KR20060033275A - Method for inputting korean words and english words in a mobile phone - Google Patents

Abstract

The disclosed contents can be used to increase the utilization of a button so that a limited number of buttons can be input at a time by setting a double click, overlap, and long press function for a button input. It relates to a character input method. In the Hangul input method of the mobile phone according to the present invention, the six basic vowels of 'ㅣ, ㅡ', 'ㅏ, ㅗ', 'ㅓ, TT' are arranged on three buttons in the keyboard of the mobile phone having 12 buttons. , Combining all the basic vowels to implement all the vowels, and arranging the nine basic consonants of 'B, B, C, D, K, K, K, K, K, O' with one of the remaining nine buttons. ㅋ, ㅌ, ,, ㅋ, ㅎ 'is entered by pressing the button longer than the basic consonants,' 경, ㄸ, ㅃ, ㅆ, 경 'is characterized by double-clicking the button.

Cell phone, cell phone, text input, Hangul input, keyboard layout

Description

Korean input method and English input method of mobile phone {METHOD FOR INPUTTING KOREAN WORDS AND ENGLISH WORDS IN A MOBILE PHONE}

Detailed description of the embodiments of the present invention will be made with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which numerals designate corresponding parts in the drawings.

1 is a diagram showing a keyboard arrangement of a Korean input method, which is a general heaven and earth;

2a to 2d are views illustrating keyboard layouts of various conventional Hangul input methods;

3 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a keyboard layout of a mobile phone in which the Hangul input method of the mobile phone according to the present invention is implemented;

4 is a flowchart illustrating a Hangul input method of a mobile phone according to the present invention;

5 is a view showing an embodiment of a keyboard layout of the mobile phone is implemented English input method of the mobile phone according to the present invention,

6 is a flowchart illustrating an English input method of a mobile phone according to the present invention;

7A and 7B are diagrams illustrating other embodiments of a keyboard layout of a mobile phone in which an English input method of a mobile phone according to the present invention is implemented.

The present invention relates to a method of inputting a character using a telephone button in an electronic telephone and a portable telephone, and more particularly, by placing letters with high frequency at the time of Hangul input in the center while dividing consonants and vowels into different hands at the same time. To be able to input, split the arrangement by letter, and in the case of combination vowel, overlap two vowel keys at the same time so that the vowel assigned to the second digit is entered at the first time. Placed in the center and overlapping with the adjacent key buttons to assign the English characters corresponding to the overlap input to be input by reducing the input time and improve the fingering and visibility, the Korean input method and English input method of the mobile phone It is about.

In general, the character input code (KICS.KO-05.0018) using an electronic telephone set by the Telecommunications Technology Association (TTA) as a standard in 1992 was inconvenient to use and attempted to standardize a new Korean input method in 1998. It has failed.

Meanwhile, with the rapid spread of mobile phones, handset manufacturers such as Samsung Electronics, LG Telecom, Hyundai Electronics, and Motorola have developed and applied their own Hangul input method. The Korean keyboard that is currently applied to mobile phones has the basic consonants a, b, c, ㅂ, ㅅ, ㅈ, ㅇ and the vowels ㅣ, ·, ㅡ cheonji, and the consonants ㅇ, ㅁ, A, b, ㅅ, ㄹ and the narrative method of vowels ㅗ, ㅗ, ㅡ are representative.

The most commonly used Hangul input method of the mobile terminal in recent years is Samsung's 'Cheonjiin' method, which shows the top three ㅣ, ㆍ, ㅡ as shown in the Hangul input method character layout shown in FIG. The consonants are assigned to the buttons, and seven consonants beneath them are assigned to the buttons,, ㅌ, ㅂ ㅂ,, ㅎ ㅎ, 각각 ㅁ, respectively, and 14 consonants and 10 vowels can be selectively entered.

By the way, this natural input method is inevitable when entering vowels because the 14 consonants are assigned to 7 buttons each 2 times to be input by one or two presses, while 10 vowels are inputted with only three buttons. There was a problem that the use of a large number of buttons can be used, causing inconvenience and waste of time.

For example, in the case of 'ㅏ', you have to press two buttons each time. In case of 'ㅑ', use two buttons, but one button is pressed once and the other button is pressed twice. You must press the number of times, in the case of "ㅙ" to press a total of five times. Since vowels are essential to any sentence with a consonant for each Hangul character, the ease of vowel input can have a huge impact on the overall efficiency of Hangul input (approximately 50%). There was a lot of inconvenience in use.

