area is 『Comma (,) 』, right The sub character in the sub button area is “? ’, the sub-character of the upper sub-button area is “ ! ', the sub-character of the lower sub-button area may be "'," ' as one feature.

Here, in the touch sensing step, a first touch gesture that is touched on the main button area of the first main key button and the touch ends on the main button area is sensed, or the touch on the main button area is maintained. After moving the touch to the first sub-button area among the one or more sub-button areas of the first main key button, a second touch gesture in which the touch is terminated is detected, or the touch on the main button area is maintained while the touch is maintained. Detects a third touch gesture in which the touch is terminated after returning to the main button area of the first main key button after passing through the touch to the first sub button area among the one or more sub button areas of the first main key button It can also be characterized as another feature.

Here, in the character input step, when the pattern of the touch detected in the touch sensing step is the first touch gesture, a main character corresponding to the first main key button is input into the text input box, and the first sub When there is one sub-character displayed in the button area and the pattern of the touch is the second touch gesture, one sub-character displayed in the first sub-button area is input into the text input box, and the one sub-character displayed in the first sub-button area is inputted into the text input field. In the case of two sub-characters, when the pattern of the touch detected in the touch sensing step is the second touch gesture, any one of the two sub-characters displayed in the first sub button area is input into the text input field, , when the pattern of the touch is the third touch gesture, another one of the two sub-characters displayed on the first sub-button area may be inputted into the text input box.

Here, in the touch sensing step, a fourth touch gesture in which the touch is terminated after the touch started on the main button area is maintained for more than the reference time in the main button area may also be detected as another feature. .

Here, when the pattern of the touch detected in the touch sensing step is the fourth touch gesture, inputting the number assigned to the first main key button in the character input step into the text input field is another feature. You may.

According to the method for inputting Korean vowels using a software keypad according to the present invention, characters can be input intuitively in an electronic device equipped with a touch screen, and the efficiency of character input is increased.

1 is a flowchart schematically illustrating a character input method using a software keypad according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a diagram schematically illustrating a software keypad used in a text input method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a diagram schematically illustrating a main button area and four sub-button areas for a main key button at position (1.1) in a software keypad used for a text input method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a diagram schematically illustrating a main button area and four sub-button areas for a main key button at position (1.2) in a software keypad used for a text input method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a diagram schematically illustrating a main button area and four sub-button areas for a main key button at position (1.3) in a software keypad used for a text input method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a diagram schematically illustrating a form in which a main button area and four sub button areas are displayed when one main key button is touched in a software keypad used for a text input method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a diagram schematically illustrating another form in which a main button area and four sub button areas are displayed when one main key button is touched in a software keypad used for a text input method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings so that the present invention can be understood in more detail.

In the present invention, various changes may be made and various embodiments may be provided, and specific embodiments will be illustrated in the drawings and described in detail. However, this is not intended to limit the present invention to a specific embodiment, it should be understood to include all changes, equivalents, and substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention.

Terms such as first and second may be used to describe various elements, but the elements should not be limited by the terms. The above terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another component. For example, without departing from the scope of the present invention, a first element may be referred to as a second element, and similarly, a second element may be referred to as a first element. The term and/or includes a combination of a plurality of related listed items or any of a plurality of related listed items.

When a component is referred to as being "connected" or "connected" to another component, it is understood that it may be directly connected or connected to the other component, but other components may exist in the middle. It should be. On the other hand, when a component is referred to as being "directly connected" or "directly connected" to another component, it should be understood that there is no other component in the middle.

The terms used in the present application are only used to describe specific embodiments, and are not intended to limit the present invention. Singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. In the present application, terms such as "comprise" or "have" are intended to designate the presence of features, numbers, steps, actions, components, parts, or combinations thereof described in the specification, but one or more other features. It is to be understood that the presence or addition of elements or numbers, steps, actions, components, parts, or combinations thereof does not preclude in advance.

