KR20070091096A - A text inputting method - Google Patents

Abstract

A character input method is provided to enable convenient input for Korean alphabets or special characters such as Japanese alphabets in a mobile communication terminal by efficiently arranging consonants and vowels in a keypad and additionally allocating special characters, which are frequently used, to keys. Each Japanese consonant is arranged on numeric buttons of a numeric keypad(220) according to consonant order. If a navigation keypad(210) arranging each Japanese vowels is selected, a selected syllable is displayed as the character. If a '#' button is selected in the numeric keypad, an input mode is changed into a Katakana mode. If the keypad is pressed for a long time, a flat consonant of the selected Japanese consonant is inputted. If the keypad is continuously pressed three times, a half flat consonant of the selected Japanese consonant is inputted.

Description

A text inputting method

The present invention relates to a character input method in a mobile communication terminal, and in particular, to arrange a vowel effectively on a key button, and to use a special key to input frequently used special characters so that a user can easily input Korean characters. It relates to a device that can be.

The input method used in the Korean input system of the conventional mobile communication terminal includes a coordinate method, a continuous pressing method and a phoneme disassembly method.

* The coordinate method is to select the letter to be input on the LCD screen by moving the cursor with the moving key, and the continuous pressing method is to put two or three consonants and vowels on one key and input consonants or vowels by pressing the key several times. The phoneme disassembly method is a method of inputting characters by disassembling one consonant or vowel into smaller basic shape units in the 'Cheonjiin' or 'Naratgle 2000' method most recently used.

Coordinate method is cumbersome to check because it selects the desired character from the displayed character string, and continuous pressing method is not practical because of the large number of key inputs. The most commonly used dismantling method is the most widely used method. This method is also cumbersome because it requires the use of several keys to implement one phoneme.

In addition, in the conventional arrangement of mobile communication terminals, except for Cheonjiin, (ㅗ, ㅓ), (ㅗ, TT) are often arranged on the same key. In this case, in order to input (ㅘ) or (ㅝ), different keys must be pressed several times, and the basic double vowel (ㅑ, ㅕ, ㅛ, ㅠ) also had a problem of pressing or manipulating the key several times.

That is, the conventional device has to be input by pressing the button on the keypad repeatedly to enter a character is complicated and there is a problem that the user of the mobile terminal feels inconvenient.

In recent years, with the rapid development of electrical and electronic technology, various types of communication terminal devices such as pagers, CDMA, PCS, TDMA, GSM, AMPS, IMT-2000, PDAs, game machines, remote controls, cameras, home appliances, etc. Various electronic devices are being miniaturized and advanced.

Due to the development of information and communication, the use of mobile communication terminals, TVs, IMT 2000, and other devices to send and receive information is increasing the use of a mobile communication terminal or a telephone. With the development of wireless communication, mobile communication terminals are becoming an indispensable necessity, and the use of keyboards of small mobile communication terminals such as text message transmission and e-mail transmission and reception using mobile phones has become more indispensable.

As is well known, there are many kinds of letters in the world, but they can be divided into two types, phonetic and ideographs, depending on whether or not the meaning is given to unit syllables.

According to another aspect, depending on whether or not the unit syllables can be divided into phonemes, it can be divided into two types, lowercase letters and syllable characters.

Subsequently, examples of the phonetic letters include English, Japanese, and Korean. Examples of the phonetic letters include Chinese. For example, syllables include Japanese, and phonetic letters represent English and Korean. have.

Japanese is composed of hiragana, katakana, and kanji, and hiragana is based on the kanji's cursive, and can be used in all cases such as printing, handwriting, etc. Used for names and telegrams.

However, it is very technically difficult to develop a device capable of inputting Japanese simply and efficiently in multimedia terminals (such as mobile phones and PDAs) which are rapidly increasing in recent years.

In addition, in the existing Japanese character input device, the character composition rules are complicated, and the number of keys required for inputting one alphabet corresponding to Japanese syllables is very large. there was.

As described above, when dividing the alphabet corresponding to the syllables of the syllables of Japanese into syllable units and assigning them to each key, a separate function key for generating mutated characters should be provided.

In particular, when the hiragana and katakana are used in parallel or when the sound of the sound or the sound of the sound is to be input, the number of times of key operation is further increased.

Therefore, there are few terminals equipped with a function for directly inputting Japanese, and even a terminal equipped with a function for inputting Japanese requires a user to search for and enter characters or to press a button several times. It was pointed out as a problem that it is inconvenient to use.

An object of the present invention for solving the above problems is to efficiently arrange the consonants and vowels arranged on the keypad so that the characters can be easily written without looking at the buttons of the mobile communication device, so that the characters also function as the mouse of a computer. To provide an input method.

In addition, an object of the present invention, when searching for a phone number, to provide a text input method that can easily find the phone number to be found by entering only the consonants of the name to be searched.

In addition, an object of the present invention, by storing a phrase frequently used by the user in the memory provided in the mobile communication, even if only the front letter of the phrase, the stored phrase is entered on the display text that can easily enter a text message To provide an input method.

In addition, an object of the present invention is to add a dictionary function, input a character to the character input unit, and then, using the dictionary function, when the desired country is selected, the characters entered in the language of the selected country is converted, the character more practical than conventional To provide an input method.