As pointed out above, the arrangement of consonants in the Cheonjiin method has 7 characters as basic characters. For example, all sounds (ㄲ, ㄸ, ㅃ, ㅆ, ㅉ) have three hits in a row, so there is a high probability of typos. The relationship between 'ㅎ', 'ㅇ' and 'ㅁ' is randomly arranged without following the inevitable relationship, so it is easy for a user to make a mistake in character association. In addition, the array of vowels is simple because the basic characters are three characters, but one stroke is assigned to each vowel stroke. For example, in the case of double vowels, there are 4-5 strokes, so the probability of typos is very high, and when you look at the distribution of strokes, three strokes have eight characters, which makes up the most proportions. have.

2A to 2D illustrate various conventional Hangul input keyboard layouts. FIG. 2A is a LG type keyboard, FIG. 2B is a keyboard of a SK mobile phone of SK. Figure 2c is a keyboard of the motor roller cell phone, Figure 2d shows a keyboard of Curitel.

In the naratul method illustrated in FIG. 2a, the ratio of three characters to the first consonant is high, and the error rate is high, and the neutral is distributed from one to six characters, and the three or more types have a high error rate and low input efficiency. There is no choice but to reduce the number of strokes. Only in the finality, 'ㅁ, ㄴ, ㄹ' is inputted as 1 stroke, so only the number of strokes can be reduced. As such, even in the naragle method, a large number of strokes are used when inputting consonants and vowels. In addition, in the case of inputting the vowel “ㅑ, ㅕ, ㅠ, ㅠ”, the combination of “', ㅓ, ㅗ, TT” and a function key (*) is inputted, so there is a disadvantage in that the association is good at input.

In the sky method of FIG. 2B, since a large number of buttons are allocated to a collection of 12 buttons of the keyboard, there is a disadvantage in that the consonant part is vulnerable. The consonant input is slowed down because of the large number of input strokes required.

In the case of the vowel “ㅑ, ㅕ, ㅛ, ㅠ” input of the motor roller method of FIG. 2C, the combination of “ㅏ, ㅓ, ㅗ, TT” and a function key (#) is similarly inputted to the LG method. In addition, in the case of consonants, the input speed drops because many consonants require two or more inputs.

In the Curitel method of FIG. 2D, the vowel input method is adopted, such as Samsung, so that the vowel input stroke increases and is complicated. There are also disadvantages as pointed out above.

On the other hand, in the case of English character input, the keyboards of all the mobile phone manufacturers illustrated above were assigned three letters to each button in turn, so each input button had to be pressed from one stroke to three strokes, thereby reducing the input efficiency. In addition, the case of switching between upper and lower case is implemented by the menu method, there was a problem that switching between upper and lower case when entering English characters.

In the conventional character input method described above, the letters assigned to the first, second, and third digits of the button are circularly input each time the button is pressed in both Korean and English. Therefore, the input character is confirmed while looking at the liquid crystal display window of the mobile phone, and it is necessary to wait for the cycle to be input. Therefore, in the case of continuously inputting the letters assigned to one button, there was a problem that the input speed decreases by taking about 3-4 seconds until the letters are confirmed after pressing the button.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to solve the above-described drawbacks, the input stroke and the like by introducing an input method such as double click, triple click, overlap of two buttons, long press (long press), etc. It is to provide a Hangul input method of a mobile phone that can shorten the input time and improve fingering and visibility.

In addition, another object of the present invention is to arrange at least nine of the twelve buttons, each of the two alphabets and the rest of the alphabet by pressing or overlapping the adjacent key buttons to press most of the alphabet letters 1 to 2 strokes simple It is to provide an English input method of a mobile phone that can input quickly.

Hangul input method of the mobile phone according to the first aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object is a set of 'ㅣ, ㅡ', '버튼, ㅗ', 'ㅓ, TT' in the keyboard of the mobile phone consisting of 12 buttons The six basic vowels are arranged on three buttons, and the basic vowels are combined to implement all the vowels.

Hangul input method of the mobile phone according to the second aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object is six of the 'ㅣ, ㅡ', 'ㅏ, ㅗ', 'ㅓ, TT' in the keyboard of the mobile phone consisting of 12 buttons Arrange the basic vowels of the 3 buttons, and combine the basic vowels to implement all the vowels, and the 9 basic consonants of 'ㄱ, ㄴ, ㄷ, ㄹ, ㅁ, ㅂ, ㅅ, ㅈ, ㅇ' The buttons are arranged one by one, but the lattice sounds' ㅋ, ㅌ, ,, ,, ㅎ 'are entered by pressing and holding the button longer than the basic consonants, and the ㄲ, ㄸ, ㅃ, ㅆ, ㅉ' double consonants are double-clicked. It is characterized by the input.

