KR20220136630A - Japanese input keypad combined with roman and kana and Japanese input method using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

A Japanese input keypad in which Romaji and Kana are combined and a Japanese input method using the same are disclosed. The Japanese input keypad in which Romaji and Kana are combined includes: a first row key in which five consonant keys of か(K), さ(S), た(T), な(N), は(H), which are combined with Roman characters, are arranged in a row in a vertical or horizontal direction; a second row key in which five vowel keys, あ (A), い (I) う (U), え (E) and お (O), which are written together with Roman characters, are vertically or horizontally arranged in a row; a third row key in which five consonant keys of ま (M), や (Y), ラ (R), わ (W), and ん, which are combined with Roman characters except for a ん key, are arranged in a row in a vertical or horizontal direction; a fourth row key in which voiced and semi-voiced sound single keys composed of five voiced sounds が(G), ぎ(Z), だ(D), ば(B) and semi-voiced sound ぱ(P) are arranged in a row in a vertical or horizontal direction; and a fifth row key in which six Roman keys of Sh, Ch, Ny, Hy, My, and V are vertically or horizontally arranged in a row.

Description

Japanese input keypad combined with roman and kana and Japanese input method using the same}

The present invention relates to a new Japanese input keypad for easily inputting Japanese into a computer, a smartphone, a tablet PC, a navigation system, a kiosk, and the like, and a Japanese input method using the same.

In more detail, the vowel keys that are frequently used are always exposed, and each consonant key is composed of a combination of the existing QWERTY pad and the Kana pad by writing both Kana and Roman letters. Japanese input keypad and Japanese input using the combination of Roman and Kana that can reduce the number of presses compared to the method and reduce the fingering distance compared to the method of pressing and pushing to select the corresponding character, thus significantly reducing the input time of kana it's about how

Kana is basically 10 lines and has 46 characters, and there are restrictions on the size of the yin (拗音), the cloudy (濁音), the semitone (半濁音), and the touch (促音) っ. , in the case of a smartphone consisting of the existing 12 (3 horizontal × 4 vertical) keyboard keys, there are many difficulties in input.

Currently, there are several input methods in Japanese, but broadly classified, there are Kana input method and Romaji input method. However, in the case of mobile devices such as smartphones, which have a size limit because of the large number of letters in kana, it is known that the Roman alphabet is currently used most widely.

In the case of the kana input method, since the number of kana characters is large, in the case of a smartphone that has a limit on the size of the keyboard, it is input due to the increase in the number of character input strokes that come from overlapping the characters of the same line on one key. A decrease in speed is pointed out as a problem. In order to solve this problem, as shown in FIG. 1 , each of the 10 input keys (row selection key) of 0 to 9 has a line “あ”, a line “か”, a line “Sa”, a line “Ta”, and a line “な” ’, “ha”, “Ma”, “や”, “Ra”, and “わ/N” lines are allocated, and the “ア” column is selected with additional 4 column selection keys. Except for 'イ', 'u', 'エ', and 'o' stage, it is assigned to each key Several attempts have been made, such as adopting a push method in the direction of a dog.

To explain the latter case (the method of pushing in four directions, up, down, left and right) with an example, simply pressing the key with あ makes あ; If you swipe down, o is entered.

However, in the case of pushing with a finger, when the pushing direction is in the opposite direction to the position of the next character, the fingering distance becomes long, and the input time increases because it has to move in the reverse direction.

On the other hand, in the case of the Roman input method, it can be largely divided into a method in which 3 to 4 characters are overlapped on one key (a.k.a., multi-tap method) and a QWERTY keyboard method of a computer keyboard. Among them, the multi-tap method has a disadvantage in that the number of times to be pressed increases in the case of the letters arranged after the sequence because several characters are overlapped on one key, and in the case of the QWERTY method, as shown in FIG. Because the characters up to , are arranged, the size of one key is too small, and the spacing is narrow, so it is difficult to enter quickly, such as typos.

Another disadvantage of the Roman input method is that in order to input one character, another character must be borrowed. In order to input Kana (Kana), you have to learn Roman characters separately, and the fact that you cannot input Kana (Kana) if you don't know Roman letters is the biggest drawback above all.