In addition, another object of the present invention, 'あ', 'か', 'さ', 'た', 'な', 'は' on the keypad 220 of a mobile communication terminal capable of inputting Japanese characters. , '마', 'や', 'ら' and 'わ' are assigned to the number buttons in order from Japanese consonants from 1 to 0. By selecting and inputting the keypad 210 in which the vowels of 'i', 'u', and 'e' are arranged, the Japanese characters are input, but the Japanese characters of the keypad 220 are input. It is to provide a character input method that can be easily switched to Katakana by pressing the # button.

In addition, another object of the present invention, when converting the character to the katakana after typing the character, if you move to the keypad 210 and select the keypad 214 to select a pale orange color to the character and # To provide a conversion from hiragana to katakana.

In addition, the object of the present invention is that by pressing and holding the keypad for displaying Japanese characters, the sound of the sound is displayed, and if the keypad is beaten three times, the half sound is displayed, thereby displaying the sound of sound and the sound of the sound. The present invention provides a character input method for inputting a character.

In addition, the object of the present invention is that the Japanese character input method, after inputting a character to the character input unit by adding a dictionary function, when the desired country is selected using the dictionary function, the characters entered in the language of the selected country is The conversion is to provide a more practical character input method.

In addition, an object of the present invention is to provide a text input method that can solve the language barrier by using as a conversation dictionary when the mobile phone is a computer while traveling abroad.

In addition, the object of the present invention, SK Telecom, KTF, LG Telecom's wireless telecom company to create Internet companies such as Internet companies Naver, Daum, Yahoo, and KT and Hanaro Telecom, the wired company to create Internet companies and the Internet for education By creating a remote control company, it is to provide a text input method that can create more jobs than in difficult times.

In addition, the object of the present invention is that the Internet of about 48 million people in the Internet, about 12 million mobile phones, 36 million, Japan is 130 million people of the Internet, about 30 million mobile phones, 90 million mobile Internet to use with the family In addition, mobile phone computers are used by individuals to contribute to security, such as security, to provide a text input method that is three times more value than the general PC, DMB.

It is also an object of the present invention to develop a computer which is much smaller than a laptop. It is also to provide a text input method for computerizing Korean and Japanese mobile phones.

Character input method of the present invention for achieving the above object, in the Japanese input device used in the mobile communication terminal, Japanese consonants 'あ', 'か', 'さ', 'た', 'な' , 'は', 'ま', 'や', 'ら' and 'わ' are assigned to Japanese numeral consonants from 1 to 0 in order to the numeric buttons of the keypad 220, and the numeric buttons of the keypad 220. If the input of the selected Japanese consonants 'a', 'i', 'u', 'e' 'o' by selecting the keypad 210 is arranged, the selected syllables are displayed as characters, When the Japanese character is input, the # button of the keypad 220 is inputted to convert it into katakana, and the Japanese character can be input. When the Japanese character is input by typing the keypad 210, the keypad 210 If you enter a long), the sound is displayed on the Japanese characters input when the keypad (210) keystroke, and by tapping the keypad three times consecutively If the force, characterized in that the two half takeum displayed on the character to be entered when the key pad 210, the key-entry.

In addition, the character input method according to the present invention is provided with a dictionary function, when the user selects the conversation dictionary by selecting the menu key 240, and wants to translate when you want to select English, Chinese, etc. with the keypad 250 When a country is selected, a word corresponding to a word input by a user is translated and inputted, and when the input method is converted to numeric input using the menu key 250, the keypads respectively marked with 'a' are '+', ' The keypad marked 'i' is converted to '=', the keypad marked 'u' is converted to '÷', the keypad marked 'e' is converted to '-', and the keypad marked 'o' is converted to '×'. When the character is input by typing the keypad 210, when the keypad 210 is input four times, the character input bar is moved, and the keypad for converting the hiragana and katakana is disposed on the keypad 220. Keyboard, frequently used symbols and special characters, the keypad (2 20, the keypad 222 is selected.

As described above, the character input method of the present invention efficiently arranges consonants and vowels arranged on the keypad so that the characters can be easily written without looking at the buttons of the mobile communication device, and thus functions as a mouse of a computer. It may provide a method.

In addition, the character input method of the present invention, when searching for a phone number, it is possible to provide a character input method that can easily find the phone number to find by entering only the consonants of the name to be searched.

In addition, the text input method of the present invention, by storing a phrase frequently used by the user in the memory provided in the mobile communication, even if only the front letter of the phrase, the stored phrase is entered on the display can easily enter a text message Character input method can be provided.

In addition, in the character input method of the present invention, when a desired country is selected by using a dictionary function after inputting a character to a character input unit by adding a dictionary function, characters inputted in the language of the selected country are converted, and thus, the character input method is used. A practical character input method can be provided.

In addition, the character input method of the present invention, 'あ', 'か', 'さ', 'た', 'な', 'は', 'ま' on the keypad of a mobile communication terminal capable of inputting Japanese characters. ',' や ',' ら 'and' わ 'are assigned to Japanese numerals from 1 to 0 in order, and the numbers are arranged on the keypad and correspond to the keyed Japanese consonants. Select a keypad 210 in which a collection of 'a', 'i', 'u', and 'e' 'o' is arranged to input Japanese characters, and input the input Japanese characters of the keypad 220. You can provide a Japanese character input method that can be easily switched to Katakana by pressing the # button.

In addition, in the character input method of the present invention, after converting a character, when converting the character to katakana, if the user moves to the keypad 210 and selects the keypad 214, the character is selected as pale orange yellow and # is selected. Can provide a conversion from hiragana to katakana.

