KR20110038426A - System for inputting characters and method for inputting characters - Google Patents

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KR20110038426A
KR20110038426A KR1020090095712A KR20090095712A KR20110038426A KR 20110038426 A KR20110038426 A KR 20110038426A KR 1020090095712 A KR1020090095712 A KR 1020090095712A KR 20090095712 A KR20090095712 A KR 20090095712A KR 20110038426 A KR20110038426 A KR 20110038426A
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Abstract

The present invention relates to a text input system and a text input method, and more particularly, to a text input system and a text input method capable of easily inputting characters through touch, multi-touch, drag, and multi-touch drag operations. The present invention can combine all the vowels into two vowels of 'ㅣ' and 'ㅡ', and can input all the vowels with two buttons ('ㅣ' and 'ㅡ') without having to memorize the vowel keyboard. As you write, you can provide a character input system and a character input method that can input sequentially. In addition, the present invention provides a character input system and a character input method that can easily input characters through touch, multi-touch, drag, multi-touch drag operation without using an asterisk (*) or pound (#). Can be. In addition, the present invention provides a character input system and a character input method that can quickly enter a character without delay by inputting the last character entered as the final character at the time when the touch, multi-touch, drag, multi-touch drag operation ends. Can be. In addition, the present invention provides a character input system and a character input method that allows a user to easily input characters by popping up a word list or a word specified by the user or a word frequently used around the touched character. can do.

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Character input system and character input method {SYSTEM FOR INPUTTING CHARACTERS AND METHOD FOR INPUTTING CHARACTERS}

The present invention relates to a text input system and a text input method, and more particularly, to a text input system and a text input method capable of easily inputting characters through touch, multi-touch, drag, and multi-touch drag operations.

Conventionally, only a call was performed, but as a terminal such as a mobile phone and a PDA, that is, an information device has been developed, it has become popular to transmit necessary information using texts in addition to calls. In addition, recently, a terminal using a touch screen is becoming more common, and accordingly, a character is inputted by visual recognition of a keyboard to a user using a touch screen.

However, a terminal using such a touch screen has a difficulty in inputting text by a user since the method and method are different depending on the type of device, for example, a manufacturer. In addition, in the conventional character input system and character input method, a single character input key is pressed once or several times, or the final character desired by the user is input using an asterisk (*) or pound (#). In addition, since the user cannot accurately recognize which character the desired final character is, the input standby state is maintained for a predetermined time, for example, about 3 seconds. Therefore, there is a problem in that it takes a lot of time due to the standby state for entering characters. Of course, if you press the key corresponding to the 'SPACE (blank)' to solve this problem, but moves to the next character input point, but the user has to press the 'SPACE (blank)' every time you enter a single character has a problem.

An object of the present invention is to provide a character input system and a character input method that can easily enter a character.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a character input system and a character input method capable of quickly entering a character.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a touch module for inputting a character through a touch by a user, a keyboard module provided corresponding to the touch module, and arranged with a character for inputting a character by the user, and the touch module. An input processing module for recognizing a character entered by the user as a touch start point at which the user starts a touch on the touch module and a touch end point at which the touch is ended, and location information and classification information transmitted from the input processing module Provides a character input system comprising a processing module that receives the received and merges the characters to the user. The input processing module classifies into a touch, drag, multi-touch, multi-touch drag by the position information and the classification information to recognize the character that the user last input. The keyboard module includes Hangul, and the Hangul is 'ㅣ', 'ㅡ', 'ㄱ', 'ㄴ', 'ㄷ', 'ㅁ', 'ㅂ', 'ㅅ', 'ㅇ', 'ㅈ' ',' SPACE 'key may be included. The keys are inputted with respective sounds or wild sounds according to the drag, multi-touch or multi-touch drag direction. The keyboard module may include an English alphabet key, and the alphabet key may include two or more alphabets. The alphabet key selects one of two or more alphabets included in the alphabet key according to the dragging, multitouch, or multitouch dragging direction. A word starting with the letter, a word specified by the user, or a word with high usage frequency may pop up around the letter touched by the user.