As a related prior art document, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-351599 discloses, as row selection keys, "あ" line, "か" line, "Sa" line, and "Ta" for 10 keys 0 to 9, respectively. Allocate lines, “na” lines, “ha” lines, “ma” lines, “や” lines, “Ra” lines, and “わ/N” lines, and additionally have 4 column selection keys to set the “ア” line Except for 'イ', 'u', 'エ' and 'o' columns are assigned to each key, but by arranging all rows on 10 keys, as a general keyboard, when entering characters, left and right It is difficult to ensure the balance of the number of touches, and since the “I” stage, which is used to input the yoke, is input in combination with a separate key, and the soft tone and semi-voiced tone conversion functions are assigned to one button, press the key. Since it has the problem of increasing the number of presses, there is a limit to fundamentally convenient and fast input.

In the text input method disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-015805 (mobile terminal and text input method), which is another prior document, the number of times the key is pressed significantly increases when changing the text input mode, and there is still a separate input key (段入力). There are disadvantages such as requiring a key).

Document 1: Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-351599 Document 2: Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-015805

The present invention is to solve the cumbersome problems of the QWERTY input method and the Kana input method, and the main object of the present invention is to arrange the vowel keys with a large number of times of pressing due to the configuration of the Kana character so that the vowel keys are always exposed, and each consonant key is each By placing only the first consonant of a line to be exposed, the exposed consonant key and vowel key can be displayed on the screen with a single press, and for unexposed consonants, the desired consonant is pressed by pressing the corresponding vowel key after pressing the first consonant key of the corresponding consonant line. It is to provide a Japanese input keypad in which Roman characters and Kana are combined to allow this input.

In addition, the present invention is to provide a Japanese input method using a Japanese input keypad in which the above-described Roman characters and kana are combined.

The technical problems to be achieved in the present invention are not limited to the technical problems mentioned above, and other technical problems not mentioned can be clearly understood by those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs from the description below. There will be.

According to one aspect of the present invention, a consonant key consisting of five consonant keys, か (K), さ (S), た (T), な (N), and は (H), which are written together with Roman characters, are arranged in a row in the vertical or horizontal direction. an arranged first row key; a second row key in which five vowel keys consisting of あ(A), い(I) う(U), え(E) and お(O), which are written together with Roman characters, are arranged in a row in the vertical or horizontal direction; A third row key in which five consonant keys consisting of マ(M), や(Y), ラ(R), わ(W), and n, which are written in Roman characters except for the n key, are arranged in a row in the vertical or horizontal direction; The half-voiced and half-voiced dankeys are arranged vertically or horizontally, consisting of five voiced sounds: が(G), ぎ(Z), だ(D), ば(B), and ぱ(P). a fourth row key in which the arranged fourth row keys are arranged in a row in a vertical or horizontal direction; and a fifth row key in which six Roman keys consisting of Sh, Ch, Ny, Hy, My, and V are arranged in a row in a vertical or horizontal direction; a Japanese input keypad in which Roman characters and Kana are combined is provided.

Preferably, the fourth row key may further include じょ(J), which is row ざ.

Preferably, it may further include a yaw sound and a tactile key for inputting the yaw sound (や, ゆ, よ) and the tactile sound (つ).

Preferably, when a desired character is temporarily displayed in the input window by pressing the combination of the first row key and the second to fifth row keys, a confirmation key for confirming and displaying the desired character on the input window may be further included.

According to another aspect of the present invention, on the Japanese input keypad, the vowel keys of あ, い, う, え, and o of the vowel あ line are respectively arranged to be exposed, and the consonants are か, さ ( sa in the 4) line, ata in the ata (other) line, na in the na (b) line, HA in the ha (lower) line, ma in the ma (e) line, や in the や (night) line や, ラ (la) Arranged so that only the first consonant key consisting of RA in the row, わ (and わ) in the row is exposed. A Japanese input method for inputting consonants is provided.

Preferably, the method may further include arranging a confirmation key on the Japanese input keypad so that the confirmed character is displayed in the input window by pressing the confirmation key when the completed character is a combination of the consonant and vowel.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, by writing kana and corresponding Roman characters to each input key, not only young people familiar with Roman characters, but also elderly people can easily use them.

In particular, it is possible to reduce the number of touches compared to the QWERTY method by arranging all vowel keys with a high frequency of pressing to be exposed, and by reducing the number of touch buttons compared to the QWERTY pad, erroneous input of characters can be prevented. Compared to the method, the fingering distance can be reduced, so the input time of cana can be significantly reduced.

