TW498225B - Input method for alphanumeric characters - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides an input method for alphanumeric characters, which is used in connection with a selector to select the input of lower case English letters, upper case English letters, numbers and symbols. The selector comprises a predetermined number of buttons. The input method for alphanumeric characters is to divide the lower case English letters, the upper case English letters, numbers and symbols as the candidate characters in eight groups, and the candidate characters included in each group are configured as the candidate characters shown when one of the eight buttons in the selector are pressed, so that the user can select and input. Thus, the user can input the lower case English characters, the upper case English characters, numbers and symbols in the same mode, and the number of input keys can be effectively reduced.

Description

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Printed by the Consumer Cooperatives of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, the English-language input method is as preset in the selector for the use of choices such as keyboards or touch screens that are generally configured on computers. On many keys, $ — printed or displayed with 16 English letters (ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ), ten Arabic numerals (123456789G), and various symbols (+, —, * · •• materials), the input is based on what you want Enter the English alphabet, numbers or symbols one by one. _ Press the corresponding button on the selector and switch through the input method editing program to appear the candidate font that matches the input. The input method editing program described here is The tools commonly used by various input methods for encoding are not described here. The advantage of this alphanumeric input method is that as long as you understand English letters, numbers and various symbols, you can follow the fonts marked on each key one by one. Selecting and inputting the corresponding keys can easily complete the input operation, and because the keyboard of the computer uses a one-to-one key-to-key configuration of fonts and keys, one word one is provided. As the input keys, so that substantially only one yard type the number. However, with the development of wireless communication and the Internet, the input and use of English letters, numbers, and various symbols is no longer limited to ordinary computers, and its use has expanded to mobile phones and various wireless messaging machines. In the fields of surfing the Internet or sending e-mail, and because there are fewer keys configured in mobile phones, the above-mentioned practice uses a one-word-one-word-one-code input method, which cannot be used in general mobile phones. The basic numeric keypads of ordinary mobile phones usually only have 丄, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 3 pages. This paper size is applicable to China National Standard (CNS) A4 specifications (210 X 297 public love) .----- ----- ^ --------- (Please read the precautions on the back before filling out this page) ^^ 225 ^^ 225 Qi. Hui, only the% of the consumer spending and printing 2 keys marked with 3 button is labeled with 4 button is labeled with 5 button is labeled with 6 button is labeled with 7 button is labeled with 8 button is labeled with 9 button is labeled with A7 B7 5. Description of the invention (2) 6, 7, 8, 9, 0, #, * Waiting for twelve keys, when you want to enter English numbers on the mobile phone, no Providing a sufficient number key corresponding to the key as by setting 'must take different setting mode. If you want to use the mobile phone to access the Internet, send text messages, or send e-mails, and when the English letters, numbers, and various symbols are entered in the item, you can see the configuration shown in the first figure. The selector of the mobile phone u 12 contains at least twelve keys. As shown in the figure, the twelve keys included are labeled with 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Θ, 7, 8, Θ, 〇 # on the half edges. , * And other fonts, which are marked with "2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6, 8, 9," and other keys, are marked on the other half with a set of representative values, in order: ABC 〇DEF 〇GHI 〇JKL 〇MNO 〇PQRS 〇TUV 〇WXYZ. The English number input method provided by the selector 12 mentioned above. When inputting English letters, for example, you must press the "2 button" once to enter A, and press B when you enter B. The 2 button "quotes twice. This input method is the largest. The inconvenience lies in: The number of keys required to enter an English letter depends on the order in which the letters are arranged on the keys. Theoretically " A, E, 丨, 〇, U, γπ, etc. Page 4 of this paper Standards are applicable to China National Standard (CNS) A4 specifications (210 X 297 mm) ----------- I--install --II --- II order-! !! Please read the back of line C first Zhuyin? Matters refill this page}