In addition, the present invention provides a character input method in which a user inputs a character using a touch screen, the method comprising: setting a language of a character to be input, and determining a touch start point and a touch end point input by the user on the touch screen. Detecting an input comprising: classifying the user input into touch, drag, multi-touch, and multi-touch drag; and merging the characters determined by the sensed input and the classified input. A character input method is provided. Merging the character determined by the sensed input and the classified input, setting the language of the character to be input; when setting the character to be input in Hangul, determined by the sensed input and the classified input Storing consonants and vowels in a buffer, and merging the consonants and vowels. Merging the character determined by the sensed input and the classified input, setting the language of the character to be input; when setting the character to be input in English, determined by the sensed input and the classified input Merging the alphabet. Detecting an input including a touch start point and a touch end point input by the user on the touch screen,

The method may further include popping up a sound of a character located at the touch start point around the touch start point. Detecting an input including a touch start point and a touch end point input by the user on the touch screen may include a character located at the touch start point or the touch end point around the touch start point or touch end point. The method may further include popping up a list of words starting with.

The present invention can combine all the vowels into two vowels of 'ㅣ' and 'ㅡ', and can input all the vowels with two buttons ('ㅣ' and 'ㅡ') without having to memorize the vowel keyboard. As you write, you can provide a character input system and a character input method that can input sequentially.

The present invention can provide a character input system and a character input method that can easily input characters through touch, multi-touch, drag, multi-touch drag operation without using an asterisk (*) or pound (#). .

In addition, the present invention provides a character input system and a character input method that can quickly enter a character without delay by inputting the last character entered as the final character at the time when the touch, multi-touch, drag, multi-touch drag operation ends. Can be.

In addition, the present invention provides a character input system and a character input method that allows a user to easily input characters by popping up a word list or a word specified by the user or a word frequently used around the touched character. can do.

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

However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments disclosed below, but will be implemented in various forms, and only the embodiments are intended to complete the disclosure of the present invention, and to those skilled in the art to fully understand the scope of the invention. It is provided to inform you. Like reference numerals in the drawings refer to like elements.

1 is a conceptual diagram of a character input system according to the present invention, Figure 2 is a Hangul keyboard module of the character input system according to the present invention. 3 is a final input table according to the consonant touch operation of the Hangul keyboard of the character input system according to the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a final input table according to the operation after consonant touch of the Hangul keyboard of the character input system according to the present invention. 5 is an exemplary view according to an operation after touching the Korean keyboard of the character input system according to the present invention, and FIG. 6 is an English keyboard module of the character input system according to the present invention. 7 is a final input table according to the post-touch operation of the English keyboard of the character input system according to the present invention, Figure 8 is an exemplary view according to the post-touch operation of the English keyboard of the character input system according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the character input system according to the present invention includes a touch screen module 100, a keyboard module 200, an input processing module 300, a processing module 400, and a speaker 500. It includes.

The touch screen module 100 is for inputting a character by directly touching a user, and includes a touch panel. These touch panels are capacitive overlay, resistive overlay, infrared beam, surface acoustic wave, and integral tension measurement depending on the structure and driving method. Methods (Integral Strain Guage), Piezo-Effective method (Piezo Electric) and the like. Of course, the present invention can use any touch panel regardless of the type for the user to enter characters.