The technical problems to be achieved in the present invention are not limited to the technical problems mentioned above, and other technical problems not mentioned can be clearly understood by those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs from the description below. There will be.

1 is a configuration diagram of a conventional Kana keypad;
Figure 2 is a configuration diagram of a conventional cooter keypad
3 is a block diagram of a Japanese input keypad according to the present invention;
4A to 4C are diagrams illustrating a method of inputting consonants of a Japanese input keypad according to the present invention;
5A to 5C are comparative views for explaining the difference in the number of times of input between the Japanese input keypad according to the present invention and the existing QWERTY pad and Kana pad.

The present invention may be embodied in several different forms, and thus is not limited to the embodiments described herein. And in order to clearly explain the present invention in the drawings, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted, and similar reference numerals are given to similar parts throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when a part is "connected (connected, contacted, coupled)" with another part, it is not only "directly connected" but also "indirectly connected" with another member interposed therebetween. "Including cases where In addition, when a part "includes" a certain component, this means that other components may be further provided without excluding other components unless otherwise stated.

The terms used herein are used only to describe specific embodiments, and are not intended to limit the present invention. The singular expression includes the plural expression unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In the present specification, terms such as “comprise” or “have” are intended to designate that a feature, number, step, operation, component, part, or combination thereof described in the specification exists, but one or more other features It is to be understood that this does not preclude the possibility of the presence or addition of numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof.

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

1 is a block diagram of a Japanese input keypad according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a consonant input method of a Japanese input keypad according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a Japanese input keypad according to the present invention and a conventional QWERTY pad It is a comparison diagram for explaining the difference in the number of input between the and canapad.

Referring to the drawings above, the Japanese input keypad 100 according to the present invention may be composed of 5 rows x 5 columns when only the character area is viewed as shown in FIG. 1 .

First, the first row key 110 is composed of か, the first letter of a line か, さ, the first letter of a line, た, the first letter of a line, な, the first letter of a line, は, the first letter of a line Five consonant keys may be arranged side by side in a horizontal direction (or a vertical direction).

Here, since each of the consonant keys has a Roman alphabet (alphabet) such as か(K), さ(S), た(T), な(N), and は(H), users familiar with Kana and users familiar with Roman characters Everyone can use it conveniently when entering text.

Next, the second hang key 120 is a vowel あ, い, う, え. Five vowel keys consisting of お may be arranged side by side in the horizontal direction (or vertical direction). As described above, since the second row key 120 is disposed so that all vowels with the highest frequency of pressing are exposed, the number of pressings and the fingering distance can be reduced compared to the QWERTY method or the pressing and pressing method when inputting characters.

In addition, each vowel key is written with Roman characters (alphabet) such as あ(A), い(I) う(U), え(E) お(O), so that both users familiar with Kana and users familiar with Roman characters can use it. It can be conveniently used for entering text.

In the present embodiment, it is described that the second row key 120 is arranged in the second row from above, but the present invention is not limited thereto, and it does not matter if it is arranged in any row of the first to fifth rows. However, in consideration of the frequency of touch, it is preferable to be disposed at the most convenient position to press. This is considered the second line from the top.

Next, the third row key 130 is composed of the first letter of the line Ma, や, the first letter of the line や, the first letter of the line Ra, the first letter of the line わ, わ, the last letter of the line わ, and so on. Five consonant keys may be arranged side by side in a horizontal direction (or a vertical direction).

Here, roman characters (alphabet) such as マ(M), や(Y), ラ(R), and わ(W) are written in each of the consonant keys. However, n is excluded. As described above, since Roman characters (alphabet) are written on each consonant key, both users familiar with cana and users familiar with Roman characters can conveniently use it when inputting characters.

Next, the fourth row key 140 is a phonetic character, が as the first letter of line が, ぎ as the first letter of line ぎ, だ as the first letter of line だ, ば as the first letter of line ば, and ぱ as a semitone character. Five consonant keys consisting of ぱ, which is the first letter of a row, may be arranged side by side in the horizontal (or vertical) direction.

Here, in each of the consonant keys, roman characters (alphabet) such as が(G), ぎ(Z), だ(D), ば(B), and ぱ(P) are written together. As described above, since Roman characters (alphabet) are written on each consonant key, both users familiar with cana and users familiar with Roman characters can conveniently use it when inputting characters.