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AT, description of the invention (3-tone English alphabet 'usage rate will be higher, but in addition to A in the first order, other vowels in their corresponding keys' are either in the second order or in the second order. And the consonants Letters with " s " are most commonly used, such as the third person verb, the plural of a noun, the abbreviation of a possessive, the present tense of a post, the past tense WAS, etc., all of which have "" S", and the prefix begins with 3. There are also many words, but $ is ranked in the fourth order of the 7 key in the selector 12 above, and the 7 key can be obtained four times. Therefore, this arrangement is extremely difficult. 2 females, if you consider the difference between uppercase, lowercase, and various symbols Input even test! In the English alphabet mode, the function of inputting numbers can not only increase the number of input keys, but also cause inconvenience if the same mode is switched. Θ 二 # 当 上 Ϊ 英 数When the input method is used to input a piece of text, if the • k text contains both English uppercase and lowercase numbers, it is inconvenient to process the m number and 遽 ', and the purpose of the present invention is to provide an English number input method, so that Pots available in same-mode Input the uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, symbols, etc., and effectively reduce the number of input keys. The reason is that the alphanumeric input method of the present invention can be equipped to select most of the English alphabet ^ Zen Yuyu ™ letters Input of capitals, numbers and symbols, the selector contains pre-macro checkers ..., the keys to be pressed 'The alphanumeric input method will use the lowercase letters of each script and English car as candidate characters in the eight groups, And assign f, numbers and symbols to

The candidate word assignment β of the Km m material μ is also used as the candidate word for each of the buttons in the above selection for the user to select and enter. The input is A7. V. Description of the invention (in the following formula 4) Lowercase letters, uppercase letters, uppercase letters, numbers and symbols can be input, and the number of input keys can be effectively reduced. ▲ About the technical means used by the present invention to achieve the above-mentioned objectives, and its power management pattern, I would like to recommend a feasible embodiment and cooperate with them. The diagram is detailed as follows:% A brief description of the scheme printed by the Employees ’Cooperatives of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Health: The first-picture is the selector of a conventional mobile phone is arranged on each button-a group of English letters represents the value A schematic diagram showing the configuration of the pressing sequence is shown. = The second diagram is a schematic diagram of the arrangement of the English alphabet number and the symbol into eight groups in a preferred embodiment of the present invention. The third diagram is a preferred diagram of the present invention. The schematic diagram of the arrangement of the keys in the selector for selecting an input is preset on the mobile phone in the feasible embodiment. The fourth figure shows the candidate word points of eight groups in a preferred feasible embodiment of the present invention. A diagram showing the corresponding relationship when each key of the selector is pressed. The fifth diagram is a comparison diagram of the human characters to be input, the round-robin key and the candidate characters when an English number is actually input in a preferred feasible embodiment of the present invention. Brief description of the drawing number 9 1 Mobile phone 9 2 Selector Refer to the second drawing. The eighth method of English number input in the first preferred embodiment of the present invention is to lower 26 English letters and 26 English letters. Uppercase with ten numbers, twenty-two symbols, etc., are assigned as shown in the figure ------------- installed --- I ---! Ordering-II! (Please read the precautions on the back before filling out this page.) Page 6 'The paper size is applicable to the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 size coffee x 297 cm]