Unless otherwise defined, all terms used herein including technical or scientific terms have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs. Terms such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries should be interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the meaning in the context of the related technology, and should not be interpreted as an ideal or excessively formal meaning unless explicitly defined in the present application. Does not.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In describing the present invention, in order to facilitate an overall understanding, the same reference numerals are used for the same elements in the drawings, and duplicate descriptions for the same elements are omitted.

1 is a flowchart schematically showing the overall flow of a character input method using a software keypad according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically showing a software keypad according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1 and 2 , the character input method using a software keypad according to an embodiment of the present invention is a character input method using a software keypad performed in a processor in a smart device, and includes a keypad display step (S110), a touch sensing step (S120) and a character input step (S130).

<< S110 >>

The keypad display step (S110) is a step of displaying the software keypad 100 including 12 main key buttons 110 arranged in a 4x3 matrix form on the touch screen.

The main key button 110 is displayed on the touch screen in order to input text into a text input field displayed to receive text on the touch screen.

As shown in FIG. 2 , the software keypad 100 provided with 12 main key buttons 110 arranged in a 4x3 matrix form is displayed on the touch screen.

Here, the 12 main key buttons 110 are provided to input corresponding characters to the text input field.

Among the 12 main key buttons, a main key button corresponding to a plurality of vowel characters including 『ㅣ』, a main key button corresponding to a plurality of vowel characters including 『ㆍ』, and 『ㅡ』 It is preferable that a main key button corresponding to a plurality of vowel characters is included.

More specifically, in the 12 main key buttons 110, the main key button 110 at the position (1, 1) corresponds to the characters of 『ㅣ, ㅢ, ㅔ, ㅖ, ㅐ, ㅒ 』. That is, characters of 『ㅣ, ㅢ, ㅔ, ㅖ, ㅐ, ㅒ 』 can be input through the touch gesture for the main key button 110 at the position (1, 1).

Similarly, the main key button at position (1, 2) corresponds to the characters of 『 ㆍ,ㅗ,TT,ㅓ,a,ㅛ,ㅠ,ㅕ,ㅑ 』, and the main key button at position (1, 3) is 『 ㅡ, ㅚ, ㅟ, ㅝ, ㅘ, ㅙ, ㅞ corresponds to the characters.

As such, each of the main key buttons corresponds to a plurality of characters.

As such, two or more characters corresponding to the main key button include one main character and one or more sub characters.

For reference, although FIG. 2 shows an exemplary form in which some of a plurality of characters corresponding to each main key button are displayed, a form in which all of a plurality of characters corresponding to the main key button are displayed is also sufficiently possible.

In addition, the size of the main character and the size of the sub characters may be displayed differently. For example, the sub-character may be displayed in a smaller size than the main character.

And the main key button is located in the center and there is a main button area 120 in which the main characters are displayed. A left sub-button area, a right sub-button area, an upper sub-button area, and a lower sub-button area are provided in each of the left and right upper and lower sides with the main button area 120 as the center. In addition, one or more sub-characters are displayed in each of these sub-button areas.

Here, the description will be continued with further reference to FIGS. 3 to 5 .

3 is a diagram schematically illustrating a main button area and four sub-button areas for a main key button at position (1.1) in a software keypad used for a text input method according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. It is a view schematically showing a main button area and four sub-button areas for a main key button at position (1.2) in a software keypad used for a text input method according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is an embodiment of the present invention. A diagram schematically showing a main button area and four sub-button areas for the main key button at position (1.3) in the software keypad used for the text input method according to FIG.

2 and 3, in the case of the main key button at the (1,1) position among the main key buttons, the main character is 『ㅣ』, the sub characters in the left sub button area are 『ㅔ,ㅖ』, and the right The sub-character of the sub-button area is 『ㅐ, ㅒ』, and the sub-character of the upper sub-button area and the lower sub-button area is "ㅢ".

As referenced in FIG. 2, the sub-characters “ㅖ” and “ㅒ” that are not displayed and omitted at the position of (1,1) are the main button area 120 and the four sub-button areas as referenced in FIG. 3 . A form that is only displayed when it is displayed is also sufficiently possible, and this display form can be implemented in the same way for sub-characters corresponding to other main key buttons.