Meanwhile, the fourth row key 140 may include a “じょ(J)” key 141 which is the ざ row. The "じょ(J)" key is convenient for inputting a word such as "じょ(J)".

Next, the fifth row key 150 is a Roman key composed of a combination of Roman characters, and is composed of six pieces of Sh, Ch, Ny, Hy, My, and V, and may be arranged side by side in the horizontal (or vertical) direction. .

Here, Sh can be applied to Japanese in which the pronunciation of “shi” is pronounced in Korean (for example, しゅちょう (main張)), and Ch can be applied to Japanese in which the pronunciation of “cho” or “chu” is included in the Korean pronunciation ( For example, ちょうじょう (頂上), Ny can be applied to Japanese with a Korean pronunciation of “nu” or “yo” (for example, nu-ヨ-ku (New York)), and Hy is Korean It can be applied to Japanese in which the pronunciation of “huu” or “hyo” is used (for example, ヒュ-man (human)), and “My” can be applied to Japanese in which the pronunciation of “mu” or “myo” is included in the Korean pronunciation. (For example, ミュ-ジック (music)), V can be applied to Japanese in which the pronunciation of “beu” or “bu” or “bee” is used in Korean pronunciation (eg, view-ti-(beauty)) .

Meanwhile, the Japanese input keypad 100 according to the present invention may further include a sixth row key 160 . The sixth row key 160 includes a yaw and synapse key 161 for inputting a yoke (や, ゆ, よ) and a synopsis (つ), an English conversion key 162 for entering English characters, and スペ- for space A ski key 163, a "、。" punctuation key 164 for entering a comma and a period, a 記號 key 165 for entering a symbol, and a confirmation key 166 as a completion key for confirming and displaying characters can be composed of

In particular, the role of the confirmation key 166 is that when a desired character is temporarily displayed (temporarily displayed) in the input window by pressing a combination of the first row key and the second to fifth row keys, if the temporarily displayed character is correctly displayed, the It serves to confirm and display the input window by pressing the confirmation key 166 .

Hereinafter, a Japanese input method using a Japanese input keypad will be described by giving specific examples.

In the Japanese input keypad 100 according to the present invention described above, the vowel keys of あ, い, う, え, and o of the あ line, which are vowels, are respectively arranged to be exposed, and the consonants areさ in the さ (four) line, ata in the ata (other) line, na in the na (b) line, HA in the ha (lower) line, ma in the ma (e) line, や (night) line や, ラ( It is arranged so that only the first consonant is exposed as in the RA of the D) line and the わ of the わ (and) line.

From this, as shown in FIG. 4A , in order to input the consonant 'こ', first, 'か' of the first row key 110 is pressed as 'か' is a 'か' line. Then, "k" is tentatively input into the input window.

Next, "o(O)" of the second row key 120 in which the vowel key is combined is pressed. Then, 「 」 is entered in the input window.

If the input is correct, the confirmation key 166 is pressed so that the input is confirmed in the input window.

As another example, in order to input the consonant "Shi", first, since "Shi" is a "Sa" line, "Sa(S)" of the first row key 110 is pressed. Then, “S” is temporarily entered in the input window.

Next, "I (I)" of the second row key 120 in which the vowel key is combined is pressed. Then, “Shi” is entered in the input window.

If the input is correct, the confirmation key 166 is pressed so that the input is confirmed in the input window.

In this way, when entering unexposed subsequent consonants in the line か(K), さ(S), た(T), な(N), or は(H), press the first letter key of the consonant line and the corresponding vowel key. Finally, since the input is completed in the input window by pressing only the confirmation key 166 and the like three times, the number of pressings can be significantly reduced compared to the existing input method.

Hereinafter, when inputting Japanese words, the number of presses of the keypad according to the present invention is compared with the existing keypad method.

As a first example, looking at the input method of 「ょうじょう (normal)」 (refer to Fig. 5a),

In the case of the existing QWERTY keypad, you have to press the seven Roman letters C → H → O → U → J → O → U corresponding to the Japanese pronunciation,

In the case of the existing Kana keypad, you had to press more than 20 times like (Tachi、small text、やゆよ、あいう、Sa.shi、濁音、あイウえお、スペ-s、あいう、) to enter 「Choiou」.

On the other hand, in the case of the keypad of the present invention, "chiょうじょう (normal)" can be input by only pressing 5 times, such as Ch → お(O) → う(U) → じょ(J) → う(U). Therefore, it is possible to significantly reduce the number of pressings compared to the conventional method.