AT AT Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs's Consumer Cooperatives printed? D, e, f, g, h ° m, η, 〇, ‘Ρ, q. ν, w, X, y, z ° D, E, F, G, ′ Η 〇, M, N, 〇, P, Q. υ, V, W, X, Y, Z. • 丨; @ / \ 等 Thirty-two, five, six, seven, eight, nine, zero, five, description of the invention (5) 忑! = 'T groups each contain a predetermined number of 1 as shown in the figure The candidate words are in the following order: the first group, the second group, including i, j, k, 1, the third group, the fourth group, the fifth group, the sixth group, the seventh group, and the eighth group Groups and groups are assigned by 26 lowercase letters of the alphabet: Four to sixth groups are assigned by 26 uppercase letters of the alphabet. The seventh group is the 32 "symbols" For the-class, the eighth group is obtained by classifying the ten "numbers" into the-class. Of course, the order of the eight groups is not necessary based on the above order, and the order can be changed in different orders as required. The predetermined candidate words and numbers included in the earlier groups can also be changed and combined as required. … The English-language round method of this example can be used in conjunction with the selector 9 2 with a predetermined number of keys set on the mobile phone 9 1 shown in the third figure to select the uppercase and lowercase letters and numbers of the English alphabet. The input of the or symbol, the selector 9 2 contains at least twelve keys, namely 丄 key, 2 key, 3 key, 4 key, 5 key, 6 key, 7 key, 8 key, 9 key, 0 key, * Button, #button, each button is marked with Gong, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0, *, #, etc. on half of the page.豕 Standard (CNS) A4 provisions for coffee and coffee (Please read the precautions on the back before filling out this page) -ϋ ϋ ϋ n ^ ------- ί ^ ιφ ------ 1 ----------------- Printed by the Consumer Cooperative of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs A7 V. Description of the invention (see also the fourth figure, the aforementioned eight group assignments correspond to the selector g Each key in 2 is used as the configuration of candidate characters when each key is pressed. The aforementioned "* key" is reserved for use as a blank key and a page key, and "#button" is reserved for use as a CTRL key. Switch key) to switch between alphanumeric mode and pure number mode, and the eight keys labeled "丄, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8" are on the other half, each with a The marked values are in order: 1 button is marked with a, which is mainly used to indicate that when the 1 button is pressed, a candidate list preset by the description of a group of words r abC (jefgh) appears, For selection, a is marked here because a is the first word in the first group, which is easier to distinguish, but the label is not limited to this. 2 The key is marked with i, which is mainly used to mark the 2 When the button is pressed, a menu preset by the candidate words r ijklmn〇pq in the second group will appear for selection. Here, i is marked because it is also the first word in the second group. 'Easier to distinguish. The 3 button is marked with r, which means that when the 3 button is pressed, a menu preset by each candidate word "rstuvwxyz" in the aforementioned second group will appear for selection. Because r is the first word in the third group, it is easier to distinguish. The 4 keys are marked with a, indicating that the 4 keys are When pressed, a menu preset by each candidate word "ABCDEFGH" in the fourth group will appear for selection # ° Eight and five buttons are marked with I, indicating that when the five buttons are pressed, the fifth group will appear Pre-selected menu for each candidate word "IJKLMNOPQ" for selection. Page 8 This paper size is applicable to China National Tomb Standard (CNS) A4 specification (21〇x 297). ----------- -· — II ---— Order --------- (Please read the precautions on the back before filling out this page) 5. Description of the invention (7) 〇6 button marked with R 'means the 6 button When pressed, the sixth group of candidate words "rRSTlJVwXYZ" preset menu appears for selection '", the 7 button is marked with @, indicating that when the 7 button is pressed, each candidate in the seventh group will appear The word "·":?丨; @ / \ …… ”and other preset menus for thirty-two symbols for selection. Similarly, @ is marked here, which is only one of various symbols. It is not limited to this. The 8 button is marked with 2, which means that when the 8 button is pressed, a menu preset by each candidate word of the eighth group "1234567890" will appear for selection. Here, the "2" marked on the 8 button is only a mark. In fact, it can also be marked with "4", "7" ... or other Arabic numerals to represent the eighth group. Through the above settings, the user can choose to press the keys of the selector 9 2 to enter, In this way, the alphanumeric input method of this embodiment can input English alphabets, shirts, symbols, etc. in the same mode, and effectively reduce the number of input keys. The above is for use by the alphanumeric input method of this embodiment. The corresponding relationship between the candidate characters of each group when each key of the mobile phone 91 