Hangul input method of the mobile phone according to the third aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object is six of the 'ㅣ, ㅡ', 'ㅏ, ㅗ', 'ㅓ, TT' in the keyboard of the mobile phone consisting of 12 buttons The main vowels are arranged in three buttons, and the basic vowels are combined to implement all the vowels, and the nine basic consonants of 'ㄱ, ㄴ, ㄷ, ㄹ, ㅁ, ㅂ, ㅅ, ㅈ, ㅇ' The buttons are arranged one by one, and the lattice sounds' ㅋ, ㅌ, ,, ,, ㅎ 'are inputted by double-clicking the button of the corresponding basic consonant, and the 자, ㄸ, ㅃ, ㅆ, ㅉ' Triple click to input.

In addition, the English input method of the mobile phone according to the fourth aspect of the present invention for achieving the above another object is arranged at least two buttons of at least nine buttons of the twelve buttons of the mobile phone keyboard, the frequency of use is the first digit The remaining letters of the 26 alphabets are assigned to be displayed when two adjacent buttons are overlapped with each other in 12 buttons.

In addition, the English input method of the mobile phone according to the fifth aspect of the present invention for achieving the above another object is arranged at least two buttons of at least nine buttons of the twelve buttons of the mobile phone keyboard, the frequency of use is the first digit The second letter is displayed by double-clicking, and the remaining letters of the 26 letters are assigned to some of the 12 buttons one by one to be displayed by long pressing. do.

In the present invention, by setting the double click (overlap), long press (long press) function to the button input to increase the utilization of the button to be able to input as many letters as possible to a limited number of buttons at a time have.

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

3 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a mobile phone keyboard layout in which the Hangul input method of the mobile phone according to the present invention is implemented.

First, the vowel input principle of the present invention will be described. In the present invention, all vowels are implemented using six vowels. In detail, 6 basic vowels (ㅡ, ㅣ, ㅏ, ㅓ, 을, TT) are assigned to the first or second digits of the key button so that the corresponding vowel can be entered by pressing the key button once or twice (double click). The rest of the vowels are implemented by combining the basic collection. These basic vowels are assigned to three key buttons in pairs of two, preferably pairs of positive vowels, neutral vowels, and voice vowels to be assigned to the first and second digits of each key button. At this time, the high frequency collection is assigned to the first digit of each key button. Furthermore, it is recommended that these collections be clustered and arranged on the keyboard so that the user can identify the location of the collection without looking at the keyboard. As illustrated, the buttons on the first row of the keyboard, that is, the first, second, and third key buttons are divided into voice vowels, neutral vowels, and positive vowels, respectively. It is preferable to arrange separately. In this arrangement, for example, pressing the 1 key button once enters 'ㅓ', and double-clicking (double click) enters 'TT'.

Furthermore, in the present invention, an overlap mechanism is introduced in addition to the double click method for inputting the Hangul vowel. In other words, if the second vowel button is pressed while the first vowel button is pressed, the two buttons overlap, and the vowel is combined with the vowel assigned to the second position of the first and second buttons pressed and the vowel assigned to the first digit of the other button. Is input. In the overlap input mode of the vowel, the combination collection inputted by the input order of the buttons is different, and thus the order of overlapping button inputs becomes an important element of the present invention. For example, if you press button 2 while pressing button 1 on the keyboard, the 'ㅟ' combination of 'TT' assigned to the second digit of button 1 and 'ㅣ' assigned to the first digit of button 2 Will be entered. The vowel assigned to the second digit of the vowel button receives the same key input benefits as the one assigned to the first digit by the overlap, 'ㅣ' + 'ㅗ' = 'ㅛ', 'ㅣ' + 'TT' = 'ㅠ', 'ㅗ' + 'ㅣ' = 'ㅚ', 'ㅜ' + 'ㅣ' = 'ㅟ' are all four. In this vowel combination, the overlap function is used, and the second assigned 'ㅗ', 'TT' has the effect of being input by pressing once. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the key input compared to the conventional method.

Furthermore, a long press mode is pressed to generate a combination vowel, so that the voice vowel (ㅓ, TT), the neutral vowel (ㅣ, ㅡ), and the positive vowel (ㅏ, ㅗ) are assigned to 1, 2, and 3, respectively. Press and hold key once to enter 'ㅝ', 'ㅢ' and 'ㅘ'. This 'ㅢ' can be recognized as being generated from 'ㅡ' + 'ㅣ' assigned to the second and first digits of button 2, and 'ㅝ' and 'ㅘ' are also the second digits of the first and third key buttons. It can be easily recognized that it is created from a combination of vowels assigned to and first place. Therefore, by inputting the above combination bar ('ㅝ', 'ㅢ', 'ㅘ') in one long pressure mode, the input time of the vowel can be reduced and the hassle of pressing several times can be simplified to simplify the input. 'ㅙ' and 'ㅞ' derived from the above vowels can also be easily entered by entering 'ㅣ' in 'ㅘ' and 'ㅝ'. Therefore, such a complex vowel can be displayed with two inputs.