As a second example, if we look at the input method of 「Nyu-ヨ-k (New York)」 (refer to Fig. 5b),

In the case of the existing QWERTY keypad, as in N → Y → U → ― → Y → O → ― → K → U, which corresponds to the Japanese pronunciation, 7 Roman letters and long vowels must be pressed twice.

In the case of the existing Kana keypad, as in (な、や小文字、-、やや、ああ、-、かかか), you had to press 18 times to enter 「Nu-ヨ-k (New York)」.

On the other hand, in the case of the keypad of the present invention, by pressing 8 times like Ny → う(U) → ― → や(Y) → お(O) → ― → か(K) → う(U)ク (New York)” can be entered. Therefore, it is possible to significantly reduce the number of pressings compared to the conventional method.

As a third example, looking at the input method of "shot" (refer to Fig. 5c),

In the case of the existing QWERTY keypad, you have to press 7 Roman characters, as in SH → U → C → H → O → U, which corresponds to the Japanese pronunciation,

In the case of the existing Kana keypad, as in (Sas、やや小文字、あああ、Tata、やや小文字、ああああ、あああ), you had to press 21 times to enter "Shotu".

On the other hand, in the case of the keypad of the present invention, "shouth" can be input only by pressing 5 times like Sy → U → Ch → O → U. Therefore, it is possible to significantly reduce the number of pressings compared to the conventional method.

Although the above-described embodiment has been described with respect to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the present invention is not limited thereto, and it is specified that it can be implemented by changing it in various forms without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention.

100: Japanese input keyboard 110: first row key
120: second hang key 130: third hang key
140: fourth row key 150: fifth row key
160: sixth hang key 161: touch key
162: English conversion key 163: Space (スペ-s) key
164: punctuation key 165: symbol key
166: Confirmation key

Claims (6)

a first row key in which five consonant keys consisting of か(K), さ(S), た(T), な(N), and は(H), which are written together with Roman characters, are arranged in a row in the vertical or horizontal direction;
a second row key in which five vowel keys consisting of あ(A), い(I) う(U), え(E) and お(O), which are written together with Roman characters, are arranged in a row in the vertical or horizontal direction;
A third row key in which five consonant keys consisting of マ(M), や(Y), ラ(R), わ(W), and n, which are written in Roman characters except for the n key, are arranged in a row in the vertical or horizontal direction;
The half-voiced and half-voiced dankeys are arranged vertically or horizontally, consisting of five voiced sounds: が(G), ぎ(Z), だ(D), ば(B), and ぱ(P). a fourth row key in which the arranged fourth row keys are arranged in a row in a vertical or horizontal direction; and
a fifth row key in which six Roman keys consisting of Sh, Ch, Ny, Hy, My, and V are arranged in a row in a vertical or horizontal direction;
Japanese input keypad with a combination of roman and kana.
The method according to claim 1,
The fourth row key is a Japanese input keypad combining Roman characters and Kana, characterized in that it further includes "じょ(J)", which is the ざ line.
The method according to claim 1,
The Japanese input keypad in which Roman and Kana are combined, characterized in that it further comprises a yoke and a syntact key for inputting the yoke (や, ゆ, よ) and the tactile sound (つ).
The method according to claim 1,
Combination of Roma and Kana, characterized in that it further comprises a confirmation key for confirming and displaying a desired character in the input window by pressing a combination of the first row key and the second to fifth row keys. Japanese input keypad.
on Japanese input keypad,
Arrange each so that the vowel keys of あ, い, う, え, and o of the vowel あ line are exposed,
The consonants are か in the か (ka) line, さ in the さ (4) line, TA in the ata (other) line, na in the na (b) line, は in the ha (lower) line, ma in the ma (e) line, Arranged so that only the first consonant key consisting of the や in the や (night) line, the ra in the ラ (ra) line, and the わ in the わ (and) line are exposed,
A Japanese input method in which a consonant is input by pressing the first consonant key of the corresponding consonant line, and then pressing the corresponding vowel key when inputting a subordinate consonant that is not exposed on the keypad.
6. The method of claim 5,
By disposing a confirmation key on the Japanese input keypad,
The Japanese input method further comprising: pressing the confirm key to display the confirmed character in an input window when the completed character is a combination of the consonant and vowel.

Images