In addition, the character input method of the present invention, by pressing and holding the keypad for displaying Japanese characters long, the sound is displayed, and if the keypad is beaten three times, half-tone sound is displayed, thereby displaying simple sound and half-tone sound It is possible to provide a Japanese character input method that can input Japanese characters by itself.

In addition, the character input method of the present invention adds a dictionary function, inputs a character to a character input unit, and then, when a desired country is selected using a dictionary function, characters inputted in the language of the selected country are converted into a more practical method. Japanese character input method can be provided.

In addition, the character input method of the present invention can provide a character input method that can solve the language barrier by using as a conversation dictionary when the mobile phone is a computer while traveling abroad.

In addition, the character input method of the present invention, SK Telecom, KTF, LG Telecom's wireless telecom company to create Internet companies such as Internet companies Naver, Daum, Yahoo, and wired companies KT and Hanaro Telecom create Internet companies By creating educational Internet remote control companies, we can provide a text input method that can create more jobs than it is in difficult times.

In addition, the character input method of the present invention, in the current population of 48 million in Korea, the Internet has about 12 million mobile phones, 36 million, Japan is 130 million people of the Internet, about 30 million mobile phones, 90 million Internet and family Used together, the cell phone computer can be used by individuals to contribute to security, such as security, it can provide a text input method that is three times more value than the general PC, DMB.

In addition, the character input method of the present invention is to develop a computer of a very small phone size than a notebook. In addition, it can provide a text input method for computerizing Korean and Japanese mobile phones.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

1 is a diagram showing consonants and vowels arranged on a keypad of a character input method according to the present invention.

As shown in Figure 1, the consonants are 'b, ㅋ, ㄲ', 'b', 'c, ㅌ, ㄸ', 'ㄹ', 'ㅁ', 'ㅂ, ,, ㅃ', ' ㅅ, ㅆ ',' ㅇ ',' ㅈ, ㅊ, ㅉ 'and' ㅎ 'are placed on different keys (120).

At this time, 'b' is input when the key is placed once 'ㄱ, ㅋ, ㄲ' is input, '' 'is input when the key is entered twice,' ㅋ 'is input when the key is hit twice, and' ㄲ 'is input when the key is hit three times. '4' will be input again if you hit the 4 times, which means that 'b, ㅋ, ㄲ' will be cycled and entered when you hit the number of times.

In addition, a key disposed with 'c, ㅌ, ㄸ', a key with 'ㅂ, ㅍ, ㅃ' and a key with 'ㅈ,, ㅉ' are also similarly inputted.

In the case of the key where 'ㅅ, ㅆ' is placed, 'ㅅ' is entered when typing one time and 'ㅆ' is entered when typing twice, which is cycled and entered when the key is repeatedly repeated several times.

It is preferable that special characters are arranged together with the consonants in the keypad 120 in which the consonants are arranged.

At this time, the special characters to be arranged are commonly used characters, it is preferable to place mainly on the high frequency of use.

How to use special characters will be described later.

Vowels are arranged separately 'ㅏ', 'ㅓ', 'ㅗ', 'TT', 'l' (110), the characters printed on the keypad 110 in which the vowels are placed 'ㅑ', ' ㅕ ',' ㅛ ',' ㅠ ',' l ', but it is preferable that the manufacturer can select arbitrarily.

In the character input method 100 according to the present invention, the input method is separate from the keypad 110 in which the vowels are arranged and the keypad 120 in which the consonants are arranged. Input bar shift key 134 for moving the text input bar 102 to the right between the key 150 for changing from 'number' to 'special character', the erase key 132 for deleting the input character, and the input character. ) Is provided.

In addition, pressing the backward movement key 111 may move the screen (page) backward, and pressing the forward movement key 112 may move the screen forward.

At this time, the key 150 is preferably changed to the 'special character' input mode that is not present in the keypad 120 when the key to change the input method to 'Korean → English → Number' is pressed once more.

That is, when the key 150 for changing the input method is pressed a plurality of times, the sequence is repeated in the order of 'Korean → English → Number → Special Character'.

In addition, the call button 132 and the end button 134 is also preferably provided together.

2 is a diagram illustrating a vowel input method of the character input method according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a character search method according to the present invention. The back movement key and the forward movement key are diagrams for a state in which a screen (page) is moved backward and forward.

Referring to FIGS. 1 to 3, when the key 'ㅑ' is displayed in FIG. 1, 'ㅏ' is input once, ',' is input twice, and 'ㅑ' is input three times. Is not changed, the 'ㅑ' key is displayed more than four times 'ㅏ' or 'ㅑ' is not input, the character input bar 102 is moved to the right.

In addition, if you press the key marked '건' once, 'ㅓ' is input, if you hit the second time 'ㅕ' is input, the third time 'ㅕ' is not changed and the key with '가' is displayed. If you press four or more times 'ㅓ' or 'ㅕ' is not input, the character input bar 102 is moved to the left.

In addition, if you press the '하면' key once, 'ㅗ' is input, and if you hit the second time, '입력' is entered. When you repeatedly type the key with 'ㅛ' four times, 'ㅗ' 'Or' 'is not input, the character input bar 102 is moved upward.

In addition, once the key with 'ㅠ' is entered, 'ㅡ' is entered once, 'tw' is entered twice, 'ㅠ' is entered three times, and 'ㅠ' is displayed. When repeating four or more times, 'ㅡ', 'TT' or 'ㅠ' is not entered, the character input bar 102 is moved downward.

When pressing the key marked 'ㅣ', it is preferable to input 'ㅣ' only once.