In the case of the vowel described above, the six basic vowels arranged on the three buttons described above are designed to be input by applying the general input method without applying the overlap method or the long-pressure method based on the general combination principle. In other words, after pressing 'ㅣ' and pressing 'ㅗ', 'ㅛ' is inputted, and pressing '' 'and then pressing' ㅓ 'allows' ㅝ' to be input. This is a consideration that takes into account existing users that are difficult to accommodate change. In particular, in the vowel arrangement of 'ㅓ, TT', 'ㅣ, ㅡ', 'ㅏ, ㅏ' described above, 'ㅓ, ㅣ, ㅏ' placed in the first position of each button has the second position 'TT, ㅡ, ㅗ' 'Because the frequency is higher than that, it is an arrangement based on the input efficiency according to the frequency, and' ㅓ, TT ',' ㅣ, ㅡ ',' ㅏ, ㅗ 'are paired to the first and second digits of each button. This is to apply the long pressure mode. That is, the voice, neutral, and voice vowels associated with each button are combined with the vowels of the second and first digits of each button as described above by pressing and holding the corresponding button once in long press mode. , So that 'ㅘ' is entered.

In the case of consonant input, two methods may be used in the present invention. The first method is to hold the button longer than the basic vowel and to click the double sound. In the second method, the lattice sound is double clicked and the hard sound is triple clicked. Furthermore, instead of writing a lattice next to the basic consonants in the consonant notation of the keyboard, as shown in Fig. 3, the basic consonants (a, c, ㅂ, ㅈ, ㅎ) and the lattice sounds derived therefrom (ㅋ, ㅌ, Place dots on or below the basic consonants to recognize them simultaneously. At this time, the basic consonant and the dot are displayed in different colors to facilitate differentiation. Preferably, the basic consonants are written in black and the dots are written in colors other than black, such as blue. In this way, the identification of the desired character is improved and the keyboard representation is simplified. First, the first consonant input method will be described in detail as follows.

[Consonant input method 1.]

The vowels of the 12 buttons are assigned and the remaining 9 buttons are arranged in consideration of the frequency of consonants, and the high frequency of consonants is assigned to the buttons at the center of the keyboard. Then, the basic consonants, i.e., 'b, b, c, ㄹ, ㅁ, ㅂ, ㅅ, ㅈ, ㅇ' can be assigned to all nine buttons. As illustrated, the nine basic consonants are 'ㄱ' for button 4, 'ㅇ' for button 5, '' 'for button 6,' '' for button 7, '' 'for button 8,' ㅈ 'for button 8, It is preferable to assign 'ㅅ' to button 9, 'ㅁ' to * button, 'ㅂ' to button 0, and 'ㄹ' to # button. And, the lattice sound, that is, 'ㅋ, ㅌ, ,, ㅊ, ㅎ' is set to be input by pressing and holding the corresponding button. In addition, the hard sound, that is, 'ㄲ, ㄸ, ㅃ, ㅆ, ㅉ' is set to be input when the button is pressed twice (double click). In this way, the consonant is constructed by a long press mode (hereinafter, referred to as a long press mode) and a double-click mode to create a more uniform button input system, and as a result, the input is easy and the input time is shortened. have.

[Consonant input method 2.]

Place basic consonants on the keyboard as described above, but let the lattice (음, ㅌ, ,, ,, ㅎ) be input by double clicking, and the hard consonants (ㄲ, ㄸ, ㅃ, ㅆ, ㅉ) triple click To be entered by Here, triple click means to press the button three times continuously within a short time. Preferably, the time interval is set so that one push operation of the basic consonants is inputted about 16 to 20 times per 10 seconds, the double click operation of the lattice sound is about 11 to 14 times per 10 seconds, and the triple click operation of the hard consonants is 10 It is appropriate to set the time interval so that it is input 6 ~ 9 times per second. In consideration of such an input frequency, the time that is determined and displayed after the input of a character, ie, a consonant or a vowel, is preferably about 0.4 to 1.5 seconds, more preferably 0.4 to 0.6 seconds. In this case, the time interval between the button input and the input of the double click and the triple click is preferably within 0.3 seconds. Only then will it be recognized as an input associated with a neighboring button input and a double click or triple click.