For reference, the display of the main button area 120 and the four sub button areas as shown in FIG. 3 is displayed on the touch screen in a touch sensing step S120 to be described later.

And, as referenced in FIGS. 2 and 4 , in the case of the main key button at position (1,2), the main character is 『·』, the sub characters of the left sub button area are 『ㅓ,ㅕ』, and the right sub button The sub-characters of the area are 『A, ㅑ 』, the sub characters of the upper sub button area are 『ㅗ, ㅛ 』, and the sub characters of the lower sub button area are 『TT, ㅠ 』.

2 and 5, in the case of the main key button at the position (1,3), the main character is 『ㅡ』, the sub character of the left sub button area is 『ㅝ,ㅞ』, The sub characters are 『ㅘ,ㅙ』, the sub characters of the upper sub button area are 『ㅚ,ㅙ』, and the sub characters of the lower sub button area are 『ㅟ,ㅞ』.

As such, the two or more characters corresponding to the main key button include one main character and one or more sub characters, and the left sub button region 130 is provided in each of the left, right, upper and lower sides around the main button region 120 in which the main character is displayed. ), the right sub-button area 130 , the upper sub-button area 130 , and the lower sub-button area 130 , respectively, one or more sub-characters are displayed.

For reference, although it is illustrated that sub-characters are displayed on all four sub-button regions 130 in FIGS. 3 to 5 , the present invention is not limited thereto, and among the sub-characters displayed on the four sub-button regions 130 , When the same sub-characters exist, display of some sub-characters may be omitted.

That is, when the sub-character in the right sub-button area 130 and the sub-character in the left sub-button area 130 are the same, any one of the right sub-button area 130 and the left sub-button area 130 is the same. A form in which only the corresponding sub-character is displayed is also possible.

In addition, it is sufficiently possible that the numbers 1 to 9 and 0 are assigned one by one to the plurality of main key buttons.

In this way, it can be said that the main key button 110 is displayed on the touch screen to prepare to receive an input by touch from the user.

<< S120 >>

The touch sensing step S120 is a step of detecting a touch in the area of the touch screen where the first main key button among the main key buttons displayed in the keypad display step is displayed.

Here, the first main key button refers to an arbitrary main key button touched by a user's finger among the 12 main key buttons, and is called to be distinguished for the sake of explanation and understanding.

And, in this touch sensing step ( S120 ), a first touch gesture to a fourth touch gesture are divided and sensed according to the sensed touch pattern.

The first touch gesture is a touch gesture in which a touch is touched on the main button region of the first main key button and the touch is terminated on the main button region 120 .

The second touch gesture is performed after moving the touch of the first main key button to the first sub button area 130 among the one or more sub button areas 130 in a state where the touch on the main button area 120 is maintained. refers to the end touch gesture.

Then, the third touch gesture is performed after passing through the touch to the first sub button area 130 among the one or more sub button areas 130 of the first main key button in a state where the touch on the main button area 120 is maintained. It refers to a touch gesture in which the touch is terminated after returning to the main button region 120 of the first main key button.

The fourth touch gesture refers to a touch gesture in which a touch initiated on the main button region 120 is maintained for a reference time or longer in the main button region 120 without a change in position, and then the touch is terminated.

Here, the reference time refers to a time that serves as a standard for classifying the length of the touch duration in one area. If the touch state continues for more than this reference time, it is determined as a long touch, and if the duration of the touch state is less than the reference time, it is a short touch. It is judged by touch.

This reference time may be set arbitrarily. For example, 0.5 second may be set as the reference time.

As such, in the touch sensing step S120 , the first touch gesture is sensed, the second touch gesture is sensed, the third touch gesture is sensed, or the fourth touch gesture is sensed.

