KR20000020929A - Method for inputting letters of telephone and keypad the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A kepad is provided to input not only numbers but Korean English without extra button. CONSTITUTION: A telephone character input method presses a number button and a specific button among many number buttons(13) and many specific buttons, according to a predetermined order, and selects one mode among Korean language, English, number input modes. According to the selected input mode, the method inputs one among numbers(0-9), one consonant among Korean language 14 consonants, one among Korean language 10 vowels, and one among English alphabets(A-Z) through one button click. After a desired character is input by one button click, the method presses at least one button among the above buttons according to a predetermined step, and thus an input processing is completed. Thereby, the method completely inputs Korean language, English, and number without adding a button to a prior telephone.

Description

Phone character input method and its keyboard part

The present invention relates to a phone letter input method and a keyboard portion thereof, and more particularly, to a method for completely inputting Korean, English, numerals into a phone without the addition of a button of the existing phone, and a corresponding arrangement of the phone keyboard.

In the past, most telephone users have recorded telephone numbers separately in their notebooks and have used them whenever necessary. In such a case, there has been inconvenience of not only wasting time required to find a notebook, but also managing a notebook separately. When the notebook is lost, it is almost impossible to use the phone number except for some stored phone numbers, and the inconvenience of having to rewrite the phone number again.

In order to solve this inconvenience, in the case of English, a method of inputting a name and a telephone number into a telephone has been developed and put into practical use. The development has been unsuccessful so far due to the more difficult relationship with English.

Such attempts have been made in Korea, but until now, Korean alphabets are written on the keyboard of the phone. To recognize a phone number consisting of digits 0-9. Therefore, it was not only possible to remember the names of Hangul characters as they were, and the Hangul characters themselves were not able to complete all the characters completely.

In view of these advantages, "No. 94 and 6006" of Korean Patent No. 94-6006 issued by the same applicant and issued a patent date of June 30, 1994 has been proposed. This eliminates the inconvenience of having to manage the phone number in the notebook and the like, and provides a device for storing the Hangul characters and phone numbers including the bokja and vowels, searching them, and automatically dialing the desired counterpart. . In addition, it provides a Korean alphabet input method that can completely input the Hangul characters and numbers including the bokja consonants and bok vowel only 12 existing telephone number keyboard. More specific contents are described in the specification, and therefore, the description is omitted here.

However, the above-described prior art has a disadvantage in that a separate button for distinguishing between the Korean input mode and the numeric mode has to be added to the phone keyboard.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to completely input Korean, English, numbers by operating only twelve buttons of the existing phone without adding a separate button to the phone keyboard to distinguish between Korean, English, numeric input mode. One phone letter input method is provided.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a keyboard unit having a phone keyboard array for implementing the above-described phone letter input method.

1 is a block diagram showing the keyboard of the telephone according to the present invention;

Figure 2 is a block diagram showing a telephone system to which the letter input method of the present invention is applied.

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10: Keyboard portion 11: Hangul input selection button

12: English input selection button 13: Number input selection button

14: Synthesis / Backspace button 15: Finish button

16: Spacing button

In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a character input method of a telephone having a keyboard portion having ten number (0-9) buttons and special buttons. Selecting one of Korean, English, and numeric input modes by pressing a predetermined number button and a special button among predetermined buttons; and (2) numbers (0 to 9) based on the selected input mode. Any one of, any one of 10 consonants of the 14 Korean consonants, any one of the 10 Korean vowels, and any one of English (A to Z) through a single button press, and (3) pressing the button press And after inputting a desired letter, pressing the at least one button of the buttons according to a preset method to complete the input.