The keyboard module 200 is for visually recognizing a keyboard to a user. The keyboard module 200 is provided at a lower portion of the touch module, and when the user touches the keyboard to input a character, the touch screen module 100 corresponding to the position of the character is touched. Is input. As shown in FIG. 2, the keyboard module 200 includes 'ㅣ', 'ㅡ', 'ㄱ', 'b', 'c', 'ㅁ', 'ㅂ', 'ㅅ', 'ㅇ' , 'J', and 'space'. Of course, although the keyboard is arranged in a matrix form in FIG. 2, the layout of the keyboard may vary depending on the device to which the character input system according to the present invention is applied. For example, as illustrated in FIG. 3, the 'ㅁ' and 'ㅇ' buttons may be integrated, and a special character button such as '.,?!' May be added. 4 and 5, the arrangement may be changed or the number of vowels may be adjusted. In this case, in the keyboard illustrated in FIGS. 3 to 5, the first letter of each button is visually recognized by the user as an initial sound, and the characters except the initial sound are input according to an action such as a user drag.

The input processing module 300 classifies an input through the keyboard module 200 and the touch screen module 100 into touch, drag, multi-touch, and multi-touch drag and classifies the location information and the classification information into the processing module 400. To pass. The input processing module 300 includes a touch module 320, a drag module 340, a multi-touch module 360, and a multi-touch drag module 380.

The touch module 320 detects a point where a user starts a touch on the touch screen module 100.

The drag module 340 detects a point at which the user ends the touch on the touch screen module 100, and uses a drag performed by the user by using the detected touch end point and the point at which the touch module 320 starts the detected touch. Recognize the action. Since the user must perform a touch from the touch screen module 100 by applying pressure to the touch screen module 100, even if the user intends to perform a drag to input a character, the drag module 340 may perform a touch start point detected by the touch screen module 100. It receives the information and adds the information about the touch end point detected by itself to finally recognize the drag operation.

The multi-touch module 360 detects that a user simultaneously touches two or more points on the touch screen module 100.

The multi-touch drag module 380 detects the dragging motion while the user touches two or more points on the touch screen module 100 simultaneously and maintains the touched state. To this end, the multi-touch drag module 380 recognizes a user's multi-touch drag operation by using a touch end point for two or more points and a touch start point for the multi-touch detected by the multi-touch module 360.

Referring to FIG. 6, 'ㅣ', 'ㅡ', 'ㄱ', 'ㄴ', 'ㄷ', 'ㅁ', 'ㅂ', 'ㅅ', 'ㅇ' and 'ㅈ' Each sound and wild sound are input as the final sound. For example, as illustrated in FIG. 7, when only 'a' is touched, 'a' is input as a final sound, and 'ㄲ' or 'ㅋ' is input as it is dragged vertically or horizontally. At this time, as shown, 'ㄲ' and 'ㅋ' may be popped around the 'ㄱ'.

In addition, when only '-' is touched, '-' is input as it is, and 'ㅗ' or 'TT' is input as it is dragged upward or downward. Of course, a character such as 'ㅣ' is also inputted as a final sound depending on the direction of the user's drag. In addition, the vertical or horizontal or diagonal drag may be a bell sound input by the user according to the setting change.

In the present invention, since the multi-touch can be performed in addition to the general touch, the input of the final sound according to the multi-touch is also different from the general touch. Referring to FIG. 8, when only a touch is performed, the vowel is input as it is, but 'ㅗ' or 'TT', 'ㅓ' or 'ㅏ' of a shape corresponding to the corresponding direction is input by dragging up, down, left, or right. do. In addition, in the case of multi-touch, 'ㅛ' or 'ㅠ', 'ㅕ' or 'ㅑ' having a shape corresponding to the corresponding direction is input according to dragging up, down, left, and right after the multi-touch. According to the above-described structure, the present invention, in the case of inputting a single vowel and a double vowel, for example, 'chull', as shown in FIG. And input '겨' by multi-touch dragging 'ㅣ' to enter 'ㅕ'. However, the present invention may have more than one method for inputting one character. That is, as shown in (b) of FIG. 10, first touch 'ㄱ' to input 'ㄱ', then drag 'ㅣ' to enter 'ㅓ' and then drag 'ㅣ' once again to left You can also convert 'ㅓ' entered in the previous step to 'ㅕ' and enter 'bran'. In addition, for example, when inputting 'rug', as shown in FIG. 10, first touch 'a' to input 'a', then drag '-' to input 'ㅗ'. Thereafter, drag 'ㅣ' right to input 'ㅏ', and touch 'ㅣ' to convert 'ㅏ' input in the previous step to 'ㅐ' to input 'rug'. In addition, for example, when inputting the 'system', as shown in Figure 11, first touch the 'b' to input 'a'. Thereafter, drag 'ㅣ' to multi-touch left and input '멀티', and touch 'ㅣ' to convert 'ㅕ' input in the previous step to 'ㅖ' to input 'system'.