In the present invention, the keyboard is provided with a mode switch function key for switching between input modes of Korean / English / numeric. This mode switching function key is assigned to a button without a long press mode function, and in this embodiment, it is preferably assigned to a button without a letter of the long press mode assigned to the consonants and vowels. Therefore, each time the * button is pressed, the English → number → Korean mode is cycled to switch to the corresponding mode that can be input. Also, since the * button is not assigned to the double click mode, '.,?!' Is cycled in every double click. Since the # button is not assigned to the double click mode, '@' is assigned to the double click mode. In addition, since the lattice and the hard consonants do not exist in the consonant 'b' assigned to the 6th button, the special symbols that are frequently used when inputting other characters are assigned to the 2nd digit of the 6th button, and they are inputted while circulating by double clicking. By doing so, the efficiency of character input can be further increased.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a Hangul input method of a mobile phone according to the present invention. Now, with reference to this figure and the above-described Figure 3 will be described in detail with respect to the signal processing in the mobile phone during Hangul input applying the vowel input method and consonant input method 1 of the present invention.

When the user enters a character input mode such as a letter writing, and inputs Hangul through the character buttons of the keyboard, the controller first determines whether it is a consonant or a vowel (steps S1, S3). (Step S5) If it is determined that the button is pressed for a long time, a lattice sound is displayed, and if it is determined as a double click, a hard sound is displayed (steps S7, S9).

On the other hand, if it is determined that the vowel input in the self-determination step (S3), it is determined whether each button is sequentially pressed or whether two buttons are overlapped and pressed. (Step S11) At this time, it is determined that the input of the buttons did not overlap If it is determined that the vowel button is pressed once, it is determined again whether it is short or long pressed. (Step S15) If it is determined that the button has been pressed for a long time, the combination bar of each button is displayed (steps S17, S19). On the other hand, if it is determined in step S13 that there is a double click, the second digit of each button is displayed. (Step S21) If it is determined in the overlap determination step (S11) that the two buttons are overlapped and pressed, the overlap mode is entered. The corresponding combination bar made by the combination of the two assigned vowel buttons is displayed (step S23).

[Character input example 1.]

By applying the vowel input method and the consonant input method 1 of the present invention will be described with the actual sentence for the method of inputting from the keyboard of the mobile phone.

① 'Kindergarten' input order: 'ㅇ' → 'ㅣ + TT (overlap)' → 'ㅊ (ㅈ button long pressure)' → 'ㅣ' → 'ㅇ' → 'TT + ㅓ (long press)' → 'ㄴ' .

In case of comparative example (Chinese style): 'ㅇ' → 'ㅡ' → '·' → '·' → 'ㅊ (press button 2)' → 'ㅣ' → 'ㅇ' → 'ㅡ' → ' '→' · '→' ㅣ '→' ㄴ '.

As shown in the above case, when the 'kindergarten' input is a total of eight button input in the present invention, but in the case of the comparative example, a total of 13 button input is required.

② Input sequence of 'war and peace': 'ㅈ' → 'ㅓ' → 'ㄴ' → 'ㅈ' → 'ㅏ' → 'ㅣ' → 'ㅇ' → 'ㄱ' → 'ㅗ + ㅏ → ㅍ (ㅂ button long pressure) → 'ㅣ' → 'ㅓ' → 'ㅇ' → 'ㅎ (ㅇ button long pressure' → 'ㅗ + ㅏ (long pressure)'.

In case of comparative example (Cheonjiin method): 'ㅈ' → '·' → 'ㅣ' → 'ㄴ' → 'ㅈ' → 'ㅣ' → '·' → 'ㅣ' → 'ㅇ' → 'ㄱ' → ' ㆍ '→' ㅡ '→' ㅣ '→' · '→' ('Press' ㅂ 'twice)' → '·' → '·' → 'ㅣ' → 'ㅇ' → 'ㅎ' ) '→' · '→' ㅡ '→' ㅣ '→' · '.

As shown in the above case, when the 'war and peace' input is a total of 15 times button input in the present invention, in the case of the comparative example should be a total of 26 times button input.

As described above, the present invention allows for a faster and more convenient input, as the input stroke is considerably reduced in comparison with the conventional comparative example.

[Character input example 2.]

By applying the vowel input method and the consonant input method 2 of the present invention will be described with a real sentence for the input method on the keyboard of the mobile phone.

① 'Kindergarten' input order: 'ㅇ' → 'ㅣ + TT (overlap)' → 'ㅣ (double click)' → 'ㅣ' → 'ㅇ' → 'TT + ㅓ (loading)' → 'ㄴ '.