At this time, when inputting the compound vowel 'ㅘ', press the key marked 'ㅛ' and the key marked '순차적' in order, and when entering 'ㅝ', press the key marked 'ㅠ' twice. After typing, you can press the key marked with 'ㅕ' to enter.

This is input using the same method for 'ㅔ', 'ㅖ', 'ㅐ', 'ㅒ', 'ㅚ', 'ㅟ', 'ㅙ' and 'ㅞ'.

At this time, when inputting a letter, it is preferable that a vowel is not input when only a vowel is input without a first consonant.

That is, when the vowels 110 are pressed while the initials are not input, the vowels are not input, and the vowels serve as the direction switching keys for moving the character input bar 102 up, down, left, and right.

At this time, when you want to input only the vowels without the initial consonants, after pressing the input bar movement key 134 once, pressing the key 110 in which the vowels are arranged is possible to input only the vowels without the initial consonants.

In addition, in the standby mode, the erase key 132 may be used as a call button, and the input bar movement key 134 may be used as an end button.

To describe in more detail how to move the character input bar 102 up, down, left, and right using the vowel keypad 110, 'ㅑ', 'ㅕ', 'ㅛ' is displayed on the vowel keypad 110 as described above. When the key is pressed four times or more, or when the key is marked five times or more, the vowel key pad 110 automatically changes to a direction switching key for moving the character input bar 102 up, down, left, and right.

At this time, in addition to converting the vowel key pad 110 into the direction switching key 110, the vowel key pad 110 is pressed after a predetermined time while inputting a character. The text input bar 102 may be moved up, down, left, and right through the 110.

That is, without a separate process, if you pause for a while entering the character, the vowel key pad 110 is changed to the direction change key.

Therefore, the vowel key pad 110 moves up, down, left, and right, and the selection key 114 makes a selection so that it can act as a computer mouse.

4 is a view illustrating the use of a key arranged with a vowel when converted to a numeric input method of the character input method according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, when the input method is changed to 'number' by pressing the 'Hangul', 'English', 'number', and 'special characters' conversion key included in the key 150, the' ㅏ 'and' ㅓ The keys with ',' ㅜ ',' TT ', and' l 'arranged respectively function as' +', '-', '×', '÷' and '='.

4 illustrates a state in which an input code is displayed on the screen when each key is pressed when the input method is changed to 'number'.

For example, referring to the accompanying drawings, a method of calculating '1 + 3' will be described. The key 150 converts an input method to 'number', presses the number '1', and then ' '+' Is inputted by pressing 표시된 'key, then' 3 'is pressed after pressing' 3 ', then' = 'is inputted,' 1 + 3 = 4 'is entered,' 1+ ' The result of 3 'is calculated.

In this case, the order in which the keys are arranged may be arbitrarily determined by the producer, not in the order shown in the drawings, and the modifiers assigned to the respective basic bar keys may be arbitrarily arranged.

5 is a diagram for one embodiment of a character input method according to the present invention.

1 to 5, when a character is input using the character input method according to the present invention, it is possible to easily enter a character by reducing the number of pressing keys.

For example, when entering 'hello', 'hello' is inputted when '8 2 0 7 8' corresponding to 'ㅇㄴ ㅎㅅㅇ', which is the first consonant of each character constituting the sentence.

In the conventional character input device, in order to input 'hello', all of 'ㅇㅏ ㄴㅕ ㅇㅎ ㅏㅅ ㅔ ㅇㅛ' should be input, but the character input method according to the present invention is because a sentence is inputted by inputting only the first consonant of each character. The number of key presses is significantly reduced.

In addition, when inputting 'hahahaha', '0 0 0' corresponding to 'ㅎㅎㅎ' is inputted.

At this time, since one vowel is arranged on one button, it is preferable to press the button three times to input ㅎ three times.

In addition, in order to input 'Happy Birthday', enter '7 8 9 9 0 0' corresponding to 'ㅅㅇ ㅊㅎㅎ' and the completed sentence 'Happy Birthday' is entered.

At this time, in the case of 'ㅊ', 'ㅈ, ㅊ, ㅉ' is arranged in one button, and the user must press the button twice to enter 'ㅊ'.

In other words, when the button # 9 is placed once in '1' in FIG. 1, 'ㅈ' is input, and when the second button is hit twice, 'ㅊ' is input.

In this case, when only the first consonants of words constituting the sentence are input, it is preferable that the completed sentence is input by the user in a memory stored in a memory provided in the mobile communication terminal or the telephone.

That is, when a user stores a sentence that he / she frequently uses or wants to complete automatically through a menu provided in a mobile communication terminal or a telephone, only when the first consonant of words constituting the sentence is completed, the sentence is completed. The sentence can be input.

In this case, it is preferable that the user can delete, modify, and add the sentence stored in the memory.

In addition, when the cursor keypad 110 is operated in a direction, the character input bar 102 on the screen may be moved in a direction desired by the user.

6 is a diagram illustrating a phone number search method using a text input method according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6, in order to search for a phone number of a person stored in a mobile communication terminal or a phone, a phone number may be searched by inputting only the first letter of a letter constituting a name without having to input all the names.

For example, when searching for a phone number of a person named 'manipulator', referring to Fig. 1 and Table 1, the 9 button on the keypad 120 is pressed and 'ㅈ' is input and a certain time (~) is blurred. If you enter the number '5', enter '8'. If you enter the number 8, enter 'ㅇ'.