6 is a diagram schematically illustrating a form in which a main button area and four sub button areas are displayed when one main key button is touched in a main key button used for a text input method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 6 , when the main key button at the position (2,1) is touched, the main button area in which the main text is displayed and the four sub button areas in which the sub text is displayed are displayed.

As described above, the main button area in which the main text is displayed and the sub button area in which the sub text is displayed may be displayed to guide the user to make a touch gesture for selecting a text to be input.

7 schematically shows another form in which a main button area and four sub button areas are displayed when one main key button is touched in the main key button used for the text input method according to the embodiment of the present invention. It is a drawing.

As shown in FIG. 7, when the main key button at the position (1, 3) is touched, the main button area in which the main characters are displayed and the four sub button areas in which the sub characters are displayed are displayed. In the sub button area, sub characters that can be input and selected by a second touch gesture or a third touch gesture are displayed.

As described above, the main button area in which the main text is displayed and the sub button area in which the sub text is displayed may be displayed to guide the user to make a touch gesture for selecting a text to be input.

As described above, according to the type of the touch gesture detected in the touch sensing step S120 , a character is input in the following character input step S130 .

<< S130 >>

The character input step (S130) is a step of inputting any one of two or more characters corresponding to the first main key button into a text input field displayed on the touch screen based on the pattern of the touch detected in the touch sensing step (S120). .

In the text input step ( S130 ), if the pattern of the touch detected in the touch detection step ( S120 ) is the first touch gesture, a main character corresponding to the first main key button is input into the text input field.

Here, when there is one sub-character displayed in the first sub-button area and the pattern of touch is the second touch gesture, one sub-character displayed in the first sub-button area is input into the text input field.

In addition, when there are two sub-characters displayed in the first sub-button area, it is divided into two cases according to the touch gesture as follows.

When the touch pattern detected in the touch sensing step S120 is the second touch gesture, any one of the two sub-characters displayed in the first sub button area is input into the text input field. For example, here, any one of the two sub-characters may be a short vowel.

And, when the touch pattern is the third touch gesture, the other one of the two sub-characters displayed in the first sub-button area is input into the text input field. For example, here the other of the two sub-characters can be a diphthong.

On the other hand, when the pattern of the touch detected in the touch sensing step S120 is the fourth touch gesture, the number assigned to the first main key button is inputted into the text input field in the character input step S130 .

As described above, the text input method using the software keypad according to the present invention may be performed by a processor of a smart device equipped with a touch screen.

As described above, according to the character input method using the software keypad according to the present invention, there is an advantage that character input in an electronic device having a touch screen is intuitive and improves efficiency.

In addition, the embodiments of the present invention may be implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed through various computer means and recorded in a computer-readable medium. The computer-readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc. alone or in combination.

The program instructions recorded on the medium may be specially designed and configured for the present invention, or may be known and available to those skilled in the art of computer software. Examples of the computer-readable recording medium include a magnetic recording medium such as a hard disk, a floppy disk and a magnetic tape, an optical recording medium such as a CD or DVD, a magneto-optical medium such as a floppy disk, or ROM, RAM; Examples of program instructions such as flash memory include high-level language codes that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like as well as machine codes such as those generated by a compiler. A hardware device may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the embodiments of the present invention, and vice versa.

As described above, the detailed description of the present invention has been made by the embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings, but since the above-described embodiments have only been described with reference to the preferred embodiments of the present invention, the present invention It should not be construed as being limited only to the embodiments, and the scope of the present invention should be understood as the following claims and their equivalents.