As shown above, when the 'kindergarten' is input, in the present invention, there should be a total of eight button inputs, but in the comparative example, there must be a total of 13 button inputs.

② Input sequence of 'war and peace': 'ㅈ' → 'ㅓ' → 'ㄴ' → 'ㅈ' → 'ㅏ' → 'ㅣ' → 'ㅇ' → 'ㄱ' → 'ㅗ + ㅏ → 'ㅍ (double click button)' → 'ㅣ' → 'ㅓ' → 'ㅇ' → 'ㅎ' (double click the button) '→' ㅗ + ㅏ (loading pressure) '.

As shown above, when the 'war and peace' input is a total of 15 button input in the present invention, a total of 26 button input in the case of the comparative example.

As described above, in view of the input stroke, the present invention considerably reduces the input stroke compared with the conventional comparative example, so that the character input is quicker and simpler.

5 is a view showing an embodiment of a mobile phone keyboard layout that is implemented English input method of the mobile phone according to the present invention.

In the English input method of the present invention, the overlap (overlap) input mode is importantly used, thereby increasing the utilization of limited button numbers and reducing the number of inputs in English. The first digit of each button arranges the most frequently used English alphabet. In this case, alphabets with high frequency of use are arranged outward from the center of the keyboard where the fingers are easily accessible. Then, in the second digit of each button, arrange a relatively small frequency. As illustrated in FIG. 5, 'T, G' button 1, 'R, P' button 2, 'N, B' button 3, 'O, H' button 4, button 5 Button 'E, C', button 6'A, D ', button 7'S, F', button 8'I, M ', button 9'L, Y', 0 It is desirable to assign 'U, W' to the button. Here, the alphabets assigned to the second digits of each button may be applied by a conventional circular input method, which is input by pressing twice, or more preferably by a double-click method. The positional arrangement according to the frequency of use is based on the frequency of use that is extracted from the alphabet of English words used in the Oxford Dictionary or Yahoo.

In the above keyboard layout, * and # buttons are not assigned alphabets. * Because the * button is assigned the input mode switching key function in Korean input mode, it is in the same position in any mode, namely English input mode and numeric input mode. This is because the * button is used to give an input mode switch key function. Press and hold the * button (long-pressure mode) to activate the input mode switch key, and the number / Korean / English input mode will be cycled each time it is pressed. * The button is also assigned a special symbol '.,?!' Which cycles through each press. In addition, special functions are assigned to the # button, for example, a case change (ⓒ), 'ⓒ' input, and an emergency call function ((A)). For example, pressing the # button once will switch the case of English, double click to enter '＠', and double click twice will call the emergency number saved. Press and hold the # button (long press mode) to activate the lock function.

In particular, in this keyboard, the rest of the letters (X, Z, K, V, J, Q) are assigned between the button and the button to which the alphabet is assigned to reduce the number of inputs by applying the overlap function. When pressing at the same time or overlapping with time difference, the alphabetic character assigned to overlap mode is inputted. That is, as illustrated, X is input when buttons 1 and 2 overlap, Z is input when buttons 2 and 3 overlap, and K is input when buttons 4 and 5 overlap. It is preferable that V is input when the buttons 6 and 6 are overlapped, J is input when the buttons 7 and 8 are overlapped, and Q is input when the buttons 8 and 9 are overlapped.

Alphabets (X, Z, K, V, J, Q) displayed by such an overlap function are indicated by connecting them in the middle over two overlapping buttons as indicated by a dotted line in FIG. Mark the buttons in a different color than the ones for better identification. For example, the letters of the general input method are marked in black, and the letters of the overlap function are marked in blue or red so that the user can easily distinguish them.

6 is a flowchart illustrating an English input method of a mobile phone according to the present invention. Now, with reference to this figure and the aforementioned Figure 5 will be described in detail the process in the mobile phone when the English input.

When the user presses the input mode switching key for a long time to switch to the English input mode (step S30), and inputs English through the character buttons of the keyboard, the controller determines whether one button is pressed or two buttons are overlapped and pressed. (Step S32) At this time, if it is determined that only one button is pressed, it is determined whether the corresponding button is pressed once or double clicked. (Step S34) If it is determined that the corresponding vowel button is pressed once, it is assigned to the first position of each button. If it is determined that it is a double-click, the alphabet assigned to the second digit of each button is displayed. (Steps S36, S38) On the other hand, if it is determined that the two buttons are overlapped and pressed in step S32, the overlapped buttons are displayed. The alphabet assigned to the field is displayed. (Step S40).