In the case of inputting finality (consonant), for example, 'value', as shown in FIG. 12 (a), first, 'a' is touched to input 'a'. Then, drag 'ㅣ' to enter 'ㅏ' and touch 'ㅂ' to enter 'ㅂ'. In addition, after inputting the 'ㅂ' to touch 'ㅅ' to enter a 'value' only by touching. At this time, when using the drag, as shown in FIG. Thereafter, the user may input 'value' by dragging 'ㅣ' to input 'ㅏ' and dragging 'ㅂ' diagonally or vertically to input 'ㅂㅅ'. In addition, when using the multi-touch, as shown in (c) of FIG. 12, first touch the 'b' to enter a 'b'. Thereafter, drag 'ㅣ' to input 'ㅏ', multi-touch 'ㅂ' and 'ㅅ' to enter 'ㅂㅅ' to input 'value'.

On the other hand, the present invention, as shown in Figure 13, when selecting 'b' as the supersonic, 'L' or bell sound that is a supersonic, such as 'Google', 'kimbab', 'flower', 'cook', 'can' If the word starts with 'ㄲ' or 'ㅋ' or a word frequently input by the user may pop up at the top. At this time, when popping the sound associated with the corresponding sound and the rough sound or words in the vicinity of the initial sound, the size of the popup window is minimized so as not to cover the button located near the corresponding initial button. Whenever the touch screen panel module is touched, the screen change (blinking according to the pop-up) is severe, and the user may feel rejected.In mobile environments, power consumption increases and character input speed may be slowed down due to low CPU performance. Because there is. Of course, this pop-up function may cause power consumption and input speed degradation when the pop-up is generated and destroyed in a mobile environment. can do. In addition, the present invention may further include a pop-up control module for turning on / off the pop-up function.

On the other hand, when the English input through the language setting can also be input in a similar manner to the Korean input method described above. The English keyboard generally has the arrangement as shown in FIG. 14, and three or more alphabets are provided on one key. In the case of the English keyboard, as shown in FIG. 15, one of a plurality of alphabets included in a corresponding key may be selected by touching one key or dragging after touching. Also, when the user inputs a letter, a word list starting with the letter may be popped up. For example, referring to FIG. 16, after inputting 'app' to input 'apple', touch '5' key that includes 'jkl', that is, 'jkl' key to input 'l' In this case, 'k' and 'l' may pop up around the 'jkl' key. In this case, the word list beginning with 'appl' may pop up around 'l' or may pop up on the top of the keyboard. Of course, if you touch '5' including 'jkl' as the first character without entering 'appl', a list of words starting with 'j', 'k', and 'l' may pop up. For example, as shown in FIG. 17, 'korea', 'know', 'jealousy', 'jewerly', and 'lemon' that start with 'j', 'k', and 'l' pop up at the top. do. Of course, words popping up on the top may start with 'j', 'k', and 'l', but may be popped up in the order of high frequency of use of the user. In this case, the selection of the word to be popped up may be selected by dragging.