In addition, if you type 'ㅈ', select the move key 134, type 'ㅈ' and type 'ㅇ', 'ㅈㅈ' is selected so that information corresponding to the coordinator is searched and displayed.

Also, for example, when selecting the word '김' as 'Chowon Won', enter button '9' twice to enter 'ㅊ' and enter 'vo' twice. (~ ·) If you type in '8' and press button 8, 'ㅇ' is entered. At this time, the input of 'ㅊㅈ' is (·· ~ ·) of Table 1.

In this case, if there are a plurality of names consisting of the first consonant of the words forming the name in the order of 'ㅊ ㅇ', it is preferable to sort them in alphabetical order so that they can be selected from the list.

In addition, if you enter only 'vo' and search for a phone number, the first word among the words that make up the name is 'vo', for example, 'chae', 'most', etc., sorted alphabetically. It is desirable to be presented as a list so that you can choose from those displayed in the list.

Table 1 is a diagram of a vowel input method according to the character input method of the present invention.

ㆍ ~ ‥ ㆍ ·· ‥ ~ ㆍ Ah ㄲ ㅋ ㄱ ㄷ ㅌ ㄸ ㅌ ㄷ ㅂ ㅃ ㅂ ㅂ ㅅ ㅆ ㅅ ㅅ ㅅ ㅆ ㅅ ㅈ ㅉ ㅊ

Referring to Table 1, the case where the same button must be pressed in order to input two kinds of consonants, such as when the user inputs the word 'ㅈ' immediately after the 'Z', is described.

The dot (· ,.) located at the top of Table 1 indicates the number of times the button is pressed, and the '~' symbol indicates that a predetermined time has elapsed after the button is pressed.

For example, if you want to input 'ㄱ' and 'ㅋ' consecutively, after a certain time has elapsed (~) after tapping once the key # 1, which is the key where 'ㄱ' is placed, If you press the l key twice in a row (‥), 'ㄱ' and 'ㅋ' is entered and displayed in succession.

In other words, when the 1 key is pressed at a tempo of '1 to 11', 'ㄱ' and 'ㅋ' are input.

In addition, when the first key is pressed three times in a row, 'ㄲ' is inputted and displayed.

In this case, in the case of 'ㅅ', three times in a row, 'ㅅ' is input three times in a row.

7 and 8 are diagrams illustrating a special character input method by the character input method according to the present invention.

1 and 7, when you want to enter the opening and closing parenthesis (), select the first button on the keypad 120, and * * (122) once to enter the parentheses "(" is opened and hit the letter Selecting button 1 of the keypad 120 and typing * (122) once closes the parenthesis ")".

In addition, even if it hits twice, the parentheses ")" are closed. This can be used for notation such as "example".

In addition, the special characters on the buttons 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 0 of the keypad 120 is selected by pressing the number button of the keypad 120 and pressing * (122) once, the first special character is selected. If you type two times, the second special character is typed. Repeatedly, the second special character is selected for odd and first even numbers.

However, if you press 3, 4, or 5 special characters on the 8 button, you can continue to select.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 8, when the quotation marks '' or “” are selected, the six-character button on the keypad 120 is selected, and the * (122) is entered once and the second is entered. If you select the 9-character button and hit * (122) once, it becomes' and if you hit twice, it becomes ”.

Therefore, choose '' or '' as 1 stroke and 2 strokes.

In addition, the special characters of the keypad 120 are marked in Hangul consonants as much as possible Table 2 is a convenient choice.

number Consonant Special Characters Find by first consonant One  ㄱ ㅋ ㄲ    ()  bracket 2  N    =!  Exclamation mark 3  ㄷ ㅌ ㄸ    : ※  Polka Dots Billiards 4  D    ― 〃 5  M    . ?  Period question mark 6  ㅂ ㅃ ㅃ   “  66 shape 7  ㅅ ㅆ    , /  Comma 8  ㅇ    · ···  Young Young Young 9  ㅋㅋㅋ    ”  99 shape 0  ㅎ    → ～  Arrow flow

Other special characters are selected from the keypad 150.

9 is a diagram illustrating the use of a dictionary function by the character input method according to the present invention.

Character input method 100 according to the present invention is provided with a dictionary function, the user selects the conversation dictionary by selecting the menu key 140, and selects Japanese, Chinese, etc. using the key 150 keypad. When a country to be translated is selected, a word corresponding to a word input by a user is translated and input.

For example, after entering 'apple' in your language,

When the key 150 is pressed, countries capable of translating 'apple' are displayed for the user to select.

At this time, if you select 'English', the character entered as 'apple' is changed to 'apple'.

In addition, after inputting the 'apple' and pressing the key 150 and selecting 'Japanese', the character entered as 'apple' is changed to Japanese.

It is preferable that the same process of changing the foreign language to Hangul.

In this case, in order to use the dictionary function, the language of each country should be downloaded to the mobile communication terminal or the phone based on the English, Japanese, and Chinese keys 150.

At this time, the language provided by the mobile communication terminal or the phone does not need to be downloaded. If there is a language other than the provided language, it is necessary to download the translation.

In this case, in the case of frequently used sentences or words stored in the memory, when the first consonant of a sentence or a word is input like a character input, a completed sentence or word is input and a dictionary function can be easily used. It is desirable to have.

Therefore, it is preferable to use the text message, the Internet, the conversation dictionary after selecting it from the menu key 140.

Referring to Figure 9, when you want to search the English translation for 'hello', select the keypad 140, select a conversation dictionary, and if 'hello' is registered in the memory as a frequently used sentence 'hello' If you enter 'ㅇ 만 ㅅㅇ' instead of 'All', the completed sentence 'Hello' is entered.