7A and 7B are diagrams illustrating other embodiments of a keyboard layout of a mobile phone in which an English input method of a mobile phone according to the present invention is implemented.

In the present invention, instead of using the overlap function, using the long-pressure function, as shown in the keyboard of Figure 7a long press button 1, X long press button 2, Z long press button 4, press 5, Press and hold button V and button 7 for long press J and button 8 for Q input.

Of course, as shown in FIG. 7B, the long-pressure function described in FIG. 7A may be applied to buttons 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, and 9 to perform the same function as FIG. 7A.

In order to use this pressure function, the characters of one-click and double-click are marked in black on the first and second digits of the buttons, and the letters displayed by the long-pressure function are not black, for example blue or red. To make it easier for users to identify.

As described in detail with reference to the above embodiments, the Hangul and English input method of the present invention discards the cyclic input method in which the letters assigned to the first and second digits of each button circulate each time the button is pressed and each digit of each button. By adopting a definite input method in which the number of clicks is assigned to 1, 2 or 3, the time for the character to be confirmed is significantly shortened. In addition, the input time is further shortened by reducing the time interval between the character input and the character input. In the present invention, the concept of one click, double click, and triple click is defined as the time interval between the character inputs. Since it is made within 0.3 seconds, the time interval between the character and the character input and the time that the character is settled is 0.4 ~ 1.2 seconds is enough to significantly reduce the character input time as a whole.

The embodiments disclosed herein are only presented by selecting the most preferred examples to help those skilled in the art from the various possible examples, the technical spirit of the present invention is not necessarily limited or limited only by this embodiment, the present invention Various changes and modifications are possible within the scope without departing from the spirit of the invention, as well as other equivalent embodiments.

As described above, the present invention increases the utilization of the button by introducing the concept of double click, overlap, and long press on the button input, thereby increasing the utilization of the button to a limited number of buttons. Allows input to be performed at once. In particular, by abolishing the existing circular input method by introducing the concept of the double-click, overlap, and long-pressure mode as described above, it is possible to considerably shorten the time for which the input character is set, thereby reducing the character input time. In addition, the combination bar, the lattice sound, and the hard consonant are expressed without using function keys (*, #), thereby reducing input strokes and increasing utilization of buttons. As a result, the efficiency and convenience of Hangul input can be enhanced. Further, by combining the vowels combined in the long-pressure mode in the corresponding buttons to improve the functionality and identification.

In addition, in English characters, letters with high input frequency are arranged in a button where a finger is easily accessible, but they are placed in the first input position of the button so that they are inputted in one stroke. Two inputs can be input, which can speed up and simplify English input. As a result, the number of exchanges with foreigners and frequent use of English can be reduced. In addition, by adding a function of the English uppercase and lowercase conversion key, it is possible to easily switch to a shortcut key to double the convenience of character input.

