KR20030000712A - The method of arrangement English letter key pad in Global System for Mobile Communications mobile phone and English letter key pad in Global System for Mobile Communications mobile phone - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for arranging an English keypad in a GSM(Global System for Mobile communications) mobile communication terminal, and the English keypad are provided to reduce the number of English input stoke by allocating an English character with a high use frequency at a position conveniently pushed by a user according to a user priority. CONSTITUTION: English characters with a high use frequency are grouped, and the grouped English characters are allocated at keypad positions easily selected by a user. English characters(T,D,F) are successively allocated on the first row and the second column key, and English characters(S,G,J) are successively allocated on the first row and the third column key. English characters(O,F,B) are successively allocated on the second row and the first column key, and English characters(E,H,Y) are successively allocated on the second row and the second column key. English characters(N,C,V) are successively allocated on the second row and the third column key, and English characters(R,M,K) are successively allocated on the third row and the first column key. English characters(A,L,W,Q) are successively allocated on the third row and the second column key, and English characters(I,U,X,Z) are successively allocated on the third row and the third column key.

Description

The method of arrangement English letter key pad in Global System for Mobile Communications mobile phone and English letter key pad in Global System for Mobile Communications mobile phone}

The present invention relates to a method of arranging an English keypad and an English keypad of a GSM mobile communication terminal. Particularly, when placing an English letter on a keypad of a mobile communication terminal, an English letter having a high frequency of use is placed in a position where a user can easily press it. The present invention relates to an English keypad arrangement method and an English keypad of a GSM type mobile communication terminal to reduce the number of strokes required for inputting an English letter by sequentially forming the alphabetical letters.

The general GSM type mobile communication terminal refers to the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), which is designed according to the standard of digital cellular mobile communication system established by the European Telecommunication Standards Association (ETSI). It is widely used in Europe.

The keypad structure of the GSM mobile communication terminal has a key including a character that a user wants to input through a keypad consisting of a plurality of keys including a first to fourth character array as shown in FIG. 1. When the position is determined and selected, key data corresponding to the selected key is transmitted to the controller to detect the corresponding character data through the controller, and the detected character data is displayed as the corresponding character on the liquid crystal display of the terminal.

In the character input process, the terminal user checks the key containing the word he / she wants to input and the character array of the word and selects the key repeatedly one or two times according to the character array of the corresponding character. do.

The alphabets for English input in the keypad of a general GSM type terminal are arranged in alphabetical order. This arrangement inputs the corresponding number of key inputs repeatedly each time even for words frequently used in English input by a user. There was an uncomfortable problem because it should.

For this reason, the user may not be effective in inputting letters, such as words that are frequently used when inputting English characters, such that a large number of strokes are repeatedly required according to keys.

In addition, since the conventional alphabetical word arrangement is intuitively arranged on each key in order, words having a high frequency of use are placed in a position where the user's key selection is inconvenient, which causes inconvenience to the user's key selection. There was this.

Accordingly, the present invention has been proposed to solve the above-described problems of the prior art, and by placing alphabets having a high frequency of use in alphabetical keypad of a mobile communication terminal at user-preferred positions by user priority, The aim is to reduce the number of strokes entered in English.

In order to achieve the above object, the method for arranging an English keypad of a GSM mobile terminal of the present invention is characterized by grouping alphabets with a high frequency of use and arranging them in a position of a keypad that is easy for a user to select.

In addition, the English keypad of the GSM mobile communication terminal using the keypad arrangement method is a keypad of a GSM mobile communication terminal in which keys are arranged in a 4 * 3 matrix form. , D, F, S, G, J in the order of the first row 3 columns, O, F, B in the order of the second row 1 column, E, English letters are arranged in the order of H, Y, N, C, and V keys in the second row and three columns, R, M, and K in the first row and the third row and A, L in the third row and second column. In the order of, W, and Q, the keys of the third row and the third column have a structure in which alphabets are arranged in the order of I, U, X, and Z, respectively.

1 is a view showing a conventional English keypad configuration.

2 is a view showing the priority of using the keypad according to the present invention;

Figure 3 is a view showing the configuration of the English keypad in accordance with the present invention.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Although not shown, the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention detects a key input unit for transmitting key data corresponding to a key selected as a keypad of the terminal and character data corresponding to key data transmitted through the key input unit. And a liquid crystal display for displaying text data detected through the controller.

The keypad consists of a plurality of keys including the first to fourth letter arrangements, and the letters arranged on each key are prioritized to each key according to a position that is easy to be pressed by a user based on a frequently used alphabet. Is placed.

The frequency of use of these alphabets typically ranks as shown in Table 1 below.

Rank Letter Occurrence in 1000 words Occurrence in 1000 letters One E 591 131.05 2 T 473 104.68 3 A 368 81.51 4 O 360 79.95 5 N 320 70.98 6 R 308 68.32 7 I 286 63.45 8 S 275 61.01 9 H 237 52.59 10 D 171 37.88 11 S 153 33.89 12 F 132 29.24 13 C 124 27.58 14 M 114 25.36 15 U 111 24.59 16 G 90 19.94 17 Y 89 19.82 18 P 89 19.82 19 W 68 15.39 20 B 65 14.4 21 V 41 9.19 22 K 19 4.2 23 X 7 1.66 24 J 6 1.32 25 Q 5 1.21 26 Z 3 0.77

In addition, the position of the terminal keypad which the user is likely to press is set based on the position of the user's convenient key input with respect to the center of the keypad as shown in FIG. 2.