When the completed sentence is input and the key 150 is selected, as shown in FIG. 3, a screen for selecting which language to translate into is displayed.

If you select a country from among them, the translation and the pronunciation of the language of the selected country are displayed together.

For example, 'hello', press the key to enter 'ㅇ ㅂㅅㅇ' and then press the menu button to select '2.English' from the displayed countries. In addition to 'Hello', the Korean pronunciation '[hello]' and '[helou]' marked with the English phonetic symbol are displayed together.

In addition, Japanese and Chinese are also written in Korean by the (Hello) expression because Korean is a sound text.

In this case, it is preferable to select a country that can be selected by displaying all languages of the country down on the mobile communication terminal or the phone in addition to the country shown in the drawing.

In addition, if the delete key 132 is selected, it is deleted.

In addition, when there is no character behind the click position, if the selection key 114 is clicked twice, the character is selected in orange and can be deleted.

In addition to the other functions, you can use the direction key while writing a text message. For example, move the cursor to 'In', the first letter of 'Hello' and press the 'ㅣ' button. When the cursor is moved to the right while displaying the character display area in a different color, and moves to the end character 'ka', the key 150 is used to register 'Hello' as a message to frequently input. These frequently entered messages can be used as described above.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail another embodiment of the character input method according to the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a view showing a syllable of Japanese arranged on a keypad for Japanese input in another embodiment of the character input method according to the present invention, and FIG. 11 is a hiragana letter in another embodiment of the character input method according to the present invention. 12 is a diagram illustrating a Japanese syllable in which the sound of a hiragana is displayed in another embodiment of the character input method according to the present invention, and FIG. 13 is a view of the character input method according to the present invention. In another embodiment, FIG. 14 illustrates Japanese syllables in which a half-tone sound of hiragana is displayed. FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating a method of inputting katakana in another embodiment of the character input method according to the present invention, and FIG. In another embodiment of the character input method according to the present invention is a view showing Japanese syllables in which the sound of Katakana is displayed, and FIG. 16 is a view of the character input method according to the present invention. Exemplary diagram illustrating a Japanese katakana syllables that half takeum of the display in the example.

10 to 16, hiragana consonants of Japanese hiragana and katakana syllables' あ ',' か ',' さ ',' た ',' な ',' は ',' ま ','や ',' ら ',' わ 'are placed on the keypad 220,' あ 'is placed on the 1st key button,' か 'is placed on the 2nd key button, and' さ 'is the 3rd key. Button is placed, 'た' is placed on key button 4, 'な' is placed on key button 5, 'は' is placed on key button 6, and 'ま' is placed on key button 7 Preferably, 'Ya' is disposed in the eighth key button, 'ら' is disposed in the nineth key button, and 'わ' is preferably disposed in the zero key button.

In addition, 'あ', 'か', 'さ', 'た', 'な', 'は', 'ま', 'や', 'ら' and 'わ' disposed on the keypad 220 are 'A', 'k', 's', 't', 'n', 'h', 'm', 'y', 'r' and 'w' are the phonetic alphabets of the syllables. It is preferable that consonants are arranged in order according to the syllables arranged at 220.

On the other hand, it is preferable that the vowels 'a', 'i', 'u', 'e' and 'o' in Japanese are arranged on the keypad 210.

However, replace ん with う and use う as in number 1 う.

On the other hand, for example, if a character 'clock (と け い)' is input in Japanese, after hitting the number 4 of the keypad 220, 'a', 'i', 'u' of the selected keypad 210 When the vowel 'o' among 'e' and 'o' is touched, the letter 'と' is inputted, and after the second 'key' of the keypad 220 is entered, 'a', When the 'e' among 'i', 'u', 'e', and 'o' is typed, the letter 'け' is inputted, and after the number 1 of the keypad 220 is entered, the keypad 210 ) 'A', 'i', 'u', 'e', 'o' when the 'i' is typed, the character 'い' is input, thereby entering the character 'と け い' (clock) You can do it.

In addition, when the numeric keypad is placed on the keypad 220, the virtual alphabet is visually displayed in pale orange, the character selected by typing the numeric keypad is displayed only when the keypad 220 is selected. desirable.

In addition, when the numeric keypad of the keypad 220 is repeatedly pressed, only a virtual alphabet letter (light orange) is displayed.

On the other hand, in the case of the letters pronounced by the sound of the sound, for example, if the character 'science (か が く) is entered in Japanese, after hitting the number 2 of the keypad 220,' a 'of the keypad 210 When the vowel 'a' is entered among ',' i ',' u ',' e ', and' o ', the letter' か 'is input, and after the second stroke of the keypad 220 is entered, Enter 'a' among 'a', 'i', 'u', 'e', and 'o' of the keypad 210, and press and hold the 'a' character to input 'が'. After typing the number 2 of the keypad 220, if the 'u' among the 'a', 'i', 'u', 'e', 'o' of the keypad 210, 'が' By inputting a character, it is possible to input the character of "ka が く" (science).

However, after tapping the keypad on which the number 2 of the keypad 220 is placed, tap 'a' and long press 'a' and then tap 'u' to easily enter 'か が く' (science). have.

Therefore, when the character to be pronounced by the sound of the sound is input by pressing and holding the keypad 210 is selected, it is possible to input the character to be pronounced by the sound.