In addition, according to the present invention, uppercase letters or lowercase letters may be selected according to touch or multi-touch. For example, referring to FIG. 14, when the keyboard is selected in lowercase English and 'Again' is entered, 'ab' is multi-touched to input 'A' and 'ghi' and 'abc' keys. Touch to enter 'Aga'. Then, drag 'ghi' right and drag 'mno' left to finally enter 'Again'. In this case, in contrast to the above example, when the keyboard is selected in uppercase letters, touch 'abc' key to input 'Again' to enter 'A' and multi-touch 'ghi' and 'abc' keys. Enter 'Aga'. Then, drag 'ghi' key multi-touch right and drag 'mno' multi-touch left and finally enter 'Again'.

The processing module 400 merges the characters sensed by the input processing module 300 and transmits the image signals to the display module (not shown) for visual recognition of the characters to the user so that the user can recognize the characters input by the user. do. In addition, an acoustic signal for this, for example, a beep sound according to the character input is transmitted to the speaker 500 so that the user can hear it.

The speaker 500 reproduces an audio signal transmitted from the processing module 400 so that the user can hear it. Of course, the speaker 500 may be omitted, but it is basically provided to the device, for example, a mobile phone, PDA, etc. to which the character input system according to the present invention can be applied.

Meanwhile, the present invention may further include a motor 600 that recognizes that the user is touched when the user touches the touch screen module. In this case, the motor 600 may include a vibration motor, and when the user touches the touch screen module by the motor 600, the motor 600 may recognize the button pressed by the vibration.

As described above, the character input system according to the present invention can easily input characters through touch, multi-touch, drag, and multi-touch drag operations without using an asterisk (*) or pound (#). In addition, the character input system according to the present invention can quickly input a character without delay by inputting the last input character as the final character at the time when the touch, multi-touch, drag, multi-touch drag operation is finished. In addition, the character input system according to the present invention pops up a list of words starting with the character or a word designated by the user or a word having a high frequency of use, so that the user can easily input characters.

Next, a character input method according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Descriptions overlapping with the description of the character input system according to the present invention will be omitted or briefly described.

18 is a flowchart illustrating a character input method according to the present invention.

Character input method according to the present invention, as shown in Figure 18, the step of setting the language (S 1 ), the step of detecting the input (S 2 ), the step of classifying the input (S 3 ), Merging the characters (S 4 ).

In the setting of the language (S 1 ), the language is set according to the type of language to be input by the user. This embodiment exemplifies inputting Korean or English through language setting. Of course, the present invention is not limited thereto and may be applied to all languages other than Korean and English.

Detecting an input (S 2 ) detects a user's touch screen module input for inputting a character. In this case, since the user inputs the text input by dividing the text input into touch and drag, the step of detecting the input to accurately recognize the text input of the user includes the steps of detecting the starting position of the touch (S 2-1 ); And detecting an end position of the touch (S 2-2 ).

In the detecting of the starting position of the touch (S 2-1 ), the starting position of the first touch by the user to the touch screen module for text input is detected. At this time, the first consonants or vowels that are not deformed by the initial sound, that is, dragging or multi-touch dragging, of the character to be input by the user may be recognized as the starting position of the touch is sensed. Also, in the step of detecting the start position of the touch, in order to collect touch type information, the user detects whether the user touches only one point of the touch screen module or touches two or more points at the same time, that is, multi-touch.

In the detecting of the end position of the touch (S 2-2 ), after the user touches the initial sound, the touch end position of the last touch is sensed. The user may drag or multi-drag horizontally, vertically or diagonally from the initial position to input a desired character. Accordingly, the terminal detects a position at which the user ends the touch in order to acquire information about the final sound of the character to be finally input, that is, the consonant or vowel to be finally input by dragging or multi-touch dragging.

Meanwhile, when the touch start position of the user is sensed in the step of detecting an input, the present invention drags the user to easily input a desired character around the consonant, vowel or alphabet corresponding to the detected touch start position. A bell that can be input through the pop-up can be acknowledged to the user.