used on the selector 9 2 is pressed. With reference to the fifth figure, the following is continued for the alphanumeric input method of this embodiment. The configuration method of the predetermined group provided by each of the keys of the selector 92 is described in detail in the process of inputting English letters, numbers, and symbols. Here, enter the word "T〇ny: Callmeat6: 3〇Mary". String as an example , Where: "T" is the capital letter of the alphabet, and its key to the library hammer σ τ is the key of the selector 9 2-6, ---------- order --------- line ( Please read the notes on the back before filling out this page) Printed by the Consumer Property Cooperative of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs $ 9 pages This paper size applies to China National Standard (CNS) A4 (210x297 Gongai 498225 Employee Consumer Cooperative of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs Printing A7 B7 V. Description of the invention (δ)

Candidates appearing when pressed are 1R 2S 3T 4U 5V 6W 7 × 8Υ 9Z: Therefore, if you select 3, you will enter "T". It is a lowercase letter of the English alphabet, and its corresponding key is the selector 2 2 key. The candidate characters appearing when pressed are li 2j 3k 41 5m 6η 7〇 8p 9q: Therefore, select 7 and enter "o". "Η" is the lowercase letter of the English alphabet, and its corresponding key is the selector 2 2 key. The candidate word that appears when pressed is li 2j 3k 41 5m 6π 7ο 8ρ 9q: Select 6 and enter "η". -"Y" is the lowercase letter of the English alphabet, and its corresponding key is the selector 9 2-3 button. The candidate word that appears when pressed is lr 2s 31 4u 5 v 6w 7 x 8y 9z; choose 8 to enter "y". ": Is a symbol, and its corresponding key is the selector 9 2-7 button. The candidate characters that appear when pressed are 1 · 2, 3: 4? 5! 6; 7 @ 8/9 \; Choose 3 and enter": " . It is a space, after the above input: ": There is a space after it. Press the * button of the selector 9 2 to have a blank key function. Press the * button once to get ^ to enter a space. 'C' is an English capital letter, which The corresponding key is the 4 key of the selector 9 2 and the candidate characters appearing when pressed are 1A 2B 3C 4D 5E 6F 7G 8H: Therefore, if you select 3, you enter "C". ‘A’ ’is the lowercase letter of the English alphabet, and its corresponding key is the selector 9 2-1 key. The candidate word that appears when pressed is la 2b 3c 4d 5e 6f 7g 8h: Therefore, if you choose 1, you enter“ C ”. ς is the lowercase letter of the English alphabet, and its corresponding key is the selector 9 2-2 key. Page 10 This paper size applies the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (210 X 297 public love) ---------- ---- — — If —-- Order --- I --— I · (Please read the notes on the back before filling out this page) Printed by the Consumer Cooperative of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs A7 V. Invention Description (9 ) The candidate characters that appear when you press ^ are li 2j 3k 41 5m 6n 70, 8p%; select 4 to enter "1". For the English lowercase mother ’s letter, press the selector 9 2-2 button again, choose 4 to turn "丨". It is a space. Press the selector * button to enter a space. m is the English lower case letter, and its corresponding key is the 2 key of the selector 92. The candidate characters appearing when pressed are 11 2j 3k 41 5m 6π 7〇 8ρ 9q; choose 5 to enter "m". e is the lowercase letter of the English alphabet, and its corresponding key is the 1 key of the selector 92, and the candidate characters appearing when pressed are la 2b 3c 4d 5e 6f 7g 8h; therefore, if you choose 5, you enter "e". "D" is a space. Press the selector's * button to get a space. A 'is the lowercase letter of the alphabet. Similarly, press the selector 9 2 button 1 and select 1 to enter "a". It is a lowercase letter of the English alphabet, and its corresponding key is the selector 9 2-3 key. The candidate word that appears when the talent is pressed is lr 2s 3t 4u 5v 6w η x 8y 9z: Select 3 and enter "t". It is a space. Press the selector * button to enter a space. "6" is a number, and its corresponding key is the selector 8 2 key. The candidate word that appears when pressed is 1 1 22 33 44 55 66 77 88 9 9 〇〇; choose 6 to enter "6". ":" Is the symbol. Similarly, after pressing the selector 9 2-7 button, select 3 to enter ":". "0" is a number, and its corresponding key is the selector 9 2-8 button. When pressed, the page 11 is applicable to the Chinese National Standard (CNS) A4 specification (210 X 297 public love). ------- -------------- Order --------- line ... (Please read the notes on the back before filling this page} 66 77 88 A7 V. Description of the invention (1 〇) The current candidate word is η 22 33 44 55 9 00; select 〇 to enter "〇". "□ ,,: one: press the selector 9 2 8 button and select. You