In addition, in the case of a letter pronounced as a half-tone sound, for example, if the character 'worries (し ん ぱ い)' is input in Japanese, after hitting No. 3 of the keypad 220, 'a' of the keypad 210 is entered. When the vowel 'i' is entered among ',' i ',' u ',' e 'and' o ', the letter' し 'is inputted, and after the number 0 of the keypad 220 is entered, When 'u' is entered among 'a', 'i', 'u', 'e', and 'o' of the keypad 210, the letter 'ん' is inputted, and the number 5 of the keypad 220 is entered. After the taping, the 'a', 'i', 'u', 'e', 'o' of the keypad 210, '3' in the case of three consecutive times, the letter 'ぱ' After inputting the first number of the keypad 220, the 'i' of the 'a', 'i', 'u', 'e', 'o' of the keypad 210, By inputting the letter 'い', the word 'し ん ぱ い' (worry) can be input.

In addition, to display the Japanese half-tone sound when the three consecutive bats to enter the character with a half-tone sound, if the four times the first letter is displayed again, if five times, if you do five times, When a character is selected and touched six times, the characters displayed as semitones are cycled and inputted, and the above-mentioned cycling is selected only two times, and the third time the character input bar (cursor) moves to input the next sentence. In addition, the character input bar (cursor) is moved even when the character enters the standby state without inputting the character for about 3 seconds.

In addition, when the battered three battering to display the Japanese halftone sound, the character with the halftone sound is input, when the four battering, the character input bar (cursor) is moved.

In addition, as described above, when inputting Japanese, inputting the hiragana and katakana inputs a '＃' keypad of the keypad 220, thereby selecting and switching the syllables of the input hiragana to the hiragana or katakana. It is desirable to be able to.

In addition, when inputting a kanji of the Japanese input, after inputting the syllable of the Japanese, and selecting the conversion keypad 250, it is converted to the kanji of the same series, thereby moving to the keypad 210 the keypad 214 You can enter it with).

In addition, it is preferable that the special characters are arranged together with the consonants in the keypad 220.

At this time, the special characters to be arranged are commonly used characters, it is preferable to place mainly on the high frequency of use.

In addition, it is preferable that the call button 232 and the end button 234 used in the conventional mobile communication terminal are also provided together.

In addition, in the standby mode, the erase key 232 may be used as a call button, and the input bar movement key 234 may be used as an end button.

In addition, the frequently used symbols and special characters may be selected by selecting the keypad 220 and selecting the * key button 222 disposed on the keypad 220.

On the other hand, in the case of the katakana shown in Figs. 14 to 16 are the same as the input method of the hiragana, the description of the input method of the katakana will be omitted.

FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating a left, right, up, down, up, down, forward, and page navigation keys when each key is pressed by switching to 'mouse' in another embodiment of the character input method according to the present invention; FIG. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a state in which a screen is input when each key is pressed when the input method is changed to 'number' in another embodiment of the character input method according to the present invention.

17 to 18, a conversion keypad 250 for changing an input method from 'Japanese' to 'Chinese', 'English', 'number', and special characters, and an erase key 232 for deleting the input character; An input bar moving key 234 is provided to move the text input bar (cursor) to the right between the input characters.

In addition, when the keypad 210 is pressed a plurality of times to input a character, and then presses the keypad 210 after about 3 seconds has elapsed, the character input bar (cursor) may be moved up, down, left, and right through the keypad 210. It becomes possible.

That is, as described above, when the keypad 210 is pressed while the character is not input when the character is input, the character input bar (cursor) displayed on the screen is moved up, down, left, and right without inputting the character. It acts as a turn key.

Subsequently, after inputting Japanese characters into the keypad 220, when a certain time elapses, pressing the 'a' key disposed on the keypad 210 moves the character input bar (cursor) to the right, and 'e' is disposed. Key moves the character input bar (cursor) to the left; key presses 'o' moves the character input bar (cursor) up; key 'u' places the character input bar (cursor) Will be moved downwards.

As described above, the method of moving the character input bar (cursor) up, down, left, and right using the keypad 210 will be described in detail. In the vowel keypad 210, as described above, 'a', 'i', ' When you press the key marked 'u', 'e', 'o' four times or more, the character input bar (cursor) moves up, down, left and right.

Therefore, if you pause for a while to enter the character without any other process, the keypad 210 is changed to the direction change key, the keypad 210 is moved up, down, left and right, and the selection key 214 makes a selection, thus acting as a computer mouse. You can do it.

In addition, the conversion keypad 250 is a language mode switching key for changing the input method from 'Japanese' to 'Chinese' and 'English' to 'numeric' special characters. When the input keypad can be switched to ',' the conversion keypad 250 twice, the input mode can be switched to 'Chinese', and when the conversion keypad 250 is pressed three times, the input is 'English'. The mode can be switched, and the four keys can be converted to the numeric input mode, and the five keys can be converted to the special character mode.

On the other hand, the erase key 232 for erasing the input character and the input bar space key 234 to move the character input bar (cursor) to the right between the input character is provided.

In addition, pressing the backward movement key 211 may move the screen (page) backward, and pressing the forward movement key 212 may move the screen forward.

On the other hand, the conversion keypad 250 is repeated in the order of 'Japanese → Chinese → English → Number → special characters'.

In addition, when the input keypad is changed to 'number' by pressing the conversion keypad 250, the keys in which 'a', 'i', 'u', 'e' and 'o' are arranged are '+' and ' -',' × ',' ÷ ',' = '.