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Claims (6)

In a character input method using a software keypad performed in a processor in a smart device,
a keypad display step of displaying a software keypad including 12 main key buttons arranged in a 4x3 matrix form on a touch screen;
a touch sensing step of detecting a touch in an area of the touch screen where a first main key button among the main key buttons displayed in the keypad display step is displayed; and
a character input step of inputting any one of two or more characters corresponding to the first main key button into a text input field displayed on the touch screen based on the pattern of the touch detected in the touch sensing step;
Among the 12 main key buttons,
A main key button corresponding to a plurality of vowel characters including 『ㅣ』, a main key button corresponding to a plurality of vowel characters including 『ㆍ』, and a plurality of vowel characters including 『ㅡ』 It is characterized by including a main key button,
Two or more characters corresponding to the main key button include one main character and one or more sub characters,
The main key button is
a main button area located in the center and displaying the main characters; and
a left sub-button area, a right sub-button area, an upper sub-button area, and a lower sub-button area respectively positioned at the left, right, upper and lower sides of the main button area and displaying one or more sub-characters;
In the touch sensing step,
detecting a first touch gesture touched on the main button area of the first main key button and ending the touch on the main button area;
In a state in which the touch on the main button area is maintained, a second touch gesture in which the touch is terminated after moving the touch to the first sub button area among the one or more sub button areas of the first main key button is detected,
Return to the main button area of the first main key button after passing through a touch to a first sub button area among the one or more sub button areas of the first main key button in a state where the touch on the main button area is maintained Detects a third touch gesture that ends the touch after
Detects a fourth touch gesture in which the touch is terminated after the touch started on the main button area is maintained for more than a reference time in the main button area without a change in position,
The reference time is
As a reference time for classifying the length of the touch duration in a certain area, if the touch lasts longer than the reference time, it is determined as a long touch, and if the touch continues for less than the reference time, it is determined as a short touch. time to do it,
In the character input step,
When the pattern of the touch detected in the touch sensing step is the first touch gesture, input a main character corresponding to the first main key button into the text input field,
When there is one sub-character displayed in the first sub-button area and the pattern of the touch is the second touch gesture, one sub-character displayed in the first sub-button area is input into the text input field,
In the case where there are two sub-characters displayed in the first sub-button area,
When the pattern of the touch detected in the touch sensing step is the second touch gesture, any one of the two sub-characters displayed in the first sub-button area is input into the text input box,
When the pattern of the touch is the third touch gesture, input the other one of the two sub-characters displayed in the first sub-button area into the text input box,
When the pattern of the touch detected in the touch sensing step is the fourth touch gesture, the number assigned to the first main key button is inputted into a text input field,
How to input Korean vowels using software keypad.
The method of claim 1,
Among the 12 main key buttons,
The main key button at position (1, 1) corresponds to the characters of 『 , ㅢ, ㅔ, ㅖ, ㅐ, ㅒ 』, and the main key button at position (1, 2) is 『 ㆍ, ㅗ, TT, ㅓ, A, ㅛ, ㅠ, ㅕ, ㅑ ' corresponds to the character, and the main key button at position (1, 3) corresponds to the character of 『 ㅡ, ㅚ, ㅟ, ㅝ, ㅘ, ㅙ, ㅞ ’. doing,
How to input Korean vowels using software keypad.
The method of claim 2,
Among the main key buttons,
In the case of the main key button at position (1,1), the main character is 『ㅣ』, the sub characters in the left sub button area are 『ㅔ,ㅖ』, the sub characters in the right sub button area are 『ㅐ,ㅒ』, the upper sub The sub-character of the button area and the lower sub-button area is 『ㅢ』, in the case of the main key button at position (1,2), the main character is 『·』, the sub characters of the left sub button area are 『ㅓ,ㅕ』, The sub-character of the right sub-button area is 『A,ㅑ 』, the sub-character of the upper sub-button area is 『ㅗ,ㅛ’, and the sub-character of the lower sub-button area is 『TT, ㅠ 』, In the case of the main key button, the main character is 『ㅡ』, the sub character of the left sub button area is 『ㅝ,ㅞ』, the sub character of the right sub button area is 『ㅘ,ㅙ』, and the sub character of the upper sub button area is 『 ㅚ,ㅙ ', characterized in that the sub-character of the lower sub-button area is 『ㅟ,ㅞ』,
How to input Korean vowels using software keypad.
delete delete A computer-readable recording medium in which a program capable of executing the Korean vowel input method using the software keypad according to any one of claims 1 to 3 is recorded.

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