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In the keyboard of a 12-button mobile phone, 6 basic vowels consisting of 'ㅣ, ㅡ', 'ㅏ, ㅗ', 'ㅜ, TT' are arranged on 3 buttons, and all of them are combined Hangul input method of a mobile phone, characterized in that to implement the vowel. In the keyboard of a 12-button mobile phone, 6 basic vowels of 'ㅣ, ㅡ', 'ㅏ, ㅗ', 'ㅓ, TT' are arranged on 3 buttons, and all the vowels are combined to form all collections. , Nine basic consonants of 'ㄱ, ㄴ, ㄷ, ㄹ, ㅁ, ㅂ, ㅅ, ㅈ, ㅇ' are arranged on the remaining 9 buttons, and the lattice 'ㅋ, ㅌ, ㄷ, ㅊ, ㅎ' is the basic consonant Long press the button to enter, the Hangul 'ㄲ, ㄸ, ㅃ, ㅆ, ㅉ' Hangul input method of the mobile phone, characterized in that the input by double-clicking the corresponding button. In the keyboard of a 12-button mobile phone, 6 basic vowels of 'ㅣ, ㅡ', 'ㅏ, ㅗ', 'ㅓ, TT' are arranged on 3 buttons, and all the vowels are combined to form all collections. , Nine basic consonants of 'ㄱ, ㄴ, ㄷ, ㄹ, ㅁ, ㅂ, ㅅ, ㅈ, ㅇ' are arranged one by one on the remaining 9 buttons, but the lattice 'ㅋ, ㅌ, ㄷ, ㅊ, ㅎ' The Korean consonant input method of a mobile phone, characterized in that the user inputs by double-clicking the button of the basic consonant, and the triple consonant 'ㄲ, ㄸ, ㅃ, ㅆ, ㅉ' is inputted by triple clicking the corresponding button. According to any one of claims 1 to 3, if the vowel buttons assigned vowel 'ㅗ', 'TT' to the second place when the vowel input is pressed overlapping with other vowel buttons, input of the corresponding button when combining vowels Hangul input method of a mobile phone, characterized in that the combination is recognized as 'ㅗ', 'TT'. The method of claim 4, wherein, when the 'ㅗ' button overlaps after the input of the 'ㅣ' button, 'ㅛ' is displayed, and when the 'TT' button overlaps after the input of the 'ㅣ' button, the 'ㅠ' Is displayed, 'ㅚ' is displayed when the 'ㅣ' button overlaps after input of the 'ㅗ' button, and 'ㅟ' is displayed when the 'ㅣ' button is overlapped after the input of the 'TT' button. Hangul input method of. The method of any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein when the neutral vowel ('ㅣ, ㅡ) button is pressed for a long time,' ㅢ 'is displayed, and the positive vowel (' ㅗ, 버튼 ') button is pressed for a long time. '' 'Is displayed on the page, and' ㅝ 'is displayed when the voice vowel button is pressed for a long time. The method of claim 6, wherein in the vowels the voice vowel is assigned to button 1, the neutral vowel to button 2, and the positive vowel to button 3, In the consonant, the letter 'B' is the button 4, the 'ㅇ' is the button 5, the 'B' is the button 6, the 'c' is the button 7, and the 'ㅈ' is the button 8 ',' 'Is assigned to the button 9,' ㅁ 'to the * button,' ㅂ 'is assigned to the 0 button, and' r 'is assigned to the # button Way. 8. The Korean input method of claim 7, wherein an input mode switch key function for switching a Korean / English / numeric input mode from a long pressure mode is provided to a button to which the long press mode is not applied. The method of claim 2 or 3, wherein the lattice sounds' ㅋ, ㅌ, ㅍ, ㅅ, ㅎ 'is different from the basic consonants above or below the corresponding basic consonants' ㄱ, ㅂ, ㅂ, ㅈ, ㅇ Hangul input method of a mobile phone, characterized in that the color dots are displayed on the keyboard. The mobile phone according to claim 3, wherein in the continuous input, the basic consonant is 16-20 times per 10 seconds, the double click is 11-14 times per 10 seconds, and the triple click is 6-9 times per 10 seconds. Input method. Arrange two alphabets on at least nine buttons out of twelve buttons on the keyboard of the mobile phone, and assign the highest frequency to the first place, The remaining alphabets of the 26 alphabets are assigned to be displayed when two adjacent buttons are overlapped in 12 buttons. 12. The method of claim 11, wherein 20 letters are arranged by assigning alphabets to the first and second digits of the ten buttons, and the remaining six letters are assigned to at least six overlapping positions of neighboring buttons among the ten buttons. English input method of the mobile phone. 13. The method of claim 12, wherein the first button is 'T, G', the second button is 'R, P', the third button is 'N, B', the fourth button is 'O, H', the fifth button is 'E, C', button 6, 'A, D', button 7, 'S, F', button 8, 'I, M', button 9, 'L, Y', button 0 'U' and 'W' are assigned so that the first letter of each button is displayed by a short press, the second letter by a double click, 'X' at the overlap position of button 1 and 2, 'Z' at the overlap position of button 2 and 3, 'K' at the overlap position of button 4 and 5, and 5 'V' is assigned to buttons 6 and 6, 'J' is assigned to the overlapping positions of buttons 7 and 8, and 'Q' is assigned to the overlapping positions of buttons 8 and 9. English input method of the mobile phone, characterized in that the overlap alphabet assigned by the overlap input is displayed. At least nine of the twelve buttons on the phone's keyboard are arranged with two alphabetical letters, with a high frequency of use being assigned to the first digit and displayed briefly with a single tap, and the second digit is displayed by double clicking. The remaining alphabets of the 26 alphabets are assigned to some of the 12 buttons one by one to display by long pressing English input method of the mobile phone. 15. The method of claim 11 or 14, wherein the * button of the keyboard is provided with an input mode switch key function for switching between the Korean / numeric / English input mode in the long press mode. 15. The English input method of a mobile phone according to claim 11 or 14, wherein the # button of the keyboard is assigned a case change, '＠' input, and emergency call function. Abolishes the cyclical input of the letters assigned to each button of the keyboard and determines the number of clicks within 1 to 3 according to the number of digits assigned to the keyboard so that the characters assigned to the corresponding digits are entered. Character input method of a mobile phone, characterized in that the time interval (interval) is reduced compared to the conventional cyclic input method.

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