can." Press the selector Press * to enter a space. Μ is the uppercase letter of the script. The corresponding key is the selector 5 2 key. Pressing the candidate appears as Π 2J 3K 4L 5M 6N 7 Ο 8Ρ 9Q; choose 5 and enter "Μ "A" is the lower case of the English alphabet, you can enter "a" .... After selecting the 2 of 1 button, selecting 1 is the lowercase letter of the central language, and the corresponding key is the selector 9 2 3 button. Candidates appear when pressed. The word 夭 乂. The key is lr 2s 3t 4u 5v 6w η x; choose 1 to enter "r". Y is the lowercase letter of the central language. Similarly, after pressing the selector 9 2-3 button, choose 8 to enter " y ". Sum the input of the above string It can be seen that in this input method, the English alphabets are divided into eight groups, such as small, uppercase, numbers, and symbols, and are arranged on the eight keys of the selector 92 for users to select and enter. The advantages are as follows: The alphanumeric input method of this embodiment is extremely convenient when the strings entered by t and s are frequently alternated between English, numbers, and symbols. The selector 92 in this embodiment uses eight keys to configure English letters. The lowercase, uppercase, numbers, and symbols are divided into eight groups, so that when the string you want to enter is English, numbers, and symbols alternate frequently, you can enter in the same mode, plus press the selector 9 2 When you press each key, you only need to enter a code (to each press _ ^ page i paper size _ tsuka standard (CNS) A4 specifications ⑽χ 297 public love) ------------ -Install --------- Order --------- line (Please read the notes on the back before filling this page) Member of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs X Printed by Consumer Cooperatives 498225 Intellectual Property of the Ministry of Economic Affairs A7 B7 jade, invention description (11) keys printed by the Bureau ’s Consumer Cooperatives are called " Code "), the candidate characters appear automatically, and all candidate characters can be displayed in one page except the symbol. Although there are thirty-two symbols and cannot be displayed in one page, you must press the page key. (Ie * button) to change pages, but because most of the commonly used symbols will appear in the menu on the first page, there are not many opportunities to change pages, and almost two keys can be used to complete the input. In terms of input "S", when using the English number input method of this embodiment for input, it is equivalent to pressing the three keys of the input key and two keys of the i key to enter the input. Therefore, the number of keys is much lower than that provided by the conventional mobile phone. Input method. To sum up, the alphanumeric input method provided in this embodiment can not only enter in the same mode when the input string is frequently alternated between English, numbers, and symbols, and almost two keys can complete the input. It's really convenient and fast. 2. Since the first to sixth groups are assigned, the lowercase and uppercase letters of the English alphabet are all compiled according to the alphabetical order. The candidate word menu that appears when you enter appears in the order of the English alphabet. Very convenient. 3. Since the first words of the first to third groups and the fourth to sixth groups are combined, that is, "air" and "AIR", which means English air, it is very easy to remember and helps to use This group distinguishes the order in which twenty-six English letters are assigned in three groups. In addition, it should be explained here that in this embodiment, the # key in the selector 92 is used as a CTRL key (switch key) to switch between the alphanumeric mode and the pure digital mode #. Therefore, in the case of inputting an A string of numbers, you can switch to the pure digital mode for input. 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V. Description of the invention (12) In addition to the above-mentioned selector, it can be a button-type design, or touch ^, so that when the central number input method is input, in addition to the above-mentioned way of pressing the button, you can also touch The method is to input the preset keys set in the touch screen. 'About the use of this type of touch screen for wireless transmission, it is common in general stock messengers, and of course, it can also be used in a mobile phone. To sum up, the design of the present invention does provide an alphanumeric input method, so that it can input English alphabets, numbers, symbols, etc. in the same mode, and effectively reduce the number of input keys, making the input more convenient and rapid. 〇 However, the above is only a preferred and feasible embodiment of the present invention. For those skilled in the art, any modifications or changes made in accordance with the spirit of the present invention should be included in the scope of patent application in this case. ------------- install --------- order --------- line (please read the precautions on the back before filling this page)