The telephone keypad for achieving another object of the present invention, in the telephone for character input, not only numbers (0-9) but also 10 consonants and 10 vowels among English alphabets (A-Z) and 14 Korean consonants are uniform. 10 numeric buttons arranged to have a function for selecting a Hangul, English or numeric input mode and a function for selecting a space, and some of Korean characters that cannot be input by pressing the numeric buttons. One special button arranged to have a synthesis function for combining and consonant, vowel consonant, and the consonant with only consonants and vowels arranged on the number buttons, and a backspace function to delete the last character entered, and the number button And a keyboard unit comprising another special button arranged to have a function for completing information input through a special button into letters. Unit is characterized as using the twelve-button without further button.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram showing the keyboard portion 10 of the telephone according to the present invention. The keyboard unit 10 shown in Fig. 1 has ten different consonants (a to ㅎ and ㅎ) and ten vowels (ㅏ to ㅣ) on the number buttons 0 to 9 of the existing telephone, respectively, and three different keys as one key. It has a configuration that allows you to enter information. In addition, some of the buttons 11 to 13, 16 of the number buttons 0 to 9 further have a function of selecting Korean, English, and numerals and a space. The keyboard part of Fig. 1 also shows consonants (ㄲ, ㅌ, ,,)), lucky consonants (ㄲ, ㄸ, ㅃ, ㅆ, 합성) and compound space for combining vowels (복, ㅒ, ㅝ, ㅘ, ㅞ) with only the consonants and vowels displayed on the numeric buttons, and the backspace for deleting the last character entered. (back space) On the other hand, the keyboard portion of Figure 1 has a function of notifying the completion each time the character input is completed on the other special button "버튼" of the existing telephone.

Next, the process of inputting Korean, English, and numerals through the keyboard unit 10 having such a configuration will be described in detail.

First, in the case of inputting Korean, pressing the special button 14 "＊" and the number button 11 "4" among the buttons of the keyboard 10 in order can use the buttons of the keyboard 10 in Korean. Korean input mode is set. In the state set to the Hangul input mode, the method of inputting Hangul characters is the same as the contents mentioned in the previously filed specification. In other words, Hangul is composed of subdivisions of first, neutral, and final, each consonant consists of only consonants in the first consonants, only vowels in the neutral, and only consonants in the final consonants or no final consonants. There is no case. Therefore, the input method for the Hangul characters consisting of only the vowels and vowels displayed on the keyboard section 10, firstly enters the initial consonant, the second neutral vowel, and the third the final consonant, one letter is completed. In the case of pressing the special button 15 " ＃ " having the completion function displayed on the keyboard portion 10, the completion of the character is input. For characters that do not require a final consonant, immediately after the second final vowel is input, the completion key 15 is pressed. After " completion " is input, input for another character is executed again as described above. If you have entered all the desired characters here, press the special button 15 "＃" twice in succession to enter the completion. Next, the input of characters including consonants, bokja consonants, and vowels not displayed on the keyboard section 10 is displayed on the keyboard section 10 using a special button 14 " * " Two consonants and vowels are combined to input one consonant, a consonant consonant, and a consonant vowel. For example, the input method of the consonant consonant "ㄲ" is the numerical button "1" marked with "a", the special button 14 "*" having a compositing function, and the numeric button "1" again (a →). ＊ → a), Press. Input method of consonant "vo" which is not shown in the number button is numeric button "9" with "ㅈ", special button 14 with compositing function (14) number button with "＊" and "ㅎ" Press "0" in order (순서 → ＊ → ㅎ). In order to input the double vowel "ㅘ", the number button "5" with "," is displayed, the special button 14 with synthesis function "*", and the number button "1" with "ㅏ" are displayed in order ( Press ＊ → ＊ → ㅏ).

Next, in the case of inputting English, pressing the special button 14 " * " and the number button 12 " 8 " of the buttons of the keyboard 10 in order to use the buttons of the keyboard 10 in English. Can be set to English input mode. In the English input mode, a method of inputting an English character is well known, and is simpler than Korean input. That is, the desired alphabetic characters may be input from the English alphabets A to Z displayed on the respective numeric buttons of the keyboard unit 10. Since three alphabets are normally displayed on each number button, three alphabetic characters are alternately selected as many times as the button is pressed. On the other hand, in the case of inputting numbers, the buttons of the keyboard 10 can be used as numbers by pressing the special button 14 "*" and the number button 13 "5" in order. Set to numeric input mode. In the state set to the numeric input mode, each numeric button of the keyboard portion 10 is pressed.