The present invention may also pop up a list of words starting with consonants, vowels or alphabets corresponding to the detected touch start position when the touch start position of the user is detected in the step of detecting the input. This may be performed by popping up a list of words starting with the consonant or vowel or alphabet around the consonant or vowel corresponding to the location where the user started the touch. In addition, these two steps (final pop-up, word list pop-up) is preferably performed after detecting the start position of the touch or after detecting the end position of the touch.

In the classifying the input (S 3 ), the input is classified according to the touch start position information, the touch end position information, and the touch type information (touch or multi-touch) acquired by detecting the start position and the end position of the touch. do. In addition, according to this classification, the user's input is a touch that presses only one point of the touch module, a drag moved while pressing from one point of the touch module to another point, and a multi-touch that presses two or more points of the touch module simultaneously. The multi-touch drag may be classified as moving to a specific point while pressing two or more points of the touch module simultaneously.

In the merging of the text (S 4 ), the text is merged according to the acquired touch start position information, touch end position information, touch type information, and the input classified accordingly, and displayed to the user. This embodiment exemplifies a language input through a character input method in Korean and English. Accordingly, in the merging of characters, the consonants and vowels for the Korean characters are stored in a buffer according to the language set in the language setting step. Merging the alphabet with step (S 4-1-1 ), merging the consonants and vowels (S 4-1-2 ), or storing the alphabet for English (S 4-2-1 ) ( S 4-2-2 ).

Saving the consonants and vowels in the buffer (S 4-1-1 ) may be performed before merging the consonants and vowels finally determined according to the acquired touch start position information, touch end position information and touch type information, and the classified input accordingly. Store in a buffer. This means that if the user's input consonants and vowels are listed or combined in the order entered by the user, normal characters cannot be implemented. Therefore, the consonants and vowels are stored in the buffer before merging.

Merging consonants and vowels (S 4-1-2 ) merges the consonants and the vowels of the consonant which can be combined into letters among the consonants and the vowels stored in the buffer.

In the storing of the alphabet (S 4-2-1 ), the alphabet input by the user is stored in the buffer before merging the alphabet. Of course, English has no problem in implementing the letters even if the alphabetical order is input, the step of storing the alphabet may be omitted.

Merging the alphabet (S 4-2-2 ) merges the alphabet entered by the user or stored in the buffer. This finally completes the word the user wants and a sentence listing the words.

As described above, the character input method according to the present invention can easily input characters through touch, multi-touch, drag, and multi-touch drag operations without using an asterisk (*) or pound (#). In addition, the character input method according to the present invention can quickly input a character without delay by inputting the last character as the final character at the time when the touch, multi-touch, drag, multi-touch drag operation ends. In addition, the character input method according to the present invention pops up a list of words starting with the character or a word designated by the user or a word with high frequency of use, so that the user can easily input the character.

Although described above with reference to the drawings and embodiments, those skilled in the art can be variously modified and changed within the scope of the invention without departing from the spirit of the invention described in the claims below. I can understand.

1 is a conceptual diagram of a character input system according to the present invention.

2 is a Hangul keyboard module of the character input system according to the present invention.

3 is a final input table according to the operation after the consonant touch of the Hangul keyboard of the character input system according to the present invention.

4 is a final input table according to the operation after the consonant touch of the Hangul keyboard of the character input system according to the present invention.

Figure 5 is an exemplary view according to the operation after touching the Korean keyboard of the character input system according to the present invention.

6 is an English keyboard module of the character input system according to the present invention.

7 is a bell input table according to the post-touch operation of the English keyboard of the character input system according to the present invention.

8 is an exemplary view according to the operation after the touch of the English keyboard of the character input system according to the present invention.

9 is a flowchart of a character input method according to the present invention.