Printed by the Consumer Cooperatives of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs This paper size applies to China National Standard (CNS) A4 (210 X 297 mm)

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498225 Λ 5 Β8 C8 D8 2 The patent application scope of the number input method, which can be used in conjunction with-selector to select multiple & lowercase English letters, uppercase English letters 'input of numbers and symbols' This selector contains a predetermined The number key, the alphanumeric input method assigns the lowercase and uppercase letters of the English alphabet "" and the symbol ^ as the candidate characters in the eight groups. The candidate word assignment settings included in each group are the above choices. The alphanumeric input method for the candidate characters that appear when the eight keys in the device are pressed respectively for the user to select. According to the alphanumeric input method described in item i of the patent application scope, wherein the input method The eight groups assigned include grouping lowercase letters into three groups, grouping uppercase letters into three groups, numbers into one group, and symbols into a group. Group ---------— 1 I (please refer to the notes on the ^ side and fill in the 'write this page') 4 The Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, the Consumer Cooperatives printed the scope of patent application based on the second Number of items Entry method, where: the three groups assigned by the lowercase letters of the alphabet are abcdefgh, ijklmnopq, and rstuvwxyz; the three groups assigned by the capitalization of the sons and daughters of the English alphabet are ABCDEFGH , IJKLMNOPQ, RSTUVWXYZ According to the alphanumeric input method described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, the selector contains twelve keys, namely 丄 key, 2 key, 3 key, 4 key, 5 key, 6 key, 7-button, 8-button, 9-button, 0-button, * -button, # -button, etc .; the candidates included in the three groups assigned by the lowercase alphabet are set as the 1-button, 2-button and 3-button buttons respectively. Select key Page 15 The paper size applies to Chinese national standard (CNS> Α4 is now (210 × 297 public holiday) 498225 Λ 'Β8 C8 D8 5 6 7 Candidates that appear when the consumer cooperative of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs prints the press; Candidates that are included in the two groups of L assigned by the capitalization of the aforementioned English letters are set as the 4 presses,, ^ + Candidate characters that appear when the 3 and 6 keys are pressed; each of the aforementioned assignments in the group is south v% — < Candidates included in today's payment are set as the 7 key when the key is pressed Appeared candidate characters: The candidate characters included in the numbers assigned to the-group are set as the candidate characters that appear when the 8 button is pressed. According to the alphanumeric input method described in item 4 of the scope of patent application, where the * key selected is reserved for use as a blank key and the page key, the # key is reserved for use as a switch key to switch the alphanumeric mode With pure digital mode. ^-A kind of selector, 纟 contains twelve keys, namely 丄 key, 2 key, 3 key, 4 key, 5 key, 6 key, 7 key, 8 key, 9 key, 0 key, * key, # Keys, each of the above keys is marked with fonts such as 丄, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, Q, *, #, etc., and a, i, r, a, I, R and other marked values. The selector according to item 6 of the scope of patent application, wherein the marked value a is marked on the 1 button, the marked value 丨 is marked on the 2 button, the marked value r is marked on the 3; button, the mark The value eight is marked on the 4 button, the value I is marked on the 5 button, and the value R is marked on the 6 button. The selector according to item 7 of the scope of patent application, wherein the paper size of page 7 of this page applies to China National Standard (CNS > A4 specification (210X297 mm) ^ ------ 1T --- --- ά. (Please read the notes on the back before filling out this page) 〆498225 Printed by the Employee Consumption Cooperative of the Intellectual Property Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs Page 7 11 Section B8 C8 D8 Marking value @. 9. According to the selector described in item 7 of the scope of patent application, wherein the 8 button is marked with a marking value 2 on the other half. This paper size is applicable to China National Standard (CNS) A4 (210X 297) Li) (Please read the precautions for back west before filling out this page)