When entering Korean, English, and numbers as described above by pressing the button of the keyboard unit 10 in the corresponding input mode, it is necessary to space between letters for accurate input. Thus, when the special button 14 " * " and the number button 16 " 2 " of the keyboard unit 10 are sequentially pressed at the space to be spaced, a space is spaced one space from the current position. In addition, in order to delete a character entered incorrectly, by pressing the special button 14 "*" of the keyboard unit 10 twice in succession, the backspace function of erasing the character of the current position is achieved.

According to the above-described input method, the case of deleting the name "Hong Gil-dong" and the "Du" 2002 "Due Cup" and inputting it as "de" is as follows.

Hong Gil-dong: ＊ → 4 (Hangul), 0 → 5 → 8 → ＃ (Hong), 7 → 0 → 4 → ＃ (Gil), 3 → 5 → 8 → ＃ (East), ＃ → ＃ (Completed)

2. 2002 (Due) Cup: ＊ → 5 (Number), 2 → 0 → 0 → 2 (2002), ＊ → 4 (Hangul), 2 → 4 → 2 → ＃ (Year), ＊ → 2 ( Spacing), 8 → 7 → ＊ → 3 → 4 → ＃ (Mon), 3 → 8 (Due), ＊ → ＊ (Delete), 3 → 9 → ＃ (de), 1 → ＊ → 0 → 3 → 6 → 컵 (cup), ＃ → 완 (complete)

2 is a block diagram showing a telephone system to which the phone letter input method of the present invention is applied, and is configured in the same manner as the block diagram of the system described in the prior art of the above-mentioned prior application. The program storage unit 40 is stored.

In FIG. 2, the information input through the keyboard unit 10 as shown in FIG. 1 under the control of the microprocessor 30 according to the control program stored in the program storage unit 40 is transmitted through the input control unit 20. The automata and the editing unit 60 are recognized as Korean characters and stored in the data storage unit 70. In addition, all input information in the input process is displayed on the LCD display unit 80.

As described above, the phone letter input method of the present invention and the keyboard unit according to the present invention can completely input all Korean, English, and numbers only with the twelve buttons of the conventional electronic phone, and the spaces and the incorrectly entered characters are backspaced. It can also be deleted, so it has the effect of entering text more accurately and visually.

Claims (5)

In the character input method of a telephone having a keyboard portion having ten number (0-9) buttons and special buttons, (1) selecting one of Korean, English, and numeric input modes by pressing predetermined number buttons and special buttons among predetermined number buttons and special buttons; (2) Based on the selected input mode, any one of numbers (0 to 9), one of ten consonants among Korean 14 consonants, one of ten Korean vowels, and one of English (A to Z) Inputting by pressing a button; And And (3) inputting a desired letter through the button press, and then pressing at least one of the buttons according to a preset method to complete the input. The method of claim 1, wherein the step (2) comprises inputting a predetermined number button other than the number button used for selecting an input mode among the number buttons, in order to space a desired letter through the button press. Pressing a special button used for mode selection in a predetermined order, further comprising the step of selecting a space character phone. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the step (3) is characterized in that the character input is completed by pressing two preset special buttons other than the special button used for selecting an input mode among the special buttons twice in succession. How to input phone letters. 4. The telephone set according to claim 3, wherein the step (3) further includes a step of selecting deletion of the input character by pressing twice in succession a special button used for the input mode selection to delete the input character. Character input method. In the telephone for the character input, As well as numbers (0-9), 10 consonants and 10 vowels among English alphabets (A-Z) and 14 Korean consonants are arranged uniformly, and some of them have functions for selecting Korean, English and numeric input modes and spacing. Ten numeric buttons arranged to have more functions for selecting; Synthesis function for combining and inputting only consonants and vowels arranged in the number buttons, and backspace function for deleting the last input character. One special button arranged to have; And It includes a keyboard portion made of another special button arranged to have a function for completing the information input through the number button and the special button to the letter, The keyboard unit is characterized in that using the twelve buttons as it is without the addition of the button.