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100: touch screen module 200: keyboard module

300: input processing module 320: touch module

340: drag module 360: multi-touch module

380: multi-touch drag module 400: processing module

500: speaker 600: motor

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A touch module for the user to input characters through touch, A keyboard module provided corresponding to the touch module and having a character arranged for a user to input a character; An input processing module for recognizing a character last input by the user as one or more touch start points at which the user through the touch module starts to touch the touch module and a touch end point at which the touch ends; And a processing module for receiving the location information and the classification information transmitted from the input processing module to merge the texts and to recognize the text to the user. The method according to claim 1, And the input processing module classifies the touched, dragged, multitouch, and multitouch drag into the position information and the classification information to recognize a character that the user inputs last. The method according to claim 1, The keyboard module includes Hangul, and the Hangul is 'ㅣ', 'ㅡ', 'ㄱ', 'ㄴ', 'ㄷ', 'ㅁ', 'ㅂ', 'ㅅ', 'ㅇ', 'ㅈ' Character input system comprising a ',' SPACE 'key. The method according to claim 1, The keyboard module is composed of 'ㅣ', 'ㅡ', 'ㄱ', 'ㄴ', 'ㄷ', 'ㅁ', 'ㅂ', 'ㅅ', '.', 'ㅈ', and 'SPACE' keys. Character input system characterized by. The method according to claim 1, The keyboard module includes 'ㅣ', 'ㅡ', 'ㄱ', 'ㄴ', 'ㄷ', 'ㅂ', 'ㅅ', 'ㅈ', 'SPACE', 'ㅇ', '.' Character input system comprising a key. The method according to claim 1, The keyboard module is characterized by consisting of the key 'ㄱ', 'ㄴ', 'ㄹ', 'ㅁ', 'ㅅ', 'ㅇ', 'ㅡ', 'ㅣ', 'special characters', 'language conversion' Character input system. The method according to any one of claims 3 to 6, The key is a character input system, characterized in that each of the sound or the harsh sound is input in accordance with the drag, multi-touch or multi-touch drag direction. The method according to claim 1, The keyboard module includes an English alphabet key, the alphabet key is provided with two or more alphabets. The method according to claim 8, The alphabet key is a character input system, characterized in that one of the two or more alphabets included in the alphabet key is selected according to the drag, multi-touch or multi-touch drag direction. The method according to claim 8, The alphabet key is a letter input system, characterized in that the uppercase or lowercase letters are selected according to the touch or multi-touch. The method according to claim 1, A word starting with a letter included in the key, or a final sound inputted by dragging or multi-touching or multi-touch dragging a key, a word designated by a user, or a word frequently used near the key touched by the user Character input system characterized in that the pop-up. The method according to claim 9, The pop-up is a character input system, characterized in that less than the size of the key located in the vicinity of the pop-up, so as not to hide the characters of the key located in the periphery of the pop-up. The method of claim 11, Character input system further comprises a pop-up control module for turning on / off the function of the pop-up. The method according to claim 1, Character input system, characterized in that it further comprises a motor for generating a vibration by sensing the touch of the touch module. In a text input method in which a user inputs text using a touch screen, Setting the language of the characters to be entered; Detecting an input including a touch start point and a touch end point input by the user on the touch screen; Categorizing the user input into touch, drag, multi-touch, and multi-touch drag; And merging the characters determined by the sensed input and the classified input. 16. The method of claim 15, Merging the characters determined by the sensed input and the classified input, Setting a language of the text to be input; when setting the text to be input in Korean, Storing consonants and vowels determined by the sensed and classified inputs in a buffer; Character input method comprising the step of merging the consonants and vowels. 16. The method of claim 15, Merging the characters determined by the sensed input and the classified input, Setting a language of the text to be input; when setting the text to be input in English, And merging the alphabet determined by the sensed input and the classified input. 16. The method of claim 15, Detecting an input including a touch start point and a touch end point input by the user on the touch screen, And a pop-up of a letter of a character located at the touch start point around the touch start point. 16. The method of claim 15, Detecting an input including a touch start point and a touch end point input by the user on the touch screen, And popping up a word list starting from a character located at the touch start point or the touch end point, around the touch start point or the touch end point.
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