That is, for example, when calculating '1 + 3', the conversion keypad 250 is pressed to convert the input method to 'number', the number '1' is pressed, and then the 'a' key is pressed. After entering '+', pressing the number '3' again and then pressing the key with 'i', '=' is entered, '1 + 3 = 4' is entered, and the result of '1 + 3' is calculated. do.

In this case, the order in which the keypads 210 are arranged may be determined arbitrarily by the producer, not in the order shown in the drawings, and it is preferable that the modifiers assigned to the respective basic bar keys may be arbitrarily arranged.

In addition, the dictionary function, when the user selects the conversation dictionary by selecting the menu key 240, select English Korean Chinese, etc. by using the keypad 250 keypad, select the language of the country to be translated, the user inputs The word corresponding to the word is translated and input.

That is, for example, after selecting the menu key 240, the conversation dictionary, and input 'リ ン ゴ。' in Japanese, and then press the keypad 250 is converted to the language of the user selected country, if in Korean When the conversion is selected, the word 'Sa gua' is pronounced next to the translated 'リ ン ゴ。' Japanese character, which is converted to 'apple' and input in Japanese.

At this time, if you select 'English', the letter 'リ ン ゴ。' is changed to 'apple'.

In addition, when pressing the key 250 after selecting the 'apple' and selecting 'Chinese', as described above, the input characters may be converted into a language of a desired country and translated.

In addition, in order to use the above-described dictionary function can be translated through the English, Chinese, and Korean keypad 250, for the translation of the mobile station or the phone through a conventional well-known wired or wireless communication of each country You have to download the language.

That is, it is not necessary to download the language provided as a basic device of the mobile communication terminal or the telephone, and it is preferable that a user can download a desired language in addition to the language provided as a basic language and translate various languages.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described preferred embodiments and can be easily modified by anyone of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the gist of the invention claimed in the claims, Such changes are intended to fall within the scope of the claims.

1 is a view showing a consonant and a vowel on a keypad of a character input method according to the present invention;

2 is a view of a vowel input method of the character input method according to the present invention;

3 is a character input method according to the present invention can be switched to the 'mouse' when pressing each key to move up and down and up and down and select and search with the selection key, the back move key, the forward move key is to move the screen forward (back) Drawings for states,

4 is a view showing a state that is input to the screen when each key is pressed when the input method of the character input method according to the present invention is changed to 'number',

5 is a view of an embodiment of a character input method according to the present invention;

6 is a view of a phone number search method by the character input method according to the present invention;

7 and 8 are views for a special character input method by the character input method according to the present invention,

9 is a view for using the dictionary function by the character input method according to the present invention,

10 is a view showing a state in which Japanese syllables are arranged on a keypad for Japanese input in another embodiment of the character input method according to the present invention;

11 is a diagram illustrating a method of inputting hiragana in another embodiment of a character input method according to the present invention;

12 is a diagram showing Japanese syllables in which the sound of hiragana is displayed in another embodiment of the character input method according to the present invention;

FIG. 13 is a view showing Japanese syllables in which a half-tone sound of hiragana is displayed in another embodiment of the character input method according to the present invention; FIG.

14 is a view showing a method of inputting katakana in another embodiment of the character input method according to the present invention;

FIG. 15 is a view showing Japanese syllables in which a sound of a katakana is displayed in another embodiment of a character input method according to the present invention; FIG.

FIG. 16 is a view showing Japanese syllables in which a half-tone sound of katakana is displayed in another embodiment of the character input method according to the present invention; FIG.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a left, right, up, down, up, down, forward, and page navigation keys when each key is switched to 'mouse' in another embodiment of the character input method according to the present invention; FIG.

18 is a diagram illustrating a state in which a screen is input when each key is pressed when the input method is changed to 'number' in another embodiment of the character input method according to the present invention.

Claims (2)

In the Japanese input device used in the mobile communication terminal, Japanese consonants 'あ', 'か', 'さ', 'た', 'な', 'は', 'ま', 'や', 'ら' and 'わ' are numbers on the keypad 220. The Japanese consonants from 1 to 0 are sequentially assigned to the buttons, and the Japanese consonants selected by inputting the numeric buttons of the keypad 220 are 'a', 'i', 'u', 'e' 'o' When selecting and inputting the keypad 210 in which the vowels are arranged, the selected syllables are displayed as characters, and when the # button of the keypad 220 is inputted, the selected Japanese characters are converted into katakana to input Japanese characters. When entering the Japanese characters by tapping on the keypad 210, when the keypad 210 is long pressed, a sound is displayed on the Japanese characters input when the keypad 210 is pressed, and the keypad is pressed three times. Character input method, characterized in that the semi-tone sound is displayed on the character input at the time of the keypad (210) when the input by the continuous key. The method of claim 2, When the user selects the menu dictionary 240 and selects a conversation dictionary, and selects a Japanese, Chinese, etc. by using the keypad 250, a user selects a country to be translated, When the corresponding word is translated and inputted, and when the input method is converted to numeric input using the menu key 250, the keypads labeled 'a' are '+' and the keypads labeled 'i' are '=', The keypad with 'u' is converted to '÷', the keypad with 'e' is converted to '-', the keypad with 'o' is converted to '×', and the keypad 210 is used to enter characters. In the input, when the keypad 210 is input four times, the character input bar is moved, and the keypad for converting the hiragana and katakana is a hot keypad disposed on the keypad 220, and frequently used symbols and special characters. Character is selected by the * keypad 222 disposed on the keypad 220 Text input method as claimed.

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