According to the present invention, a method for arranging an English keypad in a GSM mobile communication terminal is arranged by grouping alphabets with a high frequency of use and placing them in a keypad location where a user can easily select the same. As shown in Table 1, each key is arranged in the order of the alphabetical frequency.

To describe this arrangement in more detail, first select the eight most commonly used alphabets, placing the keys with the highest priority on each key in order, and then placing the eight alphabets that correspond to the frequency of use. Place the keys with the highest usage priority in the second string on each key in sequence, and use eight alphabets for the subsequent frequency of use, placing the keys with the highest priority in the third string on each key in sequence And the remaining two alphabets are arranged under the keypad.

In the keypad of the present invention using the same, as shown in FIG. 3, the alphabets are arranged in the order of T, D, and F in the first row and second column of the keypad, and in the order of S, G, and J in the first row and the third column of keys. The alphabets are arranged in the order of O, F, B in the order of the second row of column 1, in the order of E, H, Y in the order of the second row of column 2, and in the order of N, C, V in the order of the second row of 3rd column. The letters in the 3rd row and 1st column are R, M, and K in order, the 3rd row and 2nd column are A, L, W, and Q, and the 3rd row and 3rd key are I, U, X, and Z. It is made of a structure arranged.

According to the character arrangement, the user has to select the '3' key twice in the upper right, which is inconvenient to press conventionally, in order to input the frequently used 'E', but in the present invention, the '5' key in the middle needs to be selected only once. .

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings an embodiment according to the present invention will be described in detail.

Number of times to press key in conventional key pad The number of times to press the key on the key pad of the present invention T One One h 2 2 i 3 One s 4 One i 3 One s 4 One a One One b 2 3 o 3 One o 3 One k 2 3 The total number of hits 28 16

For example, if the user wants to input the English word "This is a book", the input stroke as shown in Table 2 is calculated.

As shown in the above table, according to the present invention, the use of a keypad arranged at the frequency of use of words and the priority of selecting keys in accordance with the present invention significantly reduces the number of inputs required for a user to input when inputting English.

When the number of input strokes according to the present invention is reduced by the input stroke count calculated through another embodiment, the total strokes required when the user inputs “I love you” is 22 in the conventional invention, whereas 14 Tarot is reduced.

If the user inputs "We will have more on this story later", 69 hits are required, but the present invention is reduced to 44 hits, and if the user inputs "What are you upto these days?" In the case of the present invention, it is reduced to 36 strokes in the case of the present invention, and when inputting "I'd like to make an international call Seoul, Korea", it is reduced to 56 strokes in the case of the present invention compared to 89 strokes. .

As described above, when using the keypad configured according to the present invention, there is a slight difference depending on the sentence, but the number of strokes can be reduced from at least about 20% to up to 40%.

In addition, in the case of placing the same one stroke, the user may select a word in addition to the effect of reducing the number of strokes by placing the word having a high frequency of use even when the same stroke is input.

As described above, according to the present invention, the alphabetical alphabetical order of the keypad is placed on a key having a high use priority according to the frequency of use, thereby reducing the number of key input operations required by the user at the same time of English input and increasing the frequency of use. By placing a high word in a place where it is easy to select, it provides the effect of entering English letters more conveniently and efficiently.

Claims (3)

In the English keypad arrangement method of the GSM type mobile communication terminal, The keypad arrangement of the English keypad arrangement of the GSM type mobile terminal, characterized in that for use in the group of alphabets with a high frequency of use and arranged in the position of the keypad easy to select by the user. The method of claim 1, The keypad is arranged in the order of T, D, and F keys in the first row and the second row, and in the order of S, G, and J in the first row and the third row, and in the keys of the second row and the first row, the letters O, F, English letters are arranged in the order of B, E, H, Y in the order of the second row and second column, N, C, and V in the order of the second row and third column, and R, M, K in the keys of the first row and third column. In order of A, L, W, Q, the keys of the third row and the second column are arranged in alphabetical order in the order of I, U, X, Z in the order of the third row and the third column. How to arrange an English keypad. In a keypad of a GSM mobile communication terminal in which keys are arranged in a 4 * 3 matrix form, The alphabetic characters are arranged in the order of T, D, F in the first row and the second row of keys of the keypad, and in the order of S, G, J in the first row of the third column, and in the keys of the second row of the first row, O, F, and B. English letters are arranged in the order of E, H, Y in the order of the second row and second column, and N, C, V in the order of the second row and the third column, and R, M, K in the order of the third row, first column. In the GSM-type mobile communication terminal in which the English letters are arranged in the order of A, L, W, and Q in the order of the third row and the second column, and in the order of I, U, X, and Z in the order of the third row and